Thank you William MG. One more question, you mention learning the major and minor pentatonic scales, which I did learn them from Ander Mouresen's lessons, but not really what I can do with them. Also, people started stated talking about the major and minor in different positions? Now I'm wondering after all the time I've put in so far, am I getting anywhere?
I can go through the lessons, but after practicing consistently, every day, with a rare miss, I can't play anything, I can just follow the lessons?
DJ
I would just like to add to what Christopher has down, and I know it's a lot of information coming your way. In his reply I think he hit the nail on the head - you have some training, you know some parts - but then what? You are only lacking a little self direction.
What helped me understand how the pieces of this musical puzzle fit together is when I challenged myself to write a song. I had some chords down, some scales, but the question was - and you are asking it - "why". Why did the song writer put those chords together and why were those notes used to play the solo parts, and to your question as to positions on the neck - why did Ace jump all the way down to the 20th fret to play a G note when there are much more comfortable positions on the neck to fret that G? Well in the case of Deuce, you just have to listen to the song - that closing solo is the climax of the song. It's all about effect and what an effect it has!
One more word on your question about what to do with the scales you have learned. I am very easy on myself. I learned that I really have no talent when it comes to writing music, I enjoy writing lyrics, but my music is always stale and boring. It is correct however, I always stay in key, but BB King could take 3 notes and make them sound like magic, I make them sound like notes.
So I tend to use a lot of the same licks when jamming with friends. Why reinvent the wheel? This weekend we have a jam, we are all old, we just have fun. We play some tunes, easy tunes, talk about how it used to be and why our generation and its music was best and have some laughs.
Keep asking questions and enjoy the process of learning.
This year the diet is definitely gonna stick!