I'm reviewing songs I played on guitar before I put down the guitar in favor of the piano keyboard a year and a half ago. I'm quite rusty on them which is to be expected. But with the enthusiasm that normally accompanies ignorance, I'll post it anyway. I'll start with "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" I recorded this week. This is my rendition I scabbed together from various YouTube teachers. It works in that I don't need another person or machine recording to play rhythm for me, especially in the instrumental in the middle. I have the cheapest guitar known to man. The Sound system I have is awful. I'm in what is basically a storage room. This is also my first try at recording. I see I need to make adjustments.

Yeah, mind blown from nerding out on theory with Robbie yesterday and starting to look into Barry Harris and his theories/approach. You saw it Robbie, I had to sit down on that chair to ponder the implications. It was like feeding a nuclear warhead to a child for an afternoon snack. So every diminished 7 chord converts into a Dominant chord, a different dominant chord…by lowering a single note half step, and they amount to a regular Dominant, a Backdoor Dominant and a Tritone Substitution… “Get out of here… go away Robbie” I believe were my exact words. I know all these things but I never made the deeper connection and realization. Its been right there in front of my face the whole time! This is mind expanding stuff, dangerous in the hands of a guy like Me who is now on the hunt to understand the deeper implications. Because I believe, not sure yet because I’ve not dug into it by myself, that the number of chord options one has may have either doubled or tripled. Yesterday I also learned that some of Ted Greenes chord forms were never intended to actually be played, which at the time I wrestled with Ted Greene for the first time, probably would be the 1970s where my Dad had it and then the early 90s where I, foolish mortal, thought “oh hey I’ll do Me some Ted Greene, My dad had this book”. I was not made aware of that tiny bit of information…so I fled that book screaming in horror never to return, hating it while being in awe and scared at the same time!

Part 1 Verse Good morning! So, if you’ve been following our theory bites, you should now know the chords in the key of G Knowing the chords, and the triads and their spelling and all of those things, will make this much easier to follow. Analysis tries to figure out what is going on with a song, and highlight things like cool changes that work, song construction, and cadences. Verse G - Em - D - C back to G This is a I vi V IV to I. In Nashville terms its 1 6m 5 4 1 Today we will do this in Nashville Numbering System (NNS) but commonly, analysis is done with Roman Numerals. G goes to the relative minor Em then as you recall a 5 wants to pull to the 1 and in this case, with D it does not go straight to the 1 but takes a path towards the 1 by first going to the 4 which is C, then to the 1, our G. This is VERY common in music, and still gives a nice resolution. This is solid but effective songwriting. By the way, a 4-1 by itself is an effective cadence, called a Plagal cadence. It’s very common, and does not require a 5 for it to feel resolved. Its not as powerful, but its still in a solid 2nd place as runner up,for how well it works. So how does this analysis help us? Well it teaches us very common ways that a song can be built and most especially demonstrates ways that it can resolve back, and feel “home” again! Tomorrow we will look at the chorus!

@Aeric Bansuri Welcome to the community! I know you just joined, but we are looking forward to getting to know you, and learning more about your guitar playing journey! @Phil Smith Great to have you! Already you've been posting and sharing your music and getting into the community, and I couldn’t be more thrilled! You definitely fit the vibe! Welcome!

I’ll start things off! I’m Sean, a guitar instructor from Texas, I have been teaching since the mid 90s. I’ve had a brick and mortar Guitar Academy since 2004. I’ve been teaching online since 2009. Tell me about you! I’d love to hear your story! Doesn’t have to be elaborate, just what you play how long, any favorite guitars or bands or passions, and anything else you’d like to share! I was a fixture in the Musicians Talk Forum on Ultimate Guitar, which many of you have probably heard of. This was where we all talked music theory and helped other guitarists. I’ve made many great friendship over the years from people there! Currently, I am one of the leaders in the Facebook community “Guitar and Music Theory” which has over 100k members. Beyond all of that, helping others is a passion of mine, and I have been fortunate to have picked up some very unique insights about music and making it easy for others to do the same. I really just want to grow a really tight knit community of like minded players, and hang out, help one another, so if you’d like to join in, welcome aboard, and I hope to be a positive influence in your own guitar journey. One thing that I hope we can do are those virtual meetups, where we just hang out and talk about whatever. and I’m excited to see where that goes. Below is a picture of my studio, where I’ve been teaching out of since 2016. Look forward to getting to know everyone and making new friends!