Richard Baker

Welcome Carol! You got this! You will reach your goals, for sure. I hope you enjoy your experience here!

Hey Aida. When playing the folk pattern, you should always play the root note of the chord for beat 1 of the measure. Which will not always be the low E string. Like you said, the F#m, A2, C#m, Bsus4, and G#m in the E family, all have the A string as their root note. Only the E chord has the E string as the root note.

Hey Laura! Welcome to the SG family! So glad to have you hear.
I hope you’ve been finding success with your struggles: clean chords, smooth transitions, and understanding transposing. I hope you will be able to reach your goal of playing in the church band. Keep me updated on that progress!

Hey Walter, you do have lifetime access. If you are writing in the forums, then that means you are signed in to the Beginner Course. There is a “Beginner Course Home Page button” On this screen that will take you to the home page. Or you can go directly to it with the url below. If you still have trouble, please let me know with more detail about the exact error you are…Read More

Hey Randy, if you are commenting here, that means you are logged in. You can find the beginner course home page in 2 ways.

1. If you’re on a PC, along the right side of the screen, you’ll see a “Beginner Course Home Page” button. If on a mobile device, it will be near the bottom.

2. Follow this url: https://simplifiedguitar.com/beginner-course/

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welcome Dan! Glad to have you in the SG family! Keep us posted with your progress.

Hey Dean, you can find some of the song’s BPM’s on the song tutorial on the website. But I stopped putting that info for newer songs, because it was difficult to keep up with, and the exact BPM is not really that important. If you want, you can put on a metronome while playing the video and find a BPM that is at least close, and that will work.

For instance, slower songs are usually…Read More

Hey Estaban, after you log in, you can access the beginner course material at this url…

https://simplifiedguitar.com/beginner-course/

If you are still having trouble, please email me at jonathan@simplifiedguitar.com and give me the full details of your issue.