"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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Some music theory help....

DJoneday

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Anyone here know some good sites for music theory, learning chords, all of that for guitar, piano, whatever. I've been playing a lot of guitar and have gotten pretty good, but now i need to start learning the names of all the chords, the theory behind them etc. Any help would be great, thanks.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Francisco d'Anconia

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Fry this site:

http://www.zentao.com/guitar/

It goes over everything from guitar anatomy to tabature to chords and ending up with actual music theory. All including lessons for every experience level.

Have fun!
 

Gonzalo

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I'm a music major, and good textbooks are Gouldin and Piston (use piano notation though, which is still a good practice also). Not sure about online resources but I've seen many good ones before. Knock yourself out.
 

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Start with Peliminary Rudiments. Then move to Grade 1, then Grade 2, then Grade 3 Harmony, and so on and so forth (up to Grade 5).

I'm taking Grade 3 Harmony right now along wtih Grade 3 history.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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