[BobGamacho]

Hello,

Before I pose my two questions, I need to admit that I have not read through every post on the PT forums section. I hit about 80% of them and am convinced that this product will work for me. This is about the first instructional website that I've run across where the testimonials don't sound like they were written by spin doctors. I'll guess that I'm like most other people out there who are skeptical about a lot of internet self-teaching sites and have been apprehensive about plunking down my hard earned cash on something that might be used to help feed the fire in the fireplace on a cold winter evening. But, after reading the testimonials *and* seeing that there is support not only from Kirk but from a dedicated forum, I think I'll give this a shot.

I'll be going into this with 18 months of self teaching under my belt with all my knowledge based upon free sites I have gleaned information from and from tabs that I've printed off and plodded through. I have no knowledge of scales and have not used any "system" thus far, although if I were to pick up a system, it would probably be CAGED.

With that in mind, here are my two questions, and I apologize if this has already been hashed out in another thread that I missed or didn't read:

1) Do I need to know how to read standard notation in order to use PT?

2) Will PT teach me to read standard notation, meaning if I look at piece of music in standard notation, will I be able to siteread after using PT?

If the answer to #1 is yes, I'm not ready for this. And, the answer to #2 is for my own curiosity, meaning that regardless of the answer, it will not sway me from purchasing this.

Thanks in advance, and sorry for using "I" so many times in this post.

Rob

[Kirk Lorange]

Hi, Rob.

The answer to both questions is No.

[BobGamacho]

Hi again, and thanks for the quick response.

As I mentioned above, the answer to #2 has (had) no bearing on my decision. I placed my order for PT not 2 minutes ago.

I will now resist the urge to ask for permission to read the PT forum until my order has arrived and I've had a chance to read through the book (as suggested in other threads).

Rob

[solidwalnut]

Originally Posted by BobGamacho

Hi again, and thanks for the quick response.

As I mentioned above, the answer to #2 has (had) no bearing on my decision. I placed my order for PT not 2 minutes ago.

I will now resist the urge to ask for permission to read the PT forum until my order has arrived and I've had a chance to read through the book (as suggested in other threads).

Rob

Rob--

Great decision on getting PT. I hope it gives you a 'leg up' on your learning. I didn't have anything like PT when I was learning many years ago, but I can tell you that after I read it, it helped solidify alot of my thinking. I probably wouldn't have banged my head against so many walls along the way if Kirk's book had been out earlier! But hey, all things in good time.

[BobGamacho]

Hello again,

Received PT in yesterday's mail. My my calculations, I ordered this on a Sunday night and received it 7 days later. As a reference, I am in California.

Made it through the first 20 pages or so last night, and my brain just sort of turned off. I'll start again tonight when (I hope) I have more energy. It looks good so far, but I have only gotten through the preliminary pages.. Will check back in later for more of an evaluation once I've made it through the book and started the DVD.

Rob

[Lcjones]

No brain turn offs allowed. Unless, of course, Guinness was involved!

Good Luck with PT!

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[Stratrat]

I've read PT over and over, and I seem to pick up something new every time I read it....still working to absorb it all. I've started putting it to work on the fretboard, and it definitely makes things a lot easier and more sensible than trying to learn all the scales, modes, etc. in a helter-skelter fashion, as I had been pre-PT. It really does simplify the fretboard and allow you to move up and down the neck without "losing your place". Now it becomes a matter of making my fingers do what the brain tells them to!

[kiendoc]

Hey, no fair!! nobody told me a brain was invoved in this. oh well, onward, upward, struggle, struggle......