Good job my Friend.. Something I like to do, is play in the dark. Turning out all the lights eliminates all distractions and this helps with ear training as well as chord changing. Have a great day.

I just thought of another reason I don't look at the fretting hand: I keep looking out at my audience to see they are safe and sitting. Playing in an assisted living, memory care, or nursing home requires the residents to sit. That is why I sit. Some may get up without their walkers, and that's not safe. If I stand and call them by name, I can usually get them to sit before the nurse can get there. For that reason, I always wear a strap.Thanks Andy, for my new warm-up progression. I c an play these, while talking to them while gathering.

@SillyMoustache

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Hi Tex, well said. Thanks, as always.

Very important lesson for beginners to learn chord shapes and be able to change in the dark...hey, I like your chirping birds fx..lol

@SillyMoustache

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Many thanks! Were there birds? Sadly at my advanced age and a bit too long in the world of rock music, I have lost te ability to hear birds unless wearing my hearing aids, which i tend to avoid when playing my guitars. It is nesting time and there are trees around our back garden so highly likely.

@user-yb3hq7qt1s

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Certainly beats the barking dog that I would have

Hi Andy - very interesting and yes this helps. Be well.

@SillyMoustache

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Glad it helps and I welcome further comment, queries etc,

I just bought a 12 fret Eastman E20oo tc should arrive this week. Thanks for another good video

@SillyMoustache

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Good choice! You are most welcome!

LOL! Some of us gave up looking when I discovered I couldn't see the chords. I have 2 guitars that only have side dots, blank fretboard.

@johnwashburn3793

2 күн бұрын

Some of us are not blind

@johnwashburn3793

2 күн бұрын

Actually I see a bit. As long as I get a proper start I am usually okay. E and Am throw me sometimes

@SillyMoustache

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Yeah, I don't know what this means.

@SillyMoustache

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John, maybe I could help you ? One-to-one mentoring etc.?

@johnwashburn3793

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@SillyMoustache Perhaps you could, but I do not foresee that happening. I do quite fine typically, but I have moments (going to a C shaped E at the fifth fret,especially after an A or such takes thought and practice. I have had to develop my muscle memory and I do open my eyes for up the neck. ) I don't think I can operate the computer well enough. Fortunately I have played nearly as long as you, just a different style of playing.

Any tips on holding down a G without using the index finger. Some fingerstyle books use this so you can pick melody notes with the index finger, I just find it unstable, keep practising and strengthening i guess...

Thanks Andy, I am not sure I fully understand the chord sequence you demonstrated but I'll watch it through again (and again and again......). I notice you have the Scales and Modes book on display on many of you videos, is this worth buying? I also note that the same authors have at least 3 other books including Guitar chords, Advanced Chords and strumming patterns. Do you have an opinion on the value of such books?

@SillyMoustache

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Hi, I didn't intend to show the book, but, yes, I think it an excellent item and well worth having to better understand the subject.

Or play in the dark…

@SillyMoustache

2 күн бұрын

Also works but there is still some optical stimulation - with closed eyes, (I believe) one creates a mental muscle memory.