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Fretboard Biology is a comprehensive, highly structured, college level guitar program designed by industry leading educator, Joe Elliott | Also check out our new beginner program NewbieGuitar.com!

03/06/2026
03/02/2026

Level 7 is out now! 🎸
- FretboardBiology.com is a comprehensive, highly structured guitar program designed by Joe Elliott, former Musicians Institute guitar department chair and former guitarist for legendary sax player, David Sanborn 🎷Link in bio to learn more 🎸
- Also available, NewbieGuitar.com our new beginner program 🎸 For a limited time get 25% of your one time purchase.
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02/16/2026

- FretboardBiology.com is a comprehensive, highly structured guitar program designed by Joe Elliott, former Musicians Institute guitar department chair and former guitarist for legendary sax player, David Sanborn 🎷Link in bio to learn more 🎸
- Also available, NewbieGuitar.com our new beginner program 🎸
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02/10/2026

Shell voicings on guitar 🎸
- FretboardBiology.com is a comprehensive, highly structured guitar program designed by Joe Elliott, former Musicians Institute guitar department chair and former guitarist for legendary sax player, David Sanborn 🎷Link in bio to learn more 🎸
- Also available, NewbieGuitar.com our new beginner program 🎸
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02/03/2026

Understanding Chord Tones 🎸
- FretboardBiology.com is a comprehensive, highly structured guitar program designed by Joe Elliott, former Musicians Institute guitar department chair and former guitarist for legendary sax player, David Sanborn 🎷Link in bio to learn more 🎸
- Also available, NewbieGuitar.com our new beginner program 🎸
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01/20/2026

Motifs on Guitar 🎸
- FretboardBiology.com is a comprehensive, highly structured guitar program designed by Joe Elliott, former Musicians Institute guitar department chair and former guitarist for legendary sax player, David Sanborn 🎷Link in bio to learn more 🎸
- Also available, NewbieGuitar.com our new beginner program 🎸 For a limited time get 25% of your one time purchase.
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01/11/2026

- FretboardBiology.com is a comprehensive, highly structured guitar program designed by Joe Elliott, former Musicians Institute guitar department chair and former guitarist for legendary sax player, David Sanborn 🎷Link in bio to learn more 🎸
- Also available, NewbieGuitar.com our new beginner program 🎸 For a limited time get 25% of your one time purchase.
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Pat Metheny describes his mind state during improvisation as being detached from his usual self and being that of the observer or listener asking the question: “What would I like to hear?” He goes on to say that this takes place in almost real time, in less than a millisecond. “At my best, I don’t even feel like I’m doing anything. I’m just standing there listening. And if there happened to be a guitar player there, which there is, and it happens to be me, what would I like to hear that player do - and then I play that.” - Pat Metheny “I wanna be able to really be in the moment at the most micro level possible, while essentially being almost removed from it. In that place where the goal of maximum consciousness is an essential component of what it takes to be a great musician, that same sense of consciousness is also paradoxically the thing that you find disappearing completely as you get to your best moments on the bandstand.” - Pat Metheny By shifting to “What would I (the listener) like to hear that player do?”, he removes the “ownership” of the performance. This allows the music to arise from the body unhindered Metheny mentions this happens in “less than a millisecond.” In neuroscience, this is the gap between a pre-reflective urge and conscious action. By positioning himself as the “listener,” he stays in that millisecond gap. He isn’t the cause of the music; he is the response to the music as it emerges. #patmetheny #improvisation #jazzguitarist #creativeminds #flowstate 01/07/2026

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Pat Metheny describes his mind state during improvisation as being detached from his usual self and being that of the observer or listener asking the question: “What would I like to hear?” He goes on to say that this takes place in almost real time, in less than a millisecond. “At my best, I don’t even feel like I’m doing anything. I’m just standing there listening. And if there happened to be a guitar player there, which there is, and it happens to be me, what would I like to hear that player do - and then I play that.” - Pat Metheny “I wanna be able to really be in the moment at the most micro level possible, while essentially being almost removed from it. In that place where the goal of maximum consciousness is an essential component of what it takes to be a great musician, that same sense of consciousness is also paradoxically the thing that you find disappearing completely as you get to your best moments on the bandstand.” - Pat Metheny By shifting to “What would I (the listener) like to hear that player do?”, he removes the “ownership” of the performance. This allows the music to arise from the body unhindered Metheny mentions this happens in “less than a millisecond.” In neuroscience, this is the gap between a pre-reflective urge and conscious action. By positioning himself as the “listener,” he stays in that millisecond gap. He isn’t the cause of the music; he is the response to the music as it emerges. #patmetheny #improvisation #jazzguitarist #creativeminds #flowstate

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