[j123]

In the lesson for Danny boy drop D you say,

"Because music does keep working around whatever chord is in play right now, it makes sense to be able to see the entire fretboard as that chord, not just one or two positions. Then all those big moves up and down the fretboard make perfect sense and are just as solidly locked in as any of the well known open chord shapes. My book PlaneTalk teaches a very simple way to do that."

Does this mean that PlaneTalk teaches you how to find any finger position for any given cord? So if i wanted to play a simple G C D progression I could play all the different cord combinations by understanding what is taught in planetalk?

[felixdcat]

You'll see thousands of ways how to play some chord, and not just that. I'd say PlaneTalk is a way of thinking, and not just for guitar. I strongly suggest anyone to get it. You can only benefit from it.

[billywhitebread]

here is a straight forward answer for ya.....yes it will. it will simplify your understanding of where those chords are anywhere on the fretboard....look, i've been reading mine for about 4 months now and i am finally beginning to understand just how it all works, it so simple even a caveman can do it.....ok but practice is the key but it does open up your mind and gets you to visualize the entire length and makes sense of all the crap you learned out of music books...and if you don't want planetalk, i will send you my closet full of tips, chord books, chord charts, how to books....all i need is planetalk now...

[Kirk Lorange]

Thanks, billy and felix for answering j123's question. Felix, perhaps 'thousands' is pushing it a bit, but yes, a chord on a guitar is a pattern of notes that stretches the length of the fretboard and so long as you're twanging at least one of each required note, you're playing that chord. Once you can see that pattern easily, you can be all over the neck playing the same chord, or if you're playing melody, you can see all the strongest notes in one sweep. PT teaches the easiest way I've ever come across to do just that. It does take practice, of course, as billy points out, but once you 'see' it, you'll see it for ever more, and the simple mind set can become all you need to consciously follow, I know that's how it is for me now after years of doing it.