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Tony has ESP!
Last week I started a lesson for the second time, I had noticed that I saved the whole weeks lesson because I enjoyed it so much, It was the Earthquakes and Lightnin week. Well it turned out that I could not drop a note in a bucket, could not hit the correct string and timing was pure crap. I thought to myself that maybe I’m not cutout to play guitar and should pack it in, I didn’t finish out the week I was that discouraged, I put away my guitar, music stand and thought of selling everything. Now I have to say this, I’m 72 and never touched a musical instrument in my life until almost two years ago, okay that’s out of the way. So Monday morning I get our email from Tony about the up and coming weeks lesson and at the bottom Tony always has some encouragement, well this morning it was about me, how he knew I was on the verge of throwing in the towel I’ll never know, but he knew! So I did todays lesson and I went back to the lessons I didn’t do last week and did them both, and it worked, I was a little bit faster and a bit more accurate than the first time. I guess what I’m getting at is trust the TAC and no matter what try try try to keep it fun and listen to Tony because he’s just like Santa ,,,he sees us.
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Hey my2cyl, great message and reminder to all to not give up. At 2 years, we’re still beginners, and I almost quit playing at the end of my 2nd year, because I was so frustrated. I had never played either, and I am not a great player, even now after a few years, but I have to continually remind myself of why I wanted to play guitar. I decided a long time ago to put the good, the bad and the ugly out for everyone to see. Other than the humbleness of doing so, it also allows me to see the growth I make. I decided a long time ago that I picked up the guitar, because I had always wanted to play it, and I loved the sound. I found that it was my happy place. To go back to almost giving up at the end of year 2, I was meeting up with several other TAC members for a get together and for in person jamming. I was so nervous, and I got all the songs and tried to learn as many as I could before the meetup. Things didn’t go as planned at the meetup, but the miracle happened shortly afterward. All of sudden, I was able to play clear chords, my chord transitions became smoother and faster, and I was able to play several songs. In fact, I felt like every song I played just fell into place (at least as well as I could have hoped). I’ve hit plateaus since, but what I learned was, don’t give up before the miracle happens; and that for every plateau, I will hit another peak.
Hank in there, and keep on plunking!
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Great insight @my2cyl @Loraine and @jumpinjeff . I have noticed a few posts lately where some complain that the TAC lessons cycle back around and it I true that they do. I think that is a glass half empty approach because learning to me is more like a meal than an acquisition. It is something that fills you but it goes away and you must eat again to be sustained. I do apply these TAC lessons to many other “outside” songs. And I get better or it is easier each cycle. I am starting to review my Christmas playlist. It is not that I haven’t learned the songs before but it has been a while. And I can more easily add a new song or two to the list or enrich the song with a chord transition, bass walk, hammer on or pull off, or slide or instrumental break in a with a pentatonic scale because of my regular TAC re-exposure. So be encouraged.
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