Moose408
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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 place the barre first or at the same time as the other fingers for the common chord shapes
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I found a local guitar jam group on Meetup and have been attending it for the past year. We are playing together, it is basically guitar karaoke, but it has definitely made me less anxious about playing in front of others. I do still have the issue that when I’m recording myself I can’t play a note. Very strange.
Perhaps seek out some other guitar players to p,ay with and see if that helps.
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I’m not an expert but here is how is was explained to me.
You can use any of the 5 shapes (C A G E D) to play any major chord. Each shape has a root note defined on a single string. The E shape is on E string, string 6; The G shape root is also on the 6th string; the A shape is on A string, string 5; etc. By sliding that shape up and down the string you can play all 12 notes with that one shape.
That being said 90% of the time you will use either the E shape or A shape. I believe the reason for this is because the other shapes are finger twisters and more difficult to play. We are at the limit of my knowledge here so there may be uses for the other shapes.
As to why we would switch between the E and A shapes when we could play every chord with just one of them, there are 2 main reasons. One is to keep your hand in smaller area of the fret board instead of sliding up and down 12 frets. The other is to stay in the same octave range or rather have similar voicings.
Take all of the above with a grain of salt. I could be completely wrong. 🙂
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Here is link to the master list @petelanger mentioned
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I stopped using TAC to track my streaks and now use an IOS app called Andante. I’ve missed one day of practice in the past 723 days. Currently on 256 days since that missed day.
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My guess is that the photos were taken back in the day when there would in-person get togethers. Either a workshop with Tony or some similar event. It allowed consistent photo quality.
The web site is overall very static and doesn’t get updated often. Changing photos is very time consuming process and most web sites I visit have had the same images for years. (my web sites included).
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I just listened to this podcast today that gave lots of options.
https://www.bgapodcast.com/249-where-to-find-accurate-guitar-tabs/
bgapodcast.com
249 - Where to Find Accurate Guitar Tabs
In this week’s episode, Paul dives into a common question from students: “Where can I find decent, authentic tabs to learn songs?” Building on last week’s three-ste…
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Yes, ring finger.
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I did some work for BJ back when he was doing the research that led to his book. He’s a very sharp guy.
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Reading your post I realized I rarely if ever read the comments under the daily challenges. I recall them being just people saying how easy or difficult they found the challenge. Hearing you say they get quite lively is intriguing. I may have to start reading them.
