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Hey @stevieblues , sounds like you have gotten the advice needed. (Gotta love this community.)
But I was hoping that you will give us an update when you get it back from the shop. Let us know how it turned out and what the luthier said about it.
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Your playing is definitely getting better @AttyTJ , but I wish I could have heard your vocals better. Great job putting a song a day out there. That’s a big effort.
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Well, I can say one true thing about covid, @Guitargeezer-Jack . Pretty much everything they have told us is a lie. We don’t know how many people have died from covid, but we do know it’s not what they tell us. And on and on.
And laughter is a lot better medicine than anything the pharmaceutical companies offer. It has no side effects. That alone puts it ahead of anything they sell. Oh, and sell is the operative word here. Again, on and on.
Finally, the song. It’s cute. The best thing about this song is that it gave you more practice playing and singing, and for that, I say: “Bravo”.
Other than that, I thank you for the info about the song and the artist. We can always rely on you to provide interesting background info. Thanks for that.
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You are correct, @Tom000-18 , TAC support told me that the FW course would be offered in the first few months of 2022. However, they also told me there was no definite plan at that time. I would expect the announcement anytime now.
I was also told they would put up a banner across the top of the TAC homepage and put it in the newsletter.
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Great song, TJ @AttyTJ .
You guys and your 100 day challenge. You make me feel inferior. I’ll be interested in seeing your progress.
You are already doing better. I love this song. And it’s not as easy as it seems. Great job TJ.
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Hello @Noncenx and welcome to TAC. It sounds like you haven’t taken the course “TAC Quick Start“. Tony explains how the site and the program work. After you have completed the “30 Days to Play Challenge”, you will want to take the “5 Day Guitar Routine Challenge” course. In that course, Tony will explain how to use the videos and the daily challenges to continue having fun and seeing steady improvement in your guitar skills.
Ok, regarding you chords, the first thing is to recognize it will take time. You can have fun anyway if you approach this like a child would. They are full of wonder and don’t have expectations. Rejoice at what you can do. Use what you can’t do to direct your practice. You will spend a few minutes each day working on the things that are challenging to you. But then move on.
Two of the “Skill Courses” that can help you with your chords are the “Fretting Hand Toolbox” and the “Daily Stretch for Guitar” courses.
What I can tell you is that it takes time. Start with one chord at a time. Experiment with the position of your fingers, wrist, elbow and even the position of your guitar until you can get one chord to sound clean. You can also use partial chord shapes at first. If holding all 3 fingers for the C chord is just too difficult, start with the ring and middle fingers holding the A string and the D string and play a C major 7 chord. As time goes on, you will eventually be able to play a regular, 3 finger, C chord.
I hope this helps.
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Yes, it’s the same course Dave.
I hope that TAC finally can offer the FW course all the time somewhere down the road @Tom000-18 . The headquarters staff, including Tony and Levi, have been working overtime since before the platform change. Newer people wouldn’t realize there has been a whole new week of lessons every month for several months now.
I imagine the hold up on offering the FW course is they don’t want to release the “old” version again. Doing these lessons could be compared to coming up with a new album. Not just time and effort, but a lot of creativity also to accomplish their goals.
MG 😀
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Yes, @Bill_Brown there is a newsletter every Tuesday, announcing what the Acoustic Tuesday show is featuring.
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🙏 Thank you @Cadgirl and @Skyman for adding your experience. It really is helpful to get a number of different points of view, especially when they overlap. This is a great community. I love TAC. You are in the right place @Ping and Dawn ( @Lyricqueen70@gmail.com )
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That’s great @Ping . One thing I didn’t spell out, is when you notice something you did well or something you learned, you give yourself a “pat on the back”. Post a “small win” so we can follow your progress. That makes it extra fun. We see our progress and we see the progress of others. It’s just a huge boost. 😄
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I will respect this new information @Real-Vic-G .
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