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@mweir1 – Wow, Mairi! Sounds like you’ve been playing A LOT since I last heard you. Amazing progress and beautifully played. I’m impressed, keep up the great work 🙂
@nthibode – Brilliant job! The only thing I can suggest is to keep working on getting the notes in the first part of the B melody to ring clearer – which is actually the hardest part of the tune. Keep up the great work, Nathalie! 🙂
Whoops! Looks like I skipped a couple, my apologies!
ramiro – I love the A and B melody. Here’s what I would do. I’d cut that transition section from 35 seconds to 45. And just go from B to C (strum section). That makes it flow better IMO. You can test this by playing 0 to 35, pause and jump to 45. That sounds more coherent… as in a more complete sounding piece, IMO. “A B C” is a cool form and we’ve done those before. Keep writing, you’ve got talent for it!
And good idea for an arranging challenge, I’ll keep that in mind 🙂
marama – Here is my feedback for you 🙂
Here is the first lesson on form to check out, and another.
@karenj – Here is my feedback for you 🙂
@marygrace – Well done! Here’s my feedback for you and the lesson I referenced for you to check out. 🙂
Check out this lesson for 3 warm up exercises, one of which is a sequenced pattern out of C Major.
For learning scales, check out our theory course. Module 1, Unit 3 covers the major scale.
Module 3 shows you how to alter it to create other scales. That module also has the major scale notated in 5 positions throughout the neck and shows you 2 ways to approach soloing using major and minor pentatonic.
Have fun and let me know if you have any questions! 🙂
For that part, you want to hug the neck so that you can reach around with the thumb to lightly touch the G string to mute it.
Or…. Teach a member’s original arrangement if they’re game! There are some great originals in this month’s challenge. How cool would it be to teach us one of those??
@lisadmh – I totally had that idea this week too! Let me see what I can do. I also had an idea that would add a twist to it 🙂Welcome, Jim! Glad you found us. I’m always around if you need help on the lessons. Don’t hesitate to email or post questions on the forum 🙂
I’d recommend using it. There will be other chords/songs you’ll play that require a similar fingering, so think of it as adding a new capability to your playing repertoire.
Here is the lesson, folks 🙂