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Mike-

I’ve been waiting to respond to your original post here— to give me a chance to really think about it a bit.

My “short” response is- I love TAC also.

I didn’t have any idea at all how “deep” guitar-learning goes…. I don’t think there is an end, really. But Tony and TAC seems to put the brakes on the bottomless pit when the philosophy is “I’m gonna teach you the 10% of music theory that you will use 90% of the time”. And that’s good enough for me.

I did not know BEANS about guitar when I started– (on Jan 12, 2021- right in the middle of COVID– and there I was, home, suffering from what felt to me like a bad hangover that went on for nine days). (Side note- I’ve had “the VID” two more times since then).

Well, anyway, it’s now two years and seven months later—- wow.

So the reason I had to think about my response in here was that there are just SO many things, SO much knowledge, SO much improvement in physically, actually playing of the guitar, and SO MANY wonderful people I have “met” in here!

SO MUCH, in fact, that it is just not possible for me condense it down.

You must know by now that I am full of a lot of things- one of them being examples. So here is just one example – (there are hundreds)- of how Tony and TAC helped me.

I play “mind games” quite often, usually when I’m out for a walk, or driving a boring highway, or layin’ in bed in the early morning. Anytime my mind has a chance to just “wander”.

For example– yesterday morning, maybe around 4-5 AM, I started dissecting chords in my mind. Completing one at a time, I went thru the seven major ((“open”(?) A,B,C,D,E,F,G)- chords—- every barre, every fret, every string, and every fingered-note location…. in all five CAGED shapes and locations……. in my head– just layin’ there in the dark.

Then, this morning, I started doing the same thing with minor, minor7, major7, dominant7, and sus2 and sus4 chords. (didn’t get all the way thru– but made a good dent in it). I’ll get there…….

The big thing is that I am NOT doing this as in just “memorizing the chords and where to put my fingers”– I’m doing this by analyzing each chord, and each note (1-3-5- (7))- and then it’s location- (which string/which fret).

The point is- (and I apologize that it took me this many words to explain it)- that THIS is one of the main reasons I, also, love TAC.

Yes- I know I still have a LONG ways to go—- but I never……. EVER……… would have gotten this far without TAC. Ever. Much of the stuff I now “know”– I never even knew existed before I came onboard.

And you know what?……….. it’s still FUN!!!!!!

So “there ya’ go”. Thanks for starting this post, Mike.

mark- (theoldcoach)

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