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New and Confused ?
Hi Just started. 66 yrs old probably 3 yrs in. Started the course doing ok. Not sure how much of everything I am supposed to remember. I am doing the 5 day challenge on the blues. If I stay with the 1st day challenge for a couple hrs I might be able to get through. But how much am I going to retain is another thing. Or am I going to catch up as I go along. Wow. Its allot? Do what I can each day to continue, then move on?
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It isn’t about mastery; but practice and improvement. Most people start with the 30 days to play (it sounds like you have been playing awhile though); then some of the skill courses (such as Your Next Six Chords, or such as you mentioned, the 5 day blues challenge). When you start the meat of the program; the daily challenges: each day Monday through Friday is dedicated to a specific technique. Each week you work on the same technique on that day but with different material from week to week. You are not doing them to master them; but to play as best you can (at least 10 minutes, probably more for many people); and move on; day by day to finish the challenge for the week.
It is establishing a routine; getting your fingers in shape; getting familiar with some guitar information (understanding the physical layout of the guitar and some guitar theory); and playing (no matter how good you feel about it at this point; there are beginners doing the daily challenges as well as more seasoned players). Some challenges will be more challenging (feeling over your head), others more encouraging. You will forget things (I will be 72 in a month, having started in TAC 4 years ago). The more you play, day by day, incrementally, you will be making progress. Some of the challenges repeat, and you will see how the next time through you are better at it. The information will come around again, and you will begin to understand it more, and retain more with repetition. It is a process. It works. Your aim each week with the daily challenges is to complete them (even when you feel you fell short in a week; which I have on many occasions). Keep going! -
Thank you
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@michaeljlachancecogeco-ca Welcome to TAC! I agree with everything @Philb said. TAC teaches foundational skills, and it is meant to build a solid base and functional tools. It is not meant to be perfected, but to progress and strengthen your foundation. Progress over perfection. Keep moving forward. If you want to visit something again, hit the heart and it will save to your profile under favorites. I actually suggest you revisit some things a few months down the road to see your progress. If you do the daily challenges, you’ll have the chance to do this periodically throughout the year, as some lessons rotate back around. Keep asking questions and reading other posts in the forums for great info and advice.
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Welcome!
PhilB and Loraine have nailed it….. again.
To me, one cool thing about TAC’s philosophy of teaching is that you will be learning from the ground up. It will stick with you, and build upon itself.
You’ll find that– the more you learn, the more there is to learn! It will open up new doors of guitar-learning.
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thanks
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