RGS Live #72 | Q&A – How to Get Bar Finger to Lay Flat?

Welcome to the RGS Live Replay! I apologize for the technical problems we had at the beginning of the session, but once they were quickly resolved we got right into all of the

questions you all had. We talked about playing barre chords properly, some guitar theory topics like the key of a song and why the I-IV-V are Major, how to use a capo, and also about my Beginner Spanish Guitar course launching soon!

We hope to see you again next month on Thursday August 3rd, same time same place (12 pm PDT/ 3 pm PDT). Click here to bookmark that next live session!

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Recommended Guitar Books:

Looking through my guitar theory books most are focused on electric guitar and improvising.

Music Theory for Guitarists: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask – This is a good general theory book for guitar.

100 Most Popular Songs for Fingerpicking Guitar: Solo Guitar Arrangements – A nice selection of popular songs for solo fingerstyle.

500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Guitar Classics Volume 2 – A lot of good songs in one book.

The Practical Guide to Modern Music Theory for Guitarists – Really goes into depth about modes and answers a lot of theoretical questions.

The Inner Game of Fingerstyle Guitar – I’m currently reading this. I’ll give a review when I’m done.

Ted Greene — Chord Chemistry – This helped me increase my chord vocabulary. There may be better books for this now but it’s what I had at the time.
Reading Studies for Guitar – This helped me learn to sight read standard notation on the guitar. Still a great series of exercises for anyone serious about reading music on guitar and willing to put in the regular practice.

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In this video:

00:01:52 - How would you spice up common sing-along songs like Oh Susana or You Are My Sunshine for instance, if you are the guitarist that's been asked to play for a group with no other accompaniment? What frills and enhancements would you use in these types of songs?

00:05:03 - What level of proficiency is necessary in your opinion for us to mark a practice session complete?

00:09:45 - When you go to buy a book (eg off Amazon), there are at best two songs you really want to play and/or at a level beyond or below individual skills. Do you compose song tab books by request for sale?

00:12:39 - When we change strings, is there something we can do to help the stretching of the new strings?

00:14:16 - How do we get the barre finger to lay down on the fret board first or together along with the other fingers to work towards all fingers coming down at once?

00:16:59 - When we use a humidifier with the guitar in the case, is there a possibility that while providing moisture to the wood/guitar could it affect the strings in any way?

00:18:16 - Can you go over the circle of fifths & how to use it or is this in the RGS school?

00:19:45 - What are simple chord progressions VS a more complicated chord progression?

00:22:35 - Can you give us an example of how to use a capo & what it does for us?

00:25:10 - I'm wondering why the 1st, 4th, and 5th note in a key are all Majors, why can't it be the 2nd for example?

00:32:10 - What is the best all around guitar book that you can recommend?

00:32:47 - When will the Flamenco class start?

00:34:27 - What is a key?

00:37:36 - Should we follow your journey's exactly? Do I need to put my fingers on the strings like you demonstrate, or use the fingering I'm used to?

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RGS Live #72 | Q&A – How to Get Bar Finger to Lay Flat?

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