albert_d
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Great adventure and memory maker. Have a good guitar journey on your Baja journey.
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Welcome to TAC. It’s been a while since I looked at this lesson and I don’t quite understand your question, but I’ll give it a shot. A chord is comprised of three notes. (But your ear can hear 3 notes even if you just play 2 notes since it is if familiar with the pattern). You will be strumming 2 notes on two strings. The first A section is the A and D strings. The second section is the D section so you are strumming the D and G Strings and the third section is the E section so you would strum the E and A strings. I think this addresses your question.
You don’t need to know this at this point to have fun, but for grins…This lessons is playing the shuffle in the key of A. I like math so A is the root or 1 chord. The blues shuffle is a 1-4-5 progression. So counting up… if 1 is A, then 4 is D and 5 is E. So you have your 3 sections.
Please be patient with yourself. It will all fall into place in time. Don’t let comparative thinking (even comparing your current self with your ideal self) frustrate you. And again, Welcome.
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What fun and a great tribute to those precious nuggets joys we find in aging. There’s tough stuff (joints and all), but there’s clarity of vision in gratitude for the things that matter. Happy Birthday.
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This reply was modified 4 months, 4 weeks ago by albert_d.
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I’ll add to praise for Victoria. I, too, have been here a while and my interactions with her are always positive, supportive and helpful. My longest streak is 366 although it changed to 324 last fall for some unknown reason but I know they will eventually sort that stuff out. Victoria is another reason TAC is value to those of us on our guitar journey. Thank you.
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Way to stay at it Nice win.
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Oh no. So sorry to hear you had another fall and break. Will your fingers let you play Penny Whistle or Harmonica until you can heal?
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Welcome to TAC. I too joined TAC as I began to anticipate retirement. It has been a rewarding move. Many of us have to set aside notions of perfection and comparison thinking and instead learn the joy of progress. The challenges come around again and the skill courses are always there for review. The challenges come around again and you will be pleased at how you have progressed without realizing it. But in the meantime one has to relax and let go of the idea of mastering. Your brain and muscle memory are quietly at work building on each days 10 minutes. So while it feels you are moving on too soon, understand you will return fortified. Have fun with it and accumulate small wins.
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I forgot to mention… you know for the first umpteenth episodes of Acoustic Tuesday, Tony would always say Molly Tuttle in each episode. It was a fun, early quirk to the channel.
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You lucky duck. Good to hear from you and what a great story to always have to share. I am envious.
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Good job. Build that atomic guitar habit. Nothing but a blast is in your future. Welcome to TAC.
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Welcome to a fun and rewarding guitar journey. Your progress will sneak up on you. The 10 minute deal really does work. And you will eventually be adding back pocket benchmark and other songs to your enjoyment. And be introduced to genres that you didn’t even realize you would like! So have fun.
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Even though you just signed up you can get Mondays technique lesson in the same week. Welcome to TAC. if you trust the process you will find yourself growing in ways that sneak up on you. It is a joyful addition your daily habits.
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That is the general rule of pick direction. Down on the quarter note (down beat) and up on the & note. (upbeat). Great win. There are lots of times when one may break that general rule like with select cross-picking patterns but you hav3 a good “small” win.
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It was a long time in man’s history (early medieval timeframe) before mankind figured out a way to write and describe that natural thing known as music. Harmonies were especially difficult (think monastic chants to baroque harmonies). I originally thought that the sounds were the product of how we played them (major or minor or 1, 4, and 5 or 2, 3 or 6 progressions). Then I changed my paradigm. The sounds are as @jumpinjeff says… a result of how our brain interprets those vibrations. Then we just use words or labels to try to describe and communicate to others so we can teach and learn how to replicate music. So they kind of just “are” that way. I am fascinated by the difference in emotion between major and minor. I used to tell my employees or kids having a bad or sad day that they are only one half step away from a good or happy day and demonstrates it with a A and Am chord. Can they make that half step?
Great and fun question.
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Mine seems to work if you get this reply.