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  • TACiversary One Year

    Posted by Guitarzana on May 1, 2021 at 6:36 pm

    Wow here it is the first day of May. I am a bit behind as my TACiversary was in April. What a year it was. As I look back I can only say how blessed my entire family was with the hole pandemic thing. I lost an uncle to Covid but the majority of my family stayed healthy. My husband and I were able to continue working as our jobs were considered necessary.

    My guitar journey started in my teens and I had periods of playing constantly and periods where I didn’t touch my guitar for months at a time. I took some lessons with a teacher but I didn’t stick with those. I did not bond with my instructor and what he had me doing did not resonate at the time. I wish I had stayed with it now but that is water under the bridge.

    I was surfing YouTube and saw Tony’s introduction to TAC and decided to give it a try. When you have a busy work schedule 10 minutes a day versus carving out 30 minutes to an hour sounds much more manageable. I have been able to stick with that with minimal breaks in my routine! That is a win!

    I really liked the Fretboard Wizard course and Foundations of Fretboard Navigation. I have done some music theory for guitar books but it was Tony’s courses gave me my first big AHA moment. His explanation of what chords are in a key and how to find a key by ear made what I had picked up from the theory books come together. If you start with that the rest will fall into place much easier. Thanks Tony!!

    Tony also helped me realize music, like life, is a journey. Detours are fine and can add unexpected obstacles but also exciting discoveries. I have some things to work on in the coming year to that end. I find improvisation a challenge so I will be working on that. I also find posting my playing to be an issue. I love playing with groups (I was a band and choir geek in school and have played with my church praise team) but solo performances make be nervous. I have a goal for the coming year to post an improve session and I have worked a finger style version of Edelweiss (figured out by ear) that I WILL post.

    The photo is of me playing in my cleaned up reorganized craft/music room. Now my instruments and music are where I play. I have space to change strings or clean my instruments and there is no TV as a distraction so I find my 10 minute sessions extending to 45 minutes to an hour before I know it. Another win!

    I am looking forward to continuing my musical journey and can tell anyone who asks that TAC is a great program to give you the tools you need in a fun doable form.

    Thanks Tony!

    Ron-N replied 3 years, 9 months ago 6 Members · 9 Replies
  • 9 Replies
  • Cherie

    Member
    May 1, 2021 at 9:35 pm

    Hi, Guitarzana,

    Congratulations!

    Thank you for sharing your inspiring story.

    Happy playing,

    Cherie

    • Guitarzana

      Member
      May 4, 2021 at 8:03 pm

      Thank you for checking out my story. May your guitar journey be filled with fun and inspiration. 😉

  • Loraine

    Member
    May 2, 2021 at 4:56 am

    Happy 1st TACiversary @Guitarzana . I’m sorry for the loss of your uncle to Covid. Your story was very inspirational – here’s to many more!!

    • Guitarzana

      Member
      May 4, 2021 at 8:00 pm

      Thank you for your sympathy and best wishes. Here’s to enjoying the guitar and where it takes us. 🎼

  • Bill_Brown

    Member
    May 2, 2021 at 6:06 am

    Hi @Guitarzana , Great story of your guitar journey💙👍👍 (How did you come up with that nickname?) Happy TACiversary! 👏👏 Cheers

    • Guitarzana

      Member
      May 4, 2021 at 7:39 pm

      Thank you. Check out Ray Stevens on YouTube. He does a silly song called Guitarzan. He was my inspiration to add that “a” on the end and be Guitarzana. 🙃

      • Ron-N

        Member
        May 4, 2021 at 10:12 pm

        Thanks for the late night humour. I remember this song. Ray Stevens and the Three Stooges are among my favorites

  • Michelle-PSL

    Member
    May 2, 2021 at 10:09 am

    WooHoo! Happy TACiversary @Guitarzana !!! What an interesting story. Condolences on the loss of you uncle, and I’m happy to hear the rest of you family is fine. Loved your pics! Glad you are re-dedicated to playing. Hope the next year is just as rewarding! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎵🎵🎵

    • Guitarzana

      Member
      May 4, 2021 at 7:55 pm

      Thank you for your message. I wish you well with your guitar journey. Play on 🙂

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