Office Hours, Q&A

This week we got into a lot of live chat questions. It was a fun one, and the camera guitar is back up and running so we'll get to use that from now on.

One thing I talked about at length was how to get into the initial phase of ear training - the idea of trying rapid fire to find the key in a bunch of songs on a spotify (or youtube) playlist. Don't listen to the whole song, just the first 30 to 60 seconds and see if you can figure out the key. If you get a list going and you want to ask the community about it, post that here. If you feel like you're getting a sense of things and want to take a stab at the chords, try here.

We talked about plenty of other things, including how to read (and prepare to read) lead sheets, how to play bass with a guitar player and also related - how to approach ranges when playing with another guitar player.

I also offered a fun challenge to come up with a bunch of voicings for rhythm guitar on JUST the D, G, and B strings on any of my jam tracks (because its fun) and I've attached some scratch paper to aid in that process. I'd LOVE to hear what you come up with because voicings on those strings are my favorite.

Also I told Christiane to watch Octave Shapes | Memorizing the Fingerboard, but if you haven't you should too.

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