[Bill_Brown]

Very nice @Jonathandavid 👏👏👍 I enjoyed listening to the melody lines you created and how you got them to flow with the chord changes😎🎸

[Bill_Brown]

Hello @DrB , welcome to TAC. I hope you have a great journey here. I also have arthritis in my hands and fingers (among other places) and some times the pain and swelling within the joints gets to a point that its hard to make an open C chord. When things get that bad for me, I resort to topical creams for some relief. I’ve used prescription as well as OTC medical pain relief creams, one is not better than the other, but the OTC ones are easy to come by and less expensive IMHO. I rub the cream thoroughly on my hands and fingers and wait for it to take affect (maybe 1/2 hour) and then wipe my hands off before I pick up my guitar. Just something to consider.

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[Bill_Brown]

Hi @Val , Have you tried looking on Taylor’s website for factory authorized repair shops near you. I know I can do that on Martin’s website, I would think you should be able to do it on Taylor’s site also.

[Bill_Brown]

I would say those are the notes used to play a descending Am scale!😱

[Bill_Brown]

Very nice @Jonathandavid 👏🤩👏 I liked the melody you created within the G scale, particularly the base runs used with the chord changes – sweet😎🎸 I enjoyed listening👍

[Bill_Brown]

Congrats @Cadgirl 👏🤩🎉 on the 100 day streak😘😎🎸 do what ever you have to do to make sure you log-in each day to keep it goin’👍👍

[Bill_Brown]

Hi @1967kerbygmail-com , welcome to TAC. Hope you enjoy your journey here. I think Bruce has given you some good advice with the courses in the skills section. I would add Foundations of Fretboard Navigation as another one that you should definitely take. If you’re retired and have the time to spend, I would suggest doing the Daily’s – perhaps in the morning – and then do some skills courses later in the day or visa-versa, it’s up to you because this is your journey. If you feel you don’t have extra time, then IMHO, you should concentrate more on the skills courses first until you build some confidence before going onto the Daily’s. I know that’s contrary to what’s said in the 5 Day Guitar Routine, but I believe that building your skills is an essential part of the journey. The Daily’s repeat over time, so it’s not like you’ll miss something there. Just my humble opinion.

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I just started this morning and couldn’t stop doing the lessons. I took a couple of breaks, but it had me so intrigued that I kept coming back for more. I ended up finishing the first week this afternoon. I’m super pumped about this format and excited to start week two tomorrow🤩

[Bill_Brown]

Ohhh, @Loraine 🤩👍👍 I’ve not heard this one before, but I could see the energy in your performance as well as the inflection in your voice as you sang😘😱😘 You’re improvement in singing and playing is extremely evident with this performance🎉🎊😎 and I’m really happy to see it as it happens. Your efforts in these areas are quite noticeable to me, you’re journeying well my friend IMHO🤩😘 Keep it going !

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[Bill_Brown]

Very nice melody lines @charlie_d 👏👏👏 Considering that the back track is a minor chord progression, and you are playing a minor scale over it, I think you did a nice job of keeping things up-beat IMHO👍👍 I enjoyed listening Charlie, thank you for the time and effort that you put into making and posting your videos🤩

[Bill_Brown]

Hi @N-lightMike (like the new handle btw), I believe when @Marty69 listed the chords he was playing, he meant Cmaj7, Famj7 etc. Yes he wrote Cm7, Fm7 etc., leaving people to think he’s using minor chords. But if you watch his fretting fingers in the video closely enough, I think you’ll see that the chords he’s fretting are maj7 chords. That being said, I’d love to hear your opinion on the scale/notes you feel we could be considering (besides C) when @Kitman or anyone else wants to (virtually) jam with him on this track 👍🎸

[Bill_Brown]

That was very nice @Kitman 🤩 I like how your improv started out with more chord tones than scale notes – 👏👏🎸

[Bill_Brown]

Yes @Cadgirl that sounds like a great idea, but you can still log-in from your phone while doing the re-boot (if I’m understanding you correctly), right?👍🎸🤩

[Bill_Brown]

Hey @GerryB56 , you can log in on your cell phone each day you’re on vacay, and keep that day streak goin’😱 That’s what I’ll be doing when I take my family to a beach vacay in a couple of weeks – I’ll just log-in from my phone each day to keep my 500+++ day streak goin’🤩

[Bill_Brown]

I think you accomplished that goal @charlie_d 👍👏👏 IMHO with your improv, for sure😎