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Welcome Kee. Learn & Master Guitar is your foundation. You are a cellist so you already understand music. Now you have to focus on guitar. Definitely start with A. Good luck learning every chord. I have the "Rocksmith 2014" video game for Xbox 360 and it has a 1000 chord dictionary. The good news is you do not need 1000 chords to play at a high level. L&M Guitar teaches you most of the chords you need to push beyond the average guitar player. More good news. You can start practicing basic fingerstyle as soon as you learn chords. Steve has 3 basic fingerstyle patterns in the L&M Guitar course which you can use on all the chords you know. The basics are simple. If you want to take it to Pierre's level then you need to do more and know more. Pierre is about precision, and he knows all the notes on the neck along with the music theory to make them sing. I have been playing guitar for 10 years now. I have played fingerstyle every day for 9 years with the basic techniques I learned from Steve. I don't play like Pierre, but I play well enough to make sweet sounds I never imagined possible. I have Steve's Fingerstyle and Blues courses also, but I haven't spent much time with them yet. Have fun with it!

Steve has a diamond on the 6th string to indicate the root of the chord. The bold 1 on g, b, and high e indicate the barre.

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Well played @WATSON43

Jim Dunlop Dies I have a few of his picks. RIP.

I like the handheld recorders like the Zoom, but I wouldn't walk away from Pro Tools so quickly. First of all Pro Tools install is a pain. You use the Avid Manager to download and install all the content which is not great. Pro Tools can use any "AAX" format effect. One of the tricky things is some publishers do not put the effects in the correct location so they don't show up. On my Win 10 PC they are located at "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins". All the effects in that location show up in Pro Tools. The error stopping Pro Tools sounds like something is interfering with Pro Tools. Unless you have a powerful computer Pro Tools will take up a lot of power and it expects not to be interrupted. Reinstall might work. However, if you look closely at the Pro Tools docs they kind of want you to dedicate the computer to Pro Tools. In other words strip out anything that might interfere with Pro Tools. I never did because my machine is powerful. I did find one little external program that would cause an audible pop in Pro Tools and it was tough to figure out, but I found it and eliminated it. Avid support should be able to give you a definite answer why the stop. Are you using one of the built-in Pro Tools templates? I have learned all the basics so it is easy for me to make new projects from scratch. Guitar, Mic, Master Fader for starters, and maybe effects tracks to send the clean signal. Check You Tube for beginners videos. Pro Tools has a lot of support.

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Well done Kevin!

Do you mean something like this? Ovation non-slip pad I have a 2008 Ovation Standard Balladeer, but mine has the contoured mid-depth bowl so slipping is not a problem.

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@FThomas As I stated in my previous post you can't adjust the action on your Taylor with the method on Greg's DVD. You have to have a Taylor trained tech change the shims for the Taylor NT neck. All the other info on Greg's DVD applies to you Taylor and any other acoustic guitar.

Relax, take it easy. You don't need to work that hard. Don't be so hyper-focused that you miss out on the joy of playing guitar. Guitar is not a strength activity. You need a firm grip on the pick, but you don't need a death lock. The same goes for your fretting hand. You need the correct amount of pressure in the correct location to make your guitar sing. Have fun with it!

Both! Agility isn't going to teach you notes; it's like a workout. It is more important to learn the notes and scales in the long run.

@HYA You will not be a master sight reader by the end of session 3. The first four sessions are just an introduction. Don't cheat yourself by trying to skip this part. You will benefit from reading music in the long run. Write the notes in until you don't have to. I locked in on a few notes in the beginning then used them for a reference to learn the rest of the notes. I learned the E on the first string before I learned the F and G. I learned the A on the third string because it is so visually obvious. I learned the C on the fifth string by sight also. The E on the 6th string because of the three staff dashes above the note. From there I learned the rest including going to the higher notes above the staff. This isn't easy. Give yourself credit for doing something hard. Anyone can learn a few cowboy chords and be a perfectly mediocre guitar player. Learning to read music, music theory, and playing better than you ever imagined takes time and practice. Don't give up.

Eracer has the correct answer. You need to lengthen the string at the saddle. Greg Voros does not recommend changing the nut.

10 Things I Wish I Had Known About Guitar EARLIER! - Darrell Braun Guitar Good tips!

Mics are great if you have the right mic. The Nady did not handle the loud volumes of amps, but I got this mic for $19.99 with stand and cable at Musicians Friends so I can't complain. The Sennheiser e835 does pretty well. My Fishman Loudbox Mini does a nice job recorded DI out.

I have experimented with it all. Direct record to interface, mics, direct and mics, amp to interface, live, multitrack with background vocals. I have done too much, and I have done too little. It can be a real challenge to get the sound you want, but it is fun and rewarding also. My gear: M-Audio Fast Track C400 Audio Interface Oxygen49 Keyboard Controller Mackie MR5 II Studio Monitors Pro Tools Sennheiser e835 Mic Nady Starpower Mic Shure SHR440 Headphones

@old guy Welcome to the forum! Yes you can post videos. Check out the Guitar Playing & Technique area. You can put your recordings in the Members Recording area. You can also join the Monthly Recording Challenge. Have fun with it!

I have long experience with modelling amps. My first amp is a Fender G-DEC 30 which models a lot of amps, and many effects. The amp itself is capable, but it takes some work to get to the sound you want. The flaw in the G-DEC is it has all the options buried in a multi-layer menu. The amp is fully customizable, but it takes some work. The first thing I did was setup a simple clean setting as my main setting because I wanted to know I was playing notes correctly in early practice. The amps and effects were overkill early because I had no idea how to use them. A raunchy overdrive expects you to play in a certain fashion which is hardly appropriate for a learning guitar player. It was a lot less expensive than buying a lot of effects pedals. There is a lot of capability in this little amp and after years I can finally enjoy some of the effects, but I never enjoy using the menu. More conventional amps have simple controls for volume, gain, treble, mid, bass, and maybe reverb. These are the kind of amps most of the professionals use. The effects are added later. I now have a Fishman Loudbox Mini acoustic amp, and a Peavey Classic 30 II which both have simple controls with minimal effects. Of course I had to buy a couple of pedals, and it will only take one more purchase to equal what I spent on the G-DEC. I also consider adding multi-effects pedals which have menus and options, but give you a lot of capability in a single box. What goes around comes around. Visit a music store and play around with the amp you are considering to make sure it is right for you.

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I recommend three notes on a string scales which forces you to use scales and move on all 6 strings. I also found another lesson where you find all the A on each string then the same for the rest of the notes. It takes time and practice, but you can do it!

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Good news! You should get Greg Voros' Setup and Maintenance DVD then you would know more than most guitars techs. A few inexpensive tools and you can do it yourself. A small tube of Big Bends Nut Sauce will probably cure any binding at the nut, and I use it every time I change my strings.