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Rock on lecessandra! THe journey isn’t a straight line and as tony says the only comparison is to your prior self. Stick with it, keeping coming back – consistency is critical. Rock on!

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Hey Philb – hope everything works out for the best and that you are able to keep finding solace and peace in the guitar. It’s a magical thing that takes us away for small but precious moments of peace. Every moment playing is a treasure.

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This was great – I too like the attack using the fingerpicks. It sounds great. You should get a slide going with all that. This sounded really wonderful -reminded me of Justin Johnson

https://www.youtube.com/@justinjohnsonlive/videos

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There are a lot of lessons where I stop and should ‘ouch my thumbstick!’

I try to do all the stretches that others post and I find it releasing to put the tip of my on the top of the heel of the guitar and then stretch my hand downward while my thumb rests on the heel and I find this provides be a nice stretch.

I’ve been playing pretty consistently for 2+ years now and still get sore. I’m sure I’m squeezing too hard on chords and things – so my finger pressure is something I’m always trying to be conscious of (but not always actually ).

I don’t have a very long thumb so wrapping my thumb for barre chordes hasn’t worked out well for me and I think that’s a big area where if I could figure out how to do the thumb-wrapped barre chords I would save a lot of ‘thumbstick’ use where I’m using a lot of that thumb muscle to make a full barre chord sound clean(ish).

You are not alone. Rock on.

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THanks for sharing your music and your vulnerability. I find I’m most compelled to listen/watch when an artist is sharing something of themselves beyond just the music they are playing. I was just watching the Elton John and Brandi Carlile special and your voice reminds me of hers. I wish you all the best for a healthy heart and spirit and more music.

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Thanks Philb! Hope you and yours are doing well and that you have a nice week and get in some good guitar time. Rock on!

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Thanks so much albert_d! I sincerely appreciate your encouragement and kindness and hope you and yours are all doing well and having a lovely day. Rock on!

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Thanks so much Tricia_Lynn – I always really appreciate your kind words and thoughts and I hope you and yours are doing well and having a nice day today!

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Yeah me too – thanks for the listening! 🙂

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Thanks lecessandra!

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Thanks so much albert_d. 🙂 Been trying to find a new classical piece to start working on. Hope you are doing great and have a nice weekend ahead and get it in some good guitar time. 🙂

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Thanks so much Braden. Been going through some life stuff and haven’t been able to record for a bit but hope to get back to posting some new stuff soon. I really appreciate your kind and inspiring feedback. Hope you’re doing well and have a nice weekend ahead.

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Fantastic – happy New Guitar Day!! There’s nothing worse than a guitar that you dread playing, and nothing better than a guitar that inspires you to play. WIN WIN!

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Thanks Rick! I really appreciate it. 🙂

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Thanks so much – yeah some of the movements really flow naturally in this and are fun to play through. Hope you have a nice week ahead!