Originally Posted by: Slipin LizardDoug, I'm on a learning hiatus right now, but spent a over a year as a full member. The Fundamentals is fine to start, but remember, you're not in a specific "course" with GT. This provides a huge advantage because once you know just a few simple chords, you can start learning fingerpicking... and let me tell you Lisa's lessons are probably the best you'll ever find. I went through her entire fingerpicking series, and it was great! I now get way more enjoyment out of my acoustic playing now that I'm not limited to just strumming.

What I'd recommend you do is go look at her lessons... following the links she gave you, and see what chords you'll need to know to get started. Once you have those chords down, go ahead and go through the fingerpicking lesson... it makes a nice break from the Fundamentals theory and stuff... there's no reason you can't learn scales etc in Fundamentals, and then take a "break" working the right hand with fingerpicking, playing chords with your left hand that you already know. Have fun!