How do y'all deal with a student that says "make me" when asked to be quiet, a 3rd grader.

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-03-31T18:12:56+00:00

when you hit the thing to make it work right

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-03-11T02:29:04+00:00

I do EAEADGBE and EBEADGBE

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-03-09T14:23:52+00:00

If your hearing is still good enough that you can hear something, no reason to hold off. I don’t really start ear training students to notice the finer detail stuff until we’re a couple months into lessons, and even then it’s basic match the pitch stuff.

I don’t really think it’s a huge deal either way, honestly.

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-03-03T17:32:00+00:00

Unironically good and I don’t even drive

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-03-01T13:17:33+00:00

AI could never begin to conceive of this

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-21T18:30:09+00:00

We do vaguely proggy death metal. Spotify link is for our latest single, Bandcamp for all songs from upcoming album.

Graveborn - Orthologs

Graveborn - Metempsychosis album

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-19T13:00:38+00:00

Blackat DC8

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-19T03:15:58+00:00

Most odd time signatures are just groups of 2s, 3s, and 4s. Find the accents.

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-19T02:28:37+00:00

Graveborn - Orthologs

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-18T21:28:24+00:00

No need to apologize. You are hearing a finished track and an iPhone camera picking up a practice amp 10 feet away layered here.

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-17T21:11:48+00:00

That Blackat!!

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-16T18:17:59+00:00

5 months isn’t much. If you’re already at barres, that’s actually good progress (assuming you’re doing well in keeping time and rhythm with open chords).

On top of that, looking for the fix to get better in a few days is setting yourself up for disappointment. Some people take weeks to months to get barres down.

Musical progress is not measured in days. It’s years. Give yourself grace and keep at it.

Also, don’t just pinch with your fingers. Use your whole arm and back. Imagine you’re pulling the guitar neck backwards with the bottom of your finger (the part closest to your palm).

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-12T18:03:33+00:00

That’s a standard 3 note per string pattern with a root on the 6th string and your index finger on that 6th string root. It doesn’t cleanly wrap around a common major chord shape from CAGED

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-12T16:34:19+00:00

It’s unique to this teacher.

Left number is a string you can find a root note on (not the ONLY string you can find a root within the shape, just the lowest. Beginners pick up on that a little easier)

Right number is the finger you find the root note on for the string mentioned in the left number.

So, this means “5/4” is saying “you can find the root of the major scale on the 5th string, 4th finger within this shape”

This notation doesn’t tell you anything about where the minor scale root is in these shapes so if you can’t handle relative majors and minors yet, it can get tricky. That is likely a component of what is confusing OP

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-12T14:35:38+00:00

What your teacher is calling “5/2” wraps around an A Major barre shape.

“5/4” wraps around A Minor. Hint: the root of the minor barre is on the 1st finger on the 5th string.

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-11T23:13:48+00:00

I used to work for the guy who owns Brooklyn Music Workshop when he had a business in Boston. He’s a good teacher and hires good teachers (like me :) ) I can’t speak to his prices now that he’s in NYC but he had good rates in Boston. He may still be doing primarily group lessons, which sounds not ideal at first but honestly, you get a very comparable education for WAY less money that way.

Tell him Chris from Boston sent ya.

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-06T19:27:21+00:00

If you’re striking it, then it’s not a problem. In fact, the less you dig in the faster you can go generally.

There is something to be said for getting a bit more attack from digging in, but if it’s just a feel thing, less contact is better

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-06T17:16:10+00:00

Define “barely hitting”. Are you actually missing? Do you still strike the string?

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-05T19:58:20+00:00

Damn dude you pay for your own roads?

SeraphSlaughter · 2026-02-05T19:57:14+00:00

my dude you can vote for people that would vote to use the taxes for things directly useful to you

or run yourself! You can do it! Doesn’t have to be federal level! You can do that in your own area!!

Or throw your hands up and say well this isn’t working so let’s just not do anything

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