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Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching!

Haha! Awesome.

Thanks for leaving this comment. You nailed it!

You’re absolutely right if your guitar is positioned differently when sitting than when you’re standing. But the principles are the same. For me, I generally adjust my strap so it’s the same whether I’m sitting or standing. The lower the guitar is, the more you have to bend your wrist to play some of these hard to play chords which can lead to wrist damage. But, just like hands, everyone’s arms and wrists are a little different. The main thing is to find a way to hold the guitar and position your wrist and hand so it doesn’t cause you to lose the ability to play some chords or single note stuff.

I appreciate your perspective and your kind words. It's amazing how life takes us on journeys. I heard someone say this: * Everybody has a story * Everybody's story matters * Nobody gets the story they planned on

Sure! Once you've mastered barring it definitely makes playing those major chords easier. Barre chords definitely give a big, full sound. Thanks for the comment!

@@guitarcreative well thanks for the response. If I can fake Barr chords on an acoustic anyone can . On a good day I can even fake the A form( light gauge strings) . Of course though, I muffle the hi E string because my ring finger doesn’t bend. I once tried the A major fingering- impossible. My fingers are close to being congenitally deformed as to flexibility. Kinda proud of it. On my non fretting hand I can’t even touch my thumb to my pinky. As for the Vulcan live long and prosper sign, got any Elmer’s glue.?

Haha! Good ole Elmer’s.

@@guitarcreative You probably won’t be surprised when I tell U I can’t curl my tongue either. Klingon for your toast dude.

Glad it helped. Yea, sometimes getting all this at first can feel like you're running in sand. Staying relaxed is the ultimate goal in all this. The reason I came up with these checkpoints and the focus on counter-rotation of your wrist was to give you something to focus on while you're practicing that can guide you toward making all this second nature. I did a PDF that talks about getting the most out of your practice time and it's based on neuroscience. Maybe I should do a video of that. wdyt?

@@guitarcreative good idea

@@marccracchiolo4935 I like that you gave me the impression we need to do what we can and not like some”you must do it dis way” instructor. I’m sure Keith Richards would be criticized for his hand placements. He has done OK as a guitarist

Thanks so much. Hope it helps! That's a Jeff Beck signature series Strat. One of the reasons I got it was because of all those cool mods. The noiseless pickups are awesome. I've got a custom class-A, point-to-point tube amp my brother built for me that I love to use on gigs. You can see it stacked out of the way in the video to my right - head and cab are American Cedar. I can plug into it, turn it up and take my hands off the strings and it's pretty doggone quiet. Awesome to hear from someone in WA! For several years I worked remotely as a Senior SDE for Rhapsody (now Napster), which is located in Seattle. I had to go there several time a year.

@@guitarcreativeMy first video of yours, I like what I’ve seen. My thumbs are messed up and you have given me hope to continue. Retired chiropractor, that’s why the thumb’s problems, I can play F chord and others but I have no endurance but I do have pain. We “older guys” gotta stick together. Will be subscribing and checking out your scale-mate concept. Thanks.

Man, having thumb pain is no fun at all. Hate to hear that. I’m so glad it may have helped. And yes, we old guys do have to stick together! Thanks so much for the kind comments. Really appreciate it.

Thanks for the comments. I really appreciate it. Hope it helped!

Thanks, that's so kind of you! I’m glad it helped!!

Hey, you’re right! It IS similar to a D7 shape! Just squished into the same fret. Hope these lessons help and thanks a million for the comments.

You're very welcome! Glad it’s helpful!!

You're very welcome! Glad it was useful! Thank YOU for the comment!

Hi, @wbresgen. It's the LSR Roller Nut - www.fender.com/en-US/parts/electric-guitar-parts/string-guides-nuts/lsr-roller-nut/0990812000.html

LSR Roller Nut - www.fender.com/en-US/parts/electric-guitar-parts/string-guides-nuts/lsr-roller-nut/0990812000.html

Hi, @danbromberg. So sorry for the confusion. It was renamed to Scale Mate. The thing that's tough about UA-cam is you can't update a video after it's been pushed up. I added several new features to Riff Lab like being able to save riffs that were screaming for a user account. To access all the tools you just need a free user account.

Thanks, @backinbay! Glad you liked it and thanks for the comment!

Thanks for the comment. Really appreciate it and glad it helped.

Hope it helps!

Yea, if you're not familiar with some of those chord shapes it can get a little hairy! I'm working on a video right now that shows 3 simple steps to find the perfect hand position for any chord. Let me know if there's anything else that might help! Thanks for the comments.

Glad you liked it! Looking at a fretboard diagram where you can see the scale notes you can come up with all kinds of combinations.

Thanks! Hope it helps!

Muchas gracias!

Oh well. Can’t win ‘em all.

Thanks for the comments. I’m so glad it helped you. By the way, for some reason this comment just now showed up for me. Thanks again.

Hope it helped!

Glad it helped, @Phoboss32 Thanks for the comment!

Thanks so much for the awesome comment! It’s being able to look down at the scale note patterns on the fretboard that surround the chord. That really sets you free to get super creative with your playing!

Did you see this one? Just pushed it up a couple of days ago. ua-cam.com/users/shortsixG1mCLDuIU?si=Fdqni38cQ1bE09ac

Thanks so much!

There are probably 1,000 recordings of this song out there so you probably have.

Hi, @Billscottguitar123. Sorry for the confusion. The link is at the bottom of the description for the Girl From Ipanema video. It's a zip file that has the MP3 and the PDF chord chart in it but I've also pasted it here: maxtracks1.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/guitarcreative/lesson-assets/chord-melodies/girl-from-ipanema.zip

@@guitarcreative Thank you, I saw it right after I wrote you.

Haha! I’ve done that myself plenty of times.

Thanks, @bosatsu76!

Thanks so much! I bet you’ll have it mastered in no time. And yea, I love that guitar. I’m lovin the flatwounds on it.

Hey, @colink4823 thanks for subscribing! Glad you liked the lesson.

Hey, @edcostav, thanks so much for the kind comments and thanks for subscribing! Really appreciate it. I've been working on (improving) the tools so they look a little different and the main menu has changed too. You get to the page shown in the video by going to ONLINE TOOLS > RIFF LAB SUITE > KEY WEAVER.

Right now a paid membership is $17/year. But there is also a free account that just has a few limitations like how many riffs you can save.

@@guitarcreative Cool! Thanks!

You bet @johnandkayninmon! Thanks for checking it out!

Thanks, Gary!

Thanks, glad you liked it! I’ve been working on the guitar tools at the website and am almost finished with the new versions. I plan to start putting up some short lessons next. Thanks again!

@@guitarcreative No, thank you! It’s awesome what you have done so far!

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

Thanks, Gary! Would love to visit next time I’m up that way.

Thanks! As I get feedback from users I'll try to keep making it better and more useful.