Great post Fran but sadly DJ's/Karaoke artists/One finger players/Mp3's/Smf's/Loop based creations/backing tracks/& playing in C via transpose/laptops out-rank the difficulty in today's world of learning how to play for real without the "crutches" & its ALL GOOD if it SOUNDS GOOD!

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 05-22-2009).]