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Dug up an old thread here, it’s an excellent topic. Of course a big reason we start learning guitar is to be able to play those songs that we love. I certainly wouldn’t discourage anyone who wants to use their time in this manner. I devote a bit of time each day myself to honing a song or 2, but I always make sure to stay in the system and not steal time away from my daily challenge.
I do think that if you are not very skilled it may not be the best use of your time to learn how to perform a song. Conversely, once you have acquired a sufficient level of playing skills then you can learn several (possibly a double digit number of) songs in the same time that it takes a beginner to learn his first song. This is why I have backed away from focusing on learning songs which admittedly was a huge desire when I started.
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At this point, 16 months into TAC I am only now trying to develop a repertoire of songs. I personally didn’t focus on it as some people might.
First thing I ever played through was “Horse With No Name” only 2 very easy chords. The strumming is tricky though, so as a beginner it took me a long time to get comfortable with it. I can play the verse for Hotel California almost at speed now, got to add the chorus and the vocals. I think before too long I’ll be able to play large portions of the bench mark songs and a few of the other songs in rotation.
Besides that I only know some riffs here and there but I want to pick out some of the 12 bar blues stuff since that’s fairly simple and we’ve done a number of them in TAC. I am also learning Simple Man (Skynyrd) since it’s a 3 simple chord song, but it’s challenging due to the pace. I’ve got a long list of songs I want to do down the road when my fingers catch up to my brain.
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This is the TAB for the video of Friday’s challenge. It’s not a whole song, it’s an exercise containing elements you might want to use in a different song. This whole week hasn’t been about a particular song, but about developing your skill as a guitar player in the areas of finger picking and slides. It’s actually among my favorite weeks in the calendar. So many nuggets!
This is true about any week really, while sometimes based on songs we may be familiar with, TAC is always pushing the skills envelope and not teaching a particular song because you can use what you learn to arrange other songs with the embellishments taught here.
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I have inexpensive instruments and I live in Florida where we only have a few dry days per year. Don’t do anything special, just check the tuning before each session. Lately it’s been dead on for over a week, so nothing changing.
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This is actually something you will be seeing on a weekly basis once you start with daily challenges. Every Wednesday is Improv day and you will usually learn a scale and then attempt to solo over a backing track. It’s always the same 3 step process:
1) First you play the scale note by note along with the scale video that you learned earlier, this is just another opportunity to rehearse the sequence of notes
2) Now, with the backing track playing on your device, you play the same scale. You are learning to play something different while the track is playing. It’s kind of soloing because you are doing something different (playing the scale), which is not what you are seeing and hearing.
3) the last thing is to introduce your own phrasing by just playing a few of the notes from the scale, in any order you wish. Tony is encouraging you to also add hammer-ons, pull-offs and bends but you don’t have to. I think that’s there for the more advanced players that opt to do 30 days.
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Very nicely done! You look like you’re having fun, I was very entertained!
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You have to keep applying pressure to the strings against the fretboard, if you loose contact the oscillation will diminish very quickly.
You might want to look at the skill course Tony mentions in the video: -
But here are links to it if you don’t want to wait until then @Steve569 ….
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/dogwood-flowers-4-2/
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/rock-me-4-2/
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/wind-and-rain-4-2/
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/north-country-winters-4-2/
https://tonypolecastro.com/lessons/headin-down-south-4-2/
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Sheryl Crow recorded so many great songs, didn’t she?
Thanks for posting! I can’t imagine how hard it must be for you, but you’re plowing through it, kudos!
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The forum is searchable, but not much else unfortunately. The members list can be searched by location, but not by name or any other criteria. You can sort the members a few ways (recently active, alpha) but that’s rarely helpful since there are nearly 4000 members. Sometimes you can find something if you know it involves a certain member’s participation and you can browse through their activity.
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I too am not at all familiar with the band or their music. Sounds like an interesting song from I assume the Southern Rock genre. It’s good to see and hear you playing again @Loraine !
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Thanks for stopping by @5StringSB !
It’s in the TAC song vault which I’ve linked to:
https://hub-lkx8655w8n.membership.io/link to Kicking Rocks https://hub-lkx8655w8n.membership.io/playlist/y4LKlQXOkA
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I can always count on you to follow up with a link! Thanks @Moose408 !
I like that you post your link since it’s nicely and conveniently updated, while my copy remains static.
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The only way in is with that link, it isn’t available on the TAC site. I got it last year from @Loraine (I believe) and I bookmarked it in my guitar tab. I’m on here everyday so not much gets by me, lol!
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I’ve been living in Florida since the late 80’s but I somehow missed Old Scarecrow but I like the Southern Rock style. I’ve been working on a Lynyrd Skynyrd song for weeks that I’m hoping to post eventually.