[the-old-coach]

Fantastic, right there👏👏👏. Are you following along on the “tabs” and then improvising all the cool strumming-pattern stuff, riffs, picking parts, etc?

Man, I would love to learn what you have done there. Great.

the old coach

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Kitman–

Welcome to TAC!- (it was a GREAT choice….)

My two cents—– (remember that opinions are like rear-ends…. everybody has one……

Be patient with yourself. Can’t tell ya how important this is…..

Focus on FUN……. and realize there will be times when this seems less than fun. Accept that…….. It’s all good….. work thru it.

Focus on ACCURACY over speed– speed will come.

Lean on us here in the Forum- we’re here to help, not judge. We’re all in the same boat.

Explore the whole TAC website– There is a LOT of really-REALLY great stuff in here! Dig….. deep.

Do the nuts-&-boltsy stuff– with no shortcuts. None.

LISTEN… (really L-I-S-T-E-N)- to the beautiful sounds you are making– both good and bad– and learn from both.

Pat yourself on the back with a “win” when one comes along. You earned it!

Do the Daily’s- no slacking! They stack on top of each other. Like climbing a ladder– one lesson sometimes is a harder version of the previous one.

LEARN the chords and transitions- (extremely important). Forewards and backwards. Go deep here.. deep. Focus on moving efficiently between chords. This is the cool stuff. Remember that learning guitar is a marathon, not a sprint.

Goof around with things- EXPERIMENT on your own….. “add” to the lessons and skills courses however you want…… Do weird stuff….. your OWN stuff……..

Now…. go…. have fun!

the old coach

[the-old-coach]

Wow!– Thank you all for the kind words and encouragement!

Full disclosure- I probably deleted 10-15 oops’s before I actually made it thru- even this short section. Funny– I can play that in my sleep……but when “the camera’s rollin'”– it’s harder. (Does anybody else think so????)……….

Again– thanks……

Mark

[the-old-coach]

Nice job Loraine! (indeed– it was a GREAT time to grow up!!!!)

the old coach

[the-old-coach]

JennyMc-

I print them off, label them by month & year, and keep them all in a 3-ring binder. Tricky at the very end of the month to make sure I get the last couple of lessons either printed or favoritized before the next month’s start.

If printed, I can practice withOUT my laptop if I want.

I also open the 3-ring to a completely random page- and work on THAT lesson for ~5 minutes every day…… you never know WHAT you’re gonna get! Kinda fun.

Congrats on your progress- remember to keep it fun.

the old coach

[the-old-coach]

Again– thank you for the nice comments!

I actually think I like the “other” video better– “Maybe– my first video”- (it’s “farther down” in this “Play for Us” section of the Forum).

They are the same tune- but slightly different. The “Maybe…” one is better. Check it out!

Thanks to ALL who were patient thru this whole train-wreck.

Note/ question– Does anyone else find it a little harder to play “when the camera is rollin’?” I’m sure this is something that gets better with experience.

Thanks again to all.

the old coach

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Thank you all for the nice comments. I has been quite the battle– for me– to do something that comes easily to most of you.

Maybe my “learning-curve”– (kind-of a dumpster-fire, really)– will help someone else.

Thanks again– the coach

[the-old-coach]

Well……….. I made the mistake of “trying it” again today… I never learn………

I’m the mole in Whack-a-Mole. Just when I try to stick my head out……… hoping………. WHACK.

Again, I really appreciate all the help & advice— I just canNOT seem to make it work. And– I — take full responsibility for that.

Who’da thunk😜 it’d be much easier to learn & play guitar for an average of an-hour-and-a-half EVERY day, than to make and post a damn 30-second video.

“Over & Out” on this mess.

the coach

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Tried it again this AM, with a fresh and better attitude, using (what I thought was) the suggestion PhilB said. It wasn’t pink this time- but it was a whole pile of chicken scratch— letters, numbers, symbols, etc— with no way to open any video.

Again, I am very respectful of our Forum and all of you TAC members- and sorry about all this confusion. I’m very thankful for all the nice comments and help, but feel like I’m trashing things in this thread. What a mess, huh?😕

There are many things I wish I could do—- including post a video, golf my age, and fly.

But I remember one of my old line-crew foremen once told me- “Wish in one hand, and crap in the other….. See which one gets full faster”.

Applying this to me posting a video— I think I have found my “bridge too far”.

The white flag is out until I can regroup.

Thanks for all your patience.

the coach

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[the-old-coach]

I quit. Sorry about all of this.

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[the-old-coach]

There are actually two different videos- This one, and a “Finally” one. Same tune- but they are different. I like this one better- it’s a little “smoother”

Thanks again for the nice comments!

the coach

[the-old-coach]

Some of it I can’t seem to remember😏. As the song went– “Those were the days my friend- we thought they’d never end……..”

[the-old-coach]

Phil-

I’ll try & figure out how to do what you said here. My laptop & I are not speaking because of all this. Apparently, they are not meant to fly.

Maybe I can try tomorrow(?). Thanks much-ly.

the coach

[the-old-coach]

I’m humming that along with the song- (I think it’s called)- “Cat Scratch Fever”, with those words in it🙂. Maybe I’ll give posting it a try again sometime today if I get the chance- no promises… that it gets posted– (or that it’s any good)…..

the coach

[the-old-coach]

Cadgirl-

Thank you for assuming that — I’m— not the problem in my efforts to post a video.

Videos get posted all the time in here- (and I LOVE watching them), seemingly without issue. Logic points back at -ME- as the problem. And I’m frustrated about it, but also in a way OK with it.

I think my ability to not be able to post is likely to be a “you don’t know what you don’t know” thing. I’m missing something in the process somehow- but I don’t know WHAT.

If I’m doing something wrong- I can fix that…….. but I don’t know what to fix if I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

I have the baggage of being REALLY not computer-smart. I whole-heartedly give many thanks to the great folks in here to offer the steps I need to follow- trouble is, for the most part, I don’t understand them much.

I’ll keep pokin’ around….. I’ll get it figured out……. If I accidently DO post a video– I really, REALLY hope I remember(ed) how I did it🙃.

Thanks again for all the help and kind words!

mark the old coach