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At Session 3, Steve says that this session is probably the most important.  It deals with intervals of 3rds, 6ths, and 10ths.  Though I have played these a fair amount, I have never really delved into them the way that Steve does here.  So, every day, as a warmup, I pick a note at random, find it all over the fretboard (a valuable exercise from Ted Greene's "Chord Chemistry"), and then use that note as the root of the scale for the day to play the 3rds, 6ths, and 10ths all over the fretboard at every string set suitable to the interval.  I have only been doing that a few days and already I am getting a good handle on it.  

So now it is time to start picking out melodies, as Steve suggests, and experiment with applying the intervals to them as he demonstrates along with the tips for doing so.  I am also paying particular attention to the pieces that Steve created (Teri's Song" and "Springtime" because there is a lot in these that is helpful for making up my own music.  I have not even gotten to the advanced workshop yet.  The things I a doing are not difficult, but instead very worthwhile to explore in depth before moving on.  I want to thoroughly be comfortable with these intervals because they really are at the heart of arranging tunes, which is the subject of the next session and the incentive for me to study this course.  I plan to spend a lot of time with that session, arranging a lot of tunes as "extra credit", just as I am doing now with melodies.

Tony

 

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Sounds like a great approach Tony... Welcome aboard ?

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Thanks NeilES335.  I can guess at least one of your guitars. :)

My approach to this fingerstyle course is that I really want to learn how to do some specific things.  I can play fingerstyle - other people's tunes, but I want to make my own music.  Steve seems to address this by encouraging us to make these Sessions our own by constantly experimenting with the material beyond the specifics of the lessons.

Tony

 

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