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In the skill courses (see the music symbol in the task bar on the left) you can find the Daily Stretch for Guitar https://tonypolecastro.com/courses/guitar-players-daily-stretch-guide/
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This is crazy good for a new player! Well done!
I would caution you with naming your video “Hotel California” on YouTube. The Eagles are extreme blockers and some members have had their accounts suspended. It would be nice if TAC’s platform would let up upload video to avoid this issue. It isn’t a problem with most artists. -
So I did this as well when I started. I completed the 30 days plus the 5 Day Challenge in about 27 days. I went ahead and started daily challenges immediately afterward. It’s really up to you if you are moving along in the program, but don’t overlook the skill courses, you might find some courses there that are more beneficial to your progress than speeding ahead with the first 30 days.
The daily stretch is awesome, I have gone through that entirely about a half dozen times and I use the neck, hand and finger warmups regularly.
Also:
Your Next 6 ChordsStrumming
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Ron, you will notice that Tony uses different variations of many chords but specifically the G has all sorts of variants and he often explains this in the daily challenges but not necessarily every time it’s used. You can leave the B string open but I have also seen where he leaves the A string open, but not both.
On the Fender (Tuner) App you’ll find 7 G Major Chord shapes, but there are actually more since you can use different finger combinations for some of them.
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Love it! Especially how it quickly moves along, great lyrics! Very inspiring work!
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I appreciate your thanks today, but I think this will really be helpful tomorrow! I’ll link back to it in tomorrow’s comments as well.
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Replying to self to bump post since it’s Five Star Hotel Week again.
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American Girl is probably his signature song.
So many great ones though: Don’t Do Me Like That, Refugee, Last Dance with Mary Jane, Breakdown and on and on….
Dolly Parton did a beautiful tribute to Tom by singing Southern Accents
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Totally normal, I am struggling with it myself! Here’s an exercise that I did for weeks last year but have only done occasionally since and if I had done it 2 minutes a day, everyday I bet I wouldn’t have had any problem with Thursday and Friday’s challenges>
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It’s a tad tender, but I was playing guitar with no problems on the same day it happened! Thanks @Guitargeezer-Jack !
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I haven’t heard the expression Shock and Awe since GW Bush days in Iraq. Pretty sure this song is not about him! lol!
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Oh, I am sorry! It prints out super small if you try to print from this site. I will attach a pdf file with good size diagrams.
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“Wishes for many more” (anniversaries), but he is saying he can’t stay, this is it.
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I think @TCice is saying good-bye
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I know, right? That’s why I’m not fiddling with it every day. Got to keep my focus on the guitar. The mando is fun though, such a cool sound. I bought is specifically to play the mandolin parts in “Losing My Religion” and I looked at some videos and thought: that doesn’t look terribly hard.
Then as I was going through it and trying to rehearse the parts, darn…if there isn’t a very difficult reach on one of the chords. It’s such a tiny instrument (frets are less than 3/4 inches) and I’m a grown man with fairly large hands but it was giving me some trouble so I’ve set it aside.
I just pulled it out again and tried it, have to reach from the bottom E string on the first fret to the top G string on the 5th fret with my ring finger. I actually can do it now, it’s not comfortable but all this stretch work with TAC is paying dividends. Yay!