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Yes, this is a great system @jefbla1997gmail-com . You can jump in anywhere in the year and join the group of players. It’s a little hard to connect, but the chat sessions under the challenges are quite lively.
What’s been posted above is all very true. I would only add that you should give it your best, try when possible to not quit as soon as you hit a wall. Those seemingly impossible stumbling blocks are your biggest potential for growth. Spend an extra minute or two on the thing that is very difficult for you, often times a breakthrough will follow in due time.
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Unfortunately, no. There is a week featuring a syncopated rhythm, perhaps another member can chime in which challenge that is, but no Bob Marley or anything of that sort.
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@KevinZ – beautiful as always!
I am not a huge fan of the music genre you often cover, not that I hate it, it’s just not my first GoTo. But I always enjoy your renditions! You’re one of the players on TAC that really inspire me. Maybe in a half dozen years….
Was wondering, have you ever covered Suspicious Minds?
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Great setup! It’s so important to have that place in your home that calls out to you to pick up a guitar and play!
What you said about “building volume with blocks of time – no matter the length of each” – very true. In fact, I would argue that six 10-minute blocks during a day will benefit you more than playing for an hour once a day.
Chunking it down and focusing on different aspects will most certainly help more while you retain it for a longer period.
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You’ve got real quick chord transitions!
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@BarbaraM just try to stay positive! Did you record yourself when you started? If so you might want to look at that and notice your growth.
Have you looked at any of the skill courses recently? Maybe you can find something there that can tighten things up. There are all sorts of courses for both the fretting and the picking/strumming hand.
Some of us take longer to learn than others, I am right there with you. Learning to play guitar has been slow going for me as well, but I can see the growth because
1. I remember when I couldn’t play at all
2. I have taken notes quite frequently while playing through the challenges
3. I have recorded myself at least every few monthsOne habit that has really exploded my growth has been playing while watching TV. I’ll stream one of my favorite shows and just have the guitar on my lap while I am looping through some exercise or playing a lick. This really helps getting it into your subconscious mind because you’re doing another thing simultaneously. In other words you learn to do things without having to think (automatically), like riding a bike or driving your car.
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Very nicely done @Marty74 . I pray to have half your competence one day!
The Lord is good all the time, but we mess up a bunch and need His help!
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It’s always a good feeling @oldgal when you can feel or smell progress with your guitar playing. You may feel like you’re going backwards momentarily but then before long you’ll take giant leaps as your fingers gradually begin to obey and that can be just glorious!
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Don’t worry about us Loraine, if you need to come on here to vent, no matter how many characters you put down in your post, we’ll read ’em! Always here for you, sister!
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Sweet! Always been one of my favorites! I wouldn’t call it talking, your half singing! Nicely done @Philb !
I was 64 when I started TAC last July (a day before my birthday)! I’m 66 now. 🙂
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Well I say that @Moose408 because compared to the forums they are “lively”. On Challenge days there could be 100 – 150 posts, give or take. Many are just “how easy or difficult they found the challenge” but many others give advise or some insight. The problem is the posts roll down as more people post and so much of it goes unviewed. I’ll scroll down a few dozen posts and occasionally to the very beginning, but I’m not going to come back at midnight and do this, nor will I scroll down every day.
These posts are essentially gone each week never to be seen again. The volume of posts in the forums is much, much lower: probably between 5 and 10 daily. It’s irksome to me how low participation is, only a few people post and among those most only seem to check in once or twice a week (if that often). The vast majority of people who post under the challenges, never venture into the forums. Anything they contribute will be invisible within a week, kind of sad.
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You can learn finger placement separate from strumming/picking, that makes it simpler and easier to do while watching TV. Lauren Bateman teaches how to memorize chord shapes in your fingers (muscle memory). https://youtu.be/QCBmVesk8X8
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The divided attention thing is the point. You are trying to get your moves to become automatic. Of course you do have to rehearse them while looking for some time but it all possible you can try to feel rather than look, that would be preferable.
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Thanks for the smiles! Beatles 4ever 🙂