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Loraine-

Thanks for sharing this!

One of my favorite songs thru the years, and I love that jangly “ring” of a 12-string!

I really like playing mine- it makes me really have to concentrate on exact finger placement and transitions from chord to chord.

I’m not where you are yet with the playing and singing- but I’m workin’ on it!

Thanks again-

theoldcoach

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albert_d–

Congrats on finishing!

Soooooo………….. What did you think of it– relative to what skills you already have/had?.

I …. personally ….. loved ….. it!

You are farther along than I in our guitar-journeys.

Do you have any observation/tidbits/hints/tips that you can think of that you’d like to share…. Different viewpoints that are shared make us ALL stronger. Those “little things” that you might see– (that I can’t yet)– are PURE GOLD.

Again— congrats—-

theoldcoach

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Mike–

I liked your post- a lot…. I like the philosophical stuff. You are a thinker. I also consider myself a thinker– but I don’t even know if I’m on the “JV-squad” in comparison to you.

You lost me on the 9 steps in reference to today’s Funkified Blues lesson. I got to about the 2nd step- (if that far😴)- and then my brain just blurred-over.

I finished the 9 steps– but I don’t remember any of it.

As for the lesson itself- (Funkified Blues)- I gave it 2, 10-minute sessions today, and said to heck with it. I remember this lesson from before- (Nov 2021- where I gave it 3, 10-minute sessions- and said worse), and if I had posted my personal thoughts about this lesson- (from before)- they would have been edited-out and I would have been possibly banned from this Forum😳😎.

Again– Thanks for posting….. I enjoy your philosophical thoughts- (and, yes, I read the entire post as well).

yer old pal-

theoldcoach

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Smiley–

I’d love to also welcome you to this great community/forum of TAC!!!!!!

Remember that this Forum is not only about asking “mechanical” questions, it is also a great place to share- and show- what you’ve accomplished, and also, to bring up and discuss “philosophical-things-guitar”. No issue or questions is too small…. THIS is the place to be!!!

There are really GREAT folks in here—– “off-the-scale” helpful, sharing, and encouraging.

My two cents–

theoldcoach

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BeachGuy-

You can of course go back to any lessons that are in the same month we’re in. They’re just right there in the list of Daily Challenges— easy to find.

But, you can’t go back to any prior-month’s lessons………….

Unless……… you have “favoritized” them when you did them.

Hint– the “cutoff” time is midnight on the last Sunday of the month– (before the start of the “new” month’s Challenges that begin on that first Monday of the month).

There might be other unique situations, I’m thinkin’ others will chime in here with more tips & hints.

Check back.

theoldcoach

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Bugmeist–

Finished it myself just a few days ago, and had planned on going back thru it as soon as time allowed. I was maybe hopin’ to get to it within a week or two…..

Way to go😀……… now I’m “all fired up”!

I’m gonna start thru again tomorrow😎!!!

theoldcoach

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I think, generally speaking, that the Monday daily challenge, is a good “warmup” for that week. Again– very generally speaking.

I have a very small “list” of prior- (some are waaay prior)- daily challenge lessons that I’ve saved aside because I particularly like them. Most of them are from “Mondays”. Plus, they get the “warm-up” missions accomplished.

I always do the stretching exercises- (at least some anyway- although soitainly not to the extent of the Skills-course video on this subject😉)- before EVERY playing session.

I have some arthritis in both my hands- (mostly thumbs). Stretching helps with that I think.

Extra note- make sure you have your fretting arm straight while doing these exercises– (you can indeed feel it clear up into your arm when you are only just stretching fingers around)- that makes a huge difference.

theoldcoach

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Rickey–

Great win!

Kinda neat how all of this “ties together” isn’t it.

After dabbling, playing and memorizing chords, and playing tabbed-songs for years- (actually about 4 decades), to me, it’s really cool to LEARN what actually makes up that particular G-chord, or F-chord, or Em chord, or whatever chord, or scale, or turning it into a minor chord, or what other chords go with that chord, etc, etc.

I was memorizing things even though I didn’t even know what the hell I was memorizing!

To now learn it all after the fact is cool stuff.

Your win on the Em chord family is a BIG, BIG win!

theoldcoach

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Marisa– Wow!! That was really good!

I’d love to hear/see it in a quieter environment.

Thank you for sharing this!

theoldcoach

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Gerry-

I’m of the opinion that if you’re not feeling frustration once in a while along the way- you’re not pushing yourself hard enough. Remember- this is Tony’s Acoustic Challenge, right?

Dumb comparison of sorts— Golfers pay WAAAY more money to play a golf course that’s WAAAY harder than a “blah”, easy, course. Because of the challenge……

There ya go. We’re ALL here because playing guitar is a challenge we all enjoy.

“Keep on Truckin”—

theoldcoach

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Mike— you just wrote a song……..

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Well put!!!!!

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B-G–

One thing I do- (maybe the only one who does- wouldn’t surprise me😎), is, I print each lesson off, put month & year on them, & keep them in a big 3-ring binder.

I can have a practice session without a computer.

(Note– when they “roll around again”, I DON’T print them again).

I know, this is kinda silly, but it works for me.

theoldcoach

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Bugmeist–

I’m also trying to figure out how to use the FBW-course info “in” the Daily Challenges. Haven’t given it that much thought, though….. (please pass along any of your ideas on that😀 if you can!).

I actually also worked thru the original FBW course at the same time.

There are some similarities- but also some differences. BOTH are great!!!

(Tony has a bit more “ink” in the new version😎)

My suggestion– (just for fun)– go thru the original version. As I said– similar but different. (PS– I think it “goes away” the first of the year)……

Anyway— again— congrats!

theoldcoach

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Mike-

Thanks for replying– your advice is ALWAYS right on the money.

That’s about right where I’m at- I’ve got to work to “permanent-ize” these concepts and chord-shapes into my brain.

Right now I have to individually “think them thru” as I play the different chords– in the different chord shapes. I’ve got fair transition speed on some- but most are still quite slow.

BUT…….. I “have it” in my brain🤨….. I’m hoping speed and accuracy will come with repetition, but I realize this will likely be a s-l-o-w process.

Again- as always- thanks for sharing.

Mark