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Lost
I have completed the 30 day challenge and one week of daily challenge. Now I feel lost because I don’t know what would be the next best step. The new challenge is way beyond my skill level and I feel is not the best place to move on into. What is the best way to continue to progress (besides playing daily). I feel that the daily challenges are more advanced. Looking for some help here.
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I quit TAC the first time after a few months due to the same issues you are having. All I can say is stick with it. It does get easier. Also some of the challenges are easier than others. My advice is, just do the best you can on every challenge. When they come around again it will be more familiar, and you will do better the second time.
Also, reach out to the group with any questions. There are some great folks here with a ton of knowledge and support.
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Thx Skyman I will stick with it just because I really enjoy playing and learning just felt sort of lost
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Not lost: you are in the exact correct place. All the sign posts are in a foreign language. Keep going….it gets easier as you learn the new language.
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Look at the skill courses; pick those most appealing, and do them one at a time. Intersperse those among daily challenge weeks; or do a couple/few, then go back to the daily challenges. Just keep picking up the guitar and playing. We all want to get better fast; but it takes time to build habits, skills, techniques, speed, and muscle memory. Consistency and keeping at it gets you there.
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Philb, I did turn to the skill courses which has help with a direction. The challenges I will continue to work on with the understanding I will get what I can out of each challenge and continue to move on. Thx
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That’s great!
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Some daily challenges are going to seem impossible, that is OK. Just spend 10 mins on it and do as much as you can. Some days that might only be a single measure. Again that is OK. The next time it comes along maybe you get 2 measures or maybe more. It is the repeated exposure that will cause you to progress.
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This! I felt the same for the first few weeks, but even when I felt I was floundering I later realized that I was actually learning. It’s amazing, just do the thing (10 minutes at least per day) and everything takes care of itself. There have been many weeks that seemed a lot more manageable since then. On the other hand there are weeks like this one…. especially the bottom part of this week was very hard for me again (rhythm and the chord transition challenges).
It’s good to be challenged though! If it were always easy you would not advance very much. The learning is in the struggle. Sometimes it will motivate you to work, work, work at it, but only do this if it’s enjoyable! Other times you just let it go and amazingly find the same skill is so much easier the next time around.
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thx good advice will continue the journey and play!
Tony F.
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In light of what Tony shared recently about playing guitar and not practicing guitar I want to modify what I said above from
“work, work, work” to
play, play, play!
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will do thx
Tony F
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that I am doing playing the guitar not practicing. Yes play play play!
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Hello, I’m about a month in. I did the 30 day and 5 day challenge. I then started the daily challenge and felt it was way too fast and that I could spend a week on just one day’s content. I have now settled in to learn what I can daily/weekly and try and do more the next time it comes around. Some of the scales I practice more often because I like the improv and playing with the backing track.
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