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Jonathan commented on the post, Big Rock Candy Mountain 7 years, 9 months ago

Hey Mike, thanks for the kind words, and your suggestion. I’ll add it to my list of songs to draw from for future lessons. Take care!

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Jonathan commented on the post, Beautiful In White 7 years, 9 months ago

Thanks Mergie! I appreciate that. I’m glad you’re learning a lot from my material. God bless you too!

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Ann Hepner replied to the topic My current Purpose and Plan in the forum Your Current Purpose & Plan 7 years, 9 months ago

I’m sorry for the loss of your grandpa, Cheryl. May the Lord comfort your heart until you meet again.
I’m so happy you played for your grandpa. I’m thinking that he never heard such sweet music that day…because it was you who played it for him. That was so special and something you will never forget. Keep that torch going!

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Ann Hepner replied to the topic My current Purpose and Plan in the forum Your Current Purpose & Plan 7 years, 9 months ago

Glad you’re here James!
You are correct about Jonathan. He is a man of faith and a family man. He is conscientious in trying to always give us the best tools to make us better guitar players.
Looks like you’ve had a bit of a gap in your guitar playing experience but the important thing is that you have returned to it.
All the best to you James.

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Jonathan replied to the topic Live Class 6-5-18 | Strumming Dynamics in the forum Live Classes 7 years, 9 months ago

Here’s the replay!

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Jonathan started the topic Live Class 6-5-18 | Strumming Dynamics in the forum Live Classes 7 years, 9 months ago

This week’s live class will be Tuesday, June 5th @ 2pm CST.

We will be discussing how to add different types of dynamics to your strumming to really add more interest to the songs you play. Hope you can make it.

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Jonathan replied to the topic Live Class 5-31-18 | Foundations Of Strumming in the forum Live Classes 7 years, 9 months ago

Yes, that’s the idea. Obviously, some will sound better than others, but it can work with many of these different options. As you said, the most important factor is the length of the measures. Is the song in 4/4 time, 3/4 time, or 6/8 time? Once you have that determined, then you can fill in those measures with whole note strumming, half note, quarter, 8th, or 16th note strumming.

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Jonathan started the topic Live Class 5-31-18 | Foundations Of Strumming in the forum Live Classes 7 years, 9 months ago

Hey everyone. This week’s live class, I went over the building blocks of strumming. This is crucial info if you want to eventually be able to play songs on the fly without needing someone to tell you how to strum it. Watch the replay below:

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Jonathan replied to the topic My current Purpose and Plan in the forum Your Current Purpose & Plan 7 years, 9 months ago

Cheryl, that is a great purpose, and should keep you motivated to continue learning.

I agree that music is a universal language, and transcends other forms of communication. It is a wonderful thing to be able to create your own music, and I hope you are able to achieve that one day as well.

Thanks for sharing your story with us!

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Ann Hepner replied to the topic My current Purpose and Plan in the forum Your Current Purpose & Plan 7 years, 9 months ago

Cheryl, you have wonderful and inspirational goals along with a firm purpose.

You also have the mind set to attain them all. It will be a joy to hear how you are progressing.

May God bless you on your journey.

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Ann Hepner started the topic My current Purpose and Plan in the forum Your Current Purpose & Plan 7 years, 9 months ago

I have many ongoing goals and will continue with them. For example, continually trying to improve my strumming, chord changes and learning new songs. In addition my new goal is to learn the Inverse Pattern that Jonathan has shown us with Great Is Thy Faithfulness. My main purpose for learning this new pattern is to add a softer technique and a more melodic sound to my playing.

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Jonathan replied to the topic Live Class 5-25-18 | Developing Persistence in the forum Live Classes 7 years, 9 months ago
Wow, what a great live class!

We discussed the 4 steps to develop persistence:
1. Define a purpose
2. Define a plan
3. A mind closed to negativity and discouragement
4. A friendly alliance
If you would like to post your purpose & plan for the community, you can do see

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Ann Hepner and Jonathan are now friends 7 years, 9 months ago

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Jonathan started the topic Live Class 5-25-18 | Developing Persistence in the forum Live Classes 7 years, 9 months ago

Hey everyone, this week’s live class will be Friday the 25th @ 2pm CST.

Hope to see ya there!

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Jonathan commented on the post, Can You Feel The Love Tonight 7 years, 9 months ago

Hey Pam, it’s working on my end. Maybe try to refresh the page or try on a different device and see if that helps.

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Jonathan replied to the topic Notifications malfunction? in the forum Questions & Struggles 7 years, 9 months ago

Hey Cheryl, thanks for the heads up. I’ll look into it and maybe on Friday I can give a screen cast of how to navigate through it.

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Jonathan commented on the post, I Cant Smile Without You 7 years, 9 months ago

Awesome James! I wish you the best.

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