My Guitar Goal

What I'm Focused On Now

For the next 90 days I have 4 goals that are achievable and will give me a stretch:

1. Establish a solid practice routine.

2. Learn all the notes of the fretboard

3. Learn “Imagine” – finger picking and lyrics, together!, off-book.

4. Attend 2 open mics. (playing will come next time)

5. Pick and participate in a forum.

My Guitar Routine

This is How I TAC

30 minutes x 5 days a week.

I’m not yet sure what time of day will work best, so I’ll be experimenting with that. I think I’ll start with right after lunch.

In my den. That’s where my instruments are, so I’ll scrounge up a laptop to set up in there and make sure it connects to my printer.

I like the idea of having a practice journal, so I’ll go with that too.

Like Sharon, I do better with structure, so I’ll try to break it down so that I hit all the important items each day:

5 min stretch/ 5 min warm-up and scales/ 5 min fretboard knowledge

5 min daily challenge / 5 min review previous challenges / 5 min on song.

After writing this down it seems a bit obsessive, but I know from experience that if it doesn’t add up on paper, it will not be achievable. I’m sure this will morph over time. It’ll be interesting to see what I end up with.

About Me

First Name	Deirdre
Last Name	Love
Nickname	Deirdre
Why I'm Here	I got my first guitar for Christmas when I was 12. At the time I was learning the violin, but my baby brother used to cry when I practised – that was discouraging. I guess my parents felt the same way. Over the years I have been mostly strumming and picking chords to accompany songs – campfire, youth group, church etc. I’m pretty darn good at the basics but I am stuck in a long long rut. Now that I’m retired I have the time to focus on the things that I love. Yay! I’m ready to progress. I’d like to add embellishments to my chords; I’d like to understand basic chord theory; I’d like to learn to solo; I like to write some songs with more interesting chords. And most of all, I’d like to be able to play without charts in front of me.
City	Lantzville, Vancouver Island
State	B.C.
Country	Canada

Deirdre