Hi!

I believe that since your objective is to play music on your guitar (just an educated guess ) you might as well hop on the proverbial horse as soon as possible.

The main point is to get you going and master all the beginner skills (which are very useful but still very far from your guitar heroes and probably from the kind of music you listen to) without quitting.

And I find that I get frustated more easily than bored with long repetitions. So, I guess the target is to mix and match lessons (on technique, harmony, etc) with songs, BUT making sure that the songs you pick are not above the skill level of the lessons you are doing. Another thing I also tend to do is have several things going on at the same time, some lessons, some scales (with a metronome) and some songs (cutting them in chunks and focusing on specific things). For example, I am right now focusing on Lisa's open major scales, spotted I had not played enough some of the scales needed there, so more practicing on those, and struggling through the arpeggios of House of the Rising Sun, while practicing some chord embelishments on Tenacious D's Tribute.