here is the case it came in as well just lovely instrument.

So today I was lucky enough to get enough grumbling compliance from my wife to go out and finally get my electric guitar. After playing alot of high end guitars I finally chose a American Fender Ultra Luxe. It played as smooth as silk and just fit my hands personally and it was love when I held it. Very happy 🙂

Below I posted some pics

Medical Advice and Caution!

Also medial advice. One of my favorite Artist Steve Vai who is a Guitar God in my book (only one God in my book just over emphasizing here for a point) and is utmost professional was holding chords for like hours and hours and he hurt the tendons in his hand and could not play for awhile from that injury. Point is…

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Stretching and Strength exercises for advanced chord playing

Ok figured might save others some research:

1. This is great I think no matter what everyone should be doing this as anyone can do it and its like yoga for fingers and it feels good:

2. This one is really good and challenging as well so…

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So starting to get into some other chords and they are kind of hard for me. I have a feeling its going to take a long time to build up strength for these new chords the stretch can be pretty hard. My fingers can do it but just barely and that does not include playing them in a progression lol… So some hard work.

I remember someone…

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I like those times to Robin!

Thanks! 🙂

I enjoy sharing information and tend to approach it with child like honesty and passion and above all else with true sincerity of purpose so I am at the very least striving to achieve its most truthfully pure and unadulterated form. Its why I am so long winded as I work hard at trying not to be misunderstood.

Unfortunately my…

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Daily Key signature practice techniques. There is different forms of learning.

1. Audio (my weakest one because of ADHD)

2. Visual (I am considered more visual learner)

3. Kinetic – this is act of doing something like hammering a nail or writing down something (almost all people remember very well this way).

4. Smell – Also another very…

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Not finding alot of great tricks for memorizing Key signatures. Just small stuff like mentioned above. My main focus on each key is to know the following:

1. Root , 4rth, 5th (Major chords) Example: C, F G

2. any sharps or flats Example: none in key of C major

3. Relative Minor Example A minor

Then by simple deduction we know everything else is…

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Some may already know this but was googling a way to memorize all the key signatures tonight as I am hoping to find something like I did for memorizing all the notes on the fretboard up to 12 fret which I now have memorized all the non flats and sharps at pretty quick pace almost instant.

anyway check this out as below you will see some tricks…

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One last thing before start trying to do with instrument with metronome practice with just your voice. I am doing that now and its not really that easy for me but I see that I am starting to get my voice in the right time pattern though I still make mistakes. So just say that 16th count method outloud trying to make sure your main beat lands…

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Ok here is one part of my all time favorite pieces of music. Great practice piece.

Here is full song link with songster I actually have account with them as I can slow down the music and speed it up and have access to all their tab. They have free view stuff to though just cannot slow down songs and stuff. Only thing I don’t like is that I…

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So I decided I need to clean up my playing some or at least start to. Now is a good time because music theory is going very slow due to the fact I need to actual practice it such as Ear Training with Intervals. So I have a piece of music its one of my all time favorites Crossroads duel scene. I will add the first arpeggio part in a reply…

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I am now going over intervals and triads in my other three music books once I am done getting all the different authors perspectives and utilizing this method as a study tool as well doing all their quizzes and practice I will start on harmonization of the major chord basically following the topics blow then read and redo them all again in…

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circle of 5th below

moved to another post so it shows up bigger without clicking.

Btw I am use to running two monitors so will normally have “realguitar” page up or one of my theory books on left monitor and then on right monitor I throw up reference material. Here is my current reference material I have up about 99% of the time. Granted the list changes as I learn things or read them or make a note to my self. one change I…

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Awesome!!

ok now I see how this is beneficial!!!

E -1.5-> G -2.5-> C

So within the pattern look at what you have you know you need major 3rd and you know you need minor third for a primary non dim or aug triad.

No matter how you do this G is never going to be a 1.5 step (minor) or a 2 step (major from C or vice versus. So you move on. You see E…

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So had a little revelation today!!!

First off things are going really slow but its really fine because I am having to study the material alot then I have to take quizzes and stuff. so far have been focused on intervals and I am finding out they are part of everything which makes sense because they are how we label different sounds.

I moved on…

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So I play around with house of the rising sun most nights and I see two ways its done one is fast strum that is like “boom chicka chicka boom chicka chicka” The other is down strum of chord then pick up.

For the life of me I cannot do this in time with the metronome very well at all.

When I just playing 3 down strokes each chord I…

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Descending Intervals:

Here is some Ear Training with Intervals from book

Later might move all this stuff to word document edit all mistakes and and redo forums post where its all tidy but still learning to use forums here and ideas how to share. So sorry about all the stuff that may not be as straight forward. I am a research beast that goes hours each day but…

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yes Step and 1/2 step I refer to them as whole step and half step also sometimes tone and semi tone.

