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New here need help understanding daily challenge
I don’t understand the purpose of the daily challenge. I thought it should be too learn songs but lessons don’t seem to teach anything I would play for anyone!
About me. I’ve been learning 5 plus years. Can play most songs fairly easily. Know open and barre chords E,A and C. Position 1 and 4 scales.
I feel this is a little more basic than what I am looking for.
Would people who have been here awhile let me know what you think.
Thanks in advance
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I’m probably not your best option to explain this, since I’m a beginner myself. But I’m fully bought in to this teaching method, it works for me and there are quite a few players here who have been with TAC for 5 or more years, some over 10 years.
The daily challenge is not going to be the same for all players. Your approach will change as your skill level increases. Every day of the week addresses a different area of guitar playing:
Monday – Technique
Tuesday – Guitar Lick
Wednesday – Improvisation
Thursday – Rhythm Guitar
Friday – Chord TransitionAs the lesson progresses and to some degree as the week progresses things get more difficult. But you are correct, Tony doesn’t teach you how to play complete songs If you can already play a lot of songs, much of what he teaches will allow you to “spice up” any song that you already know. Do you already know how to play all those songs you mentioned in different ways? He will give you some ideas on how to mix it up and make it more interesting.
You can take something he teaches you in almost any lesson and apply it to something completely different. He makes you an overall better player.
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It sounds like you already know how to play songs. TAC in my opinion is not teaching you how to play songs. It teaches you how to play guitar. Most lessons are based on songs, however Tony is not teaching the songs per se, he’s teaching all the techniques used in the songs. Some are simple, and some complex. You take all these techniques you’ve learned, and can then incorporate them into ANY song.
I’ve been playing almost 5 years as well. I don’t feel like this program is basic at all. As a matter of fact, I think this is actually pretty advanced if you compare this to some other learning sites out there. The great thing about TAC is, it has something for the beginner, intermediate, and some advanced players.
How long have you been doing the TAC program?
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Hi; This isn’t a reply at all, but a continuation of the idea here. I’m also new to TAC and I’m wondering about how the challenges work for various levels. The impression I get, without having ventured into the challenges much, is that everyone gets the same challenge but approaches it from the level they’re at, gleaning something different each time they face the challenge. But, after that, we venture off on our own to apply our skills of the time to maybe a new song, or a new skill, and so on. Is that about right?
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I’m 58 weeks in, so I’ve already seen a number of challenges more than once. Yes they remain the same. The benchmark challenge weeks repeat about 3 times a year, you start to get very familiar with those. You are about right in your assessment.
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I am one of those TAC players several years in. I, too, came to TAC knowing some songs, chords, barre chords to strum along and accompany myself. But TAC, as others have said, doesn’t teach you songs but rather how to play the guitar. And having added Fretboard Wizard it has taught me music and a broader understanding of how wonderful Music is. I still learn new songs but it is much faster and more enriched. (My goal was to,play guitar like a Lounge Piano Player can just play requests from the crowd.)
And I have broadened my joy from mostly fingerpicking into other genres including flat picking, Delta Blues, and alternate tunings. I have also transitioned these skills into Ukulele and taught some 4th graders how to play the Ukulele. So the daily challenges (and I’m not much more than 10 minutes daily on TAC) do seriously add up to a lot of fun if you are consistent and let the process work. I’ve experienced it myself and witnessed it with others who have a few TAC-iversaries behind them.
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Ha! Play like a Lounge Piano Player is a pretty great goal. Sign me up.
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