TIPS FOR TODAY
You might be thinking, “There’s no way I can learn this in 10 minutes.”
Good — because you’re not supposed to.
The goal isn’t to perfect the challenge in ten minutes. It’s to introduce your fingers and your brain to something new so they’ll be a little smoother the next time you sit down with a similar skill.
Motor-learning research shows that short, imperfect reps create more progress than long, grinding sessions. Ten minutes keeps your brain sharp, your hands relaxed, and the habit alive.
And here’s the quiet superpower of the 10-minute rule: it gets you started. Most people end up playing longer because once you’re in motion, the fun takes over.
So today, just touch the new idea a few times. Let that be enough.
Ten minutes builds momentum — and momentum builds players.
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Hi Tony–I am loving my Martin 000 Junior Streetmaster. Just can’t wait till my playability is better—still fairly new to guitar.
Breedlove C25 SSE
my accoustic is a 1966(?) Gibson B-15 that I bought in 1989 for either $200 or $250.
I was making about $6 an hour and had to ask the man selling it if I could give him half now & half in 2 weeks.
I love it. if it is a 66, it is the same age as me, but in much better shape.
having spent most of the last 35 years in the case . . .
I also have two (Monoprice) Indio guitars. a Tele copy that I paid $79 for and a 335 style that was maybe $179. which is more fitting for a guy who can’t play and doesn’t practice.
oh, and an Ibanez RG450 (? or something like that I bough in 1991 or 2 when I was taking lessons (but still not practicing).
4 is a lot of guitars for a guy who doesn’t play or practice.
What guitar? It’s a Takamine EG531SC – black dreadnought with cutaway. I bought it for a couple of hundred bucks used a few years ago. When I started to do lesson 1 yesterday I could not get my A string to behave and my low E string sounded dead. Put on a new set of Elixir strings yesterday and what a difference. So yes, I’m enjoying it.
Art & Lutherie Ami
Hey Tony, you introduced me to Boucher years ago through one of your weekly videos where you featured guitar makers across the world. This week I’m playing my Boucher Signature JP Cormier model along with a couple Taylors and a Gibson Les Paul.
Danelectro Hodad w Bigsby
Martin D-15
Playing a G&L Telecaster (Fener clone). Also have a Yamaha FG-260 12-string (1970s vintage…sounds great).
For the Acoustic Challange I switch between a Zager OM and a dreadnaught I built from a StewMac kit.
Great song choice; I am trying to learn it on a mandolin right now, too.
I am playing a Yamaha FSX700SC.
I’ve tried to buy your class again, but I have moved to Guatemala and your site won’t take the debit card from my bank.
Epiphone Pro-1 Classic AN
I have a Martin OM-28. Was part of your program before and learned a lot. Life got in the way…and I’ve been a way from guitar for a while. Thinking about a comeback Love this song choice.
I go back and forth…right now I’m playing a sweet little Yamaha AC5R; R = Rosewood,
C = concert size, smaller than dreadnought
I am playing 2 guitars. Alternating between the two. One is a Fender FA 100 and my favorite is an Ibanez UPF3.
Teton Guitars STS100 acoustic.
My guitar is a Recording King RM-991 tricone metal body resonator guitar. Tony, your lessons are done so well. Thanks for keeping things in bite-sized pieces.
Angelica Acoustic. Made in Japan. Good action, good tone. I call it my beater.
I have a Martin BillyStrings signature D 28
I was struggling with a dreadnaught, which may have been too big for me even though I loved it. My son bought me a Fender electric guitar which has been easier for me to play.
2004 Taylor 814ce
hi Tony i play a custom build guitar that i made its build like a martin om i have many that i have made so i guess its time to learn how to play them