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I'm getting to that...I got Sandercoes E-Book,"Practical Music Theory" and that's still a few chapters ahead of where I am now..I know the "note circle",the "key notes" on the low E and A strings..Right now I'm getting a handle on calculating intervals..Next up are 13 lessons,with work sheets,on chord theory and then 11 on CAGED..

I know my open chords as well as E and A shaped Barre chords...Majors minors and dominant 7s in opens and Barres...I'm fluid in the Minor Pentatonic,Blues,Aeolian and Ionian scales,as far as running up and down them..I've played the Minor Pent so much,that now,I use it exclusively to work my hammer ons/pull offs..Just in the past couple weeks have started playing with improvising in the Blues scale over backing tracks,something like every other day...So far it sounds gawd awful... Oh,I started alternate picking a few months ago and now it feels weird to NOT do it....So far I just run through the Aeolian and Ionian scales,but can do them easily at 100 bpm+.....

I went through 6 of 9 stages of Justin Sandercoes Beginners Course and started on the 7th,before in early December,starting weekly lessons with a private tutor..I frequent Justins forum,as well as the one on the Ultimate Guitar site,to pick up tidbits and different perspectives..I use Justins lessons,now in the intermediate section,for further info and reference on things my instructor has assigned,as both coincide...Things like blues riffs and technique stuff,mostly,though I occasionally also revisit the song book section for a change of pace...

My tutor,all the while,has been heavy on technique stuff..Hammer ons,pull offs,"finger gym" stuff,bends,curls,vibrato and trills..All things I'll use in my playing,but at the moment the focus is on development of endurance,strength,stretch,agility and finger independence..He introduces at least one new element each week,in the form of chords or chord progressions,small riffs,strum patterns and touches on theory,as he realizes I'm ready for more..Although now,I think,I'm ahead of him,with studying the Practical Music Theory book I just got..

When I began,last mid April,I thought I'd be thrilled to get good enough to play around a campfire..Now that I am,it's nowhere near enough...

Thanks much for your reply...I'm sure,at some point,I'll have questions for you.....Hopefully not to the point of annoyance....