Originally Posted by: matonanjin2

Originally Posted by: davem_or

ETA: If you have internet access you could focus on the music theory lessons in GT (one of the instructors can probably point you to such lessons.)

Or get a music theory book to study during down time. Thisis a good one, at least I thought it was.

This was a great suggestion, and the vacation hasn't even started yet. Just a few pages in to "Music Theory for Practical People" and the notion of scales and keys started to make sense. I had been doing scales as part of my practice routine, but mainly by rote. Now I can pick an arbitrary starting note anywhere on the fretboard and play the corresponding scale. (I mean, slowly, but I can play it.)

Between that and ChristopherSchlegel's suggestions I think I will have a productive (and relazing) vacation.

=K