Video transcript: Yeah, it's all about the Triads. And, you know, I've been playing forever and just never really learned them and how they relate to the pentatonic scale. And so finally I'm just getting it very easily, putting them all together and just loving it, you know? Yeah, taking. Taking lessons off of. Off of YouTube is just so disjointed. And I've taken other guitar courses online, but they just never work for me. But this one does, for some reason. I just. I've learned a lot really quickly. Love it.

Video transcript: I started several times to learn all the triads, but there are four of them, and from each triad you have in three positions. And for me, it was not easy to learn all those things. And when I play, they are already there. And the Eiger technique was helpful for me to learn the major triad first, and then, you know, okay, where's the difference which finger I have to move to switch to a minor triad? And so I have to only learn the three major triads on the string pairs. And I think it's in combination with the anchor technique. It was a very useful start for me.

Video transcript: I gotta say, the Donut Doctor back to basics class has been really eye opening for me. Obviously, I'm an older guitarist getting into this, been dabbling for a few years. And what really blew my mind is how he made it so simple to understand, like, where triads come from. And after going through that particular class, I jumped to the end of the music theory and I, for once, actually started understanding music theory. But I think one of the even better parts is the call and response exercises. I gotta admit, okay, the first time I did this, I'm like, okay, this is weird. You're a video. You're. No, you're a course. But as he's sitting there playing and the video is going along and what he's showing you, I'm suddenly able to mimic and copy and come up with some of my own stuff. I still got a long way to go and a lot to learn. But I will tell you, every one of you out there, get the Donut Doctors back to basics. Don't be afraid of learning some of the theory or where things come from. You. He's got a way and a technique of making it a lot easier to understand that you should all be trying this out.

Video transcript: Hi, my name is Simon. This is the first time that I've reviewed a guitar course and some background. I've been playing on and off badly for years, if not decades. Come Covid, I started to play a bit more seriously and like most people, I think I youtubed the heck out of everything. And I just really struggled to find a tutor, a YouTube tutor that really kind of engaged me. And I stumbled across Nick's courses probably a few months ago now and I watched some of his videos on YouTube and I found them great. You know, I just found that he had a wonderful way of simplifying stuff and making fairly complex topics sound straightforward and enabling me to kind of put them into a practical sense. And so as a result of that, I signed up to the free basics course, which I really enjoyed. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I signed up for the proper course and I'm probably about three quarters of the way through that. And I felt compelled to do a review because I've signed up to a lot of courses, but this is the only one that for me has really helped visualize the connections between arpeggios, between scales, between triads, and how I can put those into a practical context to improve my day to day playing. I'm still probably at the intermediate level, but I feel much more comfortable with the fretboard and, and I am starting to realise that I can use these triads and arpeggios in my playing to make my rhythm sound a bit more interesting. And definitely in terms of helping my soloing, I'm taking my time with the course because there's lots to practice to get it into your head, but it's really brought the fretboard alive to me. And so I did feel that I should do a review because Nixon, outstanding standing tutor, his videos are great and honestly, his course is amazing and I can't thank him enough. I've spent a long, long time trying to find content like this and Nick's delivered it. So thank you, Nick, really appreciate.

Video transcript: I'd say what helped with this course is so far for me is just understanding, you know, the triads and where, where they are in the scale and how to properly, you know, use them. And I find that it's better than YouTube courses or YouTube tutorials because it goes more in depth and it breaks it down a lot easier. So, definitely, you know, it's been great so far. Again, I'm still working on the course, but from what I've. I've seen, so what I've worked on so far, it's been helpful. So hopefully I'm actually looking to finish this, hopefully by the end of this year, so fingers crossed.

Video transcript: So being in Back to Basics now, specifically, what's connecting for me really, is that everything's connecting. I'm making connections between my scales, my triads, my arpeggios. I'm allowing myself to venture into areas of the neck that were uncomfortable for me before because there is this invitation to go to areas of my skill set and knowledge that are weakest and connecting them horizontally and vertically, up and down the fretboard in a dozen different ways, and even honestly understanding different ways to use the pentatonic scale. So it wasn't just connecting my ideas and my knowledge, but it was also having really easy approaches to spice up what I already knew as well.