Moose408
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The 1x play along should be at the normal speed. So if the song is 60bpm, then the 1x play along will also be 60bpm
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Tony will always play his interpretation of the song due to copyright concerns. Thursday’s lesson is often Tony’s version of the complete song. If you want the song like it was played by the original artist then I would suggest something like Ultimate Guitar tabs or YouTube.
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I thought the repetition is part of the program. Each time it comes around I should be better at it and play better than the time before. If it was always new lessons then I would never perfect anything unless it was easy the first time around.
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Here is a spreadsheet with links to all of the challenges for the past 18 months.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10CGaT6CrZ783_tw-burdSd7W_KWiliiei03_h0T5dgA/edit
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The title does change a little each time the song comes around. Sometime a -1 is added to the end.
Here is a spreadsheet with links for the last 18 months.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10CGaT6CrZ783_tw-burdSd7W_KWiliiei03_h0T5dgA/edit
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It is the benchmark song this month and will be coming up in a couple of weeks. That being said I doubt there will be many benchmark videos posted here as posting that song to YouTube will get you banned very quickly.
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That was excellent.
I play that song often but it is all strumming. Do you have the tab for your fingerpick version?
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Here is an easier Bm that should work.
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Tony hasn’t done in the 18 months I’ve been here.
Here is the version I play. The struggle as a beginner is the Bm chord
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-band/the-weight-chords-61597
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I’m on a practice streak of 393 days and have been trying to keep it alive. I have been on 16 trips during the period. For road trips I take my electric guitar (so I can wear headphones when around my wife in the hotel) and I ended up building a travel guitar that fits in my carry-on for airplane trips.
It can be hard to find the time and fit in the practice. Most places I’ve been this year have had good internet, for those that don’t I have binder of exercises that I take with me and just practice them.
As for what to do when you get back just jump into whatever Daily Challenge is going on that week (maybe start on the Monday lesson). All of the Daily Challenge weeks are stand-alone so it’s not a problem if you miss a few weeks,
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Congrats!
What’s your setlist?
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That’s great! Congrats.
My in person instructor gave me tips that made it not so pretzel-ly. It was to make sure that my index finger is exactly parallel to the fret and not angled. The other tip was to move the neck away from my body, almost a 45 degree angle.
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I started in-person lessons in Sept and he gave me a tip that made barre chords much easier. He had me move the headstock further away from my body. As @Skyman911 mentioned you use your strumming arm to press the guitar against your body and with the neck moved away from you, you have a lot leverage against your index finger. It made a huge difference.
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I been working on the barre F chord for 6 months now. It still takes me 2 seconds to get into it (which is still too slow to use in a song), but I’m getting better. Guitar is hard. Try to enjoy the journey
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I think everyone struggles with the C chord.
A couple things to try.
– lower your thumb just a little on the neck. That will allow you to get more arch in your fingers.
– the other thing to practice is to make the C chord and then pick each string individually. If one is muted do micro adjustments with your fingers so that none are muted and the chord rings clearly. Then remove your hand and repeat. I typically do this for 5 mins each day. It took me 4 months to get a clean C chord. So be patient.
