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Wonderful.
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Great job. Very musical.
Now that you have the notes down, you can try to polish the sound a bit. The next step is to try to let each chord ring out as much as possible.
This song is always special to me. Teri was a dear friend while I was in college. We were on the road touring together a few summers in a band that played jazz arrangements of hymns at churches all over the US.
We developed a great friendship. Nothing romantic - just a good friend.
A few years later she was going through a tough time and I went up to hang out for a weekend with her at her parents home. I'm not sure what the situation was but somewhere over the weekend I found myself at their place with no one home. So, I grabbed the guitar and eventually stumbled on this melody.
Years later when we were creating the Fingerstyle course I included it because it illustrated 10ths well.
I've since lost touch with Teri and haven't seen her since those days 30 or so years ago. I think of her from time to time and pray that she is doing well.
-Steve
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Topic: TRIADS - Major Triads (1/3)
I'm excited to start a new teaching series on Triads!If you're tired of playing the same old chords in the same old places let's learn some techniques to play great sounding guitar parts with chords all over the neck.
This will be a three week series continuing on for the next three Tuesdays.
Download the FREE 10 page book of examples, forms and progressions HERE.
Watch on our Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE- Steve
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Tuesday February 4th, 2020
Topic: Brazilian Jazz Guitar with DuoVersal
7pm Central Time US
You can watch the lesson HERE.
Brazilian guitarist Paulo Oliveira leads this exciting duo through traditional Brazilian songs to pop melodies creating incredible arrangements and rich harmonies.
Here are a few videos...
It's sure to be a great live lesson!
There will be music, laughs, giveaways and more. I look forward to seeing you there!
Watch on our Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE
- Steve
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Chris,
Thanks for the post.
I don't actually have a copy of that recording with me currently but I can tell you what I was probably playing.
For the Bsus I was probably playing this...
For the B after the Bsus, I was probably playing this...
Hope this helps!
- Steve
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Looking forward to tomorrow's live lesson. Any questions for Greg about guitar care or repair?
- Steve
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Ok,
Thanks to some quick back and forth with the IT department I think I've officially changed the permissions.
So, everyone that is a member (not a guest) should be able to comment now.
Let me know if it works on your end.
You might need to refresh the page.
- Steve
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Wow, that is so strange.
Let me check the back end a bit and see if I can find out why. On my end, there is a clear box for comments just below the post.
Weird.
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Josev,
Thanks for touching base. I tested it on my end and it seems to be working. Try it again and let me know what it is telling you on your end.
- Steve
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Dear Guitar Gathering family,
I just found out that our good friend and long time guitar family member, Paul Opitz (aka Opie) has finished his battle with throat cancer and passed away on December 28th.
Paul was a faithful supporter of all that we do here. He was a faithful attendee to many Guitar Gathering conferences and for many years was our defacto videographer of the conferences.
But more than that, he was a good friend, a kind and gentle man.
You can learn more about him, his wit and his gut wrenching walk with his terrible disease here in his blog... http://massivelyuninformed.me/
You can see his coverage of our Guitar Gathering conferences here... http://massivelyuninformed.me/category/guitar/
Paul was one of the good ones and his presence in our guitar family will be sorely missed.
-Steve
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Christopher,
Great question.
The answer is, as someone said, yes, and no.
When you are just starting an unfamiliar task, new chord or finger combination, then look when you need to. You need to have the visual reference while your fingers are trying to figure out where to go. Especially if you are working on a new skill - and the fingers are still finding their way - then look as you need to. Don't feel bad about it. Look until your fingers can find their own way to the places they need to go.
BUT, yes... you do want to eventually wean yourself off of this.
Where you're wanting to go is a place where the fingers can go where they need to go without the constant visual reminder.
It's easy to fall into an unhelpful routine of ALWAYS looking at your hands, then back at the music, then your picking hand, then the music, then the fretting hand and so on. This will eventually slow your progress down (plus give you a neck ache!)
So, when you are first learning a new chord or finger pattern then look at your hands. Look as much as you need to to get your fingers familiar with their new challenges.
But, once your fingers know where they need to go, then begin trying to keep your eye on the music and let your fingers find their own way. You'll find they generally will do pretty well in finding where they need to go without you having to guide them by looking. Sure... you might miss a note here and there but don't worry about that. Your fingers will find where to go.
Glancing at your fretting hand is always something you will need to do from time to time, especially if there is a big jump on the neck that you need to make. But, in general, once you've worked out where your fingers need to go then try to keep your eyes on the music and let your fingers feel where they need to go.
Hope this helps!
