What a good thread!!

Great to see theory laid out so clearly with explanations of why we play what we play. I'd taught guitar (with theory in small, easy-to-swallow doses) for years. It took me a while to understand about the different learning styles of the people who came for lessons: the kinesthetic and global learners who must feel the chord shapes with their fingers, do the right hand picking, and listen to the sounds they make. Then there are those who do best with methodical step-by-step instruction and charts, who only THEN can go on to play.

Vive la difference!