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Day 3 i showed up. sore fingers but i got through it! I couldn’t get through the 2nd part of the scale until I opened the tabs page and figured out the pattern. Happy with my small win.
My small win was I was able to play the scale in the same tempo as you. I felt like I have never been able to play a scale ever. It was actually a good feeling. I still suck at making it fit in the music.
Can’t wait to have as positive of a feedback as some of the folks. I finally began to make a little progress with the scale and solo. However the time it took was way more than 10 minutes. Being computer challenged is part of the frustration, but I’m hanging in there.
Small win: Actually making a G major pentatonic scale sound like music.
Found I already knew this. Have done pentatonic scales up and down the neck for a long time, although usually on electric guitar. This was a review of the first position.
But I’m still having difficulty with one of the pulloffs from the 2nd day.
Small wins. I showed up. Struggling making the time but a am carving a few minutes.
Felt good on the scale super fun. Working with my pick which I have not done well with in the past. My fingering on the strings is improving
I was getting frustated during the first 2 days with my wins being that I showed up and could only play some parts very slowly. I felt I was in way over my head. But today things sky rocketed and I was able to keep up and actually sound good over the backing track. I had to start out slowly and then was able to build up to full speed.
My wins for today are:
1: I showed up
2: I played this lesson very slowly
But its becoming obvious that this lesson WAS NOT for new platers
My small win is using a pentatonic scale horizontally. I’ve always just used them vertically.
i can do this. Tabs are what I can play better than the other stuff.
I now understand what you mean by “small wins”. Today’s lesson was fun.
Had a blast soloing over the backing track. Pretty cool to learn the single string scale — sounds great, and allows one to climb the neck and find appropriate/associated notes. Have really enjoyed this series of videos. Looking forwad to tomorrow.
Celebrating a couple of wins today, Tony! I showed up (!), and I played a solo for the first time in 40+ years!!!! You and I sound great together! Thanks!
Baby beginner here, at 71. Other than the pain in my fingertips from playing more in these few days, than I’ve played in a while, my small win is “SLOW DOWN”. I want to play Eddie Van Halen guitar picking, today. Slow Down. It’s PAINFUL, but it WORKS. Start out slower than the 0.5 speed you have on the window and work my way up to a 0.2, then 0.3, then 0.5. Finally I get to regular speed. So much better than getting frustrated at warp speed. It’s not an “overnight process”. That’s my win for me. Thanks Tony, I think it’s sinking in.
OK, day 3… I am flat out lovin’ this.
Very nice. I added some things like slides, hammer on or pull offs to give a more personal feel.
Small win was playing the scale with your rythm backing. Loved it.
WOW! That was fun! Never thought I could do that! I actually felt that I was playing. BIG win!
Small win for me was to follow along at full speed and experiment with slides and pull ups as I was improvising. It was fun!
I’m eager to do “Day 4” of my 5 day challenge. It hasn’t arrived in my email yet. Please send. Thanks.
Hi Tony,
Today was a little challenging for me, but I am going to keep working on it. What was enlightening for me was using more of the neck, even if it was just single note progression. I typically don’t play anything beyond the 4th fret…not anymore! Also, I have never use the tab until I started with you. I got to use it for each of the lessons now and I love it!
My Big thing I learned was that I tried the tablature and I found it was easier for me to follow your instructions using the tab awhile listening to your voice. Now I’ve got to go back to the previous day challenges and try them again using the table.
small win, playing three days in a row.
Finally, it was a small win for me today. I had fun with the scale and solo.
It took a while to get the scales down. But I kept at it and now I’ve got it. Yay!
Ok, yeah, thats fun. Especially combined with the strumming technique. 2 bug breakthroughs for me. 1st, same scale goes string to string & up the neck. I knew the same note appeared in more than 1 place on the fretboard, but now I have a better idea of how to find them. 2nd most of those “complicated” solos out there are just playing a scale with alternate picking @ higher tempo! Mind blown
I must be the slowest one here. lol I see what I need to do but, almost feel like it’s beyond me. I know I can do it if I play it over and over for however long it takes. But at this rate I question if I can even keep up. lol My small win is I have three new things to play and look forward to have fun latter.
yup, that’s fun!