- Steve
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Neil,
Great video. I teach this in my private lessons but I never real did it in the course. Maybe we should have a class on this for the summer conference or maybe a whole live lesson!
I'll try to plan that in.
Learn all you can!
- Steve
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Tuesday January 28th, 2020
Topic: Guitar Care & Maintenance with Greg Voros
7pm Central Time US
You can watch the lesson HERE.
Greg Voros: https://guitars.com/users/greg
Greg Voros, head of the world famous Gruhn Guitars repair department will stop by to answer your questions about guitar care and maintenance.
Greg has worked on instruments by some of the most influential guitarists and artists on the planet. He's been on the road with ZZTop, Willy Nelson, the Rolling Stones and more.
Ask your guitar care questions and we'll get Greg to answer them.
It's sure to be a great live lesson!
There will be music, laughs, giveaways and more. I look forward to seeing you there!Watch on our Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE
- Steve
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Tuesday January 17th, 2020
Topic: Blues & Jazz Guitar with Alberto Lombardi
7pm Central Time US
You can watch the lesson HERE.
Alberto Lombardi Website: https://www.albertolombardi.com/
The first live lesson of the year and we are starting off with a great one!
Alberto Lombardi is one of the premier Italian guitarists on the scene today. He's a master of a variety of styles from Rock to Blues to Jazz to Fingerstyle.
Listed in "8 Guitarists to Watch" by Vintage Guitar Magazine, Alberto's captivating acoustic performances are comprised of elaborate arrangements of great classics incorporating fingerpicking, flatpicking, with looping and vocals.
Alberto will also have a special guest fingerstyle guitarist Tim Thompson!
It's sure to be a great live lesson!
There will be music, laughs, giveaways and more. I look forward to seeing you there!Watch on our Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE
- Steve
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Watch Live Lessons on the Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE. 7pm Central Time US
2020 LIVE LESSON DATES
JANUARY
14th - Blues and Jazz Guitar with Alberto Lombardi & Tim Thompson
28th - Starting Off Right with Greg Voros
FEBRUARY
4th - Brazilian Jazz Guitar with DuoVersal (guitarist Paolo Oliveira and saxophonist Alex Graham)
11th - Expanding Your Playing with Triads: Major
18th - Expanding Your Playing with Triads: Minor
25th - Expanding Your Playing with Triads: Sevenths
MARCH
17th - Solutions for Scale Boredom
24th - Finally Learning the Fretboard
31st - Learning a Jazz Standard
APRIL
7th - Learn a Hymn Arrangement
14th - Making the Leap from Scales to Solos
21st - Got Guitar Questions? Ask Steve!
28th - Accompanying a Vocalist with Guest Debi Selby
MAY
5th - Top 10 Chord Forms for Blues Guitar
12th - Pedals and Cables and Gear, Oh, My!
19th - Power Chords
26th - Learning the Guitar Fretboard
JUNE
9th - Nashville Number System
16th - Riffs and Patterns
17th - Finger Stretching Exercises (Workout)
23rd - Open Guitar Chat
24th - Hearing Chord Changes (Workout)
30th - The Super Arpeggio
JULY
1st - Chord Substitutions for Jazz Guitar (Workout)
21st - The Chords You Need to Know: Basic Chords
22nd - The Chords You Need to Know: Basic Chords (Workout)
28th - The Chords You Need to Know: Pop and Rock Chords
29th - The Chords You Need to Know: Pop and Rock Chords (Workout)
AUGUST
4th - The Chords You Need to Know: Jazz Chords
5th - The Chords You Need to Know: Jazz Chords (Workout)
11th - The Chords You Need to Know: Cool Chords
12th - The Chords You Need to Know: Cool Chords (Workout)
25th - How Music Works: Major Scales
26th - How Music Works: Major Scales (Workout)
SEPTEMBER
1st - How Music Works: Keys and Key Signatures
2nd - How Music Works: Keys and Key Signatures (Workout)
8th - How Music Works: Intervals
15th - How Music Works: Triads
16th - How Music Works: Triads (Workout)
22nd - How Music Works: Sevenths
23rd - How Music Works: Sevenths (Workout)
29th - How Music Works: Ninths and Beyond
30th - How Music Works: Ninths and Beyond (Workout)
OCTOBER
20th - Special Guest Ron Block (Technical glitches; not recorded)
21st - Questions & Answers with Steve
27th - Live Lesson
28th - Wednesday Workout
NOVEMBER
2nd - Special Guest Ron Block
3rd - No lesson (Election Day)
4th - Speed Fingerpicking Workout
10th - Taking Your Playing from Flat to 3D
17th - Top 10 Solutions for Bad Guitar Habits
18th - Travis Picking Boot Camp (Workout)
DECEMBER
8th - Learn a Holiday Tune
9th - Travis Picking Boot Camp 2: Finger Independence (Workout)
15th - Learn More Holiday Tunes
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Hey Cindy and all,
I'm not sure what happened to any posts missing that you are referring to.
