This Weeks Chord Progression is a pretty rad classic rock style chord progression. You're chords are going to be: Bm7-E (4 times) then G-D-A (4 times) In the video, I show you how I like to come up with my chord progressions. They typically start as a melody first and foremost, something I hum in my head. After that I figure out the building blocks and piece it all together. A chord progression is born haha! This particular one started as a Frank Zappa's "Peaches en Regalia" adjacent melody. What's neat about this one, is I went into this with the notion that the whole progression was in A Mixolydian (very classic rock) but once I wrote the "intro", that wound up having a more Dorian vibe. Here's those relative scale things again...A Mixolydian and B Dorian have the same notes and therefore the same scale shapes. So do whatever you want! If you don't want to mess with modes, you'd totally still crush this progression with a B minor pentatonic scale! Have fun with this one! -Ben P.S. After listening back, the "chorus" part reminds me a lot of "With a Little Help From My Friends". Guess I nailed that classic rock vibe then eh? Haha!

I hope you don’t mind me sharing this song I wrote before my stroke. It reminds me of the joy I’m working toward again, and I’m grateful for every step of progress along the way. I love playing guitar—not to impress, but to express. Music is a beautiful source of healing, hope, and joy, and a glorious gift from God. Amen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxUiUc-ZsJM

I love playing guitar and during COVID I suffered a “Stroke”. This unexpected stroke affected the whole right-side of my body, in other words, zero movement; this was a very scary experience. Slowly movement is returning through therapy, extreme hard work, staying very positive, being hopeful and many prayers; still healing through the grace of God! After some time has gone by, I started have a strong desire to start playing guitar again. My fret hand is fine, the challenging issue is my picking and strumming right hand, at which I call the engine. So, I accepted this personal challenge to start playing guitar again. I decided to make a weekly video library to document my progress. Please follow me on my journey and I hope this adventure encourages others to do the same. God Bless! https://www.youtube.com/@cwebber402

Here is your first official challenge! Go ahead and find your favorite chord progression from the tabs section above, hit record, and give it an attempt. Don't worry about making mistakes... just watch the others who have stepped up before you, dig into whatever you’re playing, and post it. But for now just a pic of your guitar and a simple hello would do so we can get to know the player 😃 While we are busy behind the scenes building out the vault and creating a definitive space for this community, we are also seriously committed to showing up in the ways that actually count. And that starts right here. When it comes to the "conversational" side of playing guitar, there is never enough action. We want to change that. So, let’s open up the floor by sharing what we're playing on. Let's see your guitars! Look, sometimes you just don’t want to scroll through pictures of people's family vacations, and you’d rather browse through beautiful guitar pics for an hour instead. Am I right or am I right? Who's to say? Whatever you're playing on, we are absolutely here for it. Drop a photo of your guitar in the comments. Intermediate guitar players are, by far, one of the largest and loudest groups in the musical world... and honestly, we’re sharper than most. While everyone else out there is just "doing stuff," we are actively learning new skills and sharpening the ones we already have. We deserve a dedicated space for these exact conversations. We deserve practical, no-BS information we can actually trust, coming from people we actually like to see. Most of our players here have been adapting to the elements and playing for years. We are a proud group, and we absolutely should be. Check out the "Classroom" Section. Check out the practices with helpful tabs, drop your video or gear pics below, and let’s get this community talking about where pics actually go when they fall down and are never seen again... Catch you in the chat! (The image: My daughter trying to play "Uncle "@Benjamin Wood Jumbo body Epiphone)

Happy Birthday @Benjamin Wood . On this day 43 years ago, our very own - Ben Jammin' was birthed into this world. He was always meant for more, and delivers on his every word. He's a great pal, great instructor and better yet... He's a good person. Ben is dedicated to helping others on the guitar and always gives 110% to the things he gets involved with. He's sacrificed many of his "nights out" - many of his "lazy days" - he's given so much to his craft and it really shines in his playing. It really shines in his teaching and his understanding. From guitar to real world drama, Ben has always proven to be a loyal, trustworthy and dedicated individual. So please join me in wishing Ben a sincere happy birthday and great new year by posting a video of you shredding, playing happy birthday or doing a "one note" solo. Whatever it is... whatever it looks like - thanks for being here and we look forward to sharing more over the coming years. For memories' sake, here are a few bad pictures of Ben and a few from gigs we've played together over the years... Oh man there are so many more. Until next year... love ya Ben. Toodles 👋