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@Moose408 Good stuff. I’ve seen this called ‘the Tyranny of Expectations’. I was experiencing this tyranny since I was expecting that I could play quickly. This because, in my mind, I was a guitar genius waiting to emerge (aren’t we all). Not the case for me.
I had to also keep reminding myself that it’s not going to be easy and is, in fact, quite difficult. The fact that we are playing an instrument, where you are positioning your fingers on a plane / surface that you really can’t see, was something I had to accept. I was fighting with neck issues for a while as I was finding myself trying to see where to place my finger on the fretboard. So I have to remind myself to keep pushing and sooner or later the sound that’s in my head might emerge.
So my playing sucks again as I’m working to change chords without seeing but based on muscle memory – and after a year, my chords and changing weren’t that great to begin with. However, now I think I’m on the right path – keep at it and let the crappy sound just happen until it sounds better. Be easy on yourself rather than having such a high expectation – quit expecting that perfection shows up so easily. If that were the case, wouldn’t everyone be a star?
Thanks for sharing. Will have a closer look.