[Bill_Brown]

Awesome @stevieblues 👍👍 Way to keep that train on the tracks👏🤩👏🎸

[Bill_Brown]

Hello Ursula, my dear friend @campfire , the answer to your questions is about understanding <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>where the root note of any chord lies along the fretboard. The root note is usually considered the lowest toned note played within a specific chord (equivalent to the lowest string fretted for that chord). Before I go on, if I may, let me remind you of the naturally occurring half steps (1 fret) between B & C, and E & F (<b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>B<i style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>ig <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>C<i style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>ats <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>E<i style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>at <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>F<i style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>ish – the metaphor that I use), because this is also an integral part of what I want to say. Let’s start with an E chord (and all of the E family chord shapes). So the root of the open E chord is the open LoE string. So what that means is that any E shaped barre chord has their root on the LoE string. Then for the root of an E shaped barre chord, we’re going follow the “MUSICAL ALPHABET” up the fretboard along that LoE string, starting with openE, then 1st fret F (naturally occurring half step), 3rd fret G, 5th fret A, and so on. That is how you can justify an E shaped barre chord (& E family shaped chords) with the index finger barring all strings along the 3rd fret as a G chord, and so on up the fretboard, following the musical alphabet . The same thing is true for the A family shaped chords, but their root is along the A string – where open = A, 2nd fret = B, 3rd fret =C and so on, following the musical alphabet along the A string.

I hope my way of answering your question was helpful for your journey👍

[Bill_Brown]

Magnificent “on the back deck” performance @KevinZ 🤩👏👏👏 You’ve got it all going on with this one😎🎸 Doing hammer-ons with full chords, the percussive element, looked like some pinches in there to help keep time, and that great “no pick” playing and of course your all out “heart on the sleeve” vocals😱🤩😱 You are journeying well my friend👍🎸

[Bill_Brown]

I can’t believe that for how long this vid has been up, I’m the only one to comment🤔 What is going on with you guys😱

[Bill_Brown]

Very nice @Jonathandavid 😎👏👏 I like how you structured your improv by starting out with the technique we learned on Wednesday, and then parted into some beautiful melody lines with the single strings🤩 That’s the route I took on my attempt (playing notes of the E major scale on the hiE string) at this improv🎸. To me, the back track was difficult to put something melodic together🤔, but you made it look easy, again😱 I enjoyed listening Jonathan, thank you👍

[Bill_Brown]

You did a magnificent job @charlie_d 🤩 with demonstrating an understanding of the technique we were taught on Wednesday as well as an understanding of root notes👏👏👏 The numerous slides, along with plucking around the chords, made for a great improv 😎 I enjoyed watching and listening👍🎸

[Bill_Brown]

That was a COOL original @Gere C 🤩👏👏👏 I really enjoyed listening👍😎👍

[Bill_Brown]

The Skinny White Rhinos have done it again😱

This is the first time I’ve ever heard this song, and let me say that this rendition was fantastic🤩 I really enjoyed listening👍

You guys did a great job. @Fletch , wonderful vocals🥂, @JulieI , beautiful guitar work🎸, and @stevep ,great banjo playing😎

[Bill_Brown]

Congrats on sticking to your commitments @Kitman 👏🤩👏 Ahh for the joy of music🎸

[Bill_Brown]

Hi @CaliBob , that was a beautiful rendition👏👏👏 Your vocals were awesome along with the picking🤩👍👍 I got to see JP once and have watched many YT vids of him performing and I don’t remember him finger picking at all🤔 – it was always someone else in the band doing the “flashy stuff” – your picking was a really nice addition😎 Thanks for posting, I enjoyed listening🎸

[Bill_Brown]

3 cheers to you @Marty69 👏👏👏 Congrats on that BIG #small win🥂🤩🎸

[Bill_Brown]

Don’t worry @Loraine & @KevinZ , I sat on my back deck this afternoon and played several songs to no one🎸🤩, in the sweltering heat over here in (412) W PA😱 I have neighbors that are well within ear shot, but they must have been inside, because no one yelled for me to shut up🤔😘

[Bill_Brown]

@Marty69 , Samba Pa Ti ?

[Bill_Brown]

Well said @Marty69 👍👏👍😱

[Bill_Brown]

Thank you again @Kitman for the kind thoughts. As I said before, I started doing this to try and improve my improv skills. I do know for a fact that @Marty69 would be happy for anyone here to play over his instrumentals and post their results – emphasis on posting the results. In the previous iteration of TAC, posting a performance video was greatly encouraged by TAC and the entire Community. That seems to have slowed way down since the introduction of the current TAC rendition – more philosophy driven than performance driven. A lot of the people you see performing in the VOM’s used to post videos and be more active here in the Forums. For whatever reason (I know the reason but will not say it here), now those people just perform at the VOM’s, and you don’t hear diddley from them here anymore. Sorry to rant, but I think that’s why Marty is trying to “spark” people into posting performance type videos IMHO.