KayMesser
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That’s such a wonderful story! Congrats.
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UPDATE: I heard back from TAC Support via the chat. With the last update Session Counts were corrected if inaccurate. In my case the new, higher, count is the accurate one. Cheers! Yay me practicing more than I thought 🙂
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For anyone interested in journaling and creating your North Star here are the prompts from each lesson last week:
Monday “Guitar North Star” Exercise
Pull out a sheet of paper, grab a pen or pencil and right down the answer to the following question:
Why do you want to play the guitar? What is the real reason that you are choosing to learn guitar? When you answer this question, try your best to then ask yourself “why” two to three more times to see if you can get in touch with the deep seeded reason as to why you are embarking on your guitar journey.
Tuesday “Guitar North Star” Exercise
Pull out a sheet of paper, grab a pen or pencil and right down the answer to the following question:
What experiences do you want to have with the guitar? What experiences do you wish the guitar brings to you? Turn your inner critic off and pretend you can have anything you want. Maybe it’s to play songs for your loved ones, maybe you want to play an open mic, maybe you want to write your own songs. Whatever it is right it down… it could be a whole list of things, in fact, I encourage you to make an extensive list.
Wednesday “Guitar North Star” Exercise
Pull out a sheet of paper, grab a pen or pencil and right down the answer to the following question:
How do you want the guitar to help you grow? What type of growth would you like to experience on the guitar? quiet your inner critic and write down any skill you want to learn or refine with your guitar. This could be slide guitar, barre chords, changing from chord to chord, playing a song start to finish, playing and singing at the same time. Please create an extensive list that encompasses all the ways you want to grow with your guitar. This could be purely in the skills category, or it could be how you want the guitar to help you grow on a personal or emotional level.
Thursday “Guitar North Star” Exercise
Pull out a sheet of paper, grab a pen or pencil and right down the answer to the following question:
How do you want to use the guitar to contribute to others? How will your guitar journey help you contribute to others? Who would you like to impact? There are many forms that this can take. It could be just simply encouraging others and offering help to them on their guitar journey. Maybe you wish to become involved with the Guitars For Vets organization. It’s possible that teaching your kids or grandkids is your method of contribution. Again, turn your inner critic off, the sky is the limit here.
Friday “Guitar North Star” Exercise
Take the sheet (or sheets) of paper that you have been writing your “Guitar North Star” answers on this week, fold it up, and place it in your guitar case. Use this one sheet journal of sorts to help you get back on track when you experience dips in motivation, or you begin doubting the reason you got into guitar. It will come in handy when you begin to doubt yourself or feel like you can’t do something. This “Guitar North Star” will be your guiding light for years to come and will offer that necessary check-in during those tough times when you feel like the guitar is getting the better of you.
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You can use the three finger one if you want.
I think Tony teaches the 4 finger G in the 30 Days to Play as it has a more full sound and it is easier to transition from the 4 finger G to the D chord as you have an anchor finger that you don’t move on the 3rd fret b string.
I tend to default to the three finger G as I find it easier to transition from the 3 finger G to the C chord.
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Kirk,
There are many folks who have given wonderful advice.
I just wanted to say that I had a similar experience to you when starting to play guitar. It was nearly impossible for me to hold a chord and I would have to use my right hand to pick up my left fingers and place them on the frets. It gets better.
I worked on single notes for a bit to get my fingers used to holding down a fret. I then focused on the E Minor chord (two fingers), E Major, A Minor, & A Major. You can do a lot with just those chords to start getting your fingers used to being on the guitar.
I had to repeat the 30 Days to Play a few rounds as well. I find that I’m a slower learner and I do struggle with a lot of lessons. I focus most of my “wins” and “goals” on simply to still be playing & not giving up. After a year and a half I’m still so glad I picked up the guitar. Others may play lots of songs, but I’m thankful that my basic skills have me practicing something I’ve always wanted to learn.
Good luck and keep at it.
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This is such a wonderful post! Thank you for sharing.
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I love that you have a community moment with having your strings changed! How great.
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I really appreciate it.
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Thank you so much.
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I am, yes!
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Thank you!!!
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Thank you so much Braden. I’m still working on the timing. Hopefully once I get that under my fingers I can try to start singing – which will be a big but wonderful step. Much appreciated.
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I really appreciate it. Thank you!
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Yes! This is it. Thank you so much.
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This is also such a nice way to give back. We moved around a bit when I was young and our schools were so small they didn’t have many band opportunities to learn.
