albert_d
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Great rendition and cover of the Singing Brakeman and America’s Blue Yodeler. He mentions Texas in this song, but Blue Yodel No. 1 (better known in Austin as “T for Texas”) was another great classic of his. As you can tell I appreciate your performance. Thanks.
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Whoopee and congratulations. I see you have over 285 playing sessions during that year so you are serious about your journey. It has been nice to see your posts this year and have you walk along the journey with the rest of us geeks. May you continue to beat that barre chord back into submission and add more theory and fun as you pass this milestone. Celebrate this win.
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Sorry, but you are about to take a plunge. (Actually, it is a good plunge). You are ready to dip into the Daily Challenge. (Note the word “Challenge” is in the title… it’s not an ambush). The Daily Challenge leads you into a process of playing regularly (at least 10 minutes). The frustrating things for many being introduced to the process is that you will likely not master the area (the five areas are technique, licks, improv, chord progression, and chord transition) each time you are exposed to it. The challenges do come around again in one form or another. I’ve been doing this for over 2,000 sessions and there are many daily challenges I have not mastered. But I’m a lot better player than I was when I started, I am having more and more fun on my guitar journey as I realize there is joy in the doing as much as the mastering. Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first. The two major obstacles to finding that joy are: 1) Understanding you will never get there and 2) Comparison thinking. Both are hard for my personality type. The first obstacle stems from a desire to tie off the knot and move on. The second stems from the idea that a competition exists between Tommy Emmanual and me or even worse… me tomorrow and me today. In both cases, Tommy and me tomorrow win. Once I figured out that Tommy or me tomorrow doesn’t care how I play and relax, I understand I am no longer over my head. There is no water in which to drown.
OK. This is too long, and I will let you get on to your daily rat killing. Thanks for asking the question. Others may have better advice.
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This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by albert_d.
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Congratulations on this major milestone. It’s not the anniversary as much as the conference and fun you are having with it.
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Or confidence too (I guess you could have a conference, but that’s a stretch).
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Welcome back. It has been a while! The website is modified but the progress is still there if you put in the 10 minutes. I think you will like the Benchmarking and other innovations. Make 2025 your year to own it.
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The first should roll around next week. Three one each month. Welcome back.
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Looks like you have 2025 off to a Lemans Start. Go for it.
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Sorry. No.
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Sounds like you are ready to incorporate some Lyrics. Nice progress.
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I haven’t noticed the site being slower but I certainly am. I was working on a Christmas assembly project and needed a drill. My high school granddaughter told me, “I’ll go get it for you, Poppy. It will be quicker.”
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This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by albert_d.
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I get you 100%. And nice post. Thanks. I too am a lifer.
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The it’s bitsy spider climbed up the water spout…
Anything worth doing is worth doing [slowly] at first.
Good benchmark.
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Congratulations on noting this TACIVERSARY milestone. I applaud your deliberate path and your growth in confidence, skill, and most of all, fun. Have a great 2025.
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Wow @Loraine…. There you go talkin’ Theory to Decent Folk! I love it. And such a good job. But @BarabaraM don’t be intimidated. The fog will clear and it will be so much easier to play and recall knowing the structure instead of trying to memorize it. Theory and Fretboard Wizard have made playing so much easier and transportable.