Moose408
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There are not really courses at TAC. Instead there is the daily challenge. Each week there is a new challenge that teaches you one or more skills/techniques. Each week is a new “course”.
Each daily challenge will expose you to new techniques and the idea is to try to play the daily challenge as best you can for 10 mins and then move on. Each challenge repeats every year, so the idea is when it comes around again you will progress a little further.
Given how long you have been playing some of the challenges will not be a challenge at all, but there probably be some challenges that introduce techniques that are new to you. Perhaps it will be palm muting, percussive strumming, accented chords, etc. Hopefully there are things you have not been exposed to before.
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For me that was just dedicated practice. I set aside five minutes of every practice session to just work on chord transitions. No strumming, just slowly moving between the two chords that I want to learn the transition for. I then speed up over time. I might use a metronome and try to transition on a given beat or set a timer for one minute and see how many transitions I could do in a minute. There are a few transitions that I’ve been working on for over two months. Eg. E to F#m and A to C#m. Setting aside dedicated practice time makes a huge difference.
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I have not. My playing significantly improved from the course Beginner Guitar Academy. It is a unique hybrid course. Very structured program with video lessons, but you have access to the instructor anytime you want. You can ask any questions, send a video of something g you are having a problem with, etc and he will respond, typically with a video. You can also schedule 1 on 1 video calls with him.
The other thing that sets BGA apart is that you must submit progress checks and level assessments before you can move on. It makes sure you have developed the skills needed for the next level and have learned what you were supposed to learn. He said he got the idea from the colored belts in martial arts. You have to prove proficiency before moving to the next level.
I do think that augmenting TAC with some other means of instruction is important.
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A year ago I was asked that and had nothing, so I have spent the last year rectifying that and now have a few songs I can play. I don’t consider a song done until I can sing along with it and play it from memory. I want to be able to “perform” the song, not just play the notes.
Here is my current repertoire
– Mad World
– Stuck in the Middle With You
– Hotel California
– Friend of the Devil – fun and easy
– King of the Road
– Cat’s in the CradleHere are ones that are ready as soon as I memorize the lyrics
– Horse with No Name – Just added this as singing along to the strum pattern tripped me up for months
– Have You Ever Seen the Rain
– Teach Your ChildrenHere are one’s that I struggle to sing because of the vocal range. I start voice lessons this week
– The Weight
– 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
– Mrs. Robinson -
Are you referring to 30 Days to Play or the Daily Challenge?
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At the top of this page https://tonypolecastro.com/family-forums/ there is a search box.
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Here is a link to a compilation of past challenges
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No. There used to be a quarterly Q&A but it stopped about 2 years ago. There were briefly some other video get togethers put on by an student but that only lasted a couple months.
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The only way I know is to turn the guitar upside down and shake, and shake, and shake.
I seem to lose one a week in my guitar lately.
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I mute the low E with the tip of my barre finger. I mute the high E with the lower part of middle finger. I’m pushing hard on the D, G, and B strings and trying not to press hard on the high E
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The suggested order is to the 30 Day Challenge independently, the move to the 5 Days to Play (which is modeled after the Daily Challenge) and then the start the Daily Challenges.
That being said if you have time or have some guitar experience then there is nothing wrong with doing them concurrently.
The Daily Challenges are standalone and a week long. So you can start any week and aren’t missing anything if you skip a week. It will come back around in a year.
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I googled “vocal coaches near me”
I realized afterwards that I could have asked my friends in musical theater as a lot of her students are from there and they tend to be the ones who care about singing well.
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This reply was modified 4 months ago by Moose408.
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HD-28E.
Bought a used one in June after a 6 month search. Wasn’t looking for a HD or a E but the price was great some went for it. Didn’t get a proper setup until September and it was like a whole new instrument after that.
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On the spreadsheet if you click on the cell “August” it will take you another spreadsheet tab with each of the individual lessons.
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Yes, ring finger.
