[J.T.]

Lol, you are right! I completely forgot that monday’s lesson comment was indeed to post songs that use syncopation, lol. And to be honest I did scan the comments, but nothing really jumped out at me and to have to scroll through so many to find suggestions was a slog. I still think it would be helpful if Tony provided some “official references” up front to at least get started. I mean he had to have something in mind for the lesson, right?

I also want to congratulate you on your guitar journey and for sharing your experience! Your point of tracking progress is very valid and a real great reminder!! I think this is part of the reason why TAC is working so far is that its forcing me to record myself with the benchmarks and listen to how I sound, as embarrassing as it is, as I’m SO FAR away from where I want to be! But knowing that I am making progress is vital to keep the practice routine going. To be honest much of TAC falls under my fingers pretty quickly (at a basic level) so like you, I too am looking for the really challenging lessons, and its lessons like the “Golden Brown Perfection” lick that dont fall naturally under my fingers that make me come back and keep practicing! I would hate to see them disappear because of lack of understanding the greater concept, and one way to bridge that is with examples of the techniques being used in the real world so you can hear how it works in the context of a song.

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[J.T.]

I think its an issue on the site with human verification and posting. I’m experiencing the same issues in Safari where I can post once, then need to log out and re-login (with human verification) to post again. This is why switching browsers works, as you are logging in again, though you can do like me and log out / log back in on the same browser. This is very frustrating and actually prevents me from participating in the comments for the lessons. Hopefully they are aware of the issue and will post a fix (does anyone monitor threads like these? I’m assuming no)

[J.T.]

In regards to understanding strumming & “what goes where,” make sure you are practicing items in the resources section as well, specifically the 30 days to play, the strumming mini course & how to read tab lesson. This should really help you get started playing songs.

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[J.T.]

That is also some great insight!! Thank you so much for sharing as this is something I’m sure a lot of us can relate to! The advice to remember to be ok with your skill level at the moment, knowing you will get better, but to also remember to HAVE FUN is valuable! Now of course this a double edge sword, as staying in your comfort zone and only playing songs or jamming only over blues progressions can be fun as well, and very few find struggling to grasp new concepts “fun.” So it cant be all fun. Like much of life its about finding the balance between challenging & growing your skills while still making sure to have fun and remember the reasons you picked up the guitar in the first place. I’m sure it wasn’t to learn scales and technical exercises! Which is a great reminder for me as this is what I do spend most of my time doing! This is why I’m trying to incorporate playing songs or jamming over chords as part of my practice, and saving this fun stuff for until the end after all my technical work. Thanks again for your experience and fantastic advice!

[J.T.]

Thats a shame! I guess I missed out on the real TAC experience as I was looking forward to being able to interact with Tony at least a little bit. Darn!

[J.T.]

Dont fret over it. Main goal is to play ANY G chord at the correct time in the song. Later you can figure out what G chord either is the easiest to play for you when going from and/or going to the next chord, OR you can choose the G chord based on the sound you want to in relation to the songs arrangement and what the other members of the band are playing. For example, you might want the more open sound of the 4 finger G (root, 5th, root on top) for one part of a song, but then add that 3rd back on the 2nd string with the 3 finger G w/ the open B string. Thats when you really have fun is crafting what YOU want to hear and why, rather than just playing on autopilot. But once you lock in the reasons why you are choosing a specific G chord, it should make it easier to remember which G chord to use.

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