Higher Landrons - Eric Johnson's Fretting Mechanics and Strategies

[Tom_Gilroy]

@eric_divers

Hi, I’m one of these, I never contacted you for a second lesson because applying the principles you taught me to things I was already playing made for an almost instant transformation.

Hi @eric_divers, that’s absolutely fantastic to hear. I was a little surprised not to have heard back from you, but I’m delighted that the reason is that the first lesson had such a positive impact.

For anybody reading, I can’t promise these kinds of results to everybody. I have to meet you where you are.

@eric_divers

I’m pretty much satisfied with my picking technique now – or at the very least, satisfied with my ability to learn lines that used to seem completely out of reach.

This is my goal for every student. To get you to this point, as quickly and directly as I possibly can.

I never withhold information to keep students “on the line” for more lessons. I have never held anything back from students unless I feel it’s likely to result in confusion, misunderstanding or distraction from something more immediately important.

I never claim to have all the answers, and if you ask me something I don’t know I’ll tell you so directly. I’ll give my best answer to my current understanding, and I promise that I will never bullshit you.

@eric_divers

I was so amazed I’ve considered writing up a post about how dramatic the transformation was.

It would be pretty great for me if you did and I would very much appreciate it.

[eric_divers]

I’ll work on such a post, then, hopefully with some video examples of things that used to feel impossible (inside gilberts in particular).

I apologize for not emailing you back earlier, and for hijacking your thread. Carry on!

[Tom_Gilroy]

@eric_divers

I’ll work on such a post

Excellent, thank you.

@eric_divers

I apologize for not emailing you back earlier, and for hijacking your thread. Carry on!

No worries, I’m definitely not upset that you commented to give a positive review!

I haven’t been active on the forum for a while. I’ve mostly been focused on Jiu-Jitsu for the past few months, I was promoted to Black Belt in December. I’ve actually considered writing up a post about how my time in BJJ has influenced my approach to playing and teaching guitar, but that’s not a high priority for me just yet.

The next big project, I think, is to write up the ideas on movement phase, hand synchronisation, etc, that we talked about in our session together. I also mean to write a updated article on Shawn Lane and the Efficient Digital Cycle principle (which I very much intend to rename) now that I have a much deeper understanding of the material and a lot of my own original vocabulary based on the concept.

[eric_divers]

@Tom_Gilroy

The next big project, I think, is to write up the ideas on movement phase, hand synchronisation, etc, that we talked about in our session together.

I think this would be hugely helpful to a lot of folks. I’m biased, of course. I do find that those concepts complement an understanding of the CtC basics very well.