MoochasPoochas
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Welcome aboard. Have fun!
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Check out the finger stretching skills course on
TAC. It was really helpful for me to get that impossible stretch.
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Michelle’s advice was right on, but I would add one thing. Practice consistently, regardless of how awful it may sound. The skills you gain will snowball quickly. You will amaze yourself in a few months if you remain steady. Just know that this is very challenging mentally and physically and you will need to do a lot of talking to yourself to stay on the right road. Also, being musical every day is a cure for the blues. Play the simplest 2 or 3 cord songs just to get a taste of what’s to come. Hang in there.
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Thanks for posting this. I have to do the same soon and I was dreading the recovery time. Glad to hear you’re doing so well.
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Mick, is that you? Sweet.
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Happy TAC day. You notice that everyone smiles when they have a guitar? Have a great year 2.
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This is great advice. I also had a problem with rushing and not allowing my brain to participate in learning. Slow and steady pays off.
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Great post Phil. Keep having fun and remember that it gets better every time you pick up your guitar. Best of luck.
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Thank you so much for posting this. Jumpin’ Jeff nailed the core of why I’m here and couldn’t really put into words. Finding, creating and giving joy in the present are the only good reasons to pursue something this challenging. Jeff’s comments are a tremendous refresher for me Thanks again.
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You’ve got the right idea for sure. You’re your own boss so take as much time as you need. Like Guy H said remarked about Reinforcing poor habits, finish your exercise with some good playing to reinforce correct technique. Good luck.
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That is awesome. I am also in the middle of learning this song as it is one of my all-time favorites and very challenging, Thanks for the encouragement.
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That is really nice stuff. If you need to adopt that guitar out some time, I may be willing to give it a good home.
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Well done Tim. That’s a great guitar tone also. Is that a Seagull guitar?
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Good find. These exercises saved me when I thought that I would never be able to play. They should be in everyone’s daily routines.
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My intention was to suggest that you start by playing open chords or cowboy chords that we all start with to keep it simple, a, d, g, c, e, etc. Basic 3 chord songs are available with tabs online. That just gives you some easy musical chord changes to practice until you’re comfortable. At that point you can begin to add barre chords, which is a bigger challenge. As far as other skills courses, you’ll have to take a look to see if you feel ready to attempt them, if not, save for later. Freight Train may be one of those. No need to rush. I would strongly suggest that you tackle Fretboard Navigation and possibly Fretboard Wizard as soon as you can to get some basic theory under your belt. It will be a great help with understanding scales. The big hole in TAC seems to be the lack of beginning courses for scales. Even though there are weekly scales tidbits offered, there is no basic skills course offered for beginners at this time. You may have to go to other sources to find some basic info on major, minor and pentatonic scales to get a better start on that so that you will understand the weekly challenges. I hope this helps. Be sure to check out the July live check-in to get help with planning your course structure and goals.