[Leo7]

Thank you, Pete. That helped a lot.

[Leo7]

Thank you, Lorraine. I’ll give this a shot.

[Leo7]

Yep, I get it. Thank you.

[Leo7]

Thank you for your guidance. That was really helpful.

[Leo7]

Thank you. I was thrown off by looking at the different titles on the tablature sheets before watching the video. I see that it will all come together. Thank you. I do enjoy it, but it is much more than ten minutes. Just watching the video, taking notes, and replaying chord positions is about 30 minutes by itself, and that is before I even practiced. Then I feel like going back to the lesson from the day before. All said and done, I’ll probably be pushing closer to an hour. If I stuck to just the 10 minutes, I wouldn’t feel like I was getting it. Am I just being inefficient? It sounds like I am just getting too hung up on “getting it?”

[Leo7]

Thank you. I was thrown off by looking at the different titles on the tablature sheets before watching the video. I see that it will all come together. Thank you. I do enjoy it, but it is much more than ten minutes. Just watching the video, taking notes, and replaying chord positions is about 30 minutes by itself, and that is before I even practiced. Then I feel like I want to go back to the lesson from the day before. All said and done, I’ll probably pushing closer to an hour. If I stuck to just the 10 minutes, I wouldn’t feel like I was getting it. Am I just being inefficient? Or am I getting to hung up on “getting it”? If you have any thoughts on this, I’d appreciate it.

[Leo7]

#Lorraine. I tried your trick with the first two notes. Slowed things down using just two fingers, a bit flatter. I had some success using my pinky. It didn’t sound terrible. I just had to breathe through it and persevere. Now I’m letting it go. Progress over perfection, for now. LOL. Thanks again.

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[Leo7]

Thank you.

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[Leo7]

Cool, I will try this suggestion. I tried your other suggestion, and I was still struggling, which I expected. Tony said this is a journey, and at this point, it is “progress over perfection.” But I’m not a complete beginner, so I know this is a problem I have to solve at some point. I don’t play a lot of rock, yet. But as Tony said, the blues are the foundation for a lot of what we play.

I am playing on a nylon-stringed, beginner-level Taylor (I got it used). So the neck is thick. I am starting to think I may need a different guitar or another one. Maybe my experience on an electric or a different acoustic would be better. A lot of trial and error. Thanks for the tips.

[Leo7]

Yes, I feel your pain on this, literally. I’ve learned a few tricks for modifying. Honestly, getting the shape of the basic chords like C, G, and D (other basics) was easier than these power chords. I like his technique for teaching it, which I kinda figured out on my own about two years ago. It took me a solid year to get the basic shapes. I am trying to remember Tony’s mantra, “Progress over perfection.” Ultimately, improvement comes with practice, good feedback, and time. It’s nice to get feedback from everyone in the community, but it is not the same as having a good teacher actually having a close-up look at what is happening and then having a workaround. A good tip I learned about chords is to try not to think too much. Sit around with the TV on and just keep trying to make the shapes. But you need feedback, for example, his shape for the G chord is not the only way to make a G. Some ways of making the G are easier than others, which is what I learned. So there is trial and error. Keep plugging way. I made progress but it was slow is steady and I had the advantage of having guitarists take an up close look.

One other thing to consider, the size and shape of the guitar matter. I am starting to realize that I think a need a different guitar. So you might consider going to a guitar store and trying some out. Then shop. You can buy good ones, at a decent price, used. Good luck.