All good, not arguing with anyone. Do whatcha like.

Its an interesting way of looking at it Scottulus. I went to a seminar by my all time fav musician and he spoke about the cyclical nature of all things in life including music. He spoke at length about how he likes each note or chord to be an extension of the previous one, and for him its about the feeling, not how many notes you can squeeze into 16 bars or how fast you can sweep. I listen to Dead Can Dance and and Massive Attack and its interesting how much feeling you can get from simple melodies and riffs. Anyway..complexity has its place for me but I'd be just as happy playing in a country and western or reggae band as I would be doing legato and sweep picking solos. Music is music. I want to learn it all! Just wish I'd started earlier.

At the heart of it, music is a language. If you can speak, read and write it then you have so many more options available to you. Sightreading has nothing to do with picking styles or genre or even a set instrument. It is actually pretty universal, learn that and the world is your oyster.

Seriously, though. it's just an opinion. I'm good, I can already play... lol I will leave you guys to it...

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I am not a PB student. Lol I do not follow the modules, Although I dabbled briefly to see what was what. I am here to see what, if anything, anybody has learned or can play that is of interest. Y'know, guitar and music enthusiast. Pebber has some neat ideas and a scientific mind hard-wired for complexity. It blows me away how obsessed with speed and picking people are when there is so much more to it...

Anyways, I am not a byproduct of Pebber's method. Just thought I'd clear that up.

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well if you really want know what ive been working on is those fecken X-patterns with the different permutations and 7 position melodic minor scales, ear training and mixing harmonic minors with pentatonic minors. Timing as usual