ted_h
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Congratulations on making it work on the road! Great job!
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Congratulations on your new guitar! How exciting!
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@Kim-Fitz, that is a super interesting question! If you reach out to Martin, could you please let us know what they say? I’m very curious!
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That was amazing, @Niels! Loved your use of triads in the second go-round. Have fun with your other musical pursuits and we’ll see you back here when the time is right!
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I loved that. You sounded great on the 12-string! Great use of harmonics!
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That sounded awesome! Loved the rhythmic vibe!
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Loved it! Your rhythm was drivingly awesome!
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There is so much good advice here. What a nice group of people!
Most importantly: be kind with yourself – you’ve already accomplished a lot!
Some other thoughts:
— It’s OK to just dabble in the skill courses. If you can do the first couple lessons, that’s awesome! If they get frustrating, do something more fun and less frustrating. Then you can come back down the road and hit the harder ones and they will seem easier. And I mean weeks to months later, not, like, tomorrow. 🙂
— Do the daily challenges that you like. You’ll know in the first couple minutes if it’s something that will click or not. Skip the ones that are over your head, and just do something fun for the rest of your ten minutes. The daily exercises all come back around sooner or later, so you can try the harder ones on the return.
— If you’ve done the 30 days plus the next six chords, you have the tools to play a huge array of songs. The “Strumming Kickstart” is pretty fun and a good way to get used to different strumming patterns. After that, if you don’t like what TAC is serving up on any particular day, play a song you enjoy!
You’ve got this! Do what is fun and rewarding, and shelve what is not. The shelved stuff will wait patiently for you until you’re at the right point in your guitar journey!
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I’ve had this problem on and off over the years, too. 🙂
Lately I’ve been using a textured pick with a hole in the middle from a place called Bog Street. I think I saw it on a Facebook ad. Pretty easy to grip. They come in different sizes and shapes. I got a sampler pack with one of each of their picks and I settled on this one, with a medium pick and a smooth surface where it hits the string:
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Great job, @jonathandavid! Very soulful!
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Great job, @charlie_d! Your tone and timing were awesome!
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So good!
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Nice job! Really lyrical! Your tone was great.
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That was great! Your rhythm was rock solid!
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Great job, @timguitar! Congratulations on your first year!