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Yes, this is completely normal. Guitar is challenging. I would suggest trying to train yourself to feel okay with being out of your comfort zone. These tutorials aren’t meant to be “nailed” the first time or two around. The “win” is that you are doing whatever you can that day and inside the challenge for however much time you can give it (5 minutes, 25 minutes, 45 minutes, whatever).
If I feel like a challenge is way over my head, I end up picking a small part of it and just trying to improve on that one small part (even if it is 10% of the day’s challenge). Tony says this all the time, but just feel happy that you did whatever you did and that you showed up and tried. Yes, they feel like small wins, but you will start piling up wins before you know it, and you will gradually see how much you’ve grown once you look back after a month or two. Be happy with the small wins, even if it was just you showing up and trying.
The techniques repeat throughout challenges, and you’ll come upon a challenge later and realize that you can do it a little better that time…. and this continues.
I would also suggest taking advantage of the play-along speeds where you can change them to 50%, 75%, etc.
So yes… be okay with being overwhelmed. Do what you can, even if it is just a little. That is kind of the theme of this whole program.
And have fun!