My entire experience, from day one of MYGF Part 1 to the completion of Part 3 far exceeded my expectations. In this series I found the music inspiring.  Throughout I also found the videos extremely important on a number of levels. First, I always listened and viewed the videos or audio files from a desktop computer with a 22” screen and good audio, with headphones. I could then really study your fingers and hear the dynamics.

The way you worked through the notes on each string was fantastic. I know where the notes can be found on their respective strings, open or closed, and so much more.  I rely on the string and fingering notations in the music, and have worked out a few things on my own too. One question I had that became clear was how chords are built. I recognized a few from the notes in the arpeggios and that recognition helped me think about what I was trying to play. For example, C, or G in the first position, or Dm.

The arpeggios have proven to be so valuable. Aside from finger placement, playing them smoothly is a work in progres. I found the music selections varied and they held a lot of interest for me, demonstrating the different styles of guitar music. Nothing was ‘too easy’. My favorite in Part 1 is Study from Lesson 6. In Part 1 Lesson 7, of course Silent Night was a great addition. The technical sequences of lessons in Part I and up to about Lesson 4 Part II were very challenging.

Part 3 was exciting all the way. I am glad you included Greensleeves, Scarborough Fair, and the Asturias in Part 3. They are all great choices. I liked the Drop D tuning study, too.  That entire concept is fascinating. I was especially pumped up by the Asturias though. I can’t describe the energy it gave me at the time. It’s a very difficult piece. Probably the most difficult of all you have presented.  I really enjoy working on it. I’ve always admired the ability it takes to play at that level.

Your manner of delivery is very logical. For me, everything flowed well. I was engaged and interested all along, always I was eager to get the next lesson. I don’t think there are too many people out there who could make a distance learning guitar course as effective as you have with this course. Your method of letting the written material and the guitar do the talking really works. You have packed a lot of information into each lesson making the entire package a study in music and in playing it artfully on a beautiful instrument.