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Love the story! Thanks for sharing that. “Martin Backstage” – I learned something, so cool that you’re a member and all that you’re able to do to help veterans!
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Hi @timothyaroggeoutlook-com and welcome! TAC is indeed very cleverly designed. You’ve done well to come to the forum, lots of nuggets here! Keep on boogey-in’ !
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This clip was taken directly from today’s Daily Challenge. You might not be in the Daily’s yet since you are new to TAC. But Tony addresses the expectations issue that all new players face.
I was right there when I started just over 2 years ago, thinking I would have a playlist of a few dozen songs within a year. Reality sets in and you discover the hard truth that this C chord is kicking my butt and I’m not gonna learn it by sundown! I got discouraged early on, I had pretty much quit 3 months later when I found TAC.
Today I have most of the essential chords under my fingers and while I’m still struggling with some of the barre chords, there isn’t one that scares me. I’m getting there. Today’s challenge took me about 5 minutes to be able to play, 2 years ago I could have spent a week and not been able to play the first line.
It will come, you are improving even though you don’t see it. In our struggles is when we are learning the most. Suddenly it’s going to surprise you that you can do it; but only if you continue!
Enjoy your journey! I assure you I had many, many thuds on mine.
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Interesting!
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Personally I wouldn’t spend $200, when you can download a free App. I have and old phone on my desk that I use to record sessions. It also has the Fender app on it with whole array of tools like metronome, tuner, chord finder, If I was to have my heart set on a mechanical metronome I would check thrift stores and estate sales.
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@Jim-NavarreFL we know how to find them. We let them come to us. Benchmark weeks are scheduled once per month. The next one will probably be in about 3 weeks time; “Ain’t No Sunshine” (Bill Withers).
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@Wenda I just remembered this exercise that really helped me when I started out. I did this everyday for at least a month, and I still use it sometimes in warmups before playing sessions:
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Okay, I found my way back into the 30 Days to Play and yes in week 2 you get the G and the C and finally the D chord. As I recall I was able to form these chords when I started but transitions in and out were very bad and slow. I had some mutes in all 3 of them, I wouldn’t say it was an entire thud show, but far from clean.
They continued to be that way for months and months into the daily challenges. I didn’t let my deficiencies in making chord transitions deter me from doing TAC. Some weeks were very limited, I could do parts but never get very far in the more advanced lessons (Thursdays and Fridays). But I got a little better day by day, week by week. Year after year. I still have some issues today, but a lot less than during my first month of TAC.
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It’s been a while since I took the 30 Days but I don’t recall there being a new chord each day. I really hope you can get it sorted and come back into this program. There isn’t a better one. I know that some beginners have spent more time on the 30 Days before moving on. I’ve always recommended not to delay since the principles will be repeated in the daily challenges, but to each their own. You can delay it if you want to, it’s your program! I wish you well, @Wenda !
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There is a mistake above that I wanted to correct:
I wrote: “otherwise the pattern would shift on the B string since it’s tuned to a 4th instead of a fifth.”
In standard (EADGBE) tuning each string is tuned to the fourth above the previous string, with the exception of the B string that is only the 3rd (G-A-B) above the G. The high E is the fourth (B-C-D-E) again.
I used the wrong interval and also the wrong article. I said “a” fourth which could be interpreted as 1/4th. It isn’t that, it’s not a fraction but indicates order as notes come after each other in a specific order: A is the fourth note after E.
On the guitar each string is 1/2 of an octave higher than the previous string.
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Great to hear @Bayvu2 !
Wish you a continued smooth recovery!
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Jorge, I have dished out my share of criticism to TAC but I still think it’s the best darn learning program ever in any field. I’ve studied all kinds of things online in the past 30 years and I have not seen anything like it. It’s even more amazing because it’s hardly interactive. Tony rarely get’s on here, the interaction is primarily between students, while the meat and potatoes of the curriculum are prerecorded videos.
Beyond that I have learned that helping others often times tends to help me as well.
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Welcome to the TAC forum @rhayes73aol-com
I know there must be a whole legion of TACers who never visit the forums. Why? I guess they don’t know about it. It’s a shame, really. Lot’s of great info and help to be found here!