[camilla]

Oh my gosh, C.W., you sing your soul! “You will feel my love and know that you’re safe…..” 🌺

I sense you’re a natural song-writer: your tune is catchy, and the chorus just right on time…

Well done! You and your wife have a rare love indeed..💚Special congrats for that too!

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[camilla]

You’ve got a real feel for strumming – nice and steady. Interesting song choice too – I’ve never it heard before! Thanks for sharing!

[camilla]

Congrats Drayton on your Small Win playing with a capo! You’re working it like a pro. This is bound to open up your treasure chest of songs playing along with the artists you love. You have a wonderfully resonant voice! Thank you for sharing…

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So grateful for your comment, Marisa. It’s my highest hope to be able to play freely and with heart so it means a lot that you could hear or feel it.

Wishing you a heartfelt fun-filled acoustic guitar journey, Marisa! May it give back more than you put in!

Thanks again!

☺Camilla

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[camilla]

Thank you so much, ChuckS! You made my day! ☺ Camilla

[camilla]

Thank you, Mrfredsporty! I’m going to get back to my attempts to complete the “Fretboard Wizard” as that is what is giving me “freedom up the neck”… For me, it’s meant getting a real feel and understanding of the five Pentatonic scales that repeat up (and down) the neck (and in any key just in different positions). I’m pretty sure Tony will have that covered in the course, so if you haven’t already check it out! It’s a lot of fun playing to backing tracks and it’s a great way to “learn the neck” too!!

Thanks again! I wish you all the freedom and fun with you playing you can imagine, and more…

☺ Camilla

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[camilla]

Thank you, bell24! You’re lovely to comment and encourage me so….

[camilla]

Thank you kindly, riccsnet! I never imagined the wonderful support I would receive from posting… Truly grateful!

I hope your guitar journey is fun, fruitful, and feels like it gives back more than you dreamed it would…

[camilla]

Hi tmicallef! I apologize for my slow response…

I’ve come and gone and come back to working with Tony’s Challenges for several years now. I felt lost a lot too yet now I see that staying with the Challenges builds your skills and range almost invisibly. Still for me, I did find learning the pentatonic scales and how they fit together helped significantly understand the “grid” and allowed me to have a lot of fun just fooling around with backing tracks. I’m back to the Challenges and getting more out of them now… and appreciating what they uniquely offer!

Hope this helps, and I truly wish you fun and enjoyment on your guitar journey!

[camilla]

Hi Joyfinder! What a fun and inspiring name!

I’m so sorry to be so slow in my response! My answer to your question about improvising is “both!” What I mean is that I know the key and the chords of the song ahead of time, and which pentatonic scale I’m going to use for that chord or for the key (Or both). I also tend to repeat a sound – like hearing a motif – so there’s some repetition that gives my ear a sense of musicality.

I too was very lost simply doing the Challenges and needed more context, i.e theory to feel like I wasn’t just learning piecemeal. I recognize now and appreciate more the Challenges methodology and it’s definitely going to help us to build some solid guitar skills, so do be patient. For me, it helped so much to learn the 5 pentatonic scales that give me a roadmap to the key and the notes (and some chords) within that key that sound good. I think the Challenges are a boon to building range and solid skills to play lots of different styles over time (at least that’s what I’m hoping!)

You have the right attitude and approach – Stay with the lessons and move on without first feeling like you need to perfect anything. I think you’re right – you’ll pick things more readily as you go. Maybe learn the 5 pentatonic scales (for any key) and have some fun fooling around a bit. These 5 scales repeat just in different positions on the fret board. Backing tracks can be a fun way to learn the scales and fretboard (though there always seems more to learn – that’s the journey 🙂

It took 8-10 months for me to learn the pentatonic scales (1-5) and diatonic scales (1-7) so that I understood how they connected and could move around.

I hope this helps, Joyfinder! I wish you great enJoyment on your guitar playing journey!

Warmest Wishes, Camilla

[camilla]

Thank you so much, Philb! I’m staying with it! Appreciate your positive reflections – a real gift!

[camilla]

Thank you for your encouragement, Beatrice. It helps! (You have one of my favorite names by the way!) Thanks again!

[camilla]

Thank you, Braden! That heartens me so much.

Oh yes! I want to encourage you to play around with the improv using Pentatonic scales – it’s a lot of fun! You’ll enjoy it immensely as its quite relaxing (even with K9 accompaniment 😂)

Thank you again! 🌺 Camilla

[camilla]

Wow, your dedicated strumming work has really paid off, Loraine! Congrats!

I’ve been aware of the iconic David Bowie but I agree, that song is as “out there” is as intends to be! I celebrate that child in you who is unique and creative!

Keep it coming!

[camilla]

Thank you so much, albert_d. Me and Baa Baa, my little, K9 love to squeak and sing together, so that may be a post in the near future!