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Are you looking for the daily stretch, those warmup exercises? That’s in the skills tab. Look for the music sign in the side bar on the left
It appears that skill courses don’t have the option to be favorited.
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I would love to start something up again if anybody is interested in putting a group together. I feel much too green to lead this but I wouldn’t mind helping to organize things if there is enough interest. I find it isn’t lively enough around here.
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It looks like this has been renamed from Progress Party to Enjoyment Audit.
We actually do a self audit every 90 days. I was also confused about this when I started. I will look up the thread that I started then and link to it since people chimed in on how the audit works. It used to be a collective effort that Tony was involved in but this hasn’t been done in many years as the membership grew along with Tony’s family.
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I usually fret 2-4, then barre like you. I’m trying to do it simultaneously.
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@KevinZ your waltz rhythm seems to be just fine! As an Austrian I should know, LOL!
Thanks for posting so many songs, you sure are a busy beaver. I’m hoping to get to that point where I can learn songs quickly. I’ve noticed a big improvement, I am working on several different songs now which I couldn’t have done a year ago. It’ll be a while before I post any of them, other than a benchmark or other TAC song.
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Very well done Braden! Really didn’t notice you struggling!
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Congratulations on your growth in just a year of playing! That is quite remarkable. I’m at about 20 months and haven’t mastered any full songs, can’t maintain smooth playing for more than a fraction of a minute in the best of circumstances.
Performance anxiety happens to most people. Only a small percentage of mankind doesn’t have this experience. Many have overcome the fear, but still say they have to do it over and over, night after night.
My playing degrades about 30% just by turning the camera on, which is very foolish since nobody will see the video unless I want them to.
Jim Morrison (The Doors) was so nervous when they started performing he would not face the audience. Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) was so averse to performing that they didn’t tour for many years and became primarily a studio band, cherry-picking the best session musicians in the world to contribute to his work.
I’ve been trying to overcome my anxiety by just bringing out the guitar and noodling while sitting next to my wife on the couch and it does seem to have gotten slightly better. Lastly I want to say that you at barely 50 years if age, are young! I started at 64 but I still plan to get proficient enough to perform at church and around the campfire.
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Ummmmm, wouldn’t that be the ring finger @Moose408 ?
I personally can’t reach across a whole fret between index and middle.
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April and August of last year the cost was $167. I have resisted too, but my reasoning is not strictly cost, I didn’t want the distraction. I’ll probably go for it on the next sale thought. Right now I’m enjoying the “No Bull Music Theory for Guitarists” books by James Shipway.
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Beautiful comment!! ❤
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@Moose408 isn’t it the darnedest thing? It must go back to the childhood memories. I recall in the 60’s we had a reel to reel recorder and when I first taped myself speaking it sounded weird and I felt self conscious about recording myself ever since. It doesn’t matter what medium we evolved to, be it cassette, VHS or digital recording, they have always made me nervous!
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You’ll get there, show up regularly and just don’t give up! In the beginning I immediately put the guitar down when I heard someone approaching. But now I’ve picked it up in front of family members a number of times and I still couldn’t play a lick but was feeling more at ease. I’m hoping my son in law can work with me a bit. He showed me a few things last week that were really helpful and I started practicing them with him in the room. He’s just a really busy dude, music director and pastor at our church with 3 small children.