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This is mostly my arrangement, but I did borrow a couple of ideas from Steve's recording he posted a year or so ago.

Mike that was very good, I could feel myself relaxing as I listened. The fact that you composed this song yourself makes this doubly impressive. Henk

Great job Nutty and Texas! Nutty, great job writing lyrics that are lyrics and not a novella set to music. You followed Tom Pettys mantra, "Don't bore us, get to the Chorus".

That shape is quite a stretch in the lower positions. Of your two options, I'd say option 2 is better. Another option is to act as though you're barring the first three strings with your first finger. Pull your elbow a little closer to your body in the process, lay your first finger over the first three strings, then grab the other three notes as shown on the chord diagram. That makes the stretch a little easier for me. Just make sure you don't actually play the first two strings. Also, since it's moveable and you can play it anywhere on the neck, work on it first in the higher positions where the stretch isn't so difficult. As you get more comfortable with it, move it into the lower positions and keep working on it. On the bright side, that's probably not a shape you'll ever use other than in the course, so don't stress over it too much.

Since @UncleHammy hasn't logged in in a while we decided in February's thread to keep the tradition going. Let's hope he is well and that he can pick it up when he comes back. This month's theme is courtesy of @Nutty 1 Theme: If I could turn back time Description: "If I could turn back time" anything that is to do with the past or time. Deadline: 11:59 PM PST March 31, 2019 1- @Texaspackerfan - She ain't in it 2- @Nutty 1 - I think it's time 3- @WATSON43 - The Times They Are A-Changin' ------------------< RULES >------------------------- SUBMITTING: To complete the challenge, record an eligible song and reply to this thread with your your direct-linked or embedded track (Soundcloud's great) before the end of the month. GUITAR REQUIREMENT: You must play at least one real guitar track heard in the mix. GEAR: All content must be recorded with your home studio equipment. You may use BIAB or loops as long as you play the majority of the song with your real guitar. This is a guitar playing challenge not a sampling/recording challenge so keep that in mind. TIME: A recording made at any time before the entry deadline counts, but do not enter a recording in more than one challenge. ONE ENTRY per person or collaboration. But, I doubt anybody will complain if you want to share another on-theme track too. NEXT THEME: The person to choose next month's theme will be chosen randomly from those who complete this challenge. ----------------------------------------------------- Have fun, try something new, and give us something to listen to!

Working on session 9. I'm close to finishing the session and was thinking about skipping the fingerpicking. I'm not very coordinated. I feel I'm making great advances in my playing and I'm afraid session 10 will slow my progress. Is it as hard as it looks, or is this paranoia?

@Mike Hoodenpyle. That was beautifully done Mike. I really enjoy this hymn and your playing. ( I did hear a bit of Steve's influence in there) 🎸👍👍

Ouch, I missed seeing that chord. You may eventually learn to grip that particular version of the movable two chord. It is quite a bit a stretch. I'm barely over 5ft and my hands are small. I can grip it in isolation (but haven't tried switching chords with it) but my hand & fingers tend to lean backwards at a sharp angle and it feels really uncomfortable. I'm not too worried about perfecting that form of the chord because physical limitations do exist for some of us. There are alternate versions I can use without injuring my hand.

@Nutty 1Mandy, that was great! Good consistent strumming that didn’t falter at all with the singing. I love the sparkly red guitar too! ian

@Texaspackerfan simply superb. Sounds like a pro recording you might hear on the radio. Oh, and you are way too hard on yourself on the singing - sounds good to me! ian

This was a real fun one to learn and I like the fact that this solo is played all over the neck. It is my final BGU recording. Now that I have learned all these licks, it is time to work on my blues improvisation skills. Thanks for listening, Wim

Yes it's the 6th string moveable two chord. The alternatives are a bit easier because they omit the third finger.

You should be more specific about which chord you are playing. If you mean G2 then welcome to the club. Your hands are not too small. The G2 is one of the hardest chords to play. It seems your alternatives are just as hard as the G2. I think you should keep practicing. It could take months to master the G2. I still haven't mastered it.

Here is my contribution to this months challenge. It is a new original that I wrote this month and have been practicing to play and sing at the same time. It is called "I think its time" I think its time

That 's really well done @Texaspackerfan Danny! Could you tell us a bit about your recording process? Did you use a drum machine or plugin on a DAW? Did you mic an amp for the guitar parts or play direct into a DAW (which one?) and what plug in in. Thanks and congrats. Neil

Lest you may think that I only like jazz... I offer you, for my 2nd recording, something completely different; "Crazy", written by Willie Nelson, A "country" classic, most closely associated with the great Patsy Cline, (who incidentally hated the song at first), recorded in 1961. Continuing with the "Song Hits" theme, I decided to go for a "old time" feel on this song, as it might have been played in a smokey dance hall/ jukebox joint, somewhere, in the 1960's . While basically following Steve K's chart, in Key of Cmaj, I recorded the rhythm using a mic (a first for me) in one magical take, played twice through with only a slight bobble here or there for " authenticity ? " The melody track was another matter, requiring countless takes. The chart shows the lead in the first position, but I chose to play the lead in C at the 8th position, (which required me to transpose the chart and fingering) to more closely mimic a vocalists register, with a few "jazzy" touches of course! I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for listening. All the Best! Neil

Looking forward to chapter two, Sandy. ?

