Cadgirl
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@stevieblues , it happens 🙁
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@Philb
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Great post. I think a lot of us agree with you. Learning and improving it is the name of the game and it’s so much harder to do it alone. Having the backup of others is great. Reading the questions and comments only help us out more. Glad to have had all the encouragement along this journey. We all learn from each other. 🙂
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@MississippiJeff , Congratulations completing the 30 days and 5 days in the Skill Section.
Just jump into the daily challenges. Go slow if you have to, but you’ll soon realize that you are getting better and better. There is a lot of times I have to do the challenge at my own speed because I just can’t keep up with those chord changes. Or my fingers just don’t stretch that far. Give it time and Good Luck and you’ll do fine.
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@Marty69 You have made an amazing journey and glad that you have made TAC a lifetime membership. What a great personal goal you set up for yourself, Can’t wait to see your split screen video with playing and playing a solo. 🙂
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$5!!! It’s a great buy. It’s got 6 strings to it so it will be a great guitar to learn on. Since it was at a flea market it could probably just needs a little cleaning. Good Luck with your guitar and happy playing
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@jaweaver14 , glad to hear you are going to continue with your guitar journey while healing up. Do you think it would help to have a capo that rolls up and down the neck? I’m sending you a video that is just in one chord. Called “Learn Fingerstyle in 5 Minutes”. He only using the finger picking hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQGP96XHBkg
Wishing you the best of luck.
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This is my understanding of finding the relative minor of a major scale is by using the 6 scale degree. So 1) The relative minor to the Key of D would be the Key of Bm. 2) The relative minor to the Key of A would be the key of F#m.
3) To find the relative Major to a Minor Key I would use the 3 scale degree. So the relative Major to the Key of Am would be the Key of C
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@Bill_Brown , Thanks for getting back with me.
Yes, your right, not a full E or full A shape, they are both modified to be minor. For Em I used an A shape but because it was a minor I moved the note on the 2<sup style=”background-color: var(–bb-content-background-color); font-family: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>nd</sup> string one fret up toward the headstock. Making it an Em. Did the same thing with the Am which used the E shape, because it was a minor chord I lifted the 2<sup style=”background-color: var(–bb-content-background-color); font-family: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>nd</sup> string note up one fret toward the headstock making it an open string.
Yes, I did notice that the Em & Bm were using the same 7<sup>th</sup> fret. Also Am and Bm use the same shape of Em just a couple frets away from each other.
Ok, this gets me a little confused over the meaning of ‘relative’. I understand that the key of G has minor chords in the 6-2-3 positions. I’m a little fuzzy on why Em is called a ‘relative’ minor thou? Is it because the same notes are in it as the Key of G? That’s what I’m assuming. Wait…. So if the key of Em is a ‘relative’ minor of the Key of G. THEN the relative major of E minor would be the Key of G Major. Does this make sense?
Yes, I am pretty sure I have a grasp on everything else. It’s just what the part about Em being called ‘relative’ minor.
I’m getting this. I just have to keep reinforcing it to make it 2<sup>nd</sup> nature to me.
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@Kitman , Thanks a lot for noticing. I swear, I walk away from this with a head ache. It is confusing and I totally understand when someone says they don’t get it. But, it was easier this time, then when I did it the week before. I am going to keep reinforcing my FBW knowledge with the daily challenges. Right now, watching the Week 4 Day 2 of Fretboard Wizard. Almost down with it.
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@Bill_Brown ,I first used the “A shape” to construct the Em chord (Root on A string, 7th fret). To make the Am, I moved the same shape 2 frets toward the headstock and moved the shape 1 string toward the Low E (5th fret). This puts the root of A on the Low E string. To make the Bm, I just had to move the Am chord (E shape) toward the body 2 frets (7th fret). I hope that I writing this down somewhat intelligible.
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@Moonhare , Thanks for noticing all the time and effort @Bill_Brown has put into helping me. I understand what is going on within the CAGED system better now. I look at the daily challenges a little different now too. HOOT HOOT.
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@Bill_Brown I’m sitting here with colored pencils drawing in notes, scales and patterns in different colors for different chords…. and I think I got it.
I’m using The Key of C. My 1 4 5 are C F G notes. using the A shaped chord barre for the 1 chord, and the 4th chord (F root) and 5th chord (G root) will be E shaped chord.
The A shape and E shape share the same pattern. the C & F root notes are on the 8th fret. Just the E pattern starts on the Low E string and the A pattern starts on the A string. Also on the 8 fret it contains all my notes needed for the Key of C (C F G). Same with the 10 th fret (where my root for G is), my C F and G notes are there. I think this is getting a little easier for me.
This is something I will have to keep doing to really get it to stick. It really confusing but not as confusing as it was just last week. I can see something now. Maybe I don’t have it all memorized but I can see a pattern in how it works.
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I just finished up doing the CAGED section (again) in FBW today. I thought it would help give me a better understanding of it.
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@Bill_Brown , thank you so much for all your help and patience. My gosh. Yes, I am going to go over everything you said. It helps me to sit down and chart everything out. Also it seems like one chord just flows into the next. But, I have to keep working on it so its second nature with me. Again, thanks for all the help.