[BrandonK]

Thanks Mr Miyagi lol, I am more a Yoda type person “Do. Or do not. There is no try“.

I am just hoping to get one song under my belt because to just practice drills doesn’t excite me.

[BrandonK]

I try to do 30 min to 1 hour 7 days a week. I know from what I have read and hearing from other guitar players it’s the 10,000 repetition to master a skill.

[BrandonK]

Thanks Jeff,

I just feel what Tony is teaching will help eventually, it just appears to be so advance for someone like me who is just beginning. It’s hard to keep up with the challenge videos for example.

I do my own practice so that I can work on what I feel is foundations principals like practicing each chord I know daily for 10 to 20 reps. Going from my left hand on my lap then making the chord and strumming it. Then going through each chord I know in one rep to transition from one to another while strumming each chord. With the goal to try to play the chords without looking at the fret board so that eventually I can look at a TAB music and be able to play around versus having to look down for each chord.

[BrandonK]

I wish Tony would give us songs that were one to two chord to start with so that like you are saying we can start playing. I find over the last 45 days I am just focused on drills and getting a few chords down. I find Tony keeps throwing new information in when I haven’t even been able to do the technique he taught. Which I am reading the book The Laws of BrainJo where they talk about mastering a skill until you can do it unconsciously then you can move on to learn the next skill. With the way Tony teaches I agree putting in at least 10 minutes a day, I am just having a hard time not mastering what he is teaching because when I am asked to do it on demand I am not able to.

[BrandonK]

I sort of understand what you are talking about.

[BrandonK]

That does help, I am trying to learn Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi using G, D, Em and C as the chords to play. I am trying to practice those chords over and over again in the sequence for the song. I am trying to figure out how to shape the chords easily.

[BrandonK]

Thanks Skyman,

I am still learning those main chords. I am slowly able to make the shapes on a 4 count.

[BrandonK]

Thanks Jeff, how are you feeling now?

[BrandonK]

Thanks Barbara, I grab the book BrainJo yesterday and I am reading through it this week.

[BrandonK]

Thanks Terri for your response.

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[BrandonK]

That is amazing to hear Moose you are 9 months in and can do so much. That is motivating to hear.

[BrandonK]

Thank you so much Mike I really appreciate your feedback

[BrandonK]

Thanks Barbara, I am going to look up the book today.

[BrandonK]

Hi Terri,

Thank you so much for the response

1. When you are referring to the string on the guitar being low to high. Are you referring to the top string closes to me is the low one and the one further away from me is the high string?

2. For the Fret board it appears the Low string (string closes to me) is the line at the bottom of a TAB and the High string (string further way from me) is the top line. Is that correct? I am repeating what you said just so I can make sure I understand it correctly

3. I am starting to better understand the numbers and fret position. How do I know which figure to use?

Once I better understand what you sharing and be able to some what apply it, I agree I will move on to the Daily Challenge.

[BrandonK]

Hi Kristin,

Thank you for the response. I know you are trying to help and I appreciate it.

What you might not understand is most of what you wrote, I have no clue what it is. Remember I am a true beginner who just went through the 30 Day to Play and I did exactly what Tony said 10 minutes a day. Which means I did not master a thing, fretting, the chords, strumming…etc. A lot of the training was extremely challenging to me.

1. I still do not know how to read a TAB sheet and what it means. The lines I am figuring they are the strings just not sure which one as of yet. The numbers I think are the position on the fret board which I am not sure what finger to use for each number. I am also not sure is the lines like the guitar top to bottom of the strings which it appears from what I am seeing it might be opposite. The high E is at the bottom of the lines and the low E string is at the top of the lines on the TAB. Which is still confusing to me.

2. The list of numbers you shared, I am not sure what those are. Are those the strings or position on the fret board of the guitar…etc.

3. …etc.

I am sharing you so you can see I am still a beginner and a most of this information is still over my head.