How to Figure out a Melody on Guitar (For BEGINNERS!)

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I just found this guy. I guess I missed the other lesson that teaches why he picks the "5-2" position to find the melody with, and how he knew it was the D Major scale. I also am watching this "SOLFEGE" idea on other videos, which sounds like a great concept. But why the acronym "SOLFEGE"? I don't see where that comes from. I see the acronym contains 7 letters which I assume represents the 7 notes of the major scale, but I still don't understand.

I can figure it out when hearing in the video but it feels terrible when i do it myself🤣🤣

Thanks alot....How long will it take to practice to become very good at instantly transcribing Melody into solfege.