[Bill_Brown]

I wish I could connect with some people in the Greater Pittsburgh area😱, I’m a little jelly of you guys in the east🤔. But so happy for you all (younz) over there👏👏 Break a string !!!😎

[Bill_Brown]

I have a “Snark” clip on and I paid $10.99 U.S., and I’m really happy with that🤩 Works well with alternate tunings also😎

[Bill_Brown]

That was a great little snippet @That_Guy 👍👍 Can’t wait to hear the entire song🤩

[Bill_Brown]

Hi @NW7 , welcome to TAC👏👏 As a true beginner, you’re likely not used to stretching your fingers that far apart. With time (and practice) you’ll eventually be able to play it the way you see Tony do it in the video. So no, you’re not doing anything wrong.

There are guitar “exercises” you can do to try to help getting used to stretching those digits. A good one to try is (I’m going to call it Finger Assignment), starting with the lo E string, the index finger will be on the 7th fret, the middle finger at the 8th fret, ring finger at the 9th fret and pinkie at the 10th fret. Notice that the fret spacing is much closer together at this part of the neck. Play each note individually, starting with the index, and continue through to the pinkie – just keep repeating that sequence, then try moving that pattern up to the A string, then the D string etc. Eventually you can try moving that whole pattern down 2 frets where the index finger is starting at the 5th fret of the lo E string etcetera. You will notice that the space between frets is increasing. Then try doing it from the 3rd fret and eventually starting at the 1st fret.

Hope that what I’ve described above makes sense to you and even more so, that it helps! Good luck with your journey👍

[Bill_Brown]

Awesome @dr_dave 😱 👏 👏 👏 Sounds (pun intended) like fun🤩👍

[Bill_Brown]

👍The joy of the sound that you made🤩 great small win, that’s what kept me interested in guitar over these past 45+ years – and now over the last year, I’m finally figuring out how to make music with that guitar😱 thanks to TAC

• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by  Bill_Brown.

[Bill_Brown]

Hi @Hawkman , so Tony is showing you an A major Pentatonic scale. The backing track that Tony is playing is in the key of A and is A-D-A-E-D-A chord progression -which you can play that A major pentatonic scale that you learned over top of the backing track – like you are the solo guitar player🤩 Don’t be discouraged if it’s not working out for you – it’s just supposed to be a fun exercise – and when you’re feeling it better down the line, you can always come back to it and try again👍😜👍

[Bill_Brown]

Hey @DanielC 😎 let’s keep it going👍 OK!

[Bill_Brown]

Hey @That_Guy , great stuff, if we only had finger nails (on the picking hand) that didn’t crack and crumble when playing – we’d be able to play with TE👍🤩 I hope to someday be able to play some sort of finger style without finger picks and have people enjoy what I’ve played😎

[Bill_Brown]

Hey @Daniel_Morin , it’s great to see your whole Head (LOL)😱 Great to see the 2 of you “play with others”🤩 This is so awesome @charlie_d 👏👏 Makes me jelly, but at the same time, so happy to see people playing together again👍 I can’t wait till I have that opportunity 😎

[Bill_Brown]

Great question, would you use them😱? I’d be happy just flat picking 🤔 I think

[Bill_Brown]

👍😱👍🤩

[Bill_Brown]

You mean Am shaped chords👍

[Bill_Brown]

Hey @andy_e

They aren’t happening this weekend because of the holidays (Independence Day & Canada Day), but they’ll be back next week (I believe) and you can “sit in” on them and not have to perform, to see and understand how things work – it’s lots of fun🤩

[Bill_Brown]

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