Fourteen years ago, I picked up my old guitar again. I could play basic open chords and a few riffs, but I felt stuck, so I tried learning scales. My plan to memorize them while falling asleep backfired. Instead of drifting off, my brain kept asking, “What’s the next note?” I wasn’t improving, and I wasn’t sleeping.
Everything changed when someone said, “Scales are just templates.” That was a "Lightbulb" moment. I wouldn't have to memorize scales if I could print them on a stick and move the stick up and down for key changes.
It worked, but would it work if you added another scale next to the first scale? That worked too. What if you added two more sticks? It worked again! Four chords in a song meant using four scale sticks, along with one Starter Stick.
Then came the "Holy Cow" moment: I had just built a map of all the "good" notes. With this overview of the map, patterns emerged everywhere. You could track the chords in a song. You could see where riffs were born. This all led to the "Aha" moment. The moment everything started to come together.
That insight led to a new way of learning. I couldn't believe how much fun I was having. It was a joy to pick up the guitar and not have scale memorization derail it. I can't tell you how many times I thought I had learned a scale, just to relearn it again and again.
Now I wasn't spinning my wheels and getting frustrated. I was making a lot of progress and building confidence by the day. The "Aha" moments were so sweet, I couldn't stop, and there was nothing on the market that did what my Chord Connectors could do.
Within a year, I went from kinda knowing part of the scale and the mystery of it all, to seeing how music theory works. Unbelievable. If I forget something, I pick up a stick or two and figure it out right away.
What kept me going, it worked for other people, too. I hope you give this system a chance. Because if you grasp the map concept, your guitar playing will take off.
You too can have an awesome journey in the world of music. Music unlocks so many doors. "Music helps guide you down the path of life". Victor Wooten @ NAMM
