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I've seen it recommended a little but it seems releatively smaller and more unknown. I watched Scotty West's AUG, but I'm to a point in my guitar journey where I DESPERATELY need some sort of structured practice and ways to put music together on my guitar. Will his course be good practice for me to apply theory?

I'm almost done watching Scotty West's AUG course. It has been AMAZING in terms of connecting the dots with music theory and getting it all in my head. But, since he has a lack of "assignments", I knew I'd need more structure to actually apply what I've learned.

I've been playing for 5-6 years now so I can physically play the guitar no problem, I just have had no idea how the fretboard actually works or how to tie theory into the instrument, which has made it very hard to write my own music. What course out there is best for actually having structured assignments to practice applying all this stuff?

I'm going through Scotty West's Absolutely Understand Guitar and it has been a game changer so far. I'm 13 or 14 episodes in and even though I haven't been doing a ton of extra stuff outside of just watching, music theory is clicking in a way I never expected and I'm genuinely excited to come home from work every day to learn more.

That being said, I know it's not enough to just watch. I want to start hammering down the concepts better in some way, especially now that we are getting into modes, intervals, and scales. I may watch the rest of the course first just to satisfy my own curiosity but regardless, I need to practice on the side at some point.

Just for context, I'm not a brand new guitarist, I've been playing for 6 years so I have the physical ability to play (so I don't need exercises for practicing that stuff), I just have ZERO clue about theory or the notes on the fret board.

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