[rick]

Hello,

I've been playing guitar off and on for about 15 years. As of late, I have
found myself playing with musicians who expect me to understand theory.
I do not. I have been playing by ear sinse I started, and basically have been
to lazy to figure out the guitar for real. I love playing and I love music.
I've made-up quite a few tunes myself, but can't even tell anyone what key,
or even what chord(s) i'm playing? I just play and hope people will follow along?
Not a great idea, I know...

I joined this forum, to hopefully be able to learn how to play the
guitar for real...Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
I need to start from scratch!

Cheers,

Rick

[allthumbs]

You are so ready to buy Kirks' book Plane Talk and DVD. It is exactly what your looking for. It is a simple way to understand the workings of music. It will answer all the missing pieces in your playing. We have members on the plane talk forum who have gone through what you have. Part of the reason Kirk developed it was so ,as a working studio player, he could talk musical ideas with those around him. If a producer asks you to add sus7s as passing chords to a recording for instance, plane talk will show you where they are all over the neck. Trust me,buy his stuff, it will change your life musicly.