Philb
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Hello, and welcome. With the 30 days to play; take as much time as you need. Many take longer than 30 days, some less. Don’t look for perfection. Do it to where you feel comfortable that you understand it, and are playing it. It does not have to be perfect, or at speed to move on.
With the daily challenges, Tony designed the program to put in at least 10 minutes a day of practice on those. Just try to be consistent in playing every day. You can spend more time on them if you’d like ; but just do the best you can in that time, favorite some if you like to return to them; and move on. The lessons come around again. There are some that I couldn’t handle well the first time, that I was able to do decently the next time they showed up.
There are also Skill Courses. Do them at a pace that works for you.With daily practice, you will find your skills coming together, as you go through the Daily Challenges and Skill Courses. Day by day your hand strength, accuracy, and speed improves; your technique will improve; and then you will be applying them to songs.
Have fun as you play guitar daily, according to where you are at. You will see improvement that will surprise you.As far as your strumming; check to see if you are hitting another string as you strum. Maybe just work on pick control by hitting one string over and over, up and down stroke, adjusting and getting control of your movement. It is really hard to say without seeing you strum.
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This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Philb.
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Congrats for taking the plunge! You will be surprised at how you progress by following the program daily.
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Congratulations for taking that step and keeping at it to finish it. That is courage. Way to go!
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@charlie_d I didn’t realize that.
@DougB Thanks for listening and the kind words.
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That’s great! One day at a time, and we keep growing in our guitar ability. One song at a time, and you will have many to play. Way to go!
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Thanks! It is through TAC I have learned different techniques and how to apply them. It makes it more interesting.
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That was excellent! Sounded great; smooth and clear. Very nice finger picking. I could see you playing that before an audience.
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Thanks for listening, and the kind words. I forgot to mention that it is in E flat tuning; just tuning every string down a half step. I had never played in that tuning before. Fun to experiment. I also spelt Lynyrd Skynyrd wrong. The d in Lynyrd was just a typo; but the a’s in both names instead of the y was brain fatigue; getting old 😜.
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Great job! I have always felt you have an Elvis vibe in your singing.
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Welcome!
If you can’t find someone locally, maybe you can find a TAC member who you match with, feel comfortable with: and play together on Messenger, Zoom, or some other platform.
I hope you find this community as inviting as many of us have, and find it will help you grow as a guitar player. -
Nice!
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Congrats! Way to keep at it!
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Really excellent original; sung and played well! Bravo!
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I identify with your statement. Today was tough. We just do what we can, learn some, improve a little; and keep going. Things do come around after awhile; though for me the pace is often slow. Welcome to TAC, and enjoy the journey!
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I didn’t realize they used that tuning either until I was set on learning it. It does change the tone, the mood. I had never thought I would be trying different tuning. Since being in TAC I think I have now tried different ones.