My Guitar Goal

What I'm Focused On Now

My Current Goals Are:

  • Continue to
    • work on cleaner chord changes and clear tone
    • add embellishments to my chords, hammer-on, pull-offs, etc
    •  work on barre chords and be able to EASILY play at least four songs with a barre chord
    • perform an original song, at a VOM or publicly
    • work on fingerstyle and perform at least one song using a fingerstyle technique
  • Learn to fingerpick at least one “Classic” song (like Dust in the Wind or something along those lines)
  • Be able to pick up the guitar and play at least 6 songs from memory
  • Learn at least one song in an alternate tuning
  • Memorize the fretboard, one note at a time

My Guitar Routine

This is How I TAC

Okay so I have adult ADD (or ADHD, whichever your want to use). Which means routines are tough for me. USUALLY I do the daily challenge for 10-15 minutes, depending my my time availability and level of frustration. Work on a technique on my goal list. On weekends, I spend more time learning new songs or techniques. That’s it.

I play guitar in my Woman Cave/She Den/Music Room. It is the 3rd and smallest bedroom in the house, and the only thing in there that I would like to remove is the twin/guest bed. We do have another guest bedroom (it’s just me and my husband), but he wants me to keep the bed in there for some unknown guest. A small sacrifice to make, especially since I’ve been able to move things around and create a nice space for myself. Another “challenge” is the air vent/air exchange to our open concept kitchen-dining-living room. So I hear my husband’s blasting TV (he’s half deaf but refuses to check out hearing aids). So I need to make a noise cancellation baffle for the vent. Then it will be just about perfect!

About Me

First Name

Michelle

Last Name

Peterson

Nickname

Michelle-PSL

Why I'm Here

Why learn guitar?

Because I love the sound of acoustic guitar. I love it all – classical, flamenco, pop, folk, rock, blues, jazz. (Sorry, Tony, but the only music I don’t really like is heavy metal…unless it’s unplugged).

Because I just have a burning desire to play guitar.

Because I hear music in my mind all the time. I have songs in me that need to come out. And guitar is one way to give voice to those songs.

City

Port St. Lucie

State

Florida

Country

United States