Moose408
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I did not have that in my list, it must have been pre-August of last year.
However I played around with the URL using the word Lucille and found the 5 challenges.
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/bb-shake/
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/lucille/
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/kings-court/
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Well done.
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Very well done, both the guitar playing and the singing.
My only comment is I wish I could see your fretting hand in the video.
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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 and 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.
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Play left-handed.
Easier to compensate with the strumming/finger-picking hand than the fretting hand.
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He just misspoke (he does that occasionally but usually catches himself).
The tab is correct and in the video he is putting his finger on the B-string.
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If you were taking a traditional guitar course the approach is to practice a given skill over and over until you have some level of proficiency and then move on.
But TAC is designed with a different philosophy, the idea is you are exposed to a lot of different techniques and styles and many will be out of reach as a beginner, but you give it a good try for at least 10 mins and then move on. That same technique will appear again and again throughout the year and each time it comes around you will get better at it and you will learn it at the time in your journey that you are ready to learn it.
It’s a very unique approach and it is sometimes frustrating when given a technique which is beyond you ability, but by giving it a try you learn something, and can apply that knowledge the next time it comes around.
You are free to spend as much time as you want on the lessons and approach it however you wish, but I would encourage you to at least try Tony’s method and experience his teaching philosophy.
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We all experience frustration because our reality doesn’t meet our expectations. Great job recognizing the frustration and not letting it get to you. It will all come in time.
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Getting pressure just on the fingertips is hard. Here are some ideas…
– Slid your palm away from the fretboard and your body, this will allow more of a crook in your fingers
– Raise the neck of the guitar above horizontal, this reduces the rotation of the wrist
– Do the chord shape, pick each string individually, if strings are muted, do micro-adjustments until there are no muted strings. Then gently remove pressure and the press again. Repeat 10 times. This will help your brain understand what it should feel like. Now remove your hand and repeat. Do this for 2-3 mins a day and repeat everyday until you can do it without muted strings (typically takes 20+ days for me). This repeated focused practice is what tells your brain to move it into the subconscious.
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Day 1 – Technique – https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/cloudy-day-2/
Day 2 – Lick – https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/gone-too-long-2/
Day 3 – Improv – https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/i-know-i-know-i-know-2/
Day 4 – Rhythm Guitar – https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/wither-away-2/
Day 5 – Chord Progressions – https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/every-time-she-goes-away-2/
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Unless you save a challenge as a favorite or copy the link into a spreadsheet (which is what I do) they will go away at the beginning of the next month. Tony has recently been including the links to the previous month in his emails.
I have the links and will post them when I get home this afternoon.
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I typically just strum the associated chords, or mute the strings and do percussion on the strings.
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Improv normally means making it up as you go along. However there are phrases of 2-5 notes that you will often repeat, and most people have a few of their favorite go-to phrases, so in that sense it is something not necessarily created on the spot. Still have to decide where to insert that phrase.
Improv took me awhile to get, but it’s now my favorite part of the week. What got me over the hump was learning that you can improv with just a single note. You don’t have to memorize the entire scale before being able to do an improve. Just one or 2 notes is enough.
Be patient, it will come with time.
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You can access old challenges if you marked them as favorites.
I started copying the links to the daily challenges and added them to a spreadsheet, so I can access them anytime and keep them more organized than the Favorites list.
I have saving the links since end of July of last year and I did not see any BB King song, but it sometimes hard to tell because Tony rarely mentions the song name in his titles. Do you know when it was or the name of the song?
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I break up my practice routine so each day is different. I do the daily challenge each weekday but then will do 2 additional skills and 2 songs 6 days a week.
For example here is my current routine
Mon – Daily Challenge, picking, arpeggios, 2 songs
Tue – Daily challenge, strumming, chord progression, 2 different songs
Wed – Daily Challenge, rhythm, aural, 2 more songs
Thur – Daily Challenge, notes, power chords, 2 songs
Etc……
Sun – I run through my entire set list of memorized song which only consists of 12 right now.
For me I see ear training as a very important skill, because I can typically play a song by ear once I recall one of the chords, or the first couple notes for a riff. That might be harder down the road with a lot finger picking songs, but maybe not.