It’s a different world these days. When I grew up playing guitar there was a book (Mel Bay off memory) and a kid up the street whose father strummed a few chords of gypsy type music. We learnt a few chords and songs. Up on stage and away we went with a crystal mic plugged into a spare channel in a guitar amp. We were made.

Over time we learnt lots and lots of chords in various positions. We learnt many songs in different keys. We learnt improvisation (or taught ourselves). Maybe we learnt pentatonic scales.

Today it is different, YouTube with almost every top liner offering lessons. People teaching the CAGED System and the Nashville Number System also how to relate the various Pentatonic Scale shapes to the CAGED and Number Systems. I wish I knew all this years ago albeit a lot of it is almost natural to me.

I advise all guitarists to go understand the CAGED and Nashville Number systems it will make playing far easier. It is amazing what one can learn even in their 70s.

My thoughts

Tony

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