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Hi Everyone,

Join me for the 157th weekly live Q&A.

If the above link isn’t working for you, here is a link to watch directly on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_W1Iqp05wA

Here's how it works: bring your questions to the comments below, the community forum, or save them for the live chat.* Questions can be about anything you want - guitar technique, music theory, gear, songwriting - your choice! Also, feel free to link a video of you playing if you have a technique question!

I'll do my best to answer your questions and give examples of how you can practice developing skills related to your question.

Keep in mind, you can always watch later if you can't make it live! Check back a few hours after the stream for a numbered list of each question and a timestamped link to each answer.

*Please note: you may need a youtube/gmail account to ask questions in the live stream, but you can watch without one.

Check out the Lesson Archive for more Office Hours Live Streams

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Office Hours Q&A 157 | THURSDAY, April 25, 10AM Pacific Time

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Hani

Hi Scott, could you please shed a light on licks and soloing. For example, if i learnt a jazz lick, could this lick be used across any key or licks are only link to a certain key. Also, any thoughts on how to better combine licks in a certain order so they would sound harmonic and nice. Thanks.

Mithun

I am working my way up the CAGED basics right now. I had a question regarding practicing these shapes and learning the fretboard in terms of the root notes. Just finished the Basic I for the majors. Currently, i am automatically choosing the D Shape to identify the root on the B string which immediately orients me to the 3rd and the 5th and the rest of the octave shapes. Do you have any recommendation on how to memorise the root notes for the other strings as well? Is it just Octave Shapes or learning the roots on each shape? Not sure why i find it easy to do with the D Shape over the others. Sorry if my question seems stupid or redundant.