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  • Noticing the Progress II

    Posted by J.Humble on May 1, 2021 at 10:53 pm

    I felt a bit discouraged with my “Sit and Reach” attempts on Thursday. I have been playing a baritone ukulele for the last ten years. (I had a problem with my left wrist and was concerned with issues of reaching the Low E and A strings.) The nice thing about the baritone is that it is tuned DGBE like the 4 high strings on the guitar and the fingers PIMA neatly fit on four strings. The Sit-and-Reach forced me out of my comfort zone. And the “Rope Climb” had my middle finger a bit raw. Anyway, I stubbled over this Thursday and Friday.

    Small Win #1 – I realized playing a coworker’s unused guitar at work can be problematic. It has high action and doing the Rope Climb and sliding the middle finger on it put quite a groove in it. I realized that the lender is good for chord strumming but heavy slide work it not good.

    Small Win #2 – Although I was a bit bummed about S&R on Thursday and Friday, I feel some progress on Saturday. The middle finger has has got some rest and I’m playing my own guitar. AND, I know that when I hit a roadblock to back up a bit, slow down and simplify, and trust in MM (Muscle Memory).

    I have been looking for a method like TAC for a while. I love the full service of explanation, videos, adjustable practice speeds. I would like to know if it is possible to go back to any Daily Challenge and practice along with the video? SO far I have not find the route backwards to do so. I only have the tab.

    Thanks Tony.

    Jeff in California. 🤠

    the-old-coach replied 3 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  • Loraine

    Member
    May 2, 2021 at 4:53 am

    Hey @J.Humble – Those are some great wins!

    As for going back to watch videos, I believe that if you ‘favorite’ a lesson (hit the heart button at the bottom right) that it will save the lesson in your favorites and you can then go back to it. To see what you have in ‘favorites’ you would go to the drop down arrow next to your name at the top right of the screen and click on favorites.

  • Michelle-PSL

    Member
    May 2, 2021 at 10:21 am

    @J.Humble , Congratulations on your wins! If you want to go back to something for the month, you go into the current daily challenge, and there will be a list on the left side of all that month’s challenges. You can click and go back to it, even if you marked it as completed.

  • Michelle-PSL

    Member
    May 2, 2021 at 10:21 am
  • the-old-coach

    Member
    May 2, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    Congrats on your wins- all good!

    This won’t get you the video- but I do what others have said– I print the lesson (tab) and them keep them all in a 3-ring binder.

    Works fine at my level- and I don’t need my computer if I just want to play some old lessons just for practice. Also gives me easy access to some old favorites to use them as “warm-up exercises”. Also if they’re printed out, I use the paper page to make notes on.

    For me anyway, Rope Climb was not as challenging as Sit and Reach, but they are both getting “better”.

    Again- congrats!

    Mark J

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