"Regrets Release Valve" Guitar Lesson

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Something Cheesy I Made

I took longer than I would have liked to to to finish this lesson. This lesson, "Regrets Release Valve" is an original composition that I am teaching as well. The lesson is for a short song, the performance I give is under one minute. However, if you wanted expand on my composition, you could easily repeat different sections or even add new parts of your own to make it a longer song.

Another benefit of having a shorter lesson is that the tab for this lesson all fits on one page. That makes it easier to practice. The tab for this lesson is detailed and accurate, because like I mention in the lesson's video, I wrote it. It has chord charts with accurate left hand fingering, I have all the right-hand fingering above the tab in PIMAC notation (which I explain in the video).

One huge benefit that I reap from filming these guitar videos for you is that it forces me to brush up on my technique and focus harder because I want my students watching me to see a quality performance of the lesson I am about to teach. Though this is good for me as a player, it does bring out the perfectionist in me, and I tend to maybe film too many takes. I always can find something that could have been better. Maybe my nail may hit the string, a note may not be loud enough, a string buzzes, and on and on... But through that process of filming and watching yourself, you very quickly get better and better. Soon enough, most takes of the song become "pretty dang good", even though you can still find something wrong. I think this performance is dang good, but I intend to expand on the song and film a more professional performance in the future with better audio equipment.

As for the name "Regrets Release Valve", I was talking with my wife about how I used to fantasize about being able to travel back in time to a previous time in my life while still retaining my present knowledge and self-confidence as an adult. It would be pretty fun. However, I was saying to my wife that I don't have that fantasy much anymore because I feel like I don't indulge in my regrets as much as I used to. I released my regrets to a large degree. However, I didn't let regrets from my past just float away from me willy-nilly, like I mention in the lesson video, you have to work through them, and that's what I did. Finding the self-knowledge to work through regrets is hard work.

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