Bill_Brown
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Hi @BrandonK , I hope you’re enjoying the Fretboard Wizard course. I was fortunate enough to be one of the first “FW students” in this iteration of the course. The patterns that you’re asking about are the patterns to find the NEXT SAME NOTE on the fretboard. For instance, let’s start with an open B string or a B note. Where is the next closest B note? According to Tony’s formula, we need to skip one fret (toward the body of the guitar) and skip 2 strings (toward the ceiling) to find the next B note. To work that out, we skip the 1st fret and goto the 2nd fret, then we skip the G & D strings and goto the A string and there is the answer – A string 2nd fret = the next closest B note. And that works for any note along the B string, that next closest note will be on the A string 2 frets toward the body from the note on the B string. And Tony explained the relationship from all the strings to another string to find the next closest same note. The downside is that this requires a lot of memorization, skipping frets and skipping strings. But I found a much easier way to find the next closest same note, without all of that memorization. In fact, you just need to remember 1 word and 1 number. The word is “B A G E D” (almost caged, but not quite). This word is the order of string names, the order in which you go from one string to the next to find the next closest same note all along the fretboard, and it works like the musical alphabet. If we have a note on the A string and we want to find the next closest same note going forward (toward the body), we’ll find it on the G string. And if we want to go backward (toward the head stock) from that note on the A string, we’ll find it on the B string. Like I said, this works just like the musical alphabet. Now for the number, it’s 11212. This number represents the number of frets to skip between the strings. If we combine the number with the word, we have B(1)A(1)G(2)E(1)D(2)B. That right there is the whole ball of wax pertaining to finding the NEXT SAME CLOSEST NOTE.
I hope this helps make the concept more clear Brandon!
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Enjoyed listening to your rendition @-Rick- , and amazing fret work with the alternate tuning. At least the Breedlove stayed dry (LOL) – great looking (and sounding) guitar BTW. Looking forward to hearing your version again, maybe without the rain.
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Hi @Rob503 , sorry to hear that you’re not happy with your progress up to this point. I’m in my 4th year with TAC and I’ve read countless posts like yours. The root problem with each and every one of them was THEIR EXPECTATIONS WERE WAY TO HIGH from the start. They all thought that they would be playing like rock stars after a couple months of TAC challenges. Is this where you are now, feeling disappointed because you haven’t been able to achieve the goals you set for yourself? Reality check: rock stars don’t become “stars” in a day! My advise to you is to DIAL BACK YOUR EXPECTATIONS, and make a commitment to your guitar journey. Never compare yourself to someone else and remember, you only get out what you’re willing to put in.
Best of luck to you Rob!
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Great performance @DiscostewLA !
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Great cover @KevinZ , I enjoyed watching and listening. I could sense a little Elvis in your voice and it seems to me that you were dead-on with the 3/4 time!
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Way to get out your inner John Fogerty @KevinZ , that was awesome! The enthusiasm and energy that you displayed reminded me of watching old CCR performance vids from Ed Sullivan, MTV and other TV shows. And the fact that you had FUN doing it is outstanding. Please keep it up my friend, I truly enjoy watching and listening!
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Hi @Dave57 , the Martin that Tony used this week has a spruce top and what looks to be rosewood back and sides. If you go to the Martin website and look for models with that tone wood combination, you should be able to narrow it down. IMHO, He is playing an OM size body guitar – a little smaller than a dread, but you should be able to figure it out. Also, it could be a “Custom Shop” model, so don’t forget to look there as well.
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Congrats on 1000 playing sessions @WAMGOC (clap clap clap). I hope you have a thousand more!
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That is a good list to have @Loraine , unfortunately only 4 of the tunings (the first page) are available to see on this post. I use a slide once in a while, the best use for open tunings IMHO. Just some advice for others reading this – remember to always tune DOWN (in pitch) from standard tuning – only in a couple of instances will you have to tune a string up (in pitch).
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Congrats @jumpinjeff on 9 years of succesful Dopamine delivery, keep it going!
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Nice and mellow @Marty73 , great playing!
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SWEET! That was a beautiful rendition @KevinZ , I really truly enjoyed listening. I thought your singing and playing was excellent!
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Way to go @TroyTroyB ! That sounded great. You should invest in a metronome, I got a little battery operated one for $27 bucks at my local music shop and it’s helped me a lot with my timing.
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Great Choice @TroyTroyB , I have the same make and model too – well worth it for me, hope you find it working well for you.
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Thank you @Loraine !