General Discussion - Community Forum

How to use the site.

Michael Marcello — Tue, 19 May 2026 04:16:17 +0000

Is there a section on how to use the site; which lessons to take first or any order a new player can go by? Which course first, which lessons first, how to use the resources etc.

Where to Start

Michael Marcello — Fri, 08 May 2026 09:43:29 +0000

Which course is the best for getting started as a beginner?

AB Looper Tool

Devin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 04:43:03 +0000

Several of y'all were asking us to add this feature back to the site: Loop and slow down any YouTube video. We also added one bonus feature -- "loop delay"...

https://countryguitaronline.com/ab-looper-practice-tool/

ALSO find a link to this tool by clicking the "Show tools" button at the bottom right of your screen.

Let us know if you have any questions!

Forum Update – Simplifying Things

Devin — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:44:59 +0000

We’re currently in the process of simplifying the forum to make it easier to use and easier to find recent activity.

During this transition, some forum categories and recent posts may not appear temporarily while we migrate everything into a new General Discussion forum page.

For now, please feel free to post in the General Discussion forum topic. This change should help keep conversations easier to find and make recent activity more visible in the long run.

Thanks for your patience while we work on improving the forum!

Pentatonic Position Questions

Michael Kersey — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:23:04 +0000

I've always been taught that the Major and Minor Pentatonic position numbers were the same, and the only difference is the key you start in. For example, I have always been taught that the following was position 1, regardless of whether you are playing minor or major pentatonic. The difference was in where you started, whether you were playing minor or major. For example, if you wanted to play Am, play the low E on the 5th fret first; if you wished to play C Major, play the low E on the 8th fret first.

In the Resources, it lists this as position 5 for playing Major Pentatonic, but position 1 for playing Minor Pentatonic.

For clarification, I have always been taught the five positions as they are listed in the Minor Pentatonic diagrams.

While there may be only five shapes, I now have to memorize 10 different position numbers.

Why is this different, or does it make a difference?

e|--5--8--
B|--5--8--
G|--5--7--
D|--5--7--
A|--5--7--
E|--5--8--

Thanks in advance for the help.

Can not get the loop to work on the lessons.

Jim — Fri, 09 May 2025 21:44:06 +0000

I can set point A and B and run the loop but it just blows through Point B and keeps going from there.

I forgot how much a subscription costs?

Michael Sheeler — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 21:04:23 +0000

My wife suffered a stroke in December and I had to quit playing guitar. Now that things are a bit better I am going to try to start over. I am a beginner. My current subscription is for 6 months and ends in June of this year. I need to know how much it will cost to extend my subscription and whether or not I can afford to continue. Cany anyone point to where the pricing is for subscriptions on the website? Thanks. I cannot seem to find it.

Best Bluegrass Guitar

kminor — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:48:16 +0000

If you could only have one guitar for playing Bluegrass what would you choose

Brown's Ferry Blues

Thib — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:01:09 +0000

Woaw I don'know if that player learned this tune on CGO....????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPRzlifcrsghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPRzlifcrsg

Can we no longer Print out the Scale Charts?

Michael Sheeler — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 15:22:53 +0000

I watched the Video on Mixing the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales. It showed a blue "Print All" button at the top of each Scale Chart page. When going to them under the Resources tab I don't see the Print All option button. When I right-click and choose "Print", it cuts off some of the scale charts. So I am wondering if we can no longer print out the scale charts. Thanks for any info on this.