You’re Ready to Move On
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Closing Thought – Being a Musician
(^) You are well on your way to becoming a musician. You may not think of yourself as one yet. But you are
steadily gaining the skills you need to get you theblast and it will bring you a lot of joy. Nobody ever regrets being a musician. It is a worthwhile inre. Being a musician is a wonderful thing. Playingvestment of music is a
your time and effort. I have played guitar in arenin my kid’s classroom at school and I have played mas with more people than I could see and I have play wife to sleep with my guitar as she lay in the inyed guitar tensive
care unit at the hospital. Bringing music into pla ces is what we do. It is who we are.
Tips for Successful Learning
- Practice Jumping Between 5 th & 6 th String Barre Forms. You now have two places to play
these barre chords. Try to pick some chords and plstring and then on the 5th string. Or play a Cm7 on the 5th string and then on the 6th string. Both oay them in both places. Take a G7 and play it firsf these groups of t on the 6th
chords will be used interchangeably in real music sone place. o get used to the idea of being able to play a chord in more than - Learn Your Keys & Key Signatures.“I wish I would have spent a little extra time learning the keys and key signatures.” Do the worksheet This is one of those special places in the course ts. Work with hat people say
the flashcards. All you need is to be able to put that is coming will fall into place. Take some timethose 12 different key signatures to memory and eve to do this. You’ll be glad you did. rything else - Play with Other Musicians. chords you have the skills to keep up with other muNow that you have learned all of your notes and thesicians. Here is a good place to look around and t basic open and barre o try to find an
outlet for your playing. Whether it is jamming witfor opportunities to play with other musicians. It will be the greatest learning experience for you.h friends or playing at church or a local jam sessi on, start looking - You can play all of the 5th & 6th string barre chord forms interchangeably in any
key all over your guitar. - You can play the Fifth String Barre Chord Exercises on pages 48-49 in the lesson
book at 72 bpm with good sounding, clear barre chords. - You have completed all of the key and key signature worksheets in the lesson
book and in the bonus resources.