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Ping- (and Mike?)-
In the light of the great responses so far in this thread– and then re-reading my own post– I feel like I may “have some ‘splaining to do”.
When I said “slow down and get these basic chords right……..”, I may have sounded like I meant to halt all progression until you have those “mastered”. If that’s the way it sounded, I’m sorry- that’s not what I meant at all.
I should have phrased it to come across more like “Slow down, because you WILL need to get these basic chords right”. “Realize that it may take time- you’ll know when you NEED to have these perfected- because when doing the Dailies– even getting any kind of effort together will REQUIRE you to have these “down””.
Frustration will settle in– either in struggling with learning the chords themselves inside & out now– or when NOT being able to enjoy doing the Dailies because you don’t know the chords needed in them. As I said– don’t necessarily hold everything up while trying to be perfect at one thing– but if I had to choose, I tend to lean toward climbing the ladder one step at a time.
A very wise man once said- “expectation is where fun goes to die”. Remember that this is “Tony’s Acoustic Challenge“. How boring would it all be if it was all just too “easy”- (like, say, a straight, flat, boring, golf course– yawn). Enjoy the challenge, and that “difficult, edgy, stretch/exercise for your brain”, that comes with a good challenge. It makes the successes- (large and small)- taste that much sweeter!
That said– Seems like in here there are sometimes two different trains of thought on how to “learn” things- and even how to approach the Daily lessons.
(Very generally paraphrasing here)- I’ve seen posts that advise going slow with an emphasis on being VERY accurate; others feel more that the best way is to “give it your 10 minutes and move on”.
I personally REALLY respect the viewpoints of the great people here in the Forum- regardless of where they stand on either side of this issue.
Sometimes one “method” works better, for whatever, than the other way. I think I try to have some kind-of balance.
But my own brain whispers to me to crawl…… Then walk…… Then run.
Anyway- I hope my earlier post didn’t confuse you. You will find your own path.
Mark J