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Beginner expectations
I’m feeling a little overwhelmed with daily challenges. I feel like I could spend a whole week on one daily challenge. Tony will say “not much to it today” and then I try it and twenty minutes later I’m just barely getting it knowing tomorrow there’ll be a whole new topic to tackle. Should I just keep going the next day without having really gotten the previous day or just stick with one day’s challenge for a few days in a row?
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Welcome to TAC. I’m a new member myself, having joined just before Christmas. Have you done the 30 day challenge yet ? They are less onerous as there isn’t really a new video every day. As for the TAC videos, some will fall into your wheelhouse fairly quickly, and others won’t. If you’re a raw beginner, you may not even be able to finish a challenge, as your fingers won’t be tough enough. The idea is to do what you can, and move on. Eventually, your progression will allow you to finish, IF you put in your 10 minutes a day. I’m probably doing a bit more than that. and I’ve had some previous experience ! They are still really challenging to complete. Keep at it !
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Learning guitar is definitely a challenge. I’ve been picking it seems like forever and tried many different methods to improve my technique’s . This one seems to help me improve without tons of frustration.
All of us are trying to learn and be guitar god’s in 30 days. For some reason that hasn’t happened for me. This same lesson you are working on today will come around again in a few months and you will be shocked how much you have improved. Get what you can from today’s lesson and move onto the next challenge having improved just a little from where you were yesterday.
I am definitely hooked on this style of learning as we are not expected to be perfect with each lesson. We are just expected to put in an honest effort and move onto tomorrows challenge with out allowing ourselves to “hate” how useless our fingers were today.
On the week ends I have taken most of the offered skill challenges and know that I improve a little each and every time I pick up a guitar.
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Feeling overwhelmed, slow down and learn what you can in each lesson, move on as that same lesson will come around again.
For your reading enjoyment. Take it a page or 2 a day and absorb some ot this guitar theory. Again take it slow. If you can’t download, just go to the National Guitar Academy website and tind the theory in the free section.
https://nationalguitaracademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Guitar-Theory-The-Ultimate-Guide.pdf
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Definitely have to temper those expectations. In the beginning you might only be able to do a few notes of a challenge, perhaps a measure here and one there. That’s totally ok, just try to learn something. Look for a little nugget you can take away, something you didn’t know yesterday or you couldn’t get the last time…..endless possibilities for a small win. After time, those insurmountable things shrink a little, you’ll see!
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Thanks for the input. I’m glad to hear it’s acceptable to get a little from a lesson and move on as they will come around again.
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Progress over perfection is the motto.
There have been many challenges that I could not get through the first or even 2nd time through. I’m now starting to see challenges for the third time and some of the ones I struggled with are now clicking. There are still ones I struggle with.
My advice is to try for 10 mins. If it is really difficult just work on the first line or heck even just the first measure. Sometimes that would be all I could get through. That’s ok. It part of the process and over time it will start to click.
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TRUTH! I couldn’t agree more!
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I’m with ya. I still stuck on what strings i’m hitting on this section
Naming the sections:
Now that you’re comfortable with the basic pat-
tern, let’s break it down into three sections, each
will use the same fretting pattern you just learned,
but on different sets of strings:
A Section: Between the A string and the D string.
The A string will remain open and you will fret the
D string.
• With your index finger, fret the D string at the
2nd fret. Leave the A string open. Strum using
two downstrokes.( am I not supposed to hit the A string)
• With your ring finger, fret the D string at the
4th fret. Leave the A string open. Strum using
two downstroke (does leave A string open mean don’t stroke it). The video shows him hitting just the A & E when his fingers are moving up and down. I’m so confused.
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