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Keep that Streak train rollin’ @WAMGOC 👍👍

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Hi @Ernie-Boy , just wanted to give my 2 cents. @Loraine has touched on some basic concepts involving CAGED and barre chords. Allow me to dig a little deeper into chord shapes and barre chord relationship. First and foremost, you have to know which string contains the “root” note for the 5 chord (shapes) in CAGED. The root generally being the lowest note played in the chord (shape). The C & A chord shapes have their roots on the A (5th) string, the G & E chord shapes have their roots on the loE (6th) string, and the D chord shape has it’s root on the D (4th) string. For example, let’s make an open C chord. If we move that entire “shape” up 2 frets (1 whole step) we’re essentially fretting a D chord and so on. Now the open strings that aren’t fretted (open hiE & G strings) create a subtle difference in the exact name of the chord (Dadd9,add11), but it’s still essentially a D chord because we’ve maintained the root note on the A (5th) string, even though we made it with a C chord shape. We can move this C chord shape further up the neck following the musical alphabet along the A (5th) root string and make other chords also, but the open strings do complicate the exact name of the chord. That’s where barre chords come in. By using the index finger to act as the “nut”, the open strings are now fretted, and using the example above, if we barred the 2nd fret with the index and make the C chord shape with our middle ring and pinkie, we’ve made a true D chord.

The same is true for all the chord shapes in CAGED. However, not all of the full chord shapes can be made into barre chords (very easily). IMHO the G & D shapes are very awkward to make as barre chords and you won’t see them in any tablature as barre chords. You will see their partial shapes played as triads and used up and down the neck. Most barre chords used in tablature are from the A & E family (i.e. A, Am, A7, E, Em, E7) of chord shapes and occasionally the C family.

Enjoy your journey👍

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Happy TACiversary @Cadgirl 🍾🎂🍾 Best wishes for achieving your goals👍 Looking forward to your 1st performance – break a string (lol).

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Awesome performance @KevinZ 👏🤩👏 I think the electric definitely gave it the sauce talk that you were looking for😎 and more. What kind of electric are you playing here🤔 I don’t recognize the body shape.

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Hi @KevinZ , IMHO guitar is guitar, right? Electric, acoustic, 6 string, 12 string, it’s still a guitar! And I think the intent of this Forum, “Play For Us”, is about members being able to post a performance that they’d like other members to see and hear, regardless of the genre of music or type of guitar. That’s my opinion Kevin, and I think the best way to get an opinion from others is to post and see what they have (or don’t have) to say. I for one, can’t wait to see your post👍👍

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Happy 2nd TACiversary @xiao-bai 🎉🍾🎂 May your ji ta journey continue on for many more👍🤩👍

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Hi @Tom000-18 , last fall when they made FW available, there was a notification (in small print) at the bottom center of the TAC Support page – just below where it says “Tony’s Acoustic Challenge” (which is also in small print). The notification simply said “Fretboard Wizard Enrollment” and when you clicked on it, it took you to an advertisement for FW and from there you could enroll – kind of like when you found the advertisement for TAC. Anyways, you should check the support page daily because when that “notification” comes up, it’s not around for long. Last fall when I first saw it, less than 24 hours later it was no longer there, so you do need to be diligent about looking. Good luck with your hunt and remember Q1 ends at the end of March. If it hasn’t come up by then, just keep looking because I’ve been told (in the past) that Spring enrollment for FW is usually happens March/April. So who knows when TAC will actually have enrollment for FW, I’m not sure that they really stick to a certain schedule in that regard – just keep looking at the TAC Support page😱

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That was an awesome rendition @AttyTJ 👏👏👏 I’m also sorry that I missed it when it was originally posted, but very glad to have seen (and heard) it now. You did a great job of both singing and playing👍👍

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Your Takamine was nice and mellow, is that why you chose to use it🤔? Great improv @charlie_d 👏👍👏 as usual😎

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Awesome improv @ted_h 👏🤩👏 You had that PRS singing the blues👍😎👍 Really nice playing, “Really Truly”🤩 How do you like playing the PRS?🤔

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Big congratulations @Moonhare 👏👏👏 It’s not easy doing a solo performance (on a new instrument) with all eyes on you😱 I can’t wait to hear your new song. Have a great weekend my friend🤩

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Got it! Thanks @MikeGaurnier

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Don’t worry @Desmoteque , you likely have V1 but when V2 is available, you’ll get it also👍

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Do you still get a newsletter from TAC @MikeGaurnier ? I don’t think I’ve seen seen one since last March/April. Am I missing something?

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