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Hello,
This is my 1st day as a premium member. I have been playing guitar on & off for a while. Finally decided to take it more seriously & was wondering as a new member (intermediate at best) since there are so many lessons available. What are the group’s recommendations of where to start? I particularly like the blues. Maybe 1st 3-5 lesson recommendations. I’ve already dived into the Fretboard lesson & Major Scale & am completing CAGED.
Thanks in advance for your replies & suggestions.
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Welcome to the group! Here are my 2 cents worth. On the lessons page click the ‘play sample’ on every lesson on the page. Write down the lessons that have the sounds you are looking for. Move on to the next page. There is no real order. Each lesson is a self contained teaching tool. The more lessons you do, the easier the others get. It is also helpful to take part in the monthly challenges. Its great motivation and you always come away having learned something new about your guitar journey.
Other than the Courses, most of the lessons are set up for you to choose what you want to learn and how fast you go. Thats what drew me to Active Melody. I learn what I want at my own speed.
I want to point out, don’t take Brian’s descriptions too seriously. You may find techniques in the ‘Country’ lessons that work great for ‘Blues’.
This a whole different place to learn guitar than most.
Charlie H
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When I became an AM member 6+ years ago, I knew nothing about playing a guitar. I just went down to my local guitar shop and told them I wanted to learn to play an electric guitar and asked for a recommendation. They sold me a moderately priced ESP, and shortly thereafter I signed up with AM. From day one, I discovered that even though I literally knew nothing, if I wanted to, I could learn how to play any of Brian’s lessons. He goes through the lessons with such clarity and detail that all I had to do was dig in and memorize whatever I wanted to learn. True, I had to learn to read tab, and that took me about an hour, thanks to Google. True, I usually had to play them slower than Brian, but with time, I got faster. So like Charlie said, just pick a lesson you like and learn it. And after you’ve learned it, pick another one. Etc, etc, etc.
Sunjamr Steve
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Sounds like you’re doing it right actually. This is also the place to get some invaluable theory “building blocks” into your music. Theoretical lessons you might want to work with are the CAGED system (I see you are already doing that), the pentatonic major- and minor scales, and arpeggios. In that order is probably the most logical sequence.
Also, set up your own content categories so you you can ‘favor content’ in the ways that you think about it so you can recall that content easily. Just as an example, my own custom categories, so far, are:
Default Collection
Theory
Technique
Acoustic
Lead Licks and Phrasing
Rhythm
Chord Theory
Jazz
ArpeggioHope this helps, I’m fairly new here too. Oh, and give up your day job for a while if possible.
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