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Everyone struggles with this. Even after I felt like I’ve solved it still occasionally comes back. So I just revert back to the basics, hold the chord, pick each string, make micro-adjustments until each string rings clearly, remove my fretting hand and repeat the process. I devote 5 mins everyday to this practice. (Different chords each day).
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</div><div>Typically your transitions are slow because the chords are not yet ingrained in your subconscious.
It takes time. Basically you want to move the finger positioning routine from your conscious to your subconscious mind or what some people call muscle memory.
There are practice steps you can do to accelerate the process. The brain creates these routines based upon the amount of the attention you apply when learning and the how often you repeat the process.
The secret for me is to do dedicated, isolated practice for 10 mins every day, for a little over a month.
My steps are
– position my fingers and pick each string, if I have a muted string then slightly reposition the offending finger and repeat the above until every string rings out clearly.
– keeping my hand positioned I will then press down hard on the strings and then release the pressure, but keep contact with the string. Repeat this 20 times
– I then lift the fingers off the strings about 1/4” and repeat step 1.
– once I am consistent with that I will place one finger at a time, starting with my index finger, then middle, then ring. Do that 10 times, then start with the middle finger, then index, then ring. The start with ring finger, middle, index. I go through all permutations of first and 2nd and 3rd finger down. Then I move to trying to place 2 fingers at once and then adding the 3rd. Go through all of those permutations. Then go for all fingers at once.
You should notice slight improvement each week and then one day suddenly all your fingers will go to the right position. It takes me a month of this daily practice to get where the chord is automatic.
Once I have the chords automatic I work on doing transitions. One of these is to see how many transitions I can do in a minute, without strumming. Over 60 is the goal but in the beginning it’s closer to 25-30. These are often sloppy and not perfect chords.
Once I reach 60 (often a few weeks). I then add a strum and now strive for perfect sounding chords after each transition. This typically knocks me back down to the 30-45 transitions per minute range and I will work on this for a few weeks to get it back up to 60+.
Being methodical in the approach is the key for me and it can take months to get there.
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Not from Tony.
I use Ultimate Guitar to get the chords for songs. i occasionally look on YouTube for Fingerstyle songs.
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Click on the support link at the bottom of the left-hand menu.
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Yes, the level of complexity will be beyond your capabilities. That is kinda of the point. The idea is that you spend 10 mins trying the techniques that Tony is showing you in the Daily Challenge. Some days you may only get the first note, some days you can perhaps do the first couple measures, some will seem easy and you will be able to do the entire challenge. The point is to try he best you can and move on. You are not striving to master the technique, the goal is just to give it a try. The next time it comes up you will get a little further, the next time even further. The brain doesn’t learn from the doing the things that come easy, it learns from the challenging things, so by constantly challenging yourself on will learn bit by bit until you master it.
It can be frustrating but just remember the mantra “progress over perfection.
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The mantra is progress over perfection. You’re not expected to be able to do what Tony does the first time through or maybe even the fifth time through. The idea is you keep getting exposed to these skills and overtime you will get better at them. If it is difficult just give it your best shot, spend 10 mins on attempting it and then move on.
As for playing consistency, that’s why he talks about just playing for 10 minutes each day. Everybody should be able to find 10 minutes in their day that’s to be able to play. It can be more, but the goal of the 10 mins is so you sit down to practice each day. Tony also talks about tying your practice to a tiny habit so that you remember to do it each day and it becomes part of your routine.
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There is a link in the email Tony sent earlier today.
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It took me weeks if not months to get where my fingers positioned so they didn’t mute adjacent strings. Just keep trying and you will notice improvement in a week, then more improvement after that.
Frustration is caused by our expectations not meeting reality. You need to lower your expectations and realize that guitar is hard and it’s going to take many repetitions before you will get any of the skills being taught. What helped me was telling myself that I’m going to suck at guitar, I’m going to suck for a long time, and it’s OK to suck as long as I’m improving.
There are going to be a lot of things that Tony teaches that you will struggle with. I’ve been here 11 months and was unable to do all of yesterday’s Daily Challenge. That’s OK, I tried, and will try again the next time it comes around and will get further. The goal is to try and realize you aren’t supposed to get it on the first try. Maybe not even the 20th, but eventually it will come.
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The most recent release of Zoom is 5.17.11 and is the last version that will work with Windows 7. So you should be able to update and have all the latest features. Start Zoom, login, then click on your icon in the upper right. From the menu select “Check for Updates” and it will take you to a dialog where you can download and install the latest version.
That being said, you would also benefit greatly by upgrading from Windows 7. It is coming up on 15 years old and was declared end of life 4 years ago.
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Wow! That sounds like a great evening. How did you get the invite?
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I don’t think you need to do anything special. He sends them out every Monday, if you are not getting them I would suggest messaging Support
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Learning to read TABs is an important skill and will significantly help you progress with Tony’s lessons.
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Are you looking at the associated TAB for the Daily Challenge? I personally can’t watch the video of Tony and figure out what to do. I instead read the TAB and then just use Tony’s example to figure out fingering and/or timing.
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Here is the link
https://tonypolecastro.com/courses/april-guitar-routine-2-2/