Musicians

genre of music, here is a little jam session of a "grassed up" version of "I know You Rider" that me and a couple friends done. I play all the guitar parts here, sing harmony on the common verse, then sing lead on "Wish I was a headlight".

Technically speaking these breaks (guitar, banjo, and mandolin) are pretty simple stuff and not much to write about, but "It works", so you don't have to get all technical for something to sound good, it's about having fun.

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Oh and about taking time off from your lessons:

First I think lessons are over-rated. Over-rated in a sense that outside of a few technical aspects or methods that are tough one really does not need a lot of music instructor lesson. Get your foundation down then do the lessons yourself via watching Youtube lessons.

If you feel you have to keep up with lessons to create the discipline required to "stay with it" then by all means keep on keeping on. Lessons are good for the beginner. Once you have a firm understanding of music theory, understand chords, modes, scales, intervals, etc and can grasp them all then it is up to you to keep learning new things and progressing through playing. Make no mistake about, no one can teach you the "art" of being a guitar player.....it's an art. I have met many that took all the lessons and played for 30 years and without a piece of music to sight read from they were lost.

If you really learn something you will not forget it. It's like riding a bike. So time off from lessons should not hurt you at all, that is if you keep on playing some and expanding your knowledge. Most people take lessons when they have no clue in how to play a guitar and continue lessons when they want some type of "master" to discipline them enough to keep going.