We have only had to delete a handful of posts (none of yours) in the past two years of this whole board.
Having said that, I would not be surprised that occasionally posts go missing due to various IT reasons due to updating the board or various admin updates. There are new updates to the software of the board about every couple of months.
I routinely do them, not wanting the board to get out of updates like the Legacy board. But I would not be surprised if we occasionally lose data from those updates or something else unseen on the backend computer/server side of the equation.
So, no censorship going on, just data loss I suspect.
Regarding your post count, the system does that and I would not be surprised at all if the post count was not as accurate as it should be.
Hope this answers some questions.
We certainly value your input and wisdom and incredible support over the many years.
You're one of the great parts of our guitar family.
- Steve
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Hey guys,
I don't see a problem with this and I don't think Legacy would consider this anything of note as well.
If it will help folks then go ahead and put them up!
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December 3rd, 2019
Topic: Let's Learn Some Christmas Tunes!
7pm Central Time US
You can watch the lesson HERE.
Hey gang. Let's learn some Christmas tunes!
Here is the music for two songs...
Download WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS (Easy Arrangement) here... We Wish You a Merry Christmas.pdf
Download THE CHRISTMAS SONG (Advanced) here... The Christmas Song.pdf
There will be music, laughs, giveaways and more. I look forward to seeing you there!
Watch on our Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE
- Steve
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November 19th, 2019
Topic: Classical Guitar with the Belmont Guitar Ensemble
7pm Central Time US
You can watch the lesson HERE.
Belmont Guitar Ensemble Website: http://www.belmont.edu/cmpa/music/students/ensembles/guitar_ensemble.html
Belmont University is one of the strongest music training schools in the nation. We are thrilled to have, once again, the musicians of their famed guitar ensemble stop by to play some amazing music and share their skills.
There will be music, laughs, giveaways and more. I look forward to seeing you there!
Watch on our Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE
- Steve
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It's shaping up to be a great conference! 31 registered as of November 13.
List above updated.
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Ha! We use to have a Skip Nelson that was an active poster for a while. I guess I mistakenly assumed you were one and the same.
Human error strikes again!
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MONDAY November 11th, 2019
Topic: Classical Guitar Mastery with the Grigoryan Brothers
7pm Central Time US
You can watch the lesson HERE.
Grigoryan Brothers Website: https://www.grigoryanbrothers.com/
I'm excited to welcome one of the world's premiere classical guitar groups to our world!
“Guitar playing of uncommon originality and authority. Musicality, expressivity and daring,”
– The New York Times
There will be music, laughs, giveaways and more. I look forward to seeing you there!
Watch on our Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE
- Steve
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Diane,
Your gift of capturing the heart of the moments we shared and writing them down is wonderful.
I'll submit a full recap once I catch up on my sleep and dig out from the mound of audio gear, snacks, and guitars in my garage.
I was telling Paulette yesterday that I regretted not being able to spend a bit more time with you hanging out and catching up. We'll make it up next year.
Honored that you are part of our guitar family.
The thought of a Delaware trip has crossed our minds more than once!
- Steve
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Thanks Diane! Even when I forget you're right there to help.
Thanks,
Steve
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Live Lesson: February 11th - Triads (Part 1/3) - Major Triads
in Weekly Live Lessons & Guitar Workouts
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Revster,
Great question about why I didn't include the lower forms on string sets 3rd - 5th and 4th-6th.
Here's the short answer. I'm a sucker for worksheets and could have gleefully added another 10 pages of exercises using the lower forms, but here's the deal.
Closed voicing triads done in lower registers start to sound muddy making it hard to distinguish the notes.
While, the lower voiced triads might be helpful in recognizing a few shapes and patterns, other than that I haven't found that they are used much in actual playing as chords. So, I decided to just focus on the upper string forms.
But the helpful thing is that the major triad shapes on the 3rd-5th strings are the identical shapes for the same chords on the 4th-6th strings. (This is because the relationship of the tuning of the strings, in the interval of a fourth, is identical on all of the strings, 3rd-6th.)
The lower the register that you play in the wider of the intervals needed to sound good.
Hope this helps. Learn all you can! - Steve