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He is pretty good! I like his style too. And is that his voice??? If so, he has incredible vocal chords as well.

I've never even thought of looking for a tuner online. I have perfect pitch so I don't usually even use a regular tuner but this is a great idea for someone who doesn't have anything else to go by. Sure, it doesn't tell you when your's is in tune but most people can get it tuned pretty good by hearing the note.

The first link has a metronome too! That's a brilliant idea in itself. Metronomes are one of the greatest things invented for music learning. A metronome is a must for every musician. I'm going to bookmark that page...

Okay. Let me try here. I don't know much about it but I can try to get the basics of it across.

First of all, it is also called an applied dominant. Just a random fact. Basically, if this makes sense, it is the dominant of the different degrees (II through VI) of a scale.

A diatonic C scale has six basic chords. These are C Major (I), d minor (II), e minor (III), F Major (IV), G Major (V) and a minor (VI). The dominant chord in the key of C is the fifth chord, G Major. But each of the chords from II - VI have their own dominants. For example, the sixth chord, a minor, has a dominant chord of e minor. Likewise, the third chord, e minor, has a dominant of b minor.

Since these chords are not part of the key of C, because they contain notes that are not part of the C Major scale, they are called secondary dominants.

As to the use of secondary dominants in music... I don't exactly know. I do know that they are used to make different harmonies but past that I couldn't tell you. I hope that makes sense...

I've been fiddling around with it since I was about 13 but really haven't gotten serious until about a year ago. I haven't taken any lessons and have been teaching myself just like my dad taught himself.

I hope to keep playing for the rest of my life.

Spammers are the worlds worst evil... Well, not quite. But just the same I hate them as well.

Just a little verification at the beginning is a small price to pay for no spam.

I agree. I use the tabs at ultimate-guitar.com all the time. Sure, they aren't always accurate but they give me a base to go off of. I always end up changing things around to make it easier/sound better but they can be a good starting point for learning a song. Especially for a beginner.

A whopping $1!!! I've had only that one dollar for a long time too. I wonder how much longer I can keep it...

Ah, yes. Christmas time is the time to dream! My dream would be to play a duet with Tommy Emmanuel. He is my favorite guitarist and it would be the coolest thing ever to play a duet with him.

Keep dreaming...

As olly said, guitarists are lucky to have the tabs. They provide an easy way for those who don't have any sort of musical history to learn how to play the guitar. However, I think that everyone should at least learn how to read notes fairly well. This will help tremendously when playing with other people.

The fact that you can also sightread a song that you've never heard before is really attractive to me. I love to site down with my guitar, slap a book (with notation) down and just start playing. It gives you everything you need because the tempo, styles (like bending notes, turns, etc.) are all built within the notes.

I'd encourage you to give it a try. What's the worst that could happen?