I guess what was confusing in my answers I named the 1.5 steps I did not put the word steps in there. I should have for example labeled it.

“[A- to C- steps = 1.5] and the interval name is minor third”

I know interval in non-music terms means…

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<div>Below is answers</div>

I use minus key for flat – = flat.

First row:

G to C int = 3.5 intervals which is a perfect 4th

C to E int = 2 intervals which is a major 3rd

C to E- int = 1.5 intervals which is a minor 3rd

F to C int = 3.5 intervals which is a perfect 5th

E to E int = octave

E to D int = 5 intervals which is a minor 7th

B to C int =…

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here is the sheet you would use to answer the questions. Mind you this is not the answers themselves I will post in next reply.

Use the website to grade answers and I will provide answers and a cheat sheet as well so you know what intervals are. I normally at this point look at what they are and try to find them as I am learning music and intervals at same time so its slow exercise that takes good amount of time.

The first one they Use P for Perfect so basically you put…

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So I figured while working on stuff I would post about it maybe someone some day will be interested in it.

So studying two things right now. Note as I study other things the post will just grow.

1. Music notation itself

2. Interval type

notes starting on bottom line of treble clift are basicaly

E G B D F on the lines

F A C E between the…

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I was trying to buy some blank staff music when I found a word document template that you can print out your own Music Staff Paper:

https://templates.office.com/en-us/Music-staff-paper-12-per-page-TM06118235

I thought that was cool but then! Tomas got me thinking as he had links to really cool apps. I started thinking I betcha may be a program…

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I have decided to go crazy with my Music Theory as its driving me crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am very eccentric knowledge seeker and leaner type. I cannot stand not knowing something… I also have decided to try and learn to read music because some of the books I wanted was not in TAB so I looked up a bunch of internet searches…

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P.S. here is my current equipment my original stuff was stolen years back in a random house break in. I am a bit of a slob as you can see from pic (lol). I am one of those eccentric scientist/engineering geeks types that is so caught up in curiosity and learning about everything around him that I can sometimes be a bit lacking in taking care…

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Hi Ron,

those Guitars look really nice and that amp has a nice throw back to the 70s with that orange color; I like! I work with people around the world or did so most of the time you guys from Aussie are on very early my time as its late for you. Feel free to post and stuff as I love communicating also love the stories from people older…

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Hi Tomas,

I did that complete series of yours and use the foundation of that for every morning as well. I had it listed as 6th and 5th string which I know completely now and I have also added the 4rth string as well.

Loved the octave trick and now I cheat all time by using it as I cannot help but see it once I learned it.

Great lesson and…

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Hey Jeff,

6:44am CST here so Good Morning from Oklahoma. Yes Tomas material is awesome! good to meet you. Yes having a busy schedule can be tough luckily I work from home and so can play some through out day as well as evenings.

My work is project orientated and goes in bursts and some evenings and weekends but in between all that I…

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It was tough but I am finally through the Beginner Lessons and Bar Chord lessons.

Even though Its been 25 years picking up a lot came very fast. However, there was so much good stuff in those lessons even though most of it did not apply to me I tried not to skip through them to much as there was so many useful nuggets, tips and hints.

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Very nice. I miss paper I use to do everything in notebooks. Perhaps I should again. My practice thing is not done yet I been trying to get the beginner stuff and bar chords out of the way as most of it I don’t need as I’m a returning player but I pick up small tips and tricks and also gets me to thinking and helps create new ideas and such.…

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You are going to love Guitar once you get past sore fingers! Also this site is great so your in the right place. 🙂

I played 20 some years ago and I wished Tomas had this site back then but internet was not really a think yet. lol

I am fairly new here to. Glad to have you with us!

Hey Shane!

Finger picking is actually awesome some of the most beautiful Guitar is played that way. I am 54 hex maybe 55 who knows I quit counting at 50 we are still young men if not in body mentally 😉

Glad to have you on the site Thomas has done some really great things here I think you will love it!

P.S. I am jealous I love outdoors and I…

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During one post it failed and perhaps me refreshing and hitting submit again caused issue.

I love almost all music! I love the stuff you play that has jazzy feel and that Spanish sounding stuff. Here is a list of Music types:

Country

Classical

Jaz

Blues

older Rock of 90s back to Elvis!

I like most everything except thrash Metal and RAP.

I have…

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Name is Brian I am 54 and happily married to my wife and live in Oklahoma.

January 29th I bought my first acoustic guitar so at time of this post only been playing it five days.

I did play in my Youth age 18,19 to around early mid 20s. I was into Joe Satriana Steve Vai, and main stream rock. I was lead fusion and touch of neo classical but…

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