First try for Etudes 2.1 and 2.2. I recorded these last week, but didn't get chance to upload, I am getting better everyday. I missed a few chords at times and I know this video is not perfect. I am practicing with metronome at 80-90 bpm. Both of these recordings are 80% from Marc's recording.

Student performance at the Martin Taylor Guitar Retreat along with Martin Taylor (guitar), Pat Bergeson (guitar instructor, playing harmonica) and James Taylor (percussion). Playing my new Ibanez "Pat Metheny" PM3C. https://youtu.be/V2LUEjdmUh4

https://youtu.be/sxDEFJ2zZ8I Hello all, here is a "sign of life" video from me--I'm still back here... practicing away on the Lesson 2 etudes...this is chord progression #1: I-VI-II-V. It's slowed down to some percentage- somewhere between 70-90%. Keepin' it real with no perfection here. :)

@Coach Marc-Andre Seguin Marc has consistently said that the Galbraith rhythms would sound good even if you played them with our staple chords - so I took Shiny, kept the exact rhythms but changed all the chords to be staple chords (see attached pdf). It sounds pretty good! I wouldn't recommend that @Casey Childers and @Miquel Bassols abandon their current project conquering Shiny - but there is a lot to be said for learning to effectively use the Charleston rhythms with our staple chords for your initial songs. The To Do's for anyone working through the Foundation Lessons ( @Ashwini Nepal , @Nancy R and @Andy Openshaw come to mind) - Learn to play Charlestons that start on the 1 or on the 3rd beat. (These are in the Lesson 2 Etudes) - Learn to play "anticipation chords" on the 4 and & of 4 (Introduced in the Deep Dives Lesson 12) but once you learn to play Charlestons on the 3 in Lesson 2 - particularly the blues etudes 2.5 and 2.6 - you are already playing an anticipation chord on the & of 4. You just don't need to play the initial downbeat on 3. (this may be hard to follow - I'll remind you when you hit it in Lesson 2!) - Learn to play Charlestons starting on an off beat - in particular the & of 1 and landing on the 3rd beat. For full disclosure - the Galbraith chords sound better, with greater variety - using the staple chords occasionally forced me to make large jumps up the neck to make the phrase work which was challenging - The counting still isn't easy. But I think this proves Marc's point!

Here is my first go at Autumn leaves chord melody. There's a few chord and note muffles and hesitations. I would like to work on being more legato/fluid and to personalize it and give it some variety. Any feedback or instruction is always welcome. Thanks! https://youtu.be/WV01AkTyoPA