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I would not have made it this far without help and support from this community. Community is as valuable to me as a good lesson plan. Put those two things together and success ensues! Nice shout-out @Tricia_Lynn
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Fun show for sure! I heard something unusual in that Santa Cruz dread. The warm dry wood tone was super present: one chord to another there was no loss in bloom while simultaneously the string energy of the picked melodly lines leapt out, equally dynamic if you will. I had to rewind and listen several times. I was astonished. I have played the rosewood version and It was lovely….it was not astonishing. I can only imagine what this sounded like in person. Tony…don’t leave Matt’s home without it. : )
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Well done Xiao bai! Wishing you fast progress always, and may your next year be the year you learn the most!! Just when you think it can’t possibly get better….it does. The longer here, the better it gets. It is a funny conundrum.
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I started the process of moving toward not looking about 5 years in. I started with familiar exercises found in the Daily Challenges. It was darn near organic. I found I could not make the sound I wanted while looking at the fretboard. Bout 5 years later I rarely look. Please do not use this as a comparison for when you will plan on being free of having to look. The variables such as: how often, how long, how directed, how focused, how young, how old, how much musical inclination (none for me, I was last when musical talent was getting passed out, but I was first in line for determination) how fast can ego be dropped, and no doubt many more make it impossible to gauge or plan. You may get there faster, you may never get there, let it float around in academic thoughts. It will come the greater you find need for it through direct experience. (not specifically worried you will be delayed by comparisons but it cost me time and increased frustration until I stopped, I write to remind myself and to introduce the idea to those who have found success in other areas with this practice not to apply it in learning guitar).
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Time is precious. Less time collecting and organizing. More time playing. It is why I pay Tony P. So I don’t have to keep track of what is next. The fastest way to get better is to do the next lesson not the one from a month ago.
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Good Question there Kyle! I started out practicing then I practiced at playing….then after being here for a while I overcame a challenge by making PLAY my practice. This was maybe six years in. I realized I could let go of my fear of doing it incorrectly (don’t want to make a bad pattern or, practice wrong you play wrong, both completely self limiting) and realized what made the magic. It was/is dopamine. It was why I could play a wrong note 100 times and then play it right to never again play it wrong. It clicked…that would be the dopamine. So I started following that. My progress went faster than it ever had before. It led me to where I am now where I make play my practice. Even scales become a universe to play within. : ) I would have to pay attention now to figure out how much time is strength training and how much time is on the field. (The Fretboard field that is)
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the beginning of the program is the day you start it. The Daily challenges while related week to week are a big circle. There is no start, no end, only the place where you jump in and start swimming. : ) I don’t want the Daily Challenge to be confused with skills courses. As Loraine pointed out there are beginning skill courses that can all be found on that little two note Icon in the menu bar.
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Thank you for the reminder. The acoustic life takes effort but the reward is just as you described which can be transposed into all types of goodness.
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congratulations @BarbaraM , It is fun to think back to a year ago and see how far you have come. I wish you continued success and fast progress always. The journey continues indeed. I am happy to have been on it with you over this last year! Carpe Diem, and my favorite wish…no fear. Mastery is right around the corner when you learn to jettison expectations. You are closer than you think when you cant stand it anymore.
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OMG!! @Tricia_Lynn ; so so right. I feel like I finally got the itch I could never before reach that was, lets just say…present. I am a new player (in my mind).
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Loraine…can I come and record in your studio…then thumbs up from me! : ) I will see what I can get.
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yep, gang’s all here! let’s go. Glad you are back on.
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New challenge. I never have to worry about keeping track. Having Tony P means I get to do what is in presently in front of me knowing that time in the saddle is what I need to progress; less thinking about strategy and more doing if you will. Everything is related…it is all a big circle.
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yes that is correct. Sunshine is next week and is this months benchmark challenge. There will be a different benchmark next month.
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Bummer. I have not encountered that until now. I like the new Pic!