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  • petelanger

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    November 2, 2025 at 1:06 pm in reply to: Warm ups

    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.

  • petelanger

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    November 2, 2025 at 12:53 pm in reply to: Live video chats or lessons

    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.

  • petelanger

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    November 2, 2025 at 12:43 pm in reply to: Guitar Enjoyment Audit?
  • petelanger

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    November 2, 2025 at 12:40 pm in reply to: Guitar Enjoyment Audit?

    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.

  • petelanger

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    October 30, 2025 at 12:31 pm in reply to: Barre chord Hand positions

    I usually fret 2-4, then barre like you. I’m trying to do it simultaneously.

  • petelanger

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    October 30, 2025 at 12:07 pm in reply to: Day 5 Can’t Find My Way Home
  • petelanger

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    October 30, 2025 at 7:00 am in reply to: Play Me The Waltz Of The Angels Cover

    @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.

  • petelanger

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    October 29, 2025 at 8:27 pm in reply to: All The Best – John Prine (second edition)

    Very well done Braden! Really didn’t notice you struggling!

  • petelanger

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    November 3, 2025 at 9:46 am in reply to: Ain’t No Sunshine – (Friday) – Every Time She Goes Away

    @vivianetessierme-com thank-you for watching! Fingers are slow, having to do a lot of repetitions to try and up my transition speed. I am slowly improving. I wish I had done it when I was young. I wanted to but I didn’t ask my parents for whatever reason. My older sister started at 13, she got pretty good and the whole family would gather in the living room to sing along with the songs she had learned. The few that I remember are listed here, but she played many, many more back in the late 60’s.

    Yesterday
    To Sir With Love
    Summer Time
    As Tears Go By
    Yellow Bird
    The House of the Rising Sun

  • petelanger

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    November 3, 2025 at 6:24 am in reply to: Guitar Enjoyment Audit?

    @Ang

    I share in your disappointment. Nonetheless, I was aware of this when I converted my membership to lifetime. I find that despite some shortcomings, it is still the best value out there because the lessons are that good. He has the them structured in a layered fashion so that beginner to advanced players can benefit. I really wish the communication were improved though. The only lively place is in the challenge area and that is very fleeting with only minimal engagement among the students (there are actually hurdles to overcome if you want to post more than once in the same challenge). At the end of the week all the interaction (mostly one-sided) gets flushed!

  • petelanger

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    November 2, 2025 at 3:06 pm in reply to: Welcome to the Benchmark Progress Forum

    @Ang

    This is an old thread and I’m not sure who the question is for or even what the question is.

  • petelanger

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    November 2, 2025 at 12:57 pm in reply to: A shape Barre Chord

    Ummmmm, wouldn’t that be the ring finger @Moose408 ?

    I personally can’t reach across a whole fret between index and middle.

  • petelanger

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    November 2, 2025 at 12:23 pm in reply to: Fret Board Wizard

    @Ang

    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.

  • petelanger

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    October 31, 2025 at 1:14 pm in reply to: Anxiety when playing in front of others

    Beautiful comment!! ❤

  • petelanger

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    October 29, 2025 at 6:21 pm in reply to: Anxiety when playing in front of others

    @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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