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Hello @Rob503 ;
I used to frequent the forum all the time. Now, not so much. So, here I am responding to your post after you’ve had many, many replies. So many in fact that I haven’t read all the replies. I haven’t even read one reply. Oh, one more in fact, I’m not gonna read a single reply.
I don’t need to read the replies to know you’ve received a lot of support and great ideas on how to approach your guitar journey in a different and more fulfilling way. But, I’m still gonna give you my 2 cents.
The difficulty lies in the fact that we started learning as adults. It’s not our fingers or Tony’s instruction that’s causing difficulties, it’s our head. We need to change our perception.
Let’s start with this. Go back and re-read what you, yourself, wrote in your original post. Now, imagine a 12 year old kid who was given a guitar. He’s wanted a guitar for a while. Now, he finally has it. But, his parents can’t even afford lessons, at least not yet. But the kid is in heaven.
Now, is that kid “sad in Phoenix”? No, that kid’s having a blast. Is that kid playing his favorite songs right out of the gate? No, his parents keep begging him to close his bedroom door. Is that kid gonna learn as fast as you with this great lesson plan? No, but he doesn’t care. He’ll get there and he’ll have fun all the way.
Do I need to explain all this to you? No, I don’t think so. Go back to the very first lesson in 30 Day To Play Guitar. That first thing is a song. In fact, it’s a song structure that appears in a ton of music. Stick with that until it sounds good.
If that’s too steep a path, then let’s try something else. Just thump on the 6th string, the low E. Just thump, thump, thump, thump… find a rhythm and a sound that’s cool. STOP trying to learn guitar and START trying to make sounds that are cool. That entertain your grandkid. That cause you to have FUN.
If you can’t figure out how to have fun, then you need more help than I’m qualified to give.
MG 🙂