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The LGF&E Members Q&A Library

This part of the LGF&E Members area is a great resource for
members that will only continue to grow.
All members are encouraged to post your questions and comments as well
as tips or successes you are having with your guitar.

The more we all contribute, the more our resources grow!
Remember… Don’t be a guitar snob. 🙂


To use this area, simply pick one of the links in the Q&A section and make your post.

Welcome!

Jerry

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31 comments so far

MJ Harmon
 1 

More blues riffs last night. I was just improvising away on the A pentatonic minor scale. Some of it sucked, but some of it sounded really good. If I can get my single finger vibrato going it will sound even better.

October 16th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
william talbot III
 2 

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

December 24th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Corey Barbary
 3 

I’ve never wanted to practice so much, you’ve made it fun again and that’s just from the bridge course! Can’t wait to sink my teeth into each lesson every week.
Thanks Jerry

NOTE FROM JERRY:

Corey,

Thanks for your compliment! I think you “nailed it” when you said things are fun again. As a player myself, I realize that other pickers have to go through the journey to be able to play. In other words, 9 out 10 people don’t just go pick up the guitar, sling it over their shoulder and then start ripping through great solos! That’s just not going to happen. You have to go through the learning curve and take a little journey to get there.

But does this mean a new player or even an experienced player should have to be bored out of their heads during this process?

I say absolutely not!

I seriously believe that if a person can immediately get a systematic set of tools, tips, and a few tricks, they will start hearing music come from their fingers and guitar. Once this happens, a person starts realizing, “hey, I can do this” or “man that sounds like this song or that song”. And once that happens, they are encouraged to go further and further. It’s a natural evolving process.

On the other hand, you can take the same person, fill their heads with mundane scales with no real meaning, complicated chord names and theory combined with no sense of usability and literally destroy a person who may have potential for greatness as a guitarist. That’s a tragedy in my book!

Bottom line…

Get a person playing quick! I’m not speaking in terms of how fast you can play or burn through a solo. I’m talking about getting it to “click” upstairs.

This is the great self motivator! There’s just something magical about making music on any instrument. Hearing something come out and knowing you’re behind it, in my opinion, it’s icing on life’s cake.

Thanks again!

Jerry
LearnGuitarFastAndEasy.com

December 28th, 2009 at 4:17 am
dalis lachance
 4 

what type of amp are you using to get your sound. i have a gibson sg custom and an old yamaha amp and would like to get it sounding better. any effects going???

NOTE FROM JERRY

Dalis…

I use an old Fender Princeton chorus with it overdriven and some chorus. If you have a gain, crank it and then set your volume with your master.

Just got a similar request earlier today on this and asked for a suggestion on a good little amp.

Fender makes a very small amp that has a digital display on it and gobs of killer presets. Also allow you to record a jam track in it and play along. Now that’s ccol.

I think you can pick one of those up for under $200.

Hope this helps.

jerry

February 19th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Steve KRAMER
 5 

Hi Jerry
Last night I was practicing and I just stared sounding like every thing you have taught in the Cowboy solos. I’m amazed.

Thanks
Steve

April 25th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Steve KRAMER
 6 

Best course on the internet. I would be very interested in DVD or CD on the course Jerry. Thanks again for showing me the way.

Steve

April 28th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
sean sinclair
 7 

jerry,

i have really enjoyed the bridge and first 4 lessons. i have played for awhile and would consider myself and intermediate level player. the problem that i have is that my playing is totally lacking ‘feel’. when you talk about not wanting to sound like a scale player, i hear ya man, but that is the way it comes out. i am looking forward to staying with the complete program and hope that the ‘feel’ part can be learned and not just ‘born with’.

thanks, your friend

sean

A BIGGGG NOTE FROM JERRY

Sean,

I can really appreciate your comment. I truly understand what you mean.

I honestly believe you’ll be amazed at what happens by the time you get to the end of our little journey.

Let me tell you something to try doing as we mosey along this path together – and this goes out to everybody….

