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  1. After 10 months of fun, I finished the L&M Fingerstyle course today. It was for me the final one of the 4 Learn and Master DVD courses (L&M Guitar, The Song Hits, Blues Guitar and Fingerstyle) to be completed. Due to Covid 19, I suddenly had more time for guitar practice, so this course came at the right time. With some side steps, primarily into some other Blues and Rock courses, the total L&M cycle took about 5 years. Learning and playing songs was and still is my main goal, and with this Fingerstyle course finalized, numerous fingerstyle songs and arrangements are now within reach. The course is great and covers all possible genres of fingerstyle. I especially enjoyed the classical guitar session, as this was completely new to me. What I want to do next is to dig into the Merle Travis style a bit deeper. There is an introduction into that style in session 8, but I want to spend more time and learn more of the "Freight Train" type of songs 😀 Wim.
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  2. Congratulations. Did you notice that the last song Steve teaches in the Fingerstyle course was the very first intro song that Steve played at the beginning of the main Learn and Master Guitar course? Check it out. LOL
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  3. Wow Wim, nice done!!! if you like Fingerpicking in Merle Travis Style or just delta blues fingerpicking, I would strongly recommend Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop! There are so many courses to follow there: Blues Fingerpicking, Bottleneck... I Started some courses 2 years before I even heard of Learn and master. Until today I follow courses there. Great stuff!!!
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  4. Hey Mike, Thanks a lot for the reply. I Think I have found a good routine now and I improve a lot. Like I said before, I work with 2 routines. 1 for every week (I try to practice that routine 4 days a week), and 1 routine that I must finish within a month and where I practice things that I struggled with in the past or that I still want to improve. (I try to work on that list for 2 days in a week) The 7th day is pure for fun... Every course that I follow and every exercise from the beginning of my guitar journey until now has his own code. For example A14B: Learn and master guitar is course A, The session is 14 and the exercise is B. Or Q1C: a bottleneck guitar course that I follow is Q, the session is 1 and the exercise is C. Or G11: G is my repertoire and the song is the 11th song..... That List that I work on at monthly bases is too long to post here but this is my practice routine for this week (2 hours a day is divided into pieces, I never practice more then 30 minutes in 1 take): Oktober 2020/3 Practice Routine: ‘Four Days A week’ (2h) A13E: Soloing In Different Keys Using The Pentatonic Forms With The Blues Notes (Youtube) (10min) ___/___/___/___ A14A: Sliding Riffs On The 5th And The 6th String (Lesson Book) (5min) ___/___/___/___ A14B: Practice The Major Scale Bending Exercise (Lesson Book) (2min) ___/___/___/___ A14I: Jazz Octaves (Lesson Book) (5min) ___/___/___/___ A14J The Funky Mute (Lesson Book) (3min) ___/___/___/___ A14K: Sliding Exercises: Between Two Notes Of The Same Pitch (Bonus Resource) (2min) ___/___/___/___ A14L: Sliding Exercises: Minor 7th Arpeggio (Bonus Resource) (4min) ___/___/___/___ A14M: Sliding Exercises: With Two Notes (Bonus Resource) (1min) ___/___/___/___ A14N: Sliding Exercises: 50’s Riff (Bonus Resource) (2min) ___/___/___/___ A14O: Cmaj7 Arpeggio Ascending With Hammer-Ons & Descending With Pull-Offs (Bonus Resource) (4min) ___/___/___/___ A14P: Dm7 Arpeggio Ascending With Hammer-Ons & Descending With Pull-Offs (Bonus Resource) (4min) ___/___/___/___ C2: Speed and Agility Workout 2 Intermediate (20min) ___/___/___/___ E1A: Choose 5 1Minute Changes1 7: Cm11 - E2 (barre5 - open) (Practice Map) (1min) __-__/__-__/__-__/__-__ E1B: Choose 5 1Minute Changes2 2: G - D/F# (open - open) (Practice Map) (1min) __-__/__-__/__-__/__-__ E1C: Choose 5 1Minute Changes3 3: E7 - Gsus (open - barre6) (Practice Map) (1min) __-__/__-__/__-__/__-__ E1D: Choose 5 1Minute Changes4 6: F2 - C2 (barre4 - open) (Practice Map) (1min) __-__/__-__/__-__/__-__ E1E: Choose 5 1Minute Changes5 5: Bm11 - Bmaj7 (open - barre5) (Practice Map) (1min) __-__/__-__/__-__/__-__ E7: Open Major 7th Chords & Moveable Major 7th Chords (2min) ___/___/___/___ F7: Functional Ear Trainer (Alain Benbassat Method) (5min) ___/___/___/___ G6: Wonderfull Tonight (Six String Fingerpicking) FS (3min) ___/___/___/___ G9: Sound Of Silence (Six String Fingerpicking) FS (3min) ___/___/___/___ G10: East Virginia Blues (Flatpicking Guitar Country Style) FP (3min) ___/___/___/___ G11: Shady grove (Flatpicking Guitar Country Style) FP (3min) ___/___/___/___ G13: Ain’t No Sunshine (Six String Fingerpicking) FS (5min) ___/___/___/___ G14: Is There Anybody Out There (Six String Fingerpicking) FS (5min) ___/___/___/___ Gx3: Hey Hey My My (Youtube) FP (3min) ___/___/___/___ O3A: Blues Lick 1 from Pattern 1 (1min) ___/___/___/___ O3B: Blues Lick 2 from Pattern 1 (1min) ___/___/___/___ O3C: Blues Lick 3 from Pattern 1 (1min) ___/___/___/___ O3D: Blues Lick 4 from Pattern 1 (1min) ___/___/___/___ O3E: Blues Lick 5 from Pattern 1 (1min) ___/___/___/___ Q1C: Single String Exercises 5-8 With Vibrato— Open D (5min) ___/___/___/___ R3: Ten Fingerpicking Exercises 1-2 (11min) ___/___/___/___ Extra: __________________________________________________________________ ___/___/___/___/___/___/___ Extra: __________________________________________________________________ ___/___/___/___/___/___/___ Extra: __________________________________________________________________ ___/___/___/___/___/___/___
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  5. Great accomplishment Wim. X 4! Great accomplishment and dedication! And thanks for all the sharing that you do here.
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  6. And covid has had the opposite on my free time, Very well done on completing so many courses
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  7. Congratulations Wim, you can be very proud of your ability to build on your ability to play the guitar. Never stop learning. Henk
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  8. Congratulations!!! What an awesome accomplishment.
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  9. @Wim VD1 Congratulations, Wim! That's some real dedication! 👏
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  10. Congrats WIM..........I have the course and played around with the first few lessons. Trying to wrap up all the misc material I have wandered off in the weeds with. Got to get back to a tighter structure.
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  11. Congratulations! I've been going through the Fingerstyle course as well - taking my time to make sure I can really digest it. I'm just now on Lesson 5 (classical) so a lot of great learning yet to come.
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  12. The year is 1947. Mel Bay was asked to write guitar instructional books for returning GIs (Galvanized Iron). I assume it was the “War Department” that was involved and the GI bill would help retuning vets buy the books. Mel approached 3 major publishers and was turned down, because guitar playing was on its death bed. He then started his own publishing company. He traveled around the country selling his books and meeting thousands of guitar teachers. Elvis Presley probably played a big part in preventing the “death of the guitar” and helped the Mel Bay’s company become a major source of guitar instructional material. Seems to me like the only business on the “death bed” were guitar manufacturers.The interest in learning and playing appears to have always been there.Just waiting for the internet. I think if Mel’s son William, who took over the business in 1997, had the money, interest or vision, Mel Bay Publishing company might be a giant today or at least a major player like Hal Leonard Corp. Who knows, a new cover on their books and some DVDs or online instructions to replace the teachers they once depended heavily on, they could still make a come back.They already have a ton of material on their shelves and it’s as good as most. There’s probably a thousand teachers on line that got their start using those Mel Bay Method Books. Today, YouTube teachers share 20 billion dollars a year with their on line guitar businesses. Ever watch Marty Schwartz? He’s pretty good, but did you know his income is a 6 figure number, that right $100,000+. Wonder how many on Guitar Tricks, Jam Play, True Fire bring in that much. Justin is probably another one rolling in the cash. Well, back to practice. Yes, you’re right, Minuetto from Mel Bay method method books is on my music stand. But, my head is now spinning thinking about all that $$$$$$ and galvanized iron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW7NUKG2DH4
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