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@gregD35 , ya buddy but you may not think my solution is a good one. I memorize the ones I like. I give myself the week to do it and if I don’t, I catch it next time. My all time favorite is the finger stretch exercises. Not the actual hand/finger stretches but the ones that spread your fingers on the fretboard horizontally and vertically. They were a part of a week long challenge a while back. There are 4 different sequences I play together. Love those. I know probably not the answer you are looking for, but it is all I got and it is working for me.

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I was just commenting on another post about the advantages of metronomes. I like a metronome separate from electronic devices but I don’t use the wind up weighted ones from days of old. I found a battery operated metronome with a wheel that lets me dial up the speed one click at a time. I hardly notice when I increase speed one position, two beat on slow speeds and 8 beats on high speeds. I rarely use the high speeds in drills, instead I will count two 1/4’s per click. It is made by Matrix: MR-600.

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I just want to point out the advantages I found by learning with a metronome rather than multi speed video. One of the ways I progress fastest was by using the small incremental speed control the metronome offers. It was way easier for me to increase speed 2,3,or 4 bpm at a jump instead of 20 bpm at a bump. I will learn at the natural speed of the video or if I am having difficulty discerning tones and sequences I will suffer the distortion on slow down to get it in my head and under finger but I go to the metronome right after for faster progress.

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The Lark. That is the one right downtown. Lewis and Clark is a just off the main part of town🕵👁🏨

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way to hang in there @Ouster87 , Is your splint metal…wondering if you could play slide with it? Getting a stronger pinky is almost worth it…almost.

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Hi @AAstrum , this scale is a good one to mess around with because of where the A shape triad is located. As you probably know it is up one fret from the open A chord, you do have to reach back and cover the high E string with your index though. It is easiest for me when I cover the A shape using my ring finger in the 3 string bar as my ring finger. You bounce back and forth between your index and ring finger except when you add the blue note in using your middle finger on fret 2 of the B string. This is a major scale without the 4th or 7th degrees and has a flat 3rd degree and 3 natural third degree both. That flat 3 is your “blue” note. Add it or not depending on how you want it to feel. When you make the Bb chord you hardly have to move your fingers to achieve playing the scale. It is fun to add the chord into the mix since you are right there. I saw you took Fretboard so I hope this makes sense. Your first Bb note out of this position is on the G string third fret and your octave Bb note would be on the high E string 6th fret. Lemme know if it works for you. You also have easy reach to the octave on the low strings but first things first, or you may be able to figure it out?

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@rokon@stny.rr.com , Keep after those daily lessons. All of them can be done at base level, for instance: the Friday key chord lesson in G. Take just the G chord and work that on and off. Each time Tony changes just stay on the G chord, pressure on, pressure off. Pressure on, pressure off, shake your hand, pressure on. When the G chord gets comfortable move to the Am and go back and forth between the two and so on. The important thing is you are giving the lesson a go getting exposed to the skills and concepts presented. Like Alfred said, “10 minutes of try” and hopefully finding a small win in the process. Mondays lessons can be done very slowly as in 30 bpm slow. Tuesdays lick lesson can be done one measure at a time. Wed scale lesson starts for me by identifying the Root notes of the key. If it is Key of G, the root notes are all the G notes in the scale. Playing just a root note in time with rhythmic variation is how I start every Wed scale lesson. Have a little fun, learn one thing you didn’t know or could not do before and observe that progress.

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Beautiful @CrystalBlue and I do see what you did there. Puts me in a stargazing mood.

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Welcome to TAC @andy_e . I wish you fast progress!

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👍 I missed the 12 string detail. Amazing to me how powerful the imagery was with the dust on that guitar. I probably won’t forget that anytime soon.

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@Moonhare , reach around that brick chimney and grab the other dusty guitar hanging up back there.

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I tip my hat to your determination! Thanks for the inspiration.

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Now that’s what I am talking about. “fresh” + “creative” + “soul soothing” = play guitar every day. Shining light on the path to progress. Brilliant @Mike-Gaurnier . Putting that phrase into my bag of tricks just made today a great guitar day. 2 small wins for me and counting. Thank You.

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I like how you think @Mike-Gaurnier , if we break down each of those components I feel like we come up with several things that make up the whole. I put Creativity into the Desire area. I need an outlet for my creativity. That fuels my desire. Take fun: it is a multiplier in my effort area. If I can find fun in my effort it seems to become…. effortless. On my progress side I find deep satisfaction. Help me out, throw out s’more of them good ideas.🙂

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@Fletch ,now there is the Fletch(ee-pooh) I know and love.👍