Take something we work on in a lesson. Anything beginning with The Cowboy Blues Series. Get it down. Understand it. And then do this…

*** AND NO – I’m not going “FREAKY-DEAKY” on you. Just trust me on this…

Try closing the door behind you in your practice area. Next, close your eyes as you play the lick or scale. And here’s the cool part.

Try imagining what it would sound like if you wanted it to sound sweet fro a little girl. Now play the series of notes as if you were trying to play for that little girl. Eyes closed. Here’s the BIGGGGGGY….

LISTEN!!!! Listen to what is coming out. Notice how you ten to hold the notes has you play them. Are you playing softly. Are you picking them gently and not rushed? Are you bending the strings slightly and not trying to crank them over the top of the neck?

In my mind, that’s what would come out. I’m playing for a sweet little girl.

Now keep doing this for a few minutes with your eyes closed. As you do this more and more, you’ll start hearing things “come out” of your playing like never before. When you hear yourself do something UNREHEARSED that you like, slowly repeat it again and again.

Next…

Using the same technique, imagine you are now playing the music that you’d here behind the video of some dude (or dude-ette) on a dirt bike jumping through the air splashing in the mud, etc.

Would it be soft like that was for the little girl? No!!!!!

It would have more bite here and there. Squeals. Triple Factor taps and bends!! You get my drift?

Doing this exercise often will amaze you and you don’t have to be a virtuoso to make some seriously cool music with tons of feel.

The key is to pick something out in your mind (or around you) and imagine what music might fit it. Close your eyes and just play. It’s not about the speed. It’s about the feel. The speed will come quicker than you imagined.

Hope this helps!

Jerry

April 29th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
jerry thomas
 8 

Hey Jerry its Zach C. IN WV thanks for all the lessons love them see ya

May 8th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Don Hammond
 9 

Really enjoying the first lesson as a member, not counting the bridge lesson that is already complete. I saw someone say that playing guitar is becoming fun again, and that’s exactly how I feel. The improvisation and fooling around is definitely fun and I’m getting results.

Thanks Jerry

NOTE FROM JERRY

Don,

It’s only begun my friend! Keep going over the course. You’ll pick something up each time you do!

Take it easy.

Jerry

May 14th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Kenny C. Roberg
 10 

Hi I’m looking into how to get your sound and it is always blank. I want to go buy a Fender. any
suggestions Thanks! 🙂

February 26th, 2011 at 2:34 am
Kenny C. Roberg
 11 

BTW Thanks Jerry this is the coolest guitar lessons ever. I have wanted to play since I was ten I’m 45 now and wow I think I’m finally getting it. I’m a guitar player thanks to you and this exciting course.

Thanks again Kenny

Note From Jerry…
Thanks Kenny. I hope the course takes you to new levels faster than your ever imagined.
Jerry

February 26th, 2011 at 2:39 am
Jim Shannon
 12 

Hey Jerry ,First this is really great Stuff well thought out and planned in simple steps. Im not so far yet as I just start recently but I already thank you. One question I have is : when using the frets above the 12th fret, I find it quite difficult to place all my fingers,Example the “D” Power Chord on the 17th fret barring with the first finger and holding down the D G & B strings on the 19th fret with the third finger I can’t hold this and get the barre on the 17th fret on the high e string. Otherwise in all position above the 2th fret I have no problem.

Note from Jerry to the Tribe…

Hey Jim,

You’re not alone with this problem. The good news is that you can snap your fingers into shape pretty easy and overcome this faster than you think.

Here’s how to do it…

For one solid week, discipline yourself to practice “The 1234 Coordinator Drill” (see lessons menu area) at the following spots on the neck of the guitar:

* Referring to your top [E] string as your starting point *

– Open [E] as a starting point

– [G] as a starting point (remember we’re starting on the top [E] string.

– [A] as a starting point (remember we’re starting on the top [E] string.

– [B] as a starting point (remember we’re starting on the top [E] string.

– [D] as a starting point (remember we’re starting on the top [E] string.

Repeat all positions past the 12th fret where you can.

The secret…. Do it until you hear no dead strings.

