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Foundational Five
The foundational five are just what they sound like: a foundation for you to construct your fretboard knowledge on top of. Most importantly these foundational five are here as a reference in case you are in the midst of the Fretboard Wizard course and things don’t seem to be clicking. If ever you feel stuck, or that you aren’t “getting it,” come on back to these foundational five and dig in.
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Tony,
After 3 years of trail and error……..I tripped upon your ad on the internet and
everything has changed!
Thank you
I compare it to the plateau’s one has in their golf game,
One little thing or clue with the right teacher can unlock all the doors
to being able to understand how the swing works at any stage of the swing.
Then you are able to practice what you know to be true and after some time
you can play the game with more enjoyment.
That is my goal with my guitar, to be able to enjoy playing music
and truly understand the how’s and why’s
To me YOU are that teacher
I will be calling you :
Tony Edison
( with all the light bulb moments I have had )
Having the knowledge of how it all comes together is fantastic,
but only the beginning.
The real challenge with be applying all the info with practice therefore achieving muscle
memory.
James,
I am so pumped that you are having so many light bulb moments!!! Thank you for your comment and for being here in Fretboard Wizard!!! May the bulbs continue to illuminate!!!
Cheers,
Tony
Great teaching Tony! I bought a music theory book 2 years ago and only got up to page 14 when I started not understanding. Once I completed your Fundamental Five (which only took a few hours) , I picked up the theory book again , paged through it , and was really surprised that I understood it all. I have been a TAC member from the beginning, and I am more than pleased with everything you taught. Looking forward to more endless progress.
Thank you so much for the kind words Thaddeus!!! Congrats on your progress keep up the awesome work!!!
Cheers,
Tony
How do I complete a section? my progress is not updating and on my intro page it says NOT STARTED
J
John,
Make sure to click the “start this course” button on the course home page. Once you have done so your progress will be tracked as you complete the quizzes and such.
Cheers,
Tony
This is awesome by the way…. I feel like I’m actually getting it! Thank you!
Hi Tony or Levi or Maggie….
So… If a Major chord is a Major third over a Minor third… and
a Minor chord is a Minor third over a Major third…. and
a Dim chord is a Minor third over a Minor third…
then what is a Major third over another Major third?
That’s the fourth combination… i’m thinking it must be something…
Thanks.
Stephen
Stephen,
This is a great question!!! A major third over a major third will result in an augmented chord 🙂 I love this question and am super glad you asked it 🙂
Cheers,
Tony
I am probably going to go through this again because I answered a few questions wrong but this was great and it really has helped me understand what you folks are talking about when you use certain terms like major and minor and chords .. looking forward to the rest of the course
You rock Sharon!!! Keep after it 🙂
Cheers,
Tony
I ‘ve always disliked learning musical theory. But here you simply make it clear and very interesting. It was a real pleasure to learn this “Foundational Five”. I’m very excited to pursue this course.
Thanks Tony !
So great to hear Bernard, I am glad you are digging it!!!
Cheers,
Tony
This is fascinating and we are learning a lot! Going to have to review the CAGED system a few times and then learn to do bar chords. Not one of our best skills, but it will be….
I am glad to hear you are digging in!!! The CAGED system is a great navigation system… the shapes can be buggers, but if used in smaller chunks they can prove to be really effective 🙂 Keep up that forward progress!!!
Cheers,
Tony
Where do you leave the answers? Is that any fretted note? Because I think that any note you fret on the low E string you can find that not 2 frets up on the D string.
Ken,
The questions within the quizzes are all multiple choice so you should see the four options below each question. Each option is clickable and once you click one you will click the button at the bottom to submit/check your answer. I hope this helps you navigate the quizzes, if you have any further troubles at all just shoot me a message at info@tonypolecastro.com and myself or Noah can help troubleshoot 🙂
Cheers,
Tony
Taking the quizzes actually brought some of the concepts into clearer focus!!
Great to hear Jo!!! I am so glad the quizzes are helping 🙂