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This sounds like you are aiming to master the lessons. You will want to not try to do that. Do your best for at least 10 minutes, do more if it’s still fun then mark the lesson complete. Complete does not mean you perfected anything, it just means you gave it a good effort. It might be 1 measure out of 12, it might be only a few notes or a simple move that you’ve never done before. Count anything like that as progress and go to next!
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That’s up to you but FW is lifetime so that might influence your decision. But you can also convert membership to lifetime any time before the year ends without losing your investment.
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I really like this performance @Braden. As you know I am a Canadian, grew up there and I was and still am a fan of artists like The Band (Robbie Robertson), Gordon Lightfoot, The Guess Who (Burton Cummings), BTO, Rush, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Cockburn, Chilliwack, Lover Boy, Saga, Parachute Club and many more that I not thinking of … oh David Clayton-Thomas of Blood Sweat and Tears. I moved to Florida in the late 80’s and never was exposed to the Tragically Hip. But after the fact, when Gord was dying I did try pretty hard to like their music. I gave it a good effort but couldn’t warm up to them, maybe I just missed too much by not being exposed to Canadian Radio at the end of the century. All my Canadian friends love their music.
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Like this version of the song. Well played!
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Dug up an old thread here, it’s an excellent topic. Of course a big reason we start learning guitar is to be able to play those songs that we love. I certainly wouldn’t discourage anyone who wants to use their time in this manner. I devote a bit of time each day myself to honing a song or 2, but I always make sure to stay in the system and not steal time away from my daily challenge.
I do think that if you are not very skilled it may not be the best use of your time to learn how to perform a song. Conversely, once you have acquired a sufficient level of playing skills then you can learn several (possibly a double digit number of) songs in the same time that it takes a beginner to learn his first song. This is why I have backed away from focusing on learning songs which admittedly was a huge desire when I started.
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At this point, 16 months into TAC I am only now trying to develop a repertoire of songs. I personally didn’t focus on it as some people might.
First thing I ever played through was “Horse With No Name” only 2 very easy chords. The strumming is tricky though, so as a beginner it took me a long time to get comfortable with it. I can play the verse for Hotel California almost at speed now, got to add the chorus and the vocals. I think before too long I’ll be able to play large portions of the bench mark songs and a few of the other songs in rotation.
Besides that I only know some riffs here and there but I want to pick out some of the 12 bar blues stuff since that’s fairly simple and we’ve done a number of them in TAC. I am also learning Simple Man (Skynyrd) since it’s a 3 simple chord song, but it’s challenging due to the pace. I’ve got a long list of songs I want to do down the road when my fingers catch up to my brain.
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This is the TAB for the video of Friday’s challenge. It’s not a whole song, it’s an exercise containing elements you might want to use in a different song. This whole week hasn’t been about a particular song, but about developing your skill as a guitar player in the areas of finger picking and slides. It’s actually among my favorite weeks in the calendar. So many nuggets!
This is true about any week really, while sometimes based on songs we may be familiar with, TAC is always pushing the skills envelope and not teaching a particular song because you can use what you learn to arrange other songs with the embellishments taught here.
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I have inexpensive instruments and I live in Florida where we only have a few dry days per year. Don’t do anything special, just check the tuning before each session. Lately it’s been dead on for over a week, so nothing changing.
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This is actually something you will be seeing on a weekly basis once you start with daily challenges. Every Wednesday is Improv day and you will usually learn a scale and then attempt to solo over a backing track. It’s always the same 3 step process:
1) First you play the scale note by note along with the scale video that you learned earlier, this is just another opportunity to rehearse the sequence of notes
2) Now, with the backing track playing on your device, you play the same scale. You are learning to play something different while the track is playing. It’s kind of soloing because you are doing something different (playing the scale), which is not what you are seeing and hearing.
3) the last thing is to introduce your own phrasing by just playing a few of the notes from the scale, in any order you wish. Tony is encouraging you to also add hammer-ons, pull-offs and bends but you don’t have to. I think that’s there for the more advanced players that opt to do 30 days.
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Very nicely done! You look like you’re having fun, I was very entertained!
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You have to keep applying pressure to the strings against the fretboard, if you loose contact the oscillation will diminish very quickly.
You might want to look at the skill course Tony mentions in the video: -
Hilarious @albert_d !
@Skyman911 no worries. I misread @Ang ‘s question too and answered it in generic terms.
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@Skyman911 , @Ang is asking if you know any songs that you could apply these “embellishments” to. I can’t name a particular song where these chords specifically could be inserted, but I’m sure a similar arrangement could work as one or more verses of your favorite 12 bar blues song.
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Thanks Loraine! Loraine has been here for a while, you can take her advice to the bank!
Just FYI @Loraine , this new member’s name is Jim – (Bar band Jim)
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Good question! I’m a newbie to music myself and have to defer to more seasoned musicians to supply some examples here.