[gogogoch]

Hi

I'm a self-taught guitarist/songwriter. I've been looking at the posts on PlaneTalk and it looks like it's exactly what I've been wanting from a guitar tutor for a long time.

The chords I use in my songs are often 'found' - ie. I have no idea what I'm playing, but like the sound of it - consequently, however, I tend to get stuck in not really knowing which chord to then move to.

I usually learn other people's songs by ear. I've tried learning scale theory (using various methods including replacing colours with notes and the like - that didn't really work for me!), but ended up just going up and down the scales. I don't play lead and therefore find it hard to get scales and names of notes/chords to stick in my mind. I just can't seem to make the connection between chords and scales and so the fretboard and chords remain a bit of a mystery to me.

Will PlaneTalk help with chord construction for songwriters or is it geared more towards those wanting to play solos?

Also, does the DVD play on Zone 2 (U.K.)? As I will have to play it on my laptop?

Cheers.

[Kirk Lorange]

Hi. gogogoch. You do indeed sound like the perfect candidate for PlaneTalk. It will help in all the ways you ask about and many others. It's a way of looking at the fretboard and a way of thinking about music all wrapped up together. It's especially handy for those like you who have been playing for a while and have all the basics down and whose fingers can feel their way around a fingerboard, but don't quite know what or why they're playing what they're playing.

The DVD isn't zoned, so it will play in the UK.

[gogogoch]

Hi Kirk

Thanks for your reply. Sounds great! Just put my order in. Look forward to it arriving.

Best wishes,

g.

[Kirk Lorange]

Got it gogogoch, thanks. I'll post that out today.