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Beginner lack of proficiency
It’s hard to move on (in 30 days to play week one) from doing the blues and not getting it right. Psychologically, I want to stay in a section till it sounds proficient. Does anybody really move on from doing it half-baked and still be able to do week two ok?
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The idea of TAC is progress over perfection.
You are not expected to be good at the week one lessons after a single week. It’s the constant exposure to new things that will cause you to progress, not spending the time perfecting a lesson. Some lessons will be easy and you can master them after 10 mins, most you won’t master the first time through and you are not expected to. Just spend the 10 mins and do the best you can and move on. The skills will come around again in other lessons and as time goes on you will get better and better at playing them.
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“It’s the constant exposure to new things that will cause you to progress, not spending the time perfecting a lesson. “
Gracias! It’s sharing like this that’ll keep me motivated
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Hi @Rickva , you have identified one of the hardest things about learning how to play guitar: psychology. Your psychology is ready to get it down pat….your fingers and hands and elbows and shoulders are not. Training the body to be ready for what the mind wants to do is TAC’s super power…..while engaging the mind in a sneaky way. Every time I put the guitar down in the past was because of the disconnect between body and mind. Mind was ready to go go go…body was not.
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Thanks! Gonna stay committed and work against fear of failure!
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Greetings! I have owned and attempted to learn the guitar for more than 15 years. I have started and stopped so many times, and left it sitting in the corner waiting for the next time. Always have made little progress trying to perfect a song or two. Always getting frustrated that I couldn’t perfect a strumming pattern or make chord changes fast enough to make it sound right.
I started Tony’s program in December last year and it has kept me interested to the point I look forward to my time with the guitar. I have been playing nearly every day. What I have realized in this short time, is the incremental progress I have made by following his method. Not trying to perfect everything, but see the big picture.
I used to think that I was never going to be able to learn to do this, but now it’s actually happening.
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I have been a TAC member since Dec 2024. I started out feeling like I needed to be more proficient, but every new thing Tony actually says… no need to be perfect etc… Just spend the 10 minutes allotted – a few more if you are having fun. So, I do just that.
I will say though, that on days where I have no challenge if there was something I was having trouble with, I would go back and go through it again. I still do this sometimes but if I don’t get it … I just move on and don’t worry about it.
I have found that my hands/fingers are getting stronger and more flexible as I go. I have found that things I could not do just a month ago, I am doing them or at the very least doing them better now.
I think the whole thing is just a process and Tony’s process is getting me to where I want to be. I think we always want to try to be perfect or “get it down” but when we focus too much on that and perhaps can’t get it quickly enough, we get overwhelmed and begin to feel (psychologically) defeated when really its not that at all. Its really about consistency. Its about going with the flow and learning what we can while getting stronger along the way.
Trust the process. See where you are in 3 months time. Report back… lol
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Very encouraging! Thanks!
I am gonna stick with it, even with my goof ups I do feel like I’m getting something done. See ya in 3 months!
Again confused with the layout. this reply was to Tricia_Lynn
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“I used to think that I was never going to be able to learn to do this, but now it’s actually happening.”
Thanks for that line, it means a lot and I’ll remember it!
didn’t reply right, it was meant for JTSchrock
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