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@PaulabMoore you can always take a break from TAC but I wouldn’t if I were you. Try to reframe the concept your daily habit in a way that it doesn’t overwhelm you. Rather than looking at the daily challenge as a list of tasks to get done, think of it as a tasteful buffet where you can cherry pick the most intriguing delicacies. Choose the thing(s) you want to do and mark complete. Doing a bit is better than doing none and if you took time off you might be doing none. Just sayin’!
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Sweet playing! 🙂
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Nice job! You seem to know what you’re doing!
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That’s wonderful that you were able to make strides via the benchmark challenge last week. I feel similar, it was kind of a watershed moment for me resulting in a big push. Thankfully my circumstances allowed for extra commitment.
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Yes it’s public!
Holy Molly, you nailed the challenge! Have you been playing for a while!
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It seems you haven’t made your video public @DanTheMan
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@Guitlesson it can happen that you drift into a rut, you’re not so enthused because you aren’t seeing enough progress. I think that’s the place I was in, especially in the improv realm. In fact with all the time I spent playing last week, improv was by far the smallest portion. I barely played through the scales. But I gave the other 4 challenges my all and then some. This week I need to go long on Wednesday and really take the next step in improvisation since it’s been one of my biggest thorns on my side.
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Congrats on your consistency! That is the key to progress!
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Way to introduce yourself with a bang! Wow! With a Pat Benatar classic! Awesome voice, your fingers seem very adequate to me…..I was marveling at the shapes you were making cuz I know my fingers can’t do that! Welcome to TAC!
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Thanks for the tip @jumpinjeff ! I’ll explore this. It’s great to have the experience available to us here; I really appreciate you chiming in here!
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I think improv is a stumbling block because I don’t enjoy learning scales, especially 5 of them at once. Would much prefer 1, maybe 2. I know Tony says we don’t have to learn them all at once. We can come back to those we miss next time, but I always find I need to review the first 1 or 2 and I’m back in the same place. Perhaps I need the Fretboard Wizard to really appreciate scales.
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Thanks for your feedback. I played it a half dozen times with just a few hiccups, but turn the camera on and it becomes a performance and I fingers don’t know what to do. LOL!
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Most beginner players believe they have some kind of physical disadvantage. This is because playing guitar is very hard to do. But the record is chock full of players who have overcome tremendous physical limitations to become excellent musicians:
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Mark Goffeney (played with his feet) just to name a few.
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Caught up is when you have spent at least 10 earnest minutes on the challenge of the day. Remember, you are not behind! This is your guitar journey, stop comparing yourself with others!
If you can’t get anywhere at all with the daily challenge (it’s totally over your head – and I’ve been there) then back up and play one of the previous challenges, maybe take Monday’s or Tuesday’s a little further or you can go to a previous week. Just do something a little better than the previous time. Make that your little WIN! I’ve called them nuggets in the past. If you look closely you can find nuggets all over the place, it’s a gold rush around here (Neil Young will make an appearance soon enough-lol!) -
If you get stuck somewhere, let me know! I’m here to help.