Alfred
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Nicely Done!
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WOOHOO!
Sounds Like she appreciates what is going on ’round there! -
Gosh I hope you feel better really soon!
I think you can be forgiven for not memorizing your 69th song!
and I still say you are learning fingerstyle the right way. Hit all the notes! I say this is a good recording, no matter what you have to say about it 😛
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Bump!
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Good Plan, and I agree, practice makes easier. Have a good time with it!
and Kudos on getting those first shapes down! -
On the left of your screen is the Circle with the checkmark, that is the daily Challenge. I would suggest doing that every day even if it is way out of your comfort level. Just spend 10 minutes of honest try on it, then move on with your life.
The 30 days to play really needs to be renamed. I am pushing 60 days running my son through it. we go at his pace, and come back to lessons he is working on. It can take as long as you need, it’s worth it. Just don’t get hung up on doing it in 30 days.
As soon as you get a few chords under your fingers, learn a song. Learn a song as soon as you can, that is, after all, why we learn to play guitar 😀 that will help keep you motivated.
If you are bored with that, the first lesson I did was the stretching. Loved it. There are also strumming and flatpicking lessons. It is pretty much whatever floats your boat at that point.
These are, of course just my opinion, everyone starts somewhere, and others will have different advice I am sure. Take what you like, leave the rest and have fun!!!
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I was so glad to catch this live, this song is outstanding!
[EDIT] Please post the live one too! You were SO MUCH FUN to watch[/EDIT]
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This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by Alfred. Reason: begging
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Wow!
I didn’t even have guitar back on my radar in 2014. Happy Tacaverssary! -
I got myself a $300 guitar a couple weeks before lockdown. I did upgrade, but I still love that instrument for getting me back into playing. I thought about donating it, but I just can’t do it. I’d rather buy a new one to donate. It’s easy to see how you feel about your Yamaha
Congrats on your one year, and here is to many more to come!
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Barre chords are a tough kind of rite of passage with guitar. I think folks that have fun with open chords are well… having fun!
Once that first Barre F is made though, all bets are off. Then it is just a matter of how fatiguing they can be at first, even if you follow all the advice for better barre chords, that thumb muscle will burn. Just have to exercise it a bit every day, like most things.
Trying to convince folks that it is worth the pain is a whole different story. For my Daughter the magic was putting a really nice Ibanez RG in her hands and watching her hit her first barre chord… Now she runs to them.
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Try Playing “Let Her Go” By passenger with Barre chords. Not the whole song at once, but parts of it throughout the day or once or twice a day. It is a standard progression and will at least get you transitioning from the E and A shapes. You can call it musical thumb exercises 😛
I still wouldn’t want to play a whole song in nothing but barre chords on an acoustic. well maybe if I had my action as low as possible, but then I couldn’t dig in to the guitar and howl without a lot of buzzing. -
Well, that’s a neat page that I didn’t know existed until now.
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Thanks for the tip @Niels
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Can’t Wait!
I use a C7 shape right now open on the 5th fret for an E7 -
YEPPERS! 👍 I’ve been having a blast with them. Also working on moveable open shapes… haven’t gotten very far with that but getting somewhere. Then I make a chord salad out of a song… a bit of everything. This daily routine sure is waking some things up in me here and there.