You’re probably wondering how this will help with your barre chord delima and rightfully so.

We’re not finished just yet…

Now try barring and doing the 234 part of the drill.

Yeh, I know… Your fingers hate me. But you’ll love the results after only 30 minute a day for a week.

Put a schedule on your wall or somewhere near your guitar and check off the days as you complete them.

DON’T CHEAT!!

30 Minutes. 7 Days. No excuses!

Have some fun with it.

Take it easy,

Jerr

March 17th, 2011 at 10:48 am
Steve Hubbard
 13 

Oh and Jerry, I think Kenny C R put about the way I feel, only I wanted to since 5 and I am now 60..I have rediscovered my 69 tele and it sounds almost like it should..

March 20th, 2011 at 5:53 pm
Jim Shannon
 14 

Hi jerry, Thanks for the Exercise you gave me. One Point I would like to clear up : “Now try barring and doing the 234 part of the drill.” If say the Barre is on the 6th ST. “A” where do you mean / or which Frets do you mean to place 234.
thanks Jim

NOTE FROM JERRY…

Jim,

If you barre at the fifth fret, I mean barre all the strings at the fifth fret and complete the 234 at the 6,7,8 frets. Make sense?

Thanks for your input!

Jerry

March 27th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
robert merritt
 15 

hi jerry,I would like to thank you for the awesome course you put together and tell you that it’s doing wonders for me,I am a reborn beginner,I played a little as a 14 year old and had learned the basic chord’s and now that I’m 50 years old and can play a few scale’s I’m determined to learn how to play again. my finger’s are on fire right now from my first lesson cowboy blue’s ll and what I was able to do with that lesson sounded pretty good. thanks again jerry.
…rob…aka…camaroman

NOTE FROM JERRY:

Rob,

Thanks and great to hear from you. Keep on practicing and running through the lessons over and over. There’s gold in them every time you come through.

Jerry

June 6th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Gerald Goldberg
 16 

Jerry,
In the discussion about practicing from the 12th fret on you say to go to the menus and fine the 1234 Coordinator Drill. Do you mean the 123 234 drill or is there a 1234 drill I am not seeing or can’t remember?
Thanks

G

Note from Jerry…

G…

Sorry, that was an add on and I had forgotten to activate it in the members area. The link is below AND you’ll now see it sitting in the Bridge section at the members area.

http://learnguitarfastandeasy.com/members/?page_id=1591

Take care G.

Jerry

August 22nd, 2011 at 6:42 pm
John Adkin
 17 

Hi Jerry taking on board the lessons ! as you are aware I am on my second at the moment my problem is that l am not very fast but am determined to get there thanks for the encourage ment . Cheers mate

November 2nd, 2011 at 6:25 pm
Mike Lord
 18 

Wow, suddenly it’s “All About the Music, Mannnn!”
for real, all the missing gears are starting to mesh! Great approach Jerry, I’m enthused again
(sore fingers, but enthused none the less!!) to play. Thanks and looking forward to more…..

NOTE FROM JERRY…

Thanks Mike! Nice to have you around.

Jerry

December 2nd, 2011 at 1:55 am
Raymond Dempsey
 19 

Hi Jerry,
I’m excited about the course. Always wanted to play up and down the neck, but could never conquer the bar chords. I find them extremely difficult, but working at it. Maybe it’s my 63 yrs. I’m working through the Bridge, and will probably fall behind two lessons by the time I’m satisfied to move to my first lesson. I’m giving myself one week on the Bridge…and just finished day two.

August 28th, 2012 at 2:11 am
Raymond Dempsey
 20 

Hi Jerry,
Well, I started out with my Martin (00-15 series), and I just could not do anything with the bar chords. I tried for a week, and little success, except for the other exercises. Frustrated, I borrowed my son’s electric, and things began to fall in place. I must say the electric, which I never bothered with before, is much easier to play, than my Martin at least. So I’m happy now. That thumb pinch is a neat little trick. Thanks.

