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Thanks for posting that Dave! Its always fun to learn from different sources!

Thanks for posting this! Some very interesting points in that video. Lately, I have been thinking about 'lightening the load' so to speak. I believe I will put some serious thought into this.... I have a Yamaha nylon string that rarely gets played and I've considered letting it go. Its a great guitar, just not my 'go-to'. For electrics I'd have a harder time deciding. With one each of Les Paul, Strat, and Tele, I feel like I'm still learning what each can really do.

I too, have considered carbon fiber guitars. Hopefully someday I'll just happen on a nice one at a good price!

That's a nice looking guitar! And glad you got the other one replaced! Have fun with it!!

Hi Costancr! There are so many different directions guitar can take you, its easy to get sidetracked! From my experience, you might want to cover the material in sessions 7 & 8, barre chords. You will need barre chords even for fingerstyle, so from what I see they are pretty important. As a matter of fact, session 10 really highlighted the fact that I needed a bit more work on my barre chords! When you start plucking just a single string and its buzzy, well... for me it was humbling. Maybe you can work thru 7 and 8 at the same time as you explore fingerstyle. But I wouldn't skip them right now. Those sessions can take a bit to work thru so getting started would be great! Steve just this week started a Wednesday Night workout for Barre Chords. It was great! I think the link is posted above... and there is a pdf handout for it. I'm very sure it would be helpful for you to watch! You can watch the first session then join us the next two weeks! The most important thing is that you are having fun learning!

These are definitely challenging! I am concentrating on getting the major and minor down first and those are going pretty well actually. Getting to where 'all of my fingers going in different wrong directions at once' is happening less and less. I found that trying to learn all of them at once was too much. Concentrating on major and minor and just now starting to toss in the sevenths, but only on the first three strings. I'll do the second set when my brain clears up some memory space, lol! As I was practicing earlier today I realized that I'm having so much fun learning these, that I didn't notice Steve had tricked me into learning the fretboard... lol! 😜

Going to be another fantastic series!! Can't wait!!

That would be amazing! I'd certainly order one!

Couldn't have said it better! Still working on getting thru them all but I'm seeing amazing progress each time! Thanks Steve!!! And of course Paulette!

Aww! So sad they had to cancel! 😔 I attended Steve Kaufman's Kamp a few years ago when we lived in Maryville. It was quite the experience! I'm sure this decision was very difficult for them to make ☹️

What a wonderful message! That is absolutely right: We are in this together and we will get through this together. I consider myself blessed to have guitar, bass, banjo, Steve's lessons, these forums, and various other online learning and just music in general, especially during these difficult times. Thanks for sharing that!

Same here! These are great! I couldn't come close to keeping up tonite, but I will! The great part is that I can pause, stop, rewind, slow it down, etc! These triad workouts are a bit challenging for me, but I'll get it!! I'm determined and stubborn, lol!

Very nice!!! Mine is a Johnson JB-100, and the action was so high when I got it I could actually fit my fingers between the strings and the fretboard! Its a resonator so it is pretty loud, even with the banjo mute. I have not tried playing clawhammer style, only with fingerpicks and thumb pick. It really is quite fun!!

I should have looked for an open back.... Are you having as much fun as I am with it? This one just looked so lonely sitting in the pawn shop. All alone in the corner. I just had to get it and clean it up! And its one more thing I checked off my to-do list: ✔️ Buy a used banjo at a pawn shop - Done! I must say, it seems impossible to be unhappy while playing the banjo! My neighbors and my hubby may disagree though! Lol! 🤣

Awesome! Thanks Steve!! I've watched last week's workout 4 times already and getting better each time through! Great confidence boost when the forms and root notes start to come easier and faster!

Lol! I'm learning banjo, and honestly I would double that distance! There is no quiet way to play the banjo.... just ask my very patient hubby, lol! 😆

Found the replay yesterday, and I had so much fun!!! I didn't get all the way through the first day, admittedly I need to work on some of the forms. Worked on it some more again today and already see improvement! What a great workout!! Awesome Steve! Thanks so much for doing this!

Well done! Have fun in Session 3!!!

Wow!!! That sure is a beautiful guitar!!! Congrats! I am sure you will have many hours of enjoyment!!

I got stuck on a work call and couldn't make it . Thought I'd be able to scoot away at 5, but the best laid plans... oh well. I'll look to see if there's a replay!

Cool! I'll be there!

Oh that is so cute!! Ukes are fun to play! I have one and I thought I'd bring it to play with my local uke group, but I wound up playing bass with them instead! Let me know what you think of it! It sure looks nice!!

Congrats Dave!! Enjoy! Hope you are feeling better Greg! Stay safe!

Sounds like you are doing well! As Simira said above, stay on session 3 and just keep practicing the chords. Add a few minutes to the beginning and / or end of your practice and just practice switching between them. Start our very slowly, taking careful note of how your fingers move between the chords. Then bring up the speed slowly. First do it right, then do it faster. Have fun learning with us!