A brief history- I used to play in a ‘group’ as they called it in the sixties playing in pubs and clubs and got married in the early seventies, sold my Fender strat (red just like my hero’s Hank Marvin of the Shadows) and bought my first colour television. Shame it would be worth several thousand pounds by now the guitar that is.

I started playing the guitar again in 2006 during which period I must have had 5yrs worth of weekly one to one hourly lessons with 4 different tutors the last of which weekly for 14 months were the best by far with many ‘light bulb’ moments when all that teaching of the past clicked into place.

I have learned the following:-

Structure and makeup of chords from basic major, minor to 7ths, 9ths, 11ths , 13ths, add 9, 6ths, extended 7ths etc and how these apply or not in any diatonic key progression. My terminology may be different to yours but hey I hope it means the same.

I am aware of some preset shapes for some of these chords particularly 9th to 13ths and can play them.
I am aware and can play most chords anywhere on the fretboard using the CAGED system.
I am quite familiar with the Pentatonic major and minor scales using the root notes on the E or A strings.
I do make backing tracks on my Boss RC-3 but timing is my main issue here.
I am fairly familiar with where all the notes are on the fretboard.
I have done and enjoyed various composition tasks in major, minor and floating keys.

Off my own bat so to speak I have practiced finding the keys of many songs on Spotify so I can play along and improvise fills, riffs etc.
I have not yet been introduced to the realms of the ‘Modes’ which I think may be my next step.
There must be more but I can’t remember at the moment.

What I really enjoy is improvising over any piece of music preferably if I know the key and all the chords/progression. My aim would be to be able with confidence to go to local jam nights/sessions and enjoy once again the great feeling of playing music alongside other artists.

Best Regards
Brian