[Bill_Brown]

All right @FloridaKen239 👍 Way to TAC! You’re right about climbing the stairs😎 Enjoy your guitar journey🎸

[Bill_Brown]

That was really awesome @danwynne 👏👏👏 “Really Truly” awesome🤩 That’s like a collaboration with yourself😎 Love it! Just like you said, “When you can’t find a jam, make one” and you sure did that👍👍

[Bill_Brown]

That is a wonderful composition @Daniel_Morin 👏👏👏 Thank you for letting us hear the conversation with @MikeGaurnier 👍 It’s nice to know about the chords😎

[Bill_Brown]

You’ve got this @SherryH 👍🤩👍 in the bag😎

[Bill_Brown]

Hi @FloridaKen239 , welcome to TAC. I agree with @Loraine , she’s giving some great advice. It takes lots of patients and practice to get to where you want to go, it won’t happen overnight. Baby steps. But that doesn’t mean you can’t make it fun for yourself during the process👍 Starting and keeping a regular guitar routine is key🤩

[Bill_Brown]

Hi @Ron-N , I’ve used both sites you mention, and all I can say is, Tony is the best teacher. That’s not to dismiss the other guys, they each have good content. In fact, I’d include Steve Stine at GuitarZoom.com also as a good source of music theory, and their are others. The thing is, no one teaches it like Tony, and none of the other sites quiz you like TAC, to help drive home the point of each lesson. Could there be more content involving music theory in Fretboard Wizard? I think yes, but what is presented in Fretboard Wizard (as it is now) is just enough to allow most people to realize and understand the possibilities🤩 I’ve gone through the FW course a few of times now, and I’ve picked up some obscure, helpful tidbits each time. I believe some detail can be missed by a “once over” because of the simplicity of Tony’s teaching style😱 So to summarize, IMHO, the others have relevant content, but Tony is the best teacher of the content👍 YMMV

[Bill_Brown]

That was SWEET Tim🤩👍🤩 Beautiful melody and great playing👏👏👏

[Bill_Brown]

Keep it going @stevieblues 👍

[Bill_Brown]

Great small win @Freedom2ignite – sounds like you’re on fire (lol)🤣 – sorry, I couldn’t help myself. Welcome to TAC and enjoy the 🎸 journey🤩

[Bill_Brown]

Another great improv @charlie_d 👏👏👏 Very nice mixture of the pentatonic and major scale notes in your melody segments👍👍 Sweet🤩 I agree with @Mayr – “beautiful musical sensibility”😱 – what a great term🤔 – but you do show it all the time😎

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[Bill_Brown]

Welcome to TAC Randy ( @rdf1967 )👍 It sounds like those are a whole bunch of small wins🤩 Enjoy your journey🎸

[Bill_Brown]

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[Bill_Brown]

Hello again Neal ( @NW7 ). Thanks for taking the time to read my explanations. As far as comparing a text book to Tony’s course, I stand with what I’ve said above. A text book leaves things for you to interpret, and hopefully understand their meaning. While Tony’s videos (I believe) are clear and to the point IMHO – YMMV. So if money is an issue, then try the text book. But if you want to invest in yourself and your guitar journey, then FW is a wise choice. Think about it, you’ve made the investment to join TAC. How are things going with that? Have you seen progress with your journey? If you feel confident that things are moving in the right direction for you with TAC, then why would you not think FW would be a great course, and well worth the investment (in yourself)💡IMHO. Wish you the best of luck in your decision Neal👍

[Bill_Brown]

That’s a good question @NW7 . Here is my quick answer. First of all, FW is strictly guitar focused – unlike a music theory text book. That being said, FW is not as “in depth” and doesn’t cover every aspect as a text book might with regard to the multitude and minutia of music theory😱 (apologies to those who majored in music and musicians by trade). Second, Tony “teaches” the subject matter in FW through video lessons divided into different topics (with quizzes) that build on each other. And you can go over the videos and quizzes as many times as necessary. It’s not just reading a bunch of words on a page, where you’re on your own to figure out what you just read, and what it really means🤔 or how that relates to guitar. Finally, you have the TAC Community, including previous graduates of FW😎, to help answer any questions you might have by simply posting the question in the Community Support Forum.

One more thing, the “end game” with FW is that it leads you to create your own music and write your own song🤩. In fact, that is the final project of FW, before graduation. I don’t think you’ll get that from a text book!

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[Bill_Brown]

Hi again @Ron-N , FW has 6 major “lessons” with 20 different “topics” total, spread throughout the “lessons”. Their are 14 “quizzes” total, spread around throughout the different “topics”. There’s also downloadable materials (workbooks and other materials) for quick references and guides. As far as the amount of time it will take, that’s up to you, it’s a self paced course. It’s usually offered to TAC members a couple of times a year, and you could – if you like – go through the course with other members at the same time (over a 6 week period). The advantage there would be the ability to post comments and questions, seeing other’s comments and questions, as well as the answers to those questions. The nice thing is, once you buy it, it’s yours forever. You can go through it as many times as you like, and repeat topics as often as you want💡