petelanger
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Hmmn, not sure that I have had either of those things (exactly) happen.
1. A while back (2 weeks or so) we had a glitch where are the tracking got very discombobulated and this condition was for everyone or at least a lot of members. They did correct all that and my stats returned to what they should have been.
2. I have had my daily streak get broken after day in which I was on the site playing through challenges. I attribute this to not clicking onto the challenges home page.
3. I don’t believe I have ever been able to click into tomorrow’s challenge. There is a way access that but not by clicking on it as you would a current day or recent day challenge
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Are you talking about what Tony named “Sambora Sweetness”? This is something I play multiple times per week. But only the run from the 14th fret down to the first, I do it with and without the pick, all kinds of variations. At some point I need to add on the rest of the intro. LOL!
Congrats on your win!
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Nothing to worry about, you just pick up in the lesson that appears when you are ready to return. The challenges aren’t cumulative, each one is self contained and many of the skills are repeated in other lessons helping you to get them down as they keep coming at you.
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Those are some big wins! It’s great to have a friend that you can grow with too, very helpful! Congrats!
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That is beautiful!
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Assuming that you are fretting correctly (as close to the frets as possible), I would think a setup would help with the buzzing.
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I think this would be amazing if it were your 5th time through! First? I think you are so close to knocking this out of the park.
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Been playing for a year, I too still hear thuds sometimes.
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You need to REFRAME!
So you have recognized that you are dissatisfied because your expectations about your progress are not being met.
There are a few things wrong with that:
How would you know how long it should take to progress according to your own standard? You have never learned guitar before so you can only compare it to other skills. Most of those, like touch typing, surfing, driving, sewing, knitting are not nearly as complex as playing guitar. They can be learned in a shorter time because there are only a few components to learning them. Guitar is different, hundreds of little movements in the hands required to get it right. This overloads your brain quickly. Progress will be slow in the beginning, but it picks up and surprisingly it will happen without you realizing it. You struggle and struggle and then suddenly at some point when you aren’t expecting it, you can play that chord, mimic that rhythm, hit the right string without looking, or remember those notes!The next is not everybody learns how to play guitar at the same pace. I am sure that my progress is at the low end of the spectrum. I’ve been playing for a year but still would not perform for anyone but myself. I have moments where I sound pretty good, those last about 3 seconds, lol! Maybe 10 -15 seconds if it’s an easy lick. But I am so much better than I was a year ago
Change your perspective, you have to reframe what a successful session is. Take something away from each time you are involved with a daily challenge or a skill course! Any small thing will do. Maybe you understood clearly what Tony was doing and mentally you had it, but your fingers can’t quite do it yet. Maybe you did a section a bit better than yesterday or last time. Maybe you showed up and gave it your best.
I find it isn’t hard to pick a win every time I play guitar. You have heard the old saying: “How do you eat and elephant? One bite at a time. Becoming a proficient guitar player is a good sized elephant! Take small a enough bite so your brain isn’t overloaded. Tony sets this up for you. He doesn’t ask you to sit down and play Alice’s Restaurant. He has you do challenges that take 5 – 15 seconds. Then at times he’ll ask you to try to piece 2 or more of those together, but it’s still a win if you can do them individually.
Try very hard to not focus on what you can’t do yet. Reframe your thinking, uncover what you have been blind to, and notice what you can do now!
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Thanks, yes it was a blessing that it didn’t hinder me in the least. I’ve always had strong bones and apparently at 65 I still do. I used to ski and snowboard a lot and on occasion I have taken some crazy spills, but I’ve always come down the mountain on my own.
I have to ask: what are rdsgossamerwings?
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Thanks, I do pretty much the same as you, it does seem that your elbow moves in rather than out as @Loraine and @Skyman911 have stated above. For me it only works bringing it in.
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You are, keep up the good play!
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Good recommendation, I’ll try to fit it in some time – give it whirl.
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Good recommendation, I’ll try to fit it in some time – give it whirl.
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