[petelanger]

I posted this yesterday, it might help to clear up some things.

https://tonypolecastro.com/family-forums/topic/win-deciphering-the-rhythm-to-not-so-old-rodeo/

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Win – deciphering the rhythm to “Not So Old Rodeo” - Small Wins - Tony's Acoustic Challenge

Win – deciphering the rhythm to “Not So Old Rodeo” - Small Wins - Tony's Acoustic Challenge

[petelanger]

Tony wasn’t kidding about the “influx of new members” that he mentioned to start off this thread. I started paging through new members just to get a feel for how many, I went back 30 pages (that makes 600 members) and I still was on Joined Jan 2026.

Since it takes a while to load a page, and you can’t skip I stopped there. Who knows, there might be over a thousand who have joined in the past 2 weeks.

[petelanger]

Hopefully @laurie-d-jacksongmail-com will at some point see that a number of fellow TAC members have responded and give us some feedback.

[petelanger]

@jjaylandjaol-com welcome to TAC. Your post really resonates with me because I felt the same when I joined at age 65. It wasn’t my very first guitar lesson, that happened 4 months earlier but I was amazed at how well things were moving along during the first 30 days. I was actually “playing guitar”. Don’t get me wrong I’m still a Newb but since being in the TAC program I never doubted that I could become the kind of player I desire to. Ok, I know I’m not going to be a shredder, but I’ll be able to play at family gatherings, jam with some of bros! That’s really what I wanted!

I hope your journey continues to amaze you as it has me!

[petelanger]

Now I’ve discovered a new issue and it’s in the forums, it’s not an issue under the Challenges because those posts cannot be edited.

After I have posted something in the forum and decide I want to add more or change some wording, something I’ve doing for years here, this is no longer working as expected.

When I edit my forum post and click on the Post button, my edits are not applied and the reverts back to the original. This has happened to me about 4-5 times now. Just another thing overcome on this website.

• This reply was modified 4 months ago by  petelanger. Reason: typo

[petelanger]

@CamiB, many of us have experienced this! Thank-you for asking!

This occurs in the comments area under the challenges and not in the forums. What happens is your first post is without any issues. When you go to add another, it won’t post and you might see a message box with the text:

tonypolecastro.com says
with an OK button in the right bottom corner

There’s a work around:

1. click ok
2. copy your post into the buffer with the copy or cut function
3. refresh the webpage
4. paste in your comment
5. try to post
6. sometimes it still won’t post but you won’t see an error message box. Make a small change in the text (add punctuation or a word). Now it should post for you!

Support is aware of the issue but says it isn’t affecting enough users to warrant having their IT team correct it. I have chatted with Victoria a number of times about this to no avail.

[petelanger]

There’s no reason why you can’t raise the neck high up to where you’re comfortable. Doing this can help improve your posture and reduce strain on your neck and shoulders, us beginners need all the help we can get.

[petelanger]

Definitely have to temper those expectations. In the beginning you might only be able to do a few notes of a challenge, perhaps a measure here and one there. That’s totally ok, just try to learn something. Look for a little nugget you can take away, something you didn’t know yesterday or you couldn’t get the last time…..endless possibilities for a small win. After time, those insurmountable things shrink a little, you’ll see!

[petelanger]

Nice playing @Marty75. Unfortunately the Eagles (or those who manage their catalog) are notorious for being ruthlessly unforgiving. The time and admiration that you invested while learning to play their music represent one of the truest forms of flattery and it doesn’t hurt the Eagles in any way, on the contrary it opens up listenership to a wider audience.

[petelanger]

Welcome to TAC @laurie-d-jacksongmail-com

Just yesterday another new member posted here about having small hands. I will link to that thread below so as not to have to repeat myself.

So 2 days? Have you been playing all day long for 2 days? If so that is counter productive. The program is minimum 10 minutes daily. You can go a bit longer but after 20 minutes you should definitely take a break. You can only absorb so much while doing something completely new like learning guitar. The movements are completely unnatural and are not replicated in most anything we typically learn to do in our lives.

I’ve been playing for close to 2 years and started with TAC 18 months ago. I got decent command of the C chord probably about 3 months into my journey

the G chord about 4 -5 months in

the B7 was right after that.

Many of the chords that I thought I had under my fingers at this point I really didn’t because while transitioning into them or making modifications to them I would be muting strings all over the place, especially the D, E and C chords.

It wasn’t until about 6 months ago (a full year after joining TAC) that I was able to play an F mini (barre chord) with any consistency.

Don’t be so quickly discouraged, you are only a few days into your journey. It will take a few years to learn guitar, at least for most people not 16 or under!

link to yesterday’s thread “I have small hands and just can’t get a clear G chord“

https://tonypolecastro.com/family-forums/topic/g-chord-3/?bbp_reply_to=2160718&_wpnonce=2379ecab5f#new-post

[petelanger]

@Mountain-gal @Moose408

TRUTH! I couldn’t agree more!

[petelanger]

Good one @Skyman911

I had this on my mind too. I’m no small guy, about average (5′ 11′) but my favorite guitar to play is 3/4 size. More importantly than it’s the length, the body thickness is about 3 1/2 inches, compared to 4 3/4 on my full size Takamine.

[petelanger]

@albert_d the issue isn’t here in the forums, it’s under the challenges where members comment after going through the daily video. I think 99% just post once and there’s no issue. It occurs when you post more than once. Super annoying!

[petelanger]

After a reasonable period….LOL! Copyrights typically last for the life of the author plus 70 years!!! But YT has lost their collective minds on the enforcement. In many cases it’s a money grab by YT for the monetization of videos that creators have poured their heart and souls into and not initiated by the band’s representatives.

I’m sure Marty’s video wasn’t of a viral nature and garnering thousands of views, so what’s driving them to suspend or terminate a user’s account? I have no idea!

[petelanger]

Yes, 2 years, sometimes I forget that it’s ’26 already @Moose408. Explains why I wasn’t affected by it last year.

It’s such a shame, Tony is serving up “Duck breast à l’orange” with “Vanilla crème brûlée” deserts at Mel’s Rusty Spoon Diner.