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Run Around The Same Old Town
This seems to be light years ahead of where I am right now. My finger positioning memory has not yet returned. I find myself having to look at my fretting hand for nearly every chord transition. I never used to have this much trouble. No matter how hard I try, I can’t play the F chord cleanly. I am having so much difficulty getting my fingers into a position where they are perpendicular to the fret board.
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@barbandjim24gmail-com don’t beat yourself up too badly. The F-mini is hard, for some even more difficult than the fully barred F chord. I have a good handle on it now after 18 months in the TAC program. Let me tell you that for the first 12 months I couldn’t play it hardly at all, either the B or high E string or both were muffled and sometimes the G string as well. Everybody’s hand is a little different so it’s hard to tell you that one thing or another is going to fix it for you. For me it was realizing that I was pressing the strings with Gorilla force and it doesn’t require that much force. As you hear the thud your brain instinctively says: “push harder!” But it’s all about getting your index finger in the right position to get clear notes (F and C on the E and B strings respectively) and pressing just hard enough. The same is true for most of the chords in this challenge. I was killing my fingers to form the Neil Young chord and the D. This made it hard to do all the modifications. Once I let off some pressure those things started to come easier
This is a benchmark, so it has even more layers than the regular challenge weeks. This is the final day where Tony is asking you to lay everything on top each other. There’s a lot going on!
This was my 5th time thru and while it went much better than the first few times, it still is very challenging for me. It’s okay to not be able to go all the way through it without some issues, in the struggles is where you learn the most. One of my favorite song writers, Jon Foreman, wrote a song titled: “(The Wound is) Where the Light Shines Through”. Link below:
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Thanks and I love the tune!
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Glad you liked it, I’ve been following the band for quite a while. Look ’em up some time, they’re called Switchfoot. The name comes from surfing terminology, they’re real California surfer boys, unlike the Beach Boys who just sung about it.
They’ve released 14 albums since 1997, so many great songs I really struggle to pick a favorite. I think Fading West would have to be my favorite album and it’s loaded with great songs, but if I had to pick: “The World You Want” (https://youtu.be/gQevo3OfR4A). But if you like heavier rock you might like “Afterlife” (https://youtu.be/j6z-H3_hgEU) from Vice Verses
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Up until now, the only songs by Switchfoot that I was familiar with are Meant To Live and We Are One Tonight. I’ll take a listen to more of their material.
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I’ve been a mediocre guitar player for about 20 years and I don’t think I’ll ever play the mini F chord the way it is presented in that tutorial. I’ll probably dabble with it here and there, but I just do the traditional full barre F chord for that one.
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