JffKnt
Blues Newbie
This is a wonderful tool. First saw it a couple years ago and I didn't appreciate it. It was too overwhelming for me so I blew it off. (*NOTE* if something is overwhelming, that might just be a sign that is a weak area).
Sooo, to make it more usable for me I set it to MINOR (not Major or Random). The reason I did this was to effectively cut out those parts of the exercise that I don't understand...YET. AND I set it RIGHT HANDED (not Left Handed or Random). The reason I did this was to cut the exercise in half yet again. (I cut it in half by first removing the Major. Then cut it in half again by removing the Left Hand). I just did Right Handed because that's how I started learning my boxes. Box 1 on the 6th string (or 1st string) would be a Right Handed pattern. These settings reminded me of just starting out learning the blues scale in its most simple form. Keep it simple.
So by setting those options I was only working with Minor, Right Handed scales. Those setting made it so I could concentrate on learning first things first. The things I was most familiar with. To my surprise I found out that I pretty much didn't know anything except Box 1. But after only 15 minutes or 1/2 an hour I was able to answer the questions with remarkable accuracy and pretty good speed. After a couple of days I was comfortable with the Right Hand side of things. So then I set it to Left Hand only. And I'm getting pretty good at that. Now I have it set to Random (NOT just left hand or right hand, but both).
The thing that slows me down the most these days is that I don't know the name of every note up and down and across the fretboard. A lot of times I have to find the target note by finding another note. If I'm looking for E on the 3rd string I might find it by going to E at the 12th fret on the first string and I know from there if I go over 2 strings and down 3 frets I'll be at an E. That is the 3rd string 9th fret. E.
I NOTICED AN ERROR ON THE TRAINER TOOL. If the tool is set to A#/Bb, 2nd string, Right Hand, and Minor the answer under "HINT" is off by one fret. It shows the root at A (10th fret, 2nd string) instead of A# (11th fret 2nd string). Of course the whole pattern is one fret flat. So that's a glitch in the flash cards.
After working exclusively on the MINOR side of things I will gravitate to the MAJOR and work with it to the exclusion of the MINOR until I get comfortable with the MAJOR side of things.
WHAT DOES THIS TOOL DO?
A few things. I've been going back over some of Griff's videos and when he's talking about the different boxes, and keys, and positions on the neck, etc., I'm able to understand what he's talking about a lot more. It's easier to follow the conversation. And to my surprise Griff might say something about using Box 3 in A min and I know instantly how to find it. And I can follow along.
And I'm beginning to be able to "see" the fretboard clearer after using this tool for less than 60 minutes. It's AMAZING. It's good to do the exercises with a guitar in your hand. But you don't need to have a guitar to do these flash cards. TIP OF THE DAY. If you have access to the internet at work, when you have a few extra minutes, in stead of watching porn, check out this tool for 5 or 10 minutes a day and see if it doesn't open up your eyes in a week. And the porn will still be there when you're finished with the trainer.
Highly recommend this FREE tool.
Sooo, to make it more usable for me I set it to MINOR (not Major or Random). The reason I did this was to effectively cut out those parts of the exercise that I don't understand...YET. AND I set it RIGHT HANDED (not Left Handed or Random). The reason I did this was to cut the exercise in half yet again. (I cut it in half by first removing the Major. Then cut it in half again by removing the Left Hand). I just did Right Handed because that's how I started learning my boxes. Box 1 on the 6th string (or 1st string) would be a Right Handed pattern. These settings reminded me of just starting out learning the blues scale in its most simple form. Keep it simple.
So by setting those options I was only working with Minor, Right Handed scales. Those setting made it so I could concentrate on learning first things first. The things I was most familiar with. To my surprise I found out that I pretty much didn't know anything except Box 1. But after only 15 minutes or 1/2 an hour I was able to answer the questions with remarkable accuracy and pretty good speed. After a couple of days I was comfortable with the Right Hand side of things. So then I set it to Left Hand only. And I'm getting pretty good at that. Now I have it set to Random (NOT just left hand or right hand, but both).
The thing that slows me down the most these days is that I don't know the name of every note up and down and across the fretboard. A lot of times I have to find the target note by finding another note. If I'm looking for E on the 3rd string I might find it by going to E at the 12th fret on the first string and I know from there if I go over 2 strings and down 3 frets I'll be at an E. That is the 3rd string 9th fret. E.
I NOTICED AN ERROR ON THE TRAINER TOOL. If the tool is set to A#/Bb, 2nd string, Right Hand, and Minor the answer under "HINT" is off by one fret. It shows the root at A (10th fret, 2nd string) instead of A# (11th fret 2nd string). Of course the whole pattern is one fret flat. So that's a glitch in the flash cards.
After working exclusively on the MINOR side of things I will gravitate to the MAJOR and work with it to the exclusion of the MINOR until I get comfortable with the MAJOR side of things.
WHAT DOES THIS TOOL DO?
A few things. I've been going back over some of Griff's videos and when he's talking about the different boxes, and keys, and positions on the neck, etc., I'm able to understand what he's talking about a lot more. It's easier to follow the conversation. And to my surprise Griff might say something about using Box 3 in A min and I know instantly how to find it. And I can follow along.
And I'm beginning to be able to "see" the fretboard clearer after using this tool for less than 60 minutes. It's AMAZING. It's good to do the exercises with a guitar in your hand. But you don't need to have a guitar to do these flash cards. TIP OF THE DAY. If you have access to the internet at work, when you have a few extra minutes, in stead of watching porn, check out this tool for 5 or 10 minutes a day and see if it doesn't open up your eyes in a week. And the porn will still be there when you're finished with the trainer.
Highly recommend this FREE tool.
