Richard Baker
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Jonathan and Jeff Timmons are now friends 6 years, 2 months ago
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Jonathan replied to the topic Live Class 8-8-18 | Chord Recognition (Ear Training Pt 2) in the forum Live Classes 6 years, 2 months ago
Here is the replay from the live class:
And here are the links to the resources mentioned during the training:
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Jonathan commented on the post, Come Thou Fount 6 years, 2 months ago
Hey Joe, having an ear for music is a gift, more so than just knowing theory. And you’re welcome for the lessons, I’m glad you are finding them useful.
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Jonathan replied to the topic Transposition Question – Amazing Grace in the forum Questions & Struggles 6 years, 2 months ago
You’re welcome Doug. I’m looking forward to seeing your progress!
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Jonathan replied to the topic Am7 in the forum Questions & Struggles 6 years, 2 months ago
Hey Helene, yes that is totally fine.
The Am7 with the pinky down is a way to help with transitions, as it creates one less finger to move to and from the Am7. But if transitioning is less of a problem than the actual chord, then you can scratch the pinky and play the Am7 with an open high e. -
Jonathan replied to the topic Transposition Question – Amazing Grace in the forum Questions & Struggles 6 years, 2 months ago
Hey Doug, if playing Amazing Grace in G is too high for you, you have a couple of options.
1. Tune your guitar down a half step or whole step.
Because you are playing the G without a capo on, the only way to get a lower pitch with changing the chords entirely is to down tune your guitar. A half step would be Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, and Eb, starting with your thickest string.
If that is still…Read More -
Jonathan started the topic Live Class 8-8-18 | Chord Recognition (Ear Training Pt 2) in the forum Live Classes 6 years, 2 months ago
This week’s live class will be on Wednesday, August 8th, at 12pm CST.
In this live class we will be diving into part 2 of “Developing An Ear For Music”, which is how to recognize the sound of different chords.
Hope to see you there!
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Jonathan replied to the topic Live Class 6-5-18 | Strumming Dynamics in the forum Live Classes 6 years, 2 months ago
I’m glad to hear it, Peg! And thanks, we had a great trip!
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Jonathan replied to the topic Live Class 8-1-18 | Interval Recognition (Ear Training Pt 1) in the forum Live Classes 6 years, 2 months ago
You’re welcome, Peg! I’m glad to know it’s been helpful for you!
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Jonathan wrote a new post 6 years, 2 months ago
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Jonathan replied to the topic Master chord sheet request. in the forum Questions & Struggles 6 years, 2 months ago
Hey Cheryl, that’s a great question. This is something I’ve actually had on my list of things to create. But I haven’t been able to get around to it yet, though it is coming.
In the meantime, you could google “most popular chords on guitar” or something like that, and you should be able to find something relatively useful:)
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Jonathan replied to the topic Live Class 8-1-18 | Interval Recognition (Ear Training Pt 1) in the forum Live Classes 6 years, 2 months ago
Here is the replay from the live class:
Here are the links that I mentioned during the training:
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Jonathan replied to the topic My Purpose and Plan in the forum Your Current Purpose & Plan 6 years, 2 months ago
Hey Doug, that’s a great goal you have in place. We are here to help make sure you reach it!
I’m excited to hear that you are making good progress. I hope I get to see a video recording of you playing some time. Good luck as you continue to practice, and make sure to let us know if you run into any problems.
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Jonathan started the topic Live Class 8-1-18 | Interval Recognition (Ear Training Pt 1) in the forum Live Classes 6 years, 2 months ago
We are going to be starting a new series on “Developing An Ear For Music”. Part 1 will be “Interval Recognition” where I will teach you how to recognize the space between notes, so you can begin to decipher notes just by hearing them.
The class will be Wednesday, August 1st 2018, at 12pm central time.
I hope to see you there!
–Jonathan
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Jonathan replied to the topic Live Class 7-27-18 | How To Get Strength & Flexibility In Your Fingers in the forum Live Classes 6 years, 2 months ago
Hey Kristy, yes, I would imagine that would work, similar to stretching your legs, where you can push them to force them to the limit, obviously not over or it could cause damage. But if you found that it has been helpful, then that is awesome. Hopefully others can use it as well. Thanks for sharing.
Peg, you are welcome. I’m glad to have been able to provide the content for you. Enjoy!
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Jonathan replied to the topic Live classes in the forum Questions & Struggles 6 years, 2 months ago
Hey Helene, yes, the replay to all live classes is available in the forums.
I’m glad to hear you are enjoying the challenge and making progress. Let me know if you have any trouble!
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Jonathan replied to the topic Live Class 7-27-18 | How To Get Strength & Flexibility In Your Fingers in the forum Live Classes 6 years, 2 months ago
Hey everyone. We had some technical difficulties with this live class, and the audio/video was very bad, so much so that I couldn’t use the replay. So I created a new recording going over the material that I wanted to cover. You can watch it below. Again, I apologize to those of you who tried to attend, I’ve gotten the issue solved for next week’s class.
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Jonathan wrote a new post 6 years, 2 months ago
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Jonathan replied to the topic Finger Slipping..? in the forum Questions & Struggles 6 years, 2 months ago
Hey Angela, could you describe the issue a bit more? Are your fingers slipping down towards the body of the guitar or up towards the head of the guitar? Are they slipping off of the strings or just to another fret? Is it for a particular chord?
If you want, you could also record a quick video demonstrating the problem for the Private Facebook Group, and that would help me know exactly…Read More
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Jonathan replied to the topic Jonathan Reaux in the forum Introductions 6 years, 2 months ago
Hey Brad, thanks for asking.
I’ve been playing around with learning the G scale.
Also, learning some new advanced songs that use chords I’ve never used before, like Frank Sinatra “The Way You Look Tonight”, and Randy Newman’s “You’ve Got A Friend In Me”, using the F#dim7 chord and some other funky sounding chords. I never thought those chords would ever be useful, but when put in the…Read More
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