Frustrated!!!!!!

[FolsomJohn]

I think you should move on, but don’t give up. I think everyone has something that hangs them up but don’t get stuck on that, move on but keep going back to those hang ups and work on them for just a little bit and eventually they get better. That is what I like about TAC, make sure it’s fun but keep challenging yourself a bit at a time, those small wins add up.

[Loraine]

@sheppy Im very sorry you’re so frustrated. If I remember correctly, I had some trouble with that one too. I think @FolsomJohn gives some great advice that I second. Never allow yourself to become that frustrated with something. It sucks the fun right out of playing. I typically mark lessons complete after the minimum 10 minutes. That doesn’t necessarily mean I won’t keep working on something, but if I begin to feel frustration or anger seep in after giving it a good few tries, I simply move on. Revisit the lesson after a bit of time and see if it comes any easier. I find that things that seemed impossible were easily conquered 6 months or more later, because I had improved in foundational understanding and skills.

Hang in there!

[sheppy]

I know my post probably doesn’t show it but I am having fun failing.. I know I’ll get it eventually. I enjoy the challenge and getting out of my comfort zone. It will make me a better player eventually

[albert_d]

I would move on but mark it as a favorite and come back to it. I’ve been working on Mississippi Timing for quite some time. I’ve almost got it, but never quite. But each time I come back to it I get closer. It’s in the fun of the journey not the speed to the mile marker.

[That_Guy]

Last year I completed as many of them as I could and gave up on the ones that were “at the moment impossible”.

I have recently been going back through the ones I never completed and now only about half of those left are currently “impossible”. If it’s the blues one that I’m thinking of where you need to stretch across about 5 frets it’s just gonna take time. Your hands have to slowly change over time.

you say the more you try it the worse it gets. Usually if I take two or three days off from playing guitar and helps to reset and I come back better than where I left off. I think my hands and forearms get really tired but I don’t notice and the rest helps bring back my coordination. Sometimes less is more. And more is worse.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 12 months ago by  That_Guy.

[sheppy]

Yeah I’m taking the weekend off and I’ll get back at it Monday. Thanks for the advice

[mcarlson_sb]

@sheppy When you do get back to it – try this

I want you to *intentionally* do it wrong.

Watch yourself doing it wrong.

Slowly and in control do it wrong.

make the mistake – but intentionally make the mistake.

And while doing this – be aware of yourself as a detached observer.

Notice what’s tense.

Notice what’s a bit off with form

etc.

Look at yourself not as the player, but as your own coach.

Then, if you feel like it, reply back and tell us what you noticed.

[sheppy]

Well I couldn’t concentrate on the one part I was messing up because it would be at different places every time. I have continued practicing it and I am close to playing it consistently correct every time. Still a work in progress though.