Whew! This one is fun! I think I'm going to try to learn the lead for the whole song! 🤯 It'll take a bit, but when I get it done, I'll share with Y'all! As always, Please let me know what you think. Any ideas to speed / clean it up are welcome. Thanks!

Hey guys, Mike here. Quick one today. This is the opener I always used when I performed live. It sounds beautiful enough that the crowd loves to hear it, and they think you really know your way around the instrument lol. Once you're tuned up, just play around in E. Start with that open E, run through it a few times, and feel it out. From there it's all about moving the E shape up the neck. Skip the third fret, go to the fourth (you'll land around an F sharp), and let those open strings keep ringing underneath. Then take that same shape to the seventh fret, then the ninth, then the twelfth - thriteenth and finally back to the 14 or the octave of the original E. The tricky part is the pinky at the end there. You're stretching it to the eleventh fret and keeping everything ringing clean while you shift it into place. Finish with a big full strum and let it ring out. Back then I didn't really know how to play, not the way you'd think a performer should. I knew my chords, but theory? Not even close. This was my trick to give the illusion like I did. And it worked every time while actually helping me move across the entire neck. Give it a shot and tell me how it feels. Record a clip if you want, I'd love to hear it. Thanks everybody!

"B on the A string to G on the D string D.............A. ..............E. ..........D C. ...........A. ..............G........... D Db.......... A............... E. ..........D Db. ..........A. .............G. ..........D C .............A. .............E............ D D .............A. .............G. ...........D B ..............A............. E. ............D The foundation or the core. 4 notes as a phrase, 4 phrases." @Larry Cannon All of the Notes to the left of the A's are the notes on the A string, and all of the notes to the left of all the D's are on the D string. I think I've got it, let me know Larry! Try this one out everyone! It's goofy in a a good way! My attempt and then the original:

Ok, I tried to go easy on you this week, and I suppose you could just take the easy way out on this one. It is still a really good chord progression, but if you try just a little bit harder, its a great chord progression. I'm talking about using a little bit of something called the CAGED system and what it can do to really spice up a chord progression. If you haven't heard of the CAGED system, or could never really wrap your head around it, we've got a full course in the classroom section for you to check out! Your Chord Progression of the Week is, in the key of Bm: Bm-G-D x 4 then A-G-D x 2 I know what you're saying, "wow Ben, no modes, no modal interchange!?" I know, I know...see, I CAN be merciful, haha! See you next week Mike! -Ben P.S. If you want to learn more about the CAGED system, consider joining our premium tier, where you can find an entire course dedicated to it. You'll also be able to find our other courses and be able to participate in our Riffs of the Week, as well as having access to all new courses and more, as they drop. Oh and its less than pack of picks per month, and you won't lose it in the couch, your pants you wore yesterday, or whatever alternate dimension picks run off to. https://www.skool.com/intermediate-guitar/about