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Wow, Mike, that's a sweet instrument, and I know you'll do it justice. Make it sing!
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@Oasis Welcome to the forum! Playing keyboards and drums gives you a great head start on learning guitar. I agree with Wim that it's best in most situations to start with Steve's general guitar course. That course takes up basic fingerstyle about midway through. The fingerstyle course assumes from the outset that you have certain skills.
But if you are really intent on learning fingerstyle, there's no reason you can't start learning right hand patterns right at the beginning, on the six open strings. It won't be really musical, but some exercises just aren't. If you have access to an in-person teacher, take advantage, and the sooner the better.
Explore the forum at your leisure. There's a lot of good advice here. Practice faithfully and the music will follow.
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Hi, Mohammad. Glad to help. Practice, play, and participate. Join us for the Live Lessons if you can. Details are in the sub forum. If you can’t watch and chat live, you can watch it a few days later after Steve posts the video. If you’re just starting out with guitar, I especially recommend Tom Heany’s “First, Learn to Practice”. It’s concise and direct.
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@gmills Greg, I have the pdf's (2015 or 2016) but can't locate the video among the ones Steve has archived on YouTube. I vaguely recall that it was done at Gruhn's, but I'm not certain.
Silent Night (Basic Arr) Guitar Gathering.pdf Silent Night (Advanced Arr).pdf
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Hello, Mohammad, and welcome to the forum. Since you're new, you probably haven't had time to explore. Practice is a big topic, and there's a lot of experience and thoughts about it here. I suggest you start with Steve's video, then consult some of the many good texts on the subject. I've collected a few of them here.
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@filipmo Another resource is Desi Serna's fretboard theory courses. He used to offer a DVD on the pentatonic scale, but apparently it's no longer available (except u$ed, by arbitrage).
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Oh, Mandy, I am so sorry. That is devastating. Take all the time you need for yourself and let yourself grieve. Your guitar family will still be here for you.
Diane
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Hi, Tim, welcome to the forum and the course (again). The answer key to the L&M Lesson Book is here. See my (third) post.
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Nancy, I like my paper music, but it takes effort to keep the paper controlled. I keep songs that I’m actively working on grouped in letter trays on desk space around the music stand. Other songs go into loose leaf binders. I have only a few pieces of 9x12 sheet music, and I keep these with my song books in magazine holders. Music stand extenders like this give you more real estate.
I have friends who swear by their paperless systems on their tablets, with foot switches for page turning. Nice for performing. But my music stand iPad is devoted to logging practice, watching Steve’s lessons (via Dropbox), and playing along with YouTube. I need to be able to write directly on the page of the music as I’m working, and for this I prefer paper and pencil.
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In his last Live Lesson on jazz turnarounds, Steve described how one of his students pointed out that Example 16 contains a “backdoor ii-V” (iv7-bVII7): EbM7 (I) - Cm11 (vi7) - Abm7 (iv7) - Db9 (bVII7) - EbM7 (I). Maybe this explains why I can never quite get “Misty” out of my head.
The trick is two common chord tones along with two leading tones. Anton Schwartz explains here, and here.
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@Scott Jackson Hi, Scott, and welcome to the forum. Your question is somewhat above my pay grade, but not that of instructor Desi Serna. His recent podcast on pentatonics may be helpful to you.
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@Gran Gran Welcome to the forum, and I presume, to Steve's course. My take on your question is this: the guitar that will best help you learn is the one on which you actually practice and play. That guitar could cost anywhere from $25 to $250,000. It should suit the kind of music you want to play, give you pleasure, and it should be professionally set up so that you don't have to work against it. So, my layperson's short answer is, no.
There comes a price point of diminishing returns at which the extra dollars do not add playability or tone as much as they add trim and finish. This point varies with the individual. A downside of owning a pricey instrument is that one can become more concerned with preserving its value than actually playing it. These days one can purchase a high quality instrument for $2,000, so your present guitar should serve you well as a student. All the best.
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@Wim VD1 Congratulations, Wim! That's some real dedication! 👏
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Those blues guys, always teasing the law! 😁
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For the past few years, off and on, I’ve studied music theory with the Community Music School near me at the University of Delaware. We tallied around 55 class hours, and have progressed — pun intended — about as far as we can go before delving into specific areas such as orchestrating and songwriting. My instructor is the supremely talented Kevin J. Cope, composer and president of the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society.
Our final assignment this summer was to write a piece for solo piano incorporating what we’ve learned. I can’t play piano — it would have helped — but fortunately Finale can, and that’s what you’ll hear in the mp3 (2:42). I gave the score to a friend who’s an experienced pianist, and she pronounced it quite playable. So this isn’t for guitar, although my guitar certainly helped with testing progressions. Here’s my “Letter from Emily”.
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Happy for you all! Thanks for the report!
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Happy birthday, Steve! 🎂 🍰 🎉 🎈
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@Terrible Tim I won't attempt to offer advice, but it is a fascinating subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-dominance
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A whimsical take on chords and composers: two charming creations of "Classic Jenny". These have circulated for a while. You'll find more cartoons in her archives section. Scroll back through her early work to see her steady artistic improvement.
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I removed Steve's old Skills House PDF on the NNS. Here's the latest version.
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Hello, Jose,
I wanted to check on something, but I see Doug already has the answer.
I bought the Song Hits a few years ago, and I could remember taking the printed book to the print shop to have it spiral bound. What I could not recall was whether there was a PDF of the book on one of the discs. There is not, for the reason Doug mentioned. It contains licensed excerpts from copyrighted material, and for Steve to include a PDF would presumably have been a violation of the licensing agreement.
As Doug said, your best option, regrettably, is to contact Legacy (615-515-3605 or 615-515-3600) and request a replacement. They might ask for proof of purchase, or require you to purchase a full set. Sorry.
I don't fault you for asking, but however well meaning our fellow forum members might be, to scan and redistribute the published book would likely amount to a copyright violation. Even if it were between two third parties, like you and myself, it would necessarily involve Steve, and we don't want that. He's a Nashville pro, and we want him to stay in the good graces of the town's legal eagles.
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@FTB23 Hi there! Congrats on a good start. Like many wise teachers, Steve starts the course with very small bites to give the student a sense of progress. As you can tell from previewing the rest of the course, there are no more small bites with "Session" in their title. The sessions will now be more substantial and it will require significantly more time to complete them.
Do not be deterred. Create your own small bites. Ignore the "recommended times to complete", as they are unrealistically brief for most students. It will take as long as it takes. Keep your attention on the process, not the goal, and you are in for a long and happy guitar journey.
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@Colleen Hi, Colleen. You might find the videos for 3 & 4 at Crowd Guitar. Another option is to call Legacy Learning Systems (615-515-3600 or 615-515-3605) and see what they can do for you.
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Also among the casualties, as many are already aware: CAAS 2020 and Summer NAMM.
The Beatles: Get Back - A Sneak Peek
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Thank you, Girard! Nice to have you back. After seeing what Jackson did with "They Shall Not Grow Old," I'm sure this will be terrific. Wow, what memories.