Hey guys. I’m pausing this community. I’m going to focus more on YouTube and instagram to try get a following. Thanks for your support anyway.

Here are some of my favourite recent guitar pieces from all genres. Hope you enjoy. 1. Bardenklange, Op. 13: Unruhe (Restlessness) by Johann Kasper Mertz 2. Skating in Central Park by Jim Hall - so darn immaculate 3. I hear A Rhapsody by Jim Hall 4. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5) 5. Nola - Arr. for Guitar by Timothy Kain What have you been listening to lately?

Recently I have been looking at scales to use to easily improvise over songs. By far the most renowned and easiest to master is the pentatonic minor scale. This scale is made up of 5 notes (hence pentatonic) consisting of the solfa "la do re mi so la." These notes correspond to the root, minor third (b3), fourth (4), fifth (5), and minor seventh (b7) of the minor scale. But this information is mostly unnecessary for guitar, and it’s much simpler to learn the shape of the scale first. The pentatonic minor scale can be played in five positions across the fretboard, each corresponding to a different starting note (but containing the same scale notes). These positions allow smooth transitions and variety in improvisation. The image attached shows the 5 positions of the A pentatonic minor scale. BUT if you want to play any other pentatonic minor scale (e.g., C pent minor), you just move your root note in the first position to the desired scale. This was a brief explanation, so if you want more, I suggest this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBEwqZSTu2s. And once you learn the first position, you can learn the next 4 positions using this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVzYUUHRaRw What do you think?

I’m currently making a beginners guitarist course with the bare bones of what you need to know to play guitar. This is the topics I have so far: ##Guitar anatomy - Parts of guitar ##Tuning/string names - standard tuning - String names ##Picking + fingers - picking form - Left hand form - General best practices ##Reading tab - how to read tab ##Basic chords - C,E, G, F, A, D chords and minor variations I want your input on what else you think you would want in a beginner course, but keep in mind this is a basic, simple course.

This group is getting dead af, mostly because I’ve been slacking. I need some engagement, and what better way to engage than to ask a question!! So, what guitarist are you? Classical? Acoustic? Electric? Jazz? Rock? Other?? TELL MEE!!!!!