petelanger
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Welcome back! Keep us posted how you are doing and don’t hesitate to ask for help!
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I received a reply from you in a different thread, not sure how the message got crossed. Can you tell me the course you are in and where in the sequence you are?
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Would like to help but I not seen the lesson on “Billy and the Low Ground”, and it doesn’t seem to have appeared in @Moose408 ‘s listing of challenges for the past 18 months.
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Look for the icon at bottom right
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As always, thanks for posting Kevin!
My wife and I are headed to Austria next week and we’ll be taking in some Waltzes at the Vienna State Opera House by Johann Strauss. There might not be any guitar playing, lol!
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Awesome! Thanks Moose! This saves a lot of time.
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I had the same issue with a lot of chords and I still do when doing chord transitions. While I can play the chord clean if I just sit down and form a C-chord, I might flub it if I’m coming from an F or a C chord. But in the beginning I couldn’t play it clean no matter how much I tried. So the answer is, it will get better with time.
What helped me was pushing my wrist a little bit further under the guitar neck and make sure my fingers are coming at the strings as perpendicular as possible. After time you will improve the bends in your fingers, allowing you to fret more cleanly. Make sure your nails are clipped as short as possible! There aren’t any shortcuts but there are lots of exercises you can do that will help your fretting hand develop.Here is one of many options: https://youtu.be/2onjflSqHNo
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Follow the Quick Start Guide, it’s all there:
https://tonypolecastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/TAC_User_Guide-v5.pdfRelax, and have fun! Don’t try to do too much, that is to master every lesson. That may work for the 30 Day Challenge but once you get into Daily Challenges there will be things that are beyond you. You want to give it 10 or maybe up to 30 minutes but then call it quits. Move on! Yes it’s good to push yourself a little but don’t steal your own joy from yourself. Always keep it fun!
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Beautifully mesmerizing!
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Well that’s cool, I didn’t know there was a song vault!
How do you get there?
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Thanks! Hope you are healing well and I will be lifting up prayers for your surgery next week!
I’m going to be taking a short break from playing too since I’m traveling to Austria for 10 days. I will login but won’t have a guitar with me.
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This reply appears to be in the wrong thread.
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Salut Louis! I lived in Quebec from 1961 until 1971, and then again from ’77 til about ’88. I’m an Austrian born, Canadian living in Florida.
From this photo, the one thing that I can advise is to place your fingers closer the frets. For example your #1 (index) could slide up a good centimeter or so. It’s easier to fret when you are closer, doesn’t require as much pressure. Also by sliding #1 down the others can move along and this may make it easier for your #3 (ring) to reach.
Peter
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Doh! OK, that makes sense why several people were asking for this!