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digenu7-

Left a post in here/ re-read it and made an edit/ went to repost it……. and POOF…… gone!

Guess I’ll send you a PM

(this ever happen to anyone besides me?- this isn’t the first time🙂)

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Jeff73–

Small win?…… Hardly!!!

Congrats on this HUGE win!!!

GerryB56—- nailed it again!!!

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Bugmest-

Wow- that’s quite an accomplishment indeed!!! I’m just over half that, and it’s great to hear these “still-having-fun” stories from those leading the pack.

Congrats- well deserved……

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Stevie-

Great wins- (both😉) !!!

I hope your coughing is just from “the crud” going around and definitely not something more…. (I’ve had it for a week tomorrow, and am damn tired of it).

Congrats again- get better soon!

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Gerry-

Congrats- well done!

You have ALWAYS been a positive, helpful voice here in the Forums- much appreciated!

Keep on keepin’ on!!!

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Cad and Kit-

Thanks for your nice words.

I have been sicker than a dog the last 5 days or so- (sinusy-crud)- so I haven’t been playing. But…… my brain has been in overdrive- (and that’s never good😜).

As a result….. I’ve been playing my “Brain Games”— a LOT.

As I bounce back and forth between FBW and my “No Bull” books, I sort-of “play them off of each other”, going back and forth from one to the other– up and up.

They both contain WAAAAY much information!!!! However– (in my limited-skill and experience opinion)– some of it- (especially in the “No Bull” books)- is really un-useful and un-necessary unless you want to be a real student of guitar theory itself. (Example- the famed Circle of Fifths…. what is that all about anyway?- I have well-studied it, but don’t understand all the hype).

Anyway— all this information is like having a GIANT toolbox of really specialized tools that you don’t really have much idea of how to USE.

In the TAC Fretboard Wizard course, however, Tony “builds that bridge”. He provides these “tools”—– but they also come with an easy-to-understand packet of directions on how to actually USE them in the real world of meat-heads like me learning how to play guitar.

I think I am gonna start taking all the excellent knowledge that’s in FBW, and start to find those “paths” that bring all this learning to a point where I can USE it day-in, day-out.

Tony alludes to fact that we can use the FBW lessons and apply them to our Daily Challenges. I personally am having a hard time “getting” that…… But… I’ll “get there”…

If anybody has any suggestions as to build that bridge from knowledge to usefulness- please share.

See……….. This is what happens when I have too much time on my hands😜.

Sorry again about all the long-winded blabber……..

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Bhagy-

This is a big win!

The B minor chord is/was always a “busy” chord for me, too. Lots going on there- finding location(s) of the barre and all the fretted notes, all four fingers involved. I “get it”.

For me at last– it’s just sort of slow and clunky.

Sorry if I’m mentioning things you already know—— but may I offer a couple of maybe different perspectives?

1. Weird perspective #1— I always– always— do my A minor using the middle, ring, and pinkie— NOT index, middle, ring. (I know we’re talking about B minor here, not A minor). But quickly/cleanly landing the A minor— then just sliding-up two frets and throwing a barre on the second fret— might be an easier way to get to the B minor. To me it feels kind-of “automatic” after repetitive practice.

2. Weird- (and completely different)- perspective #2— There are multiple ways to play any– (actually every) chord. Let that sink in. In fact, in the CAGED system lessons in Fretboard Wizard show multiple ways to play any chord.

Example- (from FBW)- Play an E-shaped B chord- (sounds difficult– but it’s a really easy chord to get)- then just lift your middle finger off the G string, and you have an easier/faster B minor.

There’s an easy way to get there—- Make an E-minor chord– then just “slide the whole works up the neck” to barre at the seventh (B) fret, with the A & D strings still fretted two frets higher– (as they were in the original E minor). This is an E-shaped B chord– “minored” by lifting the finger off the G string. An E-shaped B-minor chord.

To prove it to yourself– go back and forth between the “traditional version” and the E-shaped version to verify the sound.

Anyway- sorry if I’ve overkilled this issue, or if it’s stuff you already know.

The B minor has always been a little “slower”- (and always needed a little extra “glance”)- than many chords.

Congrats on your big win!

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Moonhare-

That is like a glass of really good wine………

You seem cool as a cucumber when you play- I love that…..

Wonderful stuff, there.

Thanks for sharing…

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Stevie–

Holy cats!!!! Big congratulations!

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“That’s all there is to it?”

“Isn’t it harder?”

“Why didn’t my previous instructors just tell me this?”

IMHO- these are ALL great questions/thoughts!- and they hit it right on the head for me, also.

Yours is a great post.

I’m on my second time thru FBW, and it is amazing how much MORE you “see” when you go back thru it.

I feel that right now, anyway, I am stronger in the area of guitar-knowledge than the area of guitar-ability, thanks to FBW…….. (and am having a little trouble applying all the knowledge I learned). But I think that’s the way I want it- rather than the other way around……

I’ll “get there”, but– as you know– there’s a LOT of stuff in there.

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Fred- you’re the coolest!

(I had to back and do some research)- but…

This is kind of like buyin’ a Harley, am I right?

I’m glad “ya went and done it”!!!

Happy playin’😎

toc

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Actually– (now that I have a guitar in my hands)- it should be “lift my middle finger off the G string….” Oops….

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Fred-

I am in envy of your guitar mindset and collection, indeed!

And can only dream of owning anything like— either one— of those guitars.

Carry on!

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Word of wisdom, right there.👏

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I agree with Cadgirl.

Never had any lessons, but I have done quite a bit of studying- (along with “hands-on”)- thru some different book sources, and also different websites. In lots of ways, much of the information seems similar to what’s in FBW.

But that’s where the similarities ends…… In my opinion, the big difference is the way the entire course– including the way individual lessons are laid-out and planned in week-long groups– is presented by Tony.

Make no mistake– there is a TON information inside this FBW course, with enough “lightbulb moments”- (for me at least)- to light up a small town.

It’s not easy- (again, at least for me)- but the casual, easy-going manner Tony has makes it FAR easier than the other sources I have used before. Not even close……..

Anyway, Loraine, Cadgirl is right on…….. FBW is a great investment……. and fun!!!!!

yer old friend-

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