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HELP !!!
Hello to all of you – this is Tim. I’m not at all sure who this is going to or who will be reading it, but here goes. At some point during this past Holiday Season I signed up for TAC. And I’m glad that I did. So, basically, I’m a rookie with very little to no experience at this game. Over the past 40 years (I’m 65) I’ve had 3 guitar lessons and have logged a minimal amount of time playing around with the guitar. Over the course of these past three months, I’ve invested more time on the guitar with Tony’s Program than I have in the prior 40 years combined. I’m guessing that I’m probably making some kind of progress, but I’m not sure – which is why I’m writing this. I’m hoping that someone amongst the hundreds of you (or thousands) who is familiar with this Program might be willing to “kick it around” with me a little bit. Whether it be just a private or group discussion through this “portal”, a phone conversation, a Zoom Call, whatever! I’ve been advised that this is the purpose for this Forum. If any of you are able to assist me, please let me know. If someone was to respond to this, I’m not even sure if I would know how to retrieve it. I’m excited to be part of this endeavor as I didn’t even know something like this existed.
Signed, Tim “Seeks”
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Hi @seeks Belated welcome to the TAC community! Sounds like you’re off to a good start. I’m not sure what you need or want to talk about, but I’d be willing to have private messaging discipussion with you. That involves going to your name/icon at the top of the page and clicking the down arrow and then choosing messages, new. You’d then search for me by my username, loraine, and type a message in and hit send. It’s much like email. To know if you’ve received a response to a post or a message, you’ll see a small red icon at the top right of the page next to the small bell symbol. If you click on that it will show you any responses to your posts that you were tagged on (tagged on means using the @ sign with the user name following it) and then choosing that person when the pop up appears) or in a direct message.
As for knowing if you’re improving, you can’t not have improved if you put in the minimum of 10minutes per day or more. Think back to when you first started …. Do you know more than you did then? Do things come a little easier as time goes on (not counting challenging lessons, but foundational skills)? Then you’ve improved. It takes a while to learn the guitar. It’s not an easy instrument to learn, but Tony simplifies the foundational skills and breaks them down to small lessons that are doable.
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Hi @seeks : @Loraine has it right when she advises to reflect on your recent past and assess if you have made progress since you began a daily routine. One of the most helpful practices in assessing your day in and day out progress is logging small wins in your guitar journal. This would be any light bulb that went on or any skill which may have improved. Try to log a small win after each session you do. Not everyday is a super day and I have had days where just doing the lesson when I was not motivated to do so was my win for the day. Or if no win for the day that is also something to pay attention to. Check you P/m (personal message box). I contacted you there.
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