It means "half diminished" or "minor 7 b5." (Two names for the same chord). The chord is structured 1, b3, b5, b7. It's the seventh chord that exists in the major scale if you make a 7 chord off of each root of the major scale.

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I'm glad you're doing it, thanks for sharing!! :)

It's called iRealPro, search "iReal Pro" on my channel and you find a video I made about it.

@@soundguitar Thanks! this is a really silly question but if you had one place to use it would you use it on laptop or iPhone for practicing? I heard they have different versions

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I appreciate that! Thanks so much and thanks for watching along :)

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Sure thing. I'm so glad to hear that! 😊

Absolutely

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Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I like how you said that you feel inspired instead of inferior.

Thanks for sharing! Congrats on playing out with the bluegrass band! I hope that goes well :)

Thanks! I'm glad you're playing and enjoying 😊

Welcome! Thanks for the comment. Part 2 is coming soon!

I am aligned with you on this. I too have been playing now for 50+ years. I can do a little bit of everything, but nothing all that well. I keep changing what I am practicing after seeing something. Jared's message is perfect. I also vey much want to hear how long it takes others to absorb a new etude or tune before they are good at it.

In all my years of playing I have always incorporated multiple new things in my practice per week and keep rotating them over time.I think it is silly to just practice one thing and that's it then move to the next.You'll thank me later.

Thanks for sharing and for asking about this. I'll make a video that answers this question more thoroughly soon, but I'll give a quick answer in writing here as well. Unfortunately, it's impossible to say how long it takes to get something down, even on average, because it depends completely on what the skill is and our experience level when we approach working on that skill. In general, I would always assume that it takes way longer than we think it should to get something feeling natural in our playing. I have two answers to the second question: 1) The most important thing to practice is something that we actually have an application for - something that we're going to use in our playing, whether that's at home by ourselves for fun or anywhere else. I say this because many people practice skills to get them down then never come back to them and actually use them, so this is something to watch out for, and if we're not going to use it, then why practice it? I'm not implying that you're doing this, I'm just saying it as a heads-up to all of us. 2) I would not recommend staying on only one thing and getting it down before doing anything else. Breaks between working on something help us learn it better and keep it long term. If we work on one thing for a long time then move on and don't come back to it, we'll lose it. Rotating between skills can be very effective because the "intermittent learning" helps it become established as a long-term ability rather than short term. This is tricky to answer in writing (which is why I'll make a video on it) because we certainly do not want to bail on an exercise because it's hard before getting it down, so I don't want this to be interpreted that way, but we do want to have variety in our training as we learn and improve and apply what we're learning. whew... long answer! I hope this is helpful. Stay tuned for the video version. -Jared

Great question and answers guys. I started making a Word doc of my own guitar goals as a result of suggestions from KZbin Videos and as a solution to increasing my progress. I was was jumping around never really properly learning anything and getting frustrated. I now make a fluid annual plan that I split into quarterly parts. Like Jared said I still practice material from my January to March list to keep the skills and knowledge fresh. If I hear or see something I would like to learn, I add it to the next available spot in the next quarter or where I have space. I learnt not include too many solos in each quarter because then I didn't have enough time to effectively make progress on each one (Lesson in patience). I also saw a KZbin clip that said don't learn techniques in isolation. Learn a solo that you like that includes that technique. That will help keep you motivated. I include a note next to each solo or song the Why I want to learn it. Where would I play it? This is meant to help me focus and keep me motivated. I then review the material at the end of each quarter making notes on my Word doc about how my learning went and suggestions to myself on what worked and what to stop doing (time & progress management). I have developed this over a couple of years gradually improving my system by incorporating other peoples ideas. It helps me learn, stay focused and reduces frustration. Please try it. Start small and build over time. Cheers

@@andrewwoodgate3143 Also remember that over practicing some thing is not the best way to progress.I found that if you practice something for 5 or 10 min a day You can retain better, there is a term used for this which applies to learning a spoken language.Nonetheless if you play something for just 10 min a day in a week that would be over an Hour.