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MMMurray, that’s excellent. Your concerns make sense. Your question is good. And yes, lol, you may be thinking too much 😉 (“putting the cart before the horse”) depending on how long you have been playing (and I haven’t been playing long). (And I do understand thinking too much, and doing ALOT of homework. lol).

There is a reason that I say this exercise may be akin to “putting the cart before the horse” in a way . In essence what this is teaching you, which is wonderful, but I think, a bit advanced, is showing you that you can play chords anywhere on the neck, so you are not “held down” to playing the C chord in that one position that you learned. If you are trying to play something that requires you to play higher up the neck (higher octave) and needed a chord, this allows you to play closer to where you are! It gives you “freedom of movement” on the neck and in the scales, since chords are in scales. 🙂

Man, I hope that makes some sense the way I wrote it. ==> Its a beautiful element of guitar, it gives FREEDOM in your playing, to play anywhere on the neck.

Its also “above” where I am in my playing right now. lol

By the way, how long have you been playing? I just started back, again, in December 2023. And P.S. this is new for me too. lol There are some great Youtube videos on it. Its such a neat thing, it introduces one to the WHOLE fretboard. But it may be awhile before I really get into it. lol

I’m leaving the program today, canceling, so I may not be able to respond anymore, but I wish you the very best in your musical journey! This is a good program, but I’m not sure its geared for me, right now.
My email is: eddie_mattison@yahoo.com or 86-314-3130 if you’d like to reach out, and I’d be happy to hear from you, MMMurray. Take care.

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