What’s next after 30 days to play?

[Cadgirl]

@nwforehand59gmail-com . I would recommend the ‘5 Day Guitar Routine Challenge’. It’s an intro to the daily challenges. Gives an understanding of what the weekly challenges are all about. Then get into the daily challenges (if you aren’t all ready). It all about picking up your guitar everyday and making it a habit. Good luck

[Bill_Brown]

Hi @nwforehand59gmail-com , welcome to TAC. This is just my 2 cents. I would look into the Skills Courses accessed by the lefthand menu. I would suggest doing the “Jumpstart” courses (there are 3). Start with one that interests you most, but definitely do all 3. From there, take your pick – “Fretting Hand Toolbox” is a good one, and there are many more. You’ll definitely want to check out the “Foundations of Fretboard Navigation”. Good luck Neil, and enjoy your journey here.

[Loraine]

Hi Noel – Congratulations on completing the 30 days to play. Both @Cadgirl and @Bill_Brown had good suggestions. There really isn’t a right or wrong way to tackle the lessons. It is your journey, and whatever you end up focusing on will be right. I can tell you that I started the daily challenge upon completion of the 30 days. I added the Jumpstart courses shortly afterwards. Then I focused on doing the dailies and Fretboard Wizard, and after that I’ve done the challenge every day and added other skills lessons as I saw fit. But again, you can approach it however you want.

[Moontan]

Well i went straight ahead with the 5 day challenges starting with the 12-Bar Blues. Its taking me more than 1 day to get each days challenge down but I am sticking to it and wake up each day and head straight to my office. I will open the new day challenge and play along working on the details. After a few tries i head back to day 1 challenge and work on it, then move to day 2 and work on it then on to the next day. Not sure if this is how it is meant to be worked on but it is working and I am playing everyday.

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[N-lightMike]

Hey Neil @Moontan ;

The best way to learn is like a kid, to just explore and try and have fun. We adults tend to sabotage that simple, natural method. So Tony gives us a way to learn like kids if we will just follow the process and not question it. What do I mean? The daily challenges. They give us something to work on everyday. Each week covers the 5 main areas of guitar skill. Put in your 10 minutes a day minimum on the lesson, don’t worry about how well you did or didn’t do the lesson, and then spend the rest of your playing/practicing time doing whatever floats your boat. You will notice remarkable progress in a few weeks or months. The better you get the longer it takes to recognize progress, but you will make steady progress continually with the TAC method.

The skills courses will help you get a jumpstart in the specific direction you want to go, but be aware that you can get more instruction in a half hour than you can get under your fingers in a year. So, get the whole skills courses or song tutorials out of your head. Don’t take them? No, that’s not what I mean. They are a valuable way to move in the direction you want to go. But don’t ever lose sight of what’s actually making you a better guitar player over time. Many people learn songs or licks by rote and can play a bunch of them. But they can’t play the guitar in a general way, where they can arrange a new song on their own or write their own songs or come up with new licks on the fly while playing with other musicians.

Anyway, it sounds like you have a great routine going. It won’t be long and your progress will slow down and you’ll run out of skills courses. Don’t forget that the daily challenges are like magic, you don’t see it or feel it, it just works.

MG 😀