Howdy guitar friend,
Did you know that your Practical Music Theory course comes with its very own dedicated teacher? Thatās right! Weāre making sure youāve got extra support to help you succeed every step of the way. 
Meet Richard 
Richard Coles is your Teaching Assistant for the Practical Music Theory, as well as our Strumming SOS course. Heās a JustinGuitar Admin and Official Guide, our Vintage Club host, and has been part of the JustinGuitar family since the very beginningāso he really knows his way around JustinGuitar Land.
Richard also gives optional private lessons and teaches students from all over the world as one of our JustinGuitar Approved Teachers. Richard wears many hats around here - JG wouldnāt be the same without him. 
How to connect with Richard 
The best way to reach Richard is in the Communityājust tag @Richard_close2u.We encourage you to ask questions publicly so everyone can learn. There are no wrong questions!
Richard is here to support you by:
- Answering questions and offering practical tips
- Giving clear, constructive, and actionable feedback
Weāre excited to have Richard supporting you on your PMT journeyāfeel free to say hello! 
Happy learning
The JustinGuitar Team
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Thankyou Richard, superb man that you are. Your knowledge, experience and ability to show and teach all the gold are exceptional. You are a treasure.
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Hey Richard, good to see that you have started doing something with teaching, I said more than ones and a long time ago that you have a ākind of feelingā for itā¦ 
I am very grateful for everything I have learned better thanks to and through you (such as playing and the difference in with modes 
)ā¦
Greetings 
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That is awesome, since @Richard_close2u is an excellent teacher you get included in the PMT package 
Heās both Guitar and math teacher, a patient and warm bloke, ā¦ THE ideal pick to help you with Music Theory!
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Well done Richard you are great at teaching very friendly and patient, if anybody on the community hasnāt met this guy do yourself a big favour check Richard out, along with all the other staff of course cheers HEC
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Hello Richard,
I started learning to play guitar, ā¦again. I used to play on the bass guitar in high school, some 36 years ago.
I had some basic music lessons in primary school. I was also ārecruitedā to a high school choir, by a very strict (and famous ij Poland) music teacher.
I tried classical, acoustic and electric guitars. But there was always something missing.
I composed some of the tracks when I was in a band, but I just used couple of power chords, and some fancy bass lines. If something sounded not right, I could hear itā¦ I never knew what the pentatonic scale was back then.
Whenever I came across the circle of fifths and scale degrees my mind was blank.
I tried some online courses, books etc.
I found Justin clips on YouTube long time ago.
Couple of months ago I bought an electric guitar, ā¦again. Joined Justinās Guitar Beginers course and Practical Theory.
Your article about The Circle of Fifths is fascinating - it all starts to make sense to me, finally.
Thanks
Pawel
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Hi Pawel, thanks so much.
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