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What genre of music do you like? It looks like you have a real good start with the knowledge you have stated. You are a few degrees ahead of me. Also, it sounds to me you are good to jam with a band. From what I am finding out, it is best to do it and make the mistakes and learn from them.

As far as what to learn next. Someone recommended (can't remember their board name) to practice Dorian & Mixolydian scales. Have you tried those scales?

Best of luck.

Sounds like you are doing a lot from Justinguitar eh? I'm learning from his teachings and but just started his lessons. Did you finish all the stages? How did you like justinguitar?

As far as doing more learning, have you tried to learn any of Tom Hess' work? I'm not a fan of his kind of music but he sure is a supreme master guitarist! Anyway, good luck with the progress!

Oh I forgot, what about fingerpicking styles? A lot of times I get so caught up in using my pick that my fingerpicking gets neglected.

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Hi reno2atlanta, in terms of what genre of music I like, as I mentioned from above, I like classic songs like "Tears In Heaven" by Eric Clapton or "Hotel California" by The Eagles from the old times. Or if more modern then probably something like John Mayer. I also like a little bit of rock with distortion sometimes but I don't really go into metal. I did heard of Dorian & Mixolydian scales, but haven't really try them out. I'll definitely check on those. Thanks mate : )

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Alright, so after I read all the responses. Basically, It seems like the best way to go for me now is to get my ear into some training. However, I basically spend almost the whole day today checking out Justin's "Blues Rhythm Guitar Series" ( http://www.justinguitar.com/en/BL-000-Blues.php ) to understand the standard blues progression of I-IV-V. I must say it was something fresh for me, and it's definitely helpful and very interesting to learn and understand how it works. Now I know the blues I-IV-V progression including the main variations (6th or 5th string roots), I-IV Climb (sliding into chords), using little finger for more variations, and playing around with the idea of the 12 Bar Blues in different major key's backing track. That was really fun I must say. Apparently, I know there are much more of these kinds of standard progressions, and I would like to learn them as I found this useful and interesting. Do you guys mind mentioning them so I could check them out as well? or I guess Imma just google it...lol. So in the end, can I put it this way, by knowing a standard progression like for example the blues I-IV-V progression, if you hear a song starting with the chord D (which means "I" would be "D" obviously) it's most likely going to be G (IV) or A (V) on the following chord? and in this case, you get a better idea on which chord to progress to next and not simply guessing or trying out atw from chord D-C. And so with an understanding of the progression, it's extremely helpful, since it just comes down to trying out the few chords in the progression and use the ear to see if it suits the music. Is that right? please fix me if I'm wrong. I did mentioned quite a few things I know when it comes down to playing electric guitar, but chord progression is sth new for me and I think this would be my next step, which also allows me to do some ear training by using the chords in the chord progression to see if it suits the music. Do you guys think this is an clever and effective way to go? cheers guys : D !!

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