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Maybe this’ll help: 40 days isn’t a smidge in the time to learn anything.
I remember learning the Lindy Hop (a Swing dance)… it took me WEEKS to just “get it,” and it took MONTHS to be “good enough” to dance with other people without looking stupid.
It took YEARS to get to where I’m now: an excellent Lindy Hop dancer.
Like you, I just started — specifically this past January — bought an Eastman and knew nothing.
It took me WEEKS to remember the strings, EAD GBE (I still needed to think about it to type it in).
I’m doing the lessons (this is my second month of the Daily Challenges), and I’m doing it, but I’d admit, nothing is “sticking” yet. And I don’t know one single tune yet.
But I can tell that my fingers are getting stronger, I have nice calluses on my left-hand fingers, my picking is okay (I still pick the wrong string now and then), I’m still slouching when I’m getting tired, my fingers get tired after about 20 – 30 minutes, and my barre chords stink!
But — I’ve only been doing this about 70 days.
In 40 days, you’re doing fine. Just keep going, and don’t quit. This time next year, you can play some real music for your granddaughter!