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@Kent_B , i’m sorry to hear that you are not having fun. First I want to Congratulate you on finishing the 30-day to Play. Then, I want to add, I think you made a good choice to take the ‘5 day routine challenge’. DO NOT THINK THIS HAVE TO BE DONE IN ANY TYPE OF TIMING! I’m looking at ‘Collect Ingredients’, (day 2). it’s in 2 sections. Just practice the first 1/2. Then you just have to worry about 2 strings. These challenges are more to explain what the daily challenges are. They can be tough at first, but it won’t be long and you’ll find it gets easier. You can do this, break the lessons down, and take your time.
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@RudyB ,So good to hear you had a good day with ‘Leap and the Net’. It was a refreshing not to do any barre chords (ha ha ha). Besides that, it had some nice run-on between chords. Congratulations on your ‘small win’.
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@bugmeist Not having to look at your hands is a biggie. I still have to at times. AND the sheet music.
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A lot of ‘having a Chord library’ is just knowing what that chord is. If you have a sheet of music in front of you and it’s got a G, C and D in it. You might muddle through it, but you know those chords. It takes a while till your fingers can hold the chords correctly so they don’t buzz or sound dead. So go on with the lesson. I hate to tell someone to buy another guitar. When I first started with TAC I used my nieces child’s guitar (1/4 size). I could sit close to my computer and not have to worry about it banging into the side of the deck. Those are inexpensive. I do find a little smaller guitar easier to work with. Good Luck.
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@Val , I had the same issues with a flat pick. I just couldn’t hold onto the thing. Now, there are a number of songs that I use it with and comfortable with. I think it would be beneficial to learn how to use. I think just using your thumb would be hard on some of the daily challenges, when you have to use an up / down stroke on strings. But, of course, you don’t have to if you chose not to.
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Welcome @JustinRigdon , I think you made a good choice to join us.
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Excellent job @Fletch!
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@KevinZ , another great song out of you.
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@Marisa , Another
beautiful performance. And what a voice accompaniment! Yes, I can hear Joni Mitchell in you 😉 -
@ted_h , I have made a big improvement since joining TAC. I have to say sticking to a routine did it for me. This year I am going to work on the daily challenges more. Also start taking advantage of the skill courses we have. Hoot hoot, guitar players unite.
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Thanks @ted_h , the funny thing about this song is once you know, you know it. I couldn’t tell you the chords or explain how to do it. My fingers know it and they can do it. It’s my daily warm up so the fingers don’t forget it. 🙂
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Thanks @BethL , It took me at least 6 months to play it crappy. Then I play it every day so my fingers don’t forget. I want to start working on writing my own songs too. I love the song you did with Thigh Master. 🙂
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No, I won’t post. I’m very slow with it. I just wanted to show that the daily challenges are something more than just a finger exercise. I’ve been here a year, and just found this out when I took the 5-day routine challenge.
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It will make the daily challenges a bit more interesting. I worked on it over the weekend. Now I just have to make a habit of it and do it every week.
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Hey, good idea there @MikeGaurnier. Let me write something up. I have something sometime today. There is really a lot of the site and it is a lot better than it was. Some things I miss, but the improvements far out weight what is gone.