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mdrose725
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mdrose725
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06/22/2019 9:32 pm

This is not due to any of the instruction and I have definitely learned to correct some bad habits but I finally (with a new job) am able to dedicate true time to practice and developing the weaker parts of my playing. My question (and maybe some others have)...I know all my basic open chords, as well as bare chords along 6th and 5th strings to include minor and 7th shapings for them. Chord changes, shapings and voicings at different locations are something I practice regularly. Sometimes for 20-30 minutes, sometimes for 3 to 4 hours, just however I am feeling. Individual finger dexterity, scales (major, minor, blues, chromatic) and speed and confidence with these as well as learning the fretboard as a whole are necessities as well. I am more confused as to if I should simply begin at step one in Beginning Fundamentals 1 and go through everything or if there are suggestions for lessons I should focus on while keeping up with the things I have already learned? I only ask because with some of the things, I find it very hard to focus (i.e., learning the open chords) while my mind is drifting more to those things I know I am struggling in. Any help, from students or instructors, in how to atack my lessons would be welcome. Best regards to all who reply.

-Michael