Ha! This is addicting, never thought I would pick up these lessons so quickly. These are so fun and I feel I am getting better! Can’t wait till tomorrow.
Nice this was great I loved it. Playing with the backing track with the scale as well as my improv bending strings and all. I’m a guitar player now. Not grate but I’m playing.
Felt like magic today. Very far from perfect and that is okay… it was still magic.
Well, I wasn’t exactly following the scale but it was fun with the slowed down backing track. Amazing what a good rhythm background can do for a simple scale.
Well- struggling quite a bit playing along with the back track. I do get the scale down on my own so I’ll take the SMALL WIN! I was skeptical on day one- my fingers are sore but i’m doing it 🙂
I did it. It wasn’t great but I did it. and you are right the notes were all nice with the background. This is not easy but this is perfect!
Hey Tony, I had to slow the video down to the slowest pace but I was able to play along and I really enjoed playing the scale!
Felt great playing some simple leads using the scales you taught us. Got lost a few times and hit some notes that didn’t match up with the chords, but was fun nonetheless. Tried some pulls to jazz it up a bit…too funny. Thanks for making things fun;
That was really fun today. I was able to play along with the backing track and had fun!
Hey man. I’m struggling today. But, it’s a good struggle. Thanks for the lesson!
I’m starting to feel like a guitar player 🙂 This is awesome!!
Wow!
The proof is in the pudding.
I am enjoying this jam session! I still find myself struggling with the down picking and up picking, but I am hitting the right notes.
Thank goodness for 0.5x speed! I feel as though it has been rough, but never the less it has been progress! I have the desire to keep playing and that is a win too!
Question: When I press the tab button, it sends me to PIP and I am looking at two of you at the same time. (one little & one big) Is the tab supposed to be a finger-placement chart?
Thanks for any help you can give.
It’s pretty raw yet but I picked up scales quickly and it not sound half bad. Playing with backing was hard at first but got easier. I did my own thing and played around with different not sequences. Sounded ok. Small wins are good!
Getting up a head of steam. Now understanding all of what is presented BUT implementing about 60%.
Win: Showed up 3 days in a row.
Win: Good practice with the plastic for a finger-picking country boy.
Win: Ran the scale pretty well for a fellow that picks the notes that sound good to his ear.
I’ve got to tell you Tony. I’m so excited. I played along with the backing track and I felt as though I was really making music. Improvising along the guitar neck was so much fun!
In multiple previous iterations of me trying to learn guitar, I was introduced to scales. And the Gmaj scale is one I learned. So today’s lesson had the feeling of getting back on the bike. Something familiar that I could pick up quickly. A real confidence booster!
This was the piece I have had trouble with forever. I already had the pentatonic scales down, but couldn’t ever figure out how to make something up with them. And no one online seemed to address that part. .(I’ve been known to leave a few terse messages to that effect on various ‘learn this scale and solo like a pro videos’. LOL)
I began to think it can’t be taught, either you’re creative melodically or not. Turns out it was as simple as playing to a backing track.
I found that simply getting into the groove of the progression, the melodical feel that created, kicked something off in my mind, if I didn’t try to think too much and I found my fingers trying different patterns as my mind then instantaneously critiqued, extrapolated and came up with impulses where to go next. Although I often repeated a simple 3 or 4 note run a few times, I’d then branch off into a new idea. It was a true light bulb moment. THANK YOU!
I even found that after a few times through, I even started to feel the changes, and instinctively to land on the root note of which ever chord we were in. Not always, but it still worked if I found my way back to the root of the key too. Soon I was even working my way down the neck through the other pentatonic boxes, and all those hours I’d spent getting them in muscle memory began to pay off. So that was my huge win today!
To folks who are just starting out…don’t let my pre-knowledge of things yet to come intimidate you. (I have practiced these scales for years by now, so my fingers have that memory and skill to find the notes.) You are on the right track. Tony knows how to teach you how to learn! Just keep playing whatever you can and adding more without worrying about getting any of it perfect first This is another brilliant and key feature of his approach.
Its starting to come together.