Greg_F_Lee
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Hi @Loraine , I tried that and it only gave past episodes. Did I miss today’s live webcast? I see that November 16 has already been posted.
Thanks!
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I couldn’t agree more with all that has been said! Awesome, @dan d#
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Tony,
May you have the happiest of birthdays!
Cheers!
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Thank you @Bill_Brown , @Marty69 , @johnny67 , and @Crabby ! It’s good that I’m not the only one who has trouble with that chord. On to the F barre!
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All I can add is awesome playing and singing. Look out Neil Young!
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@mikeguarnier
Thanks for the encouragement and advice about the Dailies. Here’s what I originally wrote:
“By January 2021, I was “all in” with the Challenges. But they took a lot of time and supplanted FBW and the others, now called “skills” courses. In February, I settled into a routine of warm up exercises, Daily Challenges, and practicing a small number of songs. Long gone were any thoughts about finishing FBW and other skills courses… Although the Challenges hopefully were helping me improve, they seemed random and one-off and not like a coherent learning strategy that was moving the ball.”
But I now might try to find time (at least 10 minutes) on the Dailies. Your observation really resonated with me. That Tony’s lessons were connected in a very subtle and counter-intuitive way. That “His lessons help us with the full range of guitar skills every single week and over time we learn about guitar and music the way a child learns. Not by organized study, but by exposure to new ideas while having fun.”
Now it come down to finding the time to warm up, do the Daily, do FBW, and hopefully play a few songs. I guess that’s part of the fun! 😎
Greg
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“I hope you experience the same joy I got from Fretboard Wizard. I have studied music my whole life, since long before I got a guitar, and I have to admit that I learned a lot from FW. But is really striking is the amount I have learned in the last 3-1/2 years since taking FW the first time. I also have a much better appreciation of how much more there is to know. I hope I have a lot more time to grow both my technical skills and my musical knowledge. But regardless how far I get, the main focus is to have as much fun along the way as possible!”
@dr_dave , thanks again for your help! As you, @Raye , @MikeGaurnier , and probably others have said, one needs to enjoy the journey and have fun. I’ve really tried to focus on the fun part the past two days and it seems to have worked.
Greg
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@Raye ,
Welcome to TAC and thanks for the encouraging words and good advice about not being too serious! I keep forgetting that enjoying the journey is a big part of learning to play the guitar. Today, I “played” for over an hour, which included about 20 minutes of exercise. And I did treat the exercises as “play”ing. Made a game of trying hit every note strong and clear. The rest of the time was playing songs, licks, and rhythm pieces. My songs are far from perfect but they’re still fun to play and sing along to (if I only had a voice, lol).
Good luck with your songwriting. Even though you’re brand new, you’re still pretty far along. Maybe we’ll see a performance in the Community? I did a 30 Days video but haven’t posted since then. I learned how to fingerpick “Freight Train;” now I just need to record and post it.
Greg
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The board is a “forum” called “Play For Us! at https://tonypolecastro.com/family-forums/forum/play-for-us/ . (sorry, don’t know how to make a hyperlink on this system)
You can get to it on the left side navigation bar on most screens. It looks like a little word balloon.
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Thank you @shaktiness ! The support from the community is heartwarming and helpful. Best of luck to you on your guitar journey. Maybe we’ll see you perform on the other discussion board.
Greg
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Thanks, @ted_h !
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Thanks for the advice and encouragement, @Cadgirl ! It’s always good to know someone else has had the same struggles, i.e., with the various keys. I’ve virtually started over with FW and I seem
to have learned more than the first time (although I hadn’t made it past the “Foundational
Five.”) I do track my playing on an Excel spreadsheet (I’m a CPA) but I hadn’t thought of having a to-do list other than in my head.I may have to try a different approach with the Dailies. My idea of doing them; at least for the licks, improv, and rhythm; is to memorize them. This usually takes a half hour or more and is a bit intense. Maybe instead of memorizing, using the tabs might be a quicker way of doing them.
Thanks, again, the encouragement from the community really keeps you going!
Greg
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@mark , you’re too kind! I think we newbie guitar players are constantly asking the questions “What’s next?” and “Why don’t I seem to get better?” And the answers are different. For me, it’s learning music theory through Fretboard Wizard, trying to squeeze in the Dailys, and playing and learning new songs. (After this week’s Acoustic Tuesday, I need to learn Wagon Wheel.) But whatever we do, we should remember to have fun and know that just doing it will slowly increase our guitar skills. Day to day, we might even notice slight improvements. @MikeGaurnier , @dr_dave , and others have emphasized that we should enjoy the guitar journey.
By the way, as you’ve already noticed, this TAC community is what really makes the TAC program so great.
Greg
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<div>@dr_dave , I thought I posted this last night. My apologies if this is a duplicate message.</div>
“I hope you experience the same joy I got from Fretboard Wizard. I have studied music my whole life, since long before I got a guitar, and I have to admit that I learned a lot from FW. But is really striking is the amount I have learned in the last 3-1/2 years since taking FW the first time. I also have a much better appreciation of how much more there is to know. I hope I have a lot more time to grow both my technical skills and my musical knowledge. But regardless how far I get, the main focus is to have as much fun along the way as possible!”
@dr_dave , thanks again for your help! As you, @Raye , @mikeguarnier, and probably others have said, one needs to enjoy the journey and have fun. I’ve really tried to focus on the fun part the past two weeks and it seems to have worked.
Greg
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Mike, I thought I posted this last night. My apologies if this is a duplicate message.
Mike, Thanks for the encouragement and advice about the Dailies. Here’s what I originally wrote at the top of this thread:
“By January 2021, I was “all in” with the Challenges. But they took a lot of time and supplanted FBW and the others, now called “skills” courses. In February, I settled into a routine of warm up exercises, Daily Challenges, and practicing a small number of songs. Long gone were any thoughts about finishing FBW and other skills courses… Although the Challenges hopefully were helping me improve, they seemed random and one-off and not like a coherent learning strategy that was moving the ball.”
But I now might try to find time (at least 10 minutes) on the Dailies. Your observation really resonated with me. That his lessons were connected in a very subtle and counter-intuitive way. That “His lessons help us with the full range of guitar skills every single week and over time we learn about guitar and music the way a child learns. Not by organized study, but by exposure to new ideas while having fun.”
Now it come down to finding the time to warm up, do the Daily, do FBW, and hopefully play a few songs. I guess that’s part of the fun!