Hi All,

I have decided to start my guitar learning afresh with you guys, as you seem to have a great lesson structure. Because I am now a retiree I have been doing guitar again with some determination but not enough direction. (Did some playing in my 30s as well but I was pretty time poor then).

I've really enjoyed my first 3 days with GT and Lisa's teaching style has a lot to do with it.

The following notes I made as I have never seen these mentioned so clearly before.

- the concept of fanning the strumming hand out to be more aware of all the strings to the touch - i like this as i am trying to learn without staring at my hands so much

- the importance she placed on the opposable thumb idea and not letting the thumb slip up over the nut,

- she described the way vibration tuners work. they seem to work independent of room noise, unlike the built in tuners in guitars? did I understand that right?

- i finally understand how easy it is to work out chord scales by doing the majors first then the minors, and how insignificant the vii chord is, or at least she hinted that was the case for beginners

- also I hadn't heard 'counting down' described so well and how the counter can dictate the tempo so easily.

Plus everyone seems pretty friendly on the forum, as music can involve a lot of subjective opinions.

regards to you all

W