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Hi Everyone,

Here are the timestamped questions from this week:

First off, some stuff fell on me, so that was fun.

The first question, was from Leo, who asked about singing and playing, but more specifically about "playing through a mistake." We got into a good discussion about it!

The second question, from Graeme, was asking why we play guitar in the left-right orientation that we currently do, as opposed to playing "left handed." I do not know, but I made a guess.

The third question was from acrvr who was essentially asking about how the guitar seems to be laid out in a "V of V of V of V of V...." kind of format.

The fourth question was from Tim, who asked wether it's best to lean into or try to avoid writing from a comfort zone where you tend to keep writing similar things.

The fifth question from David, was about how a capo affects things on the fingerboard.

MJ asked the sixth question: "what makes a voice suitable for singing?"

That was it! If you have more follow up questions or relevant info related to any of these questions, feel free to get involved on the community forum.

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Leo smith

Hey Scott, in the last OH you briefly talked about playing and singing at the same time( before technical difficulties cut it short) and practice parts of a song that your having trouble with over and over. Is it a bad idea to learn also how to play through a mistake when you are practicing, because I don’t know about anybody else but sometimes I make mistakes while play in front of a crowd and if I just “play through it” most of the time the audience can’t tell only the people I’m play with.

Tasha McManus

“No, I’m not going to *sing those notes* because I’ll hurt your ears… and probably your soul a little bit…” 🤣🤣🤣🤣