About Me

First Name	Douglas
Nickname	dmac53
State	BRITISH COLUMBIA
Country	Canada

My Guitar Goal

What I'm Focused On Now

To connect the dots in terms of my musical direction and follow the program and realize some progress with how smooth I move between chords on the fretboard. I am most concerned with timing and staying within the boxes or measures as determined by the time signature. The key is not to feel like I am always taking 3 steps forward and then taking 4 steps backward. I want to enjoy the experience of playing and not feeling intimidated when I jam with other folks.

Be it strumming or finger picking or whatever this is the next step in my growth as a guitarist. Mostly I want to take what I know and move forward with the support of Tony and this guitar community. No more just playing scales of all types and shapes. I want direction toward the goal of playing with friends and fellow musicians.

My Guitar Routine

This is How I TAC

Guitar is my main focus and outlet post retirement and so I play on average 1-2 hours 5 or 6 times a week now. Sometimes I will play in the morning and other times in the evening. Usually I begin with scales and then I shift to technique and finally playing songs.

For a long period I have worked on finger picking and now I am concerned with my strumming skills. I know most barre chords so that is part of my playing around with voicings. Recently I discovered a guitar that is a size down from my standard sized guitar and it has been fun. Singing along with playing is also something I have been working on and that is another skill area indeed.

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