jumpinjeff
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Godspeed @Marty69 , I am not sure what would be worse, the ailment or not being able to play. When I had my shoulder done I played the guitar while it was in the stand just finger picking rhythmically (I am a desperate case). I will play extra so you don’t have to worry. The vibrations in the universe will remain balanced during your recovery. Peace my friend.
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That’s what I wanted to say. Oh well early birds, etc. Who is this jumpinjeff character anyway?😆
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The question, Are we Supposed to….. , The answer: No. You will learn it by using it. Can you memorize if you want? Sure. If you like doing that type of learning I have heard accounts here that it has been useful and helpful for the people that did it. I tried to do it, made flashcards and everything, it did not work for me so I abandoned the exercise. I suppose I learned the notes like a child learns to talk, I just did it a lot and over time all the blanks filled in. Every time you memorize a chord shape you learn 3 notes. The strings all have relative relationships to each other and for me that was more useful figuring out what that was and how the sound fits together rather than learning notes by rote. Notes filled themselves in with use over time. Knowing the Key? now that is where Mandatory is the word.
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what happens when you click on Fretboard Wizard on the menu bar?
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Hi N-light. Congrats on finding good life, the acoustic life. 3 years and a miles of road traveled. I love your approach to the “wall”, the metronome. Embrace the discomfort and find your way out of the discomfort. The embrace is the way through. (words of Matt Eich). If you start going nuts gimme a shout and hopefully I will be sane enough squash the crazy. Always have fun and if you can’t have fun go slower.
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Hi @Val , the closest luthier to your location that I could recommend is in Las Vegas.
His name is Gil Rosado at Rosado Repair
875 E. Silverado Ranch Blvd. #2060, Las Vegas, NV
(702) 721-2689
Probably tons of great luthiers in Los Angeles, I just don’t know them.
I have always found that a good setup is worth the money. If I picked up a 200.00 guitar and did not like how it was set up I would have the work done. Be specific with what you want. It will help you get the best result. Additionally if your fret crowns are off, getting them leveled and crowned will change everything for the better.
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Ah ah ah… you know what happens when you give a mouse a cookie…..
Lizzy probably deserves it though, in all fairness.
Lovely. This SWR fan remains hooked.
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The odd thing, I found knowing the relationship more important than knowing the name. As you pointed out knowing that the flat 3rd gives you a minor chord. The “Generic” relationship is more important because it is all the same in all twelve note tones. By knowing one relationship you understand 12 keys. I used to tell the guys I played with that there is only one scale: start it anywhere to give it different names/tonal flavor, but it is all the same. all of the derivatives are based off of that one scale. Knowing where everything is relative to the Root/1st scale degree or root chord tone, where is the 3 and the flat 3, where is the 5 and flat 5 and where is the 7 and the major 7 and where is the 6 and 13 and the flats of those. Knowing that transfers the knowledge to any key. Knowing one set of relationships opens 12 keys with no more work. it was a 12 for 1 sale. The notes I learned later. They made sense to me because I had contextual knowledge. They were not ambiguous labels I could never remember fast enough to be useful in playing situations. I liked that short cut. That is the only reason I focused on relationships rather than names. But hey I was an impatient player at the start and I wanted to get where I wanted to go and fast. If you are a good memorizer that is the way to go at the start I suppose. I admit I am not a good memorizer and transferring brain memory to physical usefulness is something I need short cuts for.
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I think I got this one. But wait….perhaps I need to read between the lines? You are so sneeky @Fletch you slay me too.
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Darn if that is not something else…falling Pound value. Glad you had enough to spare…You may know quite a bit of it already due to your other music experience. Wish I could play the keys! Maybe I will take my learned knowledge from FW and work on Piano, as long as it amplifies my guitar progress that is. : )
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Don’t forget to come back with updates good or not so good. Together we can keep our course corrected and headed to where we want to go. Always fun sharing experiences @N-lightMike
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@N-lightMike : you are perfectly on track and exactly the right place at the right time. Playing in time was no easy thing for me. It is still not. I am a daily practitioner of rhythm training. Initially I was where you are. I thought there was something wrong with me and that I would not get it. Because I loved guitar (and know why I do), was able to toss out my expectations as they clearly where killing my fun quotient, muster persistence, oh…did I mention expectation, oh…yes I did, it bears repeating as this is what allowed me to get down into the depths of the process, embracing the simplicity of a single note played in time with the metronome. In doing this the satisfaction of success came back and that allowed my attention span to increase, my mind to relax. Removing the tension from my mind allowed my fingers to darn near magically become rhythmically aligned with the metronome. That is when I would venture out and start introducing complexity to the rhythm going form quarters to eighths and back, quarters to triplets and back, and this one, Eighths to Triplets, that took a long while before I could move between them at will, intuitively and on the beat. And once there, a whole universe starts to open up by adding space to triplets and eights as dynamics come it to play to accentuate the space. When this was under finger I would move to strums, following the same recipe. You will come back to your songs and understand them in a new way after you have gone down the rhythm road. Slow is always better than fast. Let tension be your guide as to when to increase speed. Don’t hate it, embrace it as part of the process while letting go of what you think you should be able to play. I look forward to hearing more of your experience as you reframe from frustration to curiosity and effort.
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Or does one have to let ever other P. O. S. things out before you can get to Hope? seemingly the least of things at the bottom and yet the mightiest: one thing able to conquer all the others. That is what I took away from your creation. How’d I do?
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Nicely done SWR. I am left hopeful. Maybe only a little but ya, hope is there.
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Yep this is a total learned skill. It is almost a trick and then overtime with messing around with it (hint, reps) it gets easier and easier. And yes it starts by using the E string or the A or if you are more attuned to the higher notes the B string (my personal favorite because I see the fretboard easily through the use of the D shape and the B string is the root) I was not born with a great ear. I have been able to develop it through training. I say, based on my experience it is a learned skill.