Hi All, I guess this is my second introduction. I am new to the Guitar world. I have always wanted to play guitar. Finally, my journey has started last week with Learn & Master Guitar. I spent the past week playing with a lefty guitar. Thanks to the feedback and suggestions of Steve, Dan Brown, and Tjmeyers i will give the righty guitar a try starting today. * My previous post can be found below: Thank you All!

Hello there!! I just discovered your YouTube channel last night and was BLOWN away. The mod for the live stream suggested I come over here and here I am!! I'm in Southern New Jersey, and have been playing for almost 30 years. Had a band in college, blah, blah, blah, thought I might try to become a pro musician, but settled on a professional career instead. School, wife, kids, house, work 6 days a week, but am happy. Get to play my guitar a lot more than ever now that the kids are a bit older. I was a purely digital guy for almost a decade (Axe Fx II) but sold everything I had except my #1 Strat, and started from scratch with all analog gear. It's been refreshing to break away from the modeling realm and has really pushed me to play more than tweak. IT got to the point where I was turning knobs on the Axe Fx II more than playing my guitar, and that was making me grumpy, LOL. I also recently started a YouTube channel "Old Guy's Guitar Vlog" and am having a blast with it. Am I allowed to post links to the vids I make? I know some forums frown on doing that, so please let me know if that's allowed here. Thanks again for inviting me to the forum and I can't wait to start watching some of the back log of vids on YouTube!

HEY, You're anything but a NEW guy!

Thanks Blue Dog, I did not have the right count and strum.

the count is 1 ,2,.an 3, 4, an . D, D u , D, Du first measure the third measure is 1 , 2 an , an 4 That D , D u , u, D

None of the songs in the Bonus Workshop had play-along CD's. When Steve created the original course, it contained the original book, 20 videos (on 10 DVD discs) to go with each of the 20 original sessions, and the jam-along CDs. He later added the Bonus Workshop book and additional 10 Bonus DVDs to accompany the original material but no jam-along CDs were recorded. Attached is the original list of BPM's. Some of the BPM's fell between my metronome's markings which is why they are listed with a range rather than a specific set speed. Both this PDF as well as the mp3 of Turkey in the Straw are available via MikeM's file sharing site that is linked in my signature. Back then, Dennis created a jam-along song for Turkey in the Straw. It's a slow to medium speed version (don't have a metronome right here to check its speed). It starts out with both the melody and backing track then the second time through is backing track only. I still chuckle when I hear this song--Dennis did a fantastic job making this mp3! I wasn't able to log into my Soundcloud account for LMG so created a new one. This will also be where I link forum submissions for future CDs. LMG BPMs for Jam Along CDs.pdf

I would also suggest not to skip fingerstyle. You will need it later in the course in Session 18.

Tuninghead, what a great point Triple-o makes! So much so that I wish I would have reflected more before my post. I had made somewhat of a big deal of this over at L&MG. I thought my barre chords were pretty good. Until I got to 10. Even though I didn't finish 10 I know that my barre chords are now a lot better having tried fingerstyle. rkl312, then I should be really embarrassed! If I recall, without looking at my log, I think I took about 9 months.

Thanks for the insight. I'm sure if/when I have session 10 completed it won't seem so bad. For all of us on this endeavor just remember, Time flies when your learning (having fun).

I have been looking forward to session 10 since I started the course. However I have been stuck in session 7 and 8 for embarrassing 7 months! Fingerstyle is my goal. But I know I need to get my chords crystal clear beforehand. I watched Steve's Christmas live lesson and the beauty of his playing is all I want. I purchased L&M Fingerstyle Guitar for myself as a Christmas present. But I have a ways to go before my talent level meets this. But this is my guitar new years resolution.

Tuninghead, session ten is a good test for your barre chords.Its not that difficult if you give it some time and will help with your coordination.Hal Leonard has a pretty good “Fingerstyle“and “Classical book” that can make the session more interesting.”Classical for Guitar” by Jerry Snyder is also pretty good along with “Contemporary Travis Picking”.

Tuninghead, I am the wrong one to comment on this. If you look at my sig you can see that I did not finish 10. But I worked on it for months. So it is hard, at least it was for me.. At session 10 is when we start to get into "specialization" in our L&MG journey. After that you get into Blues, Pentatonics (used in a lot of different genres), Rock, Jazz, etc. So I would not skip session 10 because of intimidation. But if you are absolutely certain you're never going to play Fingerstyle you could almost justify skipping it based on wanting to move on to another genre. JMHO. Why not start it and see what you think? Spend a week or two. You might find you like it. I'm certainly not sorry I spent some time there and it probably helped my coordination. In fact, in the not too distant future I'm going to go back and finish it up.