petelanger
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Thanks to @Moose408 we always have access to any TAC lesson. It doesn’t change much from year to year but just in case there are almost 3 full years worth in this google sheet:
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Welcome @Woods
Wow, did you really start only a month ago? That was great!
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Welcome @emveetgmail-com
Hello M.V! I think that this program will suit you well to get back into playing after a long pause. Many others here have done it. Don’t hesitate to ask questions here in the forum! We’re here to help. Keep us posted on your progress and celebrate your wins with us!
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Welcome to TAC @lilcowgirl2483yahoo-com
Just know that everyone starting to play guitar thinks that they have one or more physical limitations that will hold them back. The longer you stick with it the less the apparent problems will hinder you. Many guitarists have short fingers.
While you are starting there are things you can do to help. If you don’t have a capo, get one and place the capo several frets from the nut. You can start with 2 or 4. Now you might be able to reach better because everything is closer together. Take a look at the warmup stretching exercises in the skills section. Warming up will loosen your fingers up and allow you to reach better. Think about what you can do regularly to help with your reach. I do some stretches throughout the day whenever I think of it. I’ll even do them at night when I wake up.
Don’t expect this to get a lot better immediately, it takes years. I’ve been playing for 2 years and still can’t reach everything that comes up in the TAC challenges, but I’m getting closer.
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Don’t forget the 5 Days to Play series must also be completed. Then they will start sending you emails with links to the daily challenges.
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I recall when I started it took a while for the home screen to refresh and start showing you the daily challenges. It will look like this:
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Discovery! (Perhaps some insight, maybe less than 2 cents worth)
I’m doing OK on my barre chord journey. None seem impossible, some harder than others. Noticing the limitations I’m experiencing, I’ve been examining the flexibility in each of my finger joints and also my ability to control the movement: bend the knuckle where it’s needed most.
The biggest problem is in the ring finger of my fretting hand is at the last knuckle (DIP joint), I have no problems at the MCP joint. I can only bend it about 45 degrees where 90 would be desirable to prevent muting of the string below it. Index and ring are almost able to bend 90 degrees
As I check out all my fingers I see there is a lot of disparity between all 8 fingers. It tells me that I must do stretching exercises to improve flexibility and control.
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Not sure if this is the same topic as @BrandonK‘s original request regarding FW:
E String Pattern 01 and
E String Pattern 02but I found this video very helpful:
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@BrandonK what were you wanting to ask? Your post seems to have been cut off mid thought. I don’t have FW. Please elaborate and someone more qualified than I will surely answer. Perhaps @jumpinjeff maybe, or @Skyman911
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The architects of the website (idk: Tony?) designed it so you can go back 45 days
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you can favorite anything you like and have access all the time. There is your personal archive (by hearting the lesson).
I don’t know the reasons behind this but I’m sure that thought went into it because Tony applied a lot of Psychology into how he set up the entire program.
We the members are providing you a workaround; please accept it for what it is.
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Thanks @jorgemac but I’m a rookie and have learned a lot of what I know from you!
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If you don’t start getting the email invitation to Daily Challenges, contact support@tonypolecastro.com
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I save all TABs into Microsoft OneNote. I have all the TAB sheets (including the Wednesday scales) saved to my cloud folders. I usually TAC from my my laptop, but I can pull up any tab on one of my tablets or my phone no matter where I am. The notes are searchable of course.
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This reply was modified 2 weeks ago by petelanger.
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@Mika, in my opinion it’s preferable to go with the active schedule when you enter daily challenges. There is no need to try and play catch up, always just do the challenge of the day! Of course on weekends there isn’t a daily so you can go back to earlier in the week and repeat something.
These lessons are self contained, they don’t build on what happened the prior week. month…whatever. Furthermore the topics are redone in a new context, it’s all cyclical. This way every member is doing the same daily challenge and the comments under those challenges will be current. If you post you might get some feedback, which will never happen if you are doing a challenge that is not from the current week.
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Just adding an FAQ page would do wonders @VictoriaTACTeam
