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Great performance of a great old song @Guitargeezer-Jack !! Thanks for sharing.

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Beautiful performance @IrrelivantAger04 . Great vocals and guitar playing. Thanks for sharing.

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Another great collaboration by The SWR! Thanks for sharing your creations with us @Fletch , @JulieI and @stevep .

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I really enjoyed that performance @Marty69 . Thanks for sharing your performance with us.

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Great wins @GerryB56 . It seems you really enjoying and are inspired by your guitar journey. That’s awesome!

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Congrats on a super milestone @JerrySfromNC ! 👏😎🎶🎸

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Hi @Guerra6007 and thanks very much for taking the time to watch the post and for your feedback and encouragement. I really appreciate it

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Happy 200 @AttyTJ and thanks for the prose! 😃

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That is awesome @Philb . I agree the effects added depth and dimension to the song. Nice finger picking!

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Hi @SteveDyer , great advice from everyone on this thread.

A couple other ideas. First, in one of the videos (I think it may have been a daily challenge) Tony presented a chord exercise to build muscle for chord shapes. You start with your fretting hand on your lap. Then Tony did a count down from 5, playing the chord on 1 by strumming the chord. (ie 5, 4, 3, 2, play the chord). You use time in the 5 to 2 countdown to position your fretting hand to correctly play the chord. Repeating this exercise helps you to build the muscle memory. Once you get a 5 count under your fingers, do a 4 count, then 3, then 2. You can use this exercise on chord.

The second is a variation of this exercise using a metronome in 4/4 time. Set the metronome to a nice slow beat (say 40 BPMs or something you consider nice and slow. Use Beats 1 to 3 to position your fingers on the chord and on beat 4 strum the chord. Then move to the next chord with the same process. This will help with transitions between chords. Once you have achieved nice clean quality chord sounds, bump your metronome to increase the BPMs by 5 beats and repeat.

Keep at it and be patient with yourself. Learning new things can be frustrating at times. Don’t feel discouraged. Find the one small win from the day and celebrate that. It will help you keep at it the next day. Above all have fun!

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Great arrangement and performance @KevinZ ! 👏👏👏 Both your playing and vocals are super! You created a performance that is very enjoyable and relaxing to watch and will no doubt help everyone that hears it in the Christmas spirit! Thanks for sharing! 🎅😃🎄

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Hi @Mrfredsporty . Your reasoning is solid. Perhaps when the Squire acclimatizes to your environment it will stay a bit more in tune for you. Happy picking and strumming!

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Sorry for the running series of replies here @Carol-3M-Stillhand and @jaweaver14 🙃 . Also wanted to share this link to a English interpretation of the book.

https://www.classicalguitar.org/freemusic/exercises/Giuliani120.pdf

• This reply was modified 3 years, 3 months ago by  Kitman.

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@Carol-3M-Stillhand I did a search for “Giuliani’s 120 exercises” and was able to get a peek inside the book This would definitely cause me to move further down the road to reading music! There were a number of YT videos related to the exercises as well. I plan to check those at as well. Again, thanks for your help and guidance here!😎🎶👍

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Hi @Bill_Brown and thanks very much for watching the post and for your feedback and encouragement! It is very much appreciated my friend! 😎