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How to progress with my lessons.
I am new to this site and was wondering where to start. I started with the lessons and then started in on the 30-day challenge which seemed to advance too quickly for me. I notice the Guitar Progress Tracker, but I don’t understand where you work on each day’s program. Can anyone provide some advice on process?
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This discussion was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by
Levi.
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This discussion was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by
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On the left of your screen is the Circle with the checkmark, that is the daily Challenge. I would suggest doing that every day even if it is way out of your comfort level. Just spend 10 minutes of honest try on it, then move on with your life.
The 30 days to play really needs to be renamed. I am pushing 60 days running my son through it. we go at his pace, and come back to lessons he is working on. It can take as long as you need, it’s worth it. Just don’t get hung up on doing it in 30 days.
As soon as you get a few chords under your fingers, learn a song. Learn a song as soon as you can, that is, after all, why we learn to play guitar 😀 that will help keep you motivated.
If you are bored with that, the first lesson I did was the stretching. Loved it. There are also strumming and flatpicking lessons. It is pretty much whatever floats your boat at that point.
These are, of course just my opinion, everyone starts somewhere, and others will have different advice I am sure. Take what you like, leave the rest and have fun!!!
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Barry, I am brand new to guitar and also to TAC. I’ve been doing the 30 Days to Play for the last few days, and I can attest that it will no doubt take me longer than 30 days! ;P I’ve gotten through the Blues Shuffle and Blues Bassline lessons, but I’ve gone back to both multiple times to keep improving, especially with making the transitions. I’ve marked each as a favorite, too. 🙂
After each lesson, I start the play-along at 50% speed (.5x) at first. When I’m reasonably fine with that, then I go up to 75% (.75x) speed. I’m now at 100% (1x) speed for the shuffle, though I’m still not mistake-free. I’ll keep working on both of these lesson play-alongs, and at some point I’ll go on the next lesson just to keep myself from being too frustrated and bored. Then, I’ll just revisit each briefly again before or after learning the next lesson.
I like Alfred’s suggestion of learning a song to keep yourself motivated. I don’t know if I’m quite there yet 😉 but I’m planning to do just that to go along with my 30 Days to Play program.
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While I agree with the suggestions above I also have to add that you shouldn’t sell yourselves short folks. Even a two or three chord song is easy enough to get under your belt. Believe me, even playing one of those more “basic” songs is enough to boost your confidence and motivation. Not to mention it’s super fun to recreate something you’ve heard before. Just go for it and have fun!
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A couple of first song suggestions…
“Bad Moon Rising” CCR… chords- D A G
Fun rythmic song to play with
“Dreams” Fleetwood Mac chords-F G
To make it easier, if you have a capo, put it on the third fret and change the chord shapes to
D E
Both songs are fun and super approachable
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Thanks for all your suggestions. This really makes signing up for this program well worth it. On we go!
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