September 6th, 2012 at 11:08 pm
Keith Raymond
 21 

Top notch material. I’m very excited to see where this will take my playing. Thanks Jerry.

September 26th, 2012 at 2:46 am
william bouslaugh
 22 

jerry i am plowing through things i understand i won”t get there over night, but finally there is a clear and an affordable path through the so called woods that’s fun and even excitable again! -thanks bill.

October 7th, 2012 at 11:39 pm
Michael Moore
 23 

Itis nice to finally have a direction. I am looking forward to my practice.
Jerry thank you for the support.

November 25th, 2012 at 10:36 pm
Richard Fernan
 24 

Hello Jerry,
How are you.Before i saw cizzie888 on youtube that leads me to you,I play my guitar at night time while watching tv started 2011 after a loooong absence and practice the 5 position of pentatonic scale, but never made my playing exciting,better nor never really understand how to use it until now. I’m on lesson 6 the (D) power chord and i wanted to wait a couple more lesson before telling you how happy and excited i am but could not wait any longer.So far all the chords and notes you showed me i use them before on my 20’s but did not realized the importance. I’m 56 yrs young and this is my 4th year of being unemployed plus my gout that made worst after losing my job,my house,etc. Anyway if i did not lose my job i would not found you and i would go back to my country when i retire and my guitar playing was still the same old way or maybe my fender and mesa would become a furniture but not no more lol! Playing guitar is fun again.Jerry thank you very much for creating your ways of teaching guitar.

January 27th, 2013 at 7:36 am
Steve Smith
 25 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jerry what an improvement just this part of the course has made to my playing.

February 25th, 2013 at 3:19 am
William Wilkie
 26 

Hi Gerry and fellow picker learners, anyone noticed that clicking on to course part Triple What You Know 1 and 2 are both showing only Part-A on the PDF, or am I confussed!!!?

NOTE FROM JERRY:

Gerry, you’re exactly right. When I built these two lessons, I kept them closely related. The only thing that changes is if we are touching, tapping, or moving up the neck twelve frets and actually fretting. For this reason, there’s no real need to have a separate PDF. The PDF included is just a map to show you how to get there and in this case, it works for both lessons.

Hope this helps!

Jerry

May 28th, 2013 at 5:33 pm
Andrew Tate
 27 

I have played on and off for 10 years but your course has renewed my enthusiasm. Basically a strummer/rhythm player that knows how to play the barre chords, but since I started the bridge and learning the fretboard, things are starting to make sense.

Thanks Jerry for getting me excited with my guitar again.

I will share in my next comment things I have learned just by learning the notes on the fretboard.

August 14th, 2014 at 3:18 am
Mark Day
 28 

Not only is Jerry an incredibly talented guitarist with the gift of conveying his craft, but he’s also a very down to earth available instructor. Very scarce this day and age of guitar snobbery.
Thank you Jerry

January 14th, 2015 at 3:23 am
stringbe
 29 

Thanks Mark! Thanks a lot!

Jerry

February 26th, 2015 at 5:11 am
RJ Thompson
 30 

Jerry Just wanted to say Thanks As I press on I am beginning to see things change…I just finished “Goin Country not really … but I really did..lol You have no idea how excited I am for the next lesson to unlock because I have a feeling this is what I have been waiting for… I sure hope so And Thanks Again
RJ ..

NOTE FROM JERRY:

Thanks Ron,

We’re just getting started! 🙂

Jerry

May 22nd, 2015 at 8:18 pm
Joel Conrad
 31 

just finished cowboy 3 in the middle. Is there more to come in full blown and now i see the monkey cost more. do i have to wait for more lessons to come? enjoy the experience so far thanks!

JERRY’S RESPONSE:

Joel, I’m glad you are enjoying the course. If you are a paid member of Full Blown, a new lesson unlocks each week in your members area menu. The Root Monkey modules are not part of the Full Blown course itself and those modules are in development. We’ll send all Full Blown students a note when they are released.

In the meantime, you have plenty to work with in the Full Blown lessons. Practice mixing them together and listen to what happens to your playing.

Take it easy!

Jerry

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