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Pete, I wasn’t totally dissing FW at all; it’s a valuable tool for those of us who never had *any* theory training. It’s just that the songs Tony used for the “key by ear” exercises are of a type I’m not used to hearing so it’s difficult for me to pick up on. (I have nothing against those songs as a genre!) Some of the other songs we have for challenges are more familiar to me (except when they’re not ;-), Wagon Wheel and some of the older rock songs come to mind–but I do understand the need to use material that is in the public domain) that I would have little difficulty determining the key. In fact I can usually pick up a tune on my recorder that I’ve heard only a few times.
Some of my other concerns are some of the lessons/exercises in FW don’t seem to have much practical application, at least for me, as I don’t have others to jam with. If a song I want to learn has chords I find difficult, I either don’t play that song, or use my triad workarounds for them.
Perhaps I’m wrong or being too limiting. I’d love to hear how FW has helped you and others in specific ways that enhance your goals as a guitar player. Me, I’m more focused on getting my 74 year old fingers to behave!