{"id":5024,"date":"2026-08-07T22:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/?p=5024"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:41:56","slug":"totally-guitars-weekly-update-august-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-blogs\/guitar-news\/totally-guitars-weekly-update-august-7-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Totally Guitars Weekly Update August 7, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Totally Guitars Weekly Update August 7, 2026\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2LOPvf4QO8Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nAugust 7, 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/3073-do-you-know-the-way-to-san-jose-solo-arrangement\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Do You Know The Way To San Jose<\/a> has just about run its course with me now that the lesson on my solo arrangement got finished this week. I hope some of you who like instrumentals will have a go at it. There are a couple of challenges, even for experienced fingerpickers, but I trust you will have fun with them.<\/p>\n<p>We had a fun time last week with TG Live\u2013Learn To Read Music and the replay is now available to all who registered, as well as part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/packages\/76-guide-to-reading-music-easy-classical-pieces\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learn To Read Music Package<\/a> now. If you registered and have not gotten the link, send a message to support@totallyguitars.com.<\/p>\n<p>On the theory front\u2026This week I revisited modes, particularly the four most heard in popular songs\u2013Ionian (Major), Mixolydian, Dorian and Aeolian (Minor). I went into Dropped D Tuning and moved through them in that order. Each one just changes one note from the preceding one.<\/p>\n<p>A few snippets of tunes worked their way into the journey, particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/1350-embryonic-journey-fingerpicking-solo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Embryonic Journey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/lessons\/1550-harvest-moon-guitar-lesson-neil-young\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harvest Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Traveling next week so it will be August 21 for our next Weekly Update.<\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 7, 2026 Do You Know The Way To San Jose has just about run its course with me now that the lesson on my solo arrangement got finished this week. I hope some of you who like instrumentals will have a go at it. 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