[Bill_Brown]

Hi @LukeCipers , First, I think you should consider finishing the 30 Days to Play. I finished it in 6 days and thought it was a good rehash of things I knew, but also came across things I knew but wasn’t good at. It allowed me to see the things I needed to improve on.

Also, @Mark-D touched on one of the great courses that TAC offers, and that is Fretboard Wizard. I learned so much from that one, and really enjoyed it, well worth the extra $, in my opinion. Sign up will be later this month, TAC will announce the exact dates soon.

Beyond the Daily Challenges, the skills courses are also good ones. I’ve come away with something from each one, even if it was a skill that I thought I was proficient with. And they’re included with your membership.

Finely, there is always the Community – you ask a question and you’ll always get a dignified response.

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[Bill_Brown]

Yes @LukeCipers , I definitely got a pinkie workout with today’s challenge. For me it wasn’t about the stretch, but the pull-offs were a killer (especially on the lower – wound – strings). The pad on my pinkie finger is really sore at the moment.

There are exercises you can do for ‘stretch’ for instance you could just keep doing today’s basic scale – the pinkie was involved with every string. Or you could do the warm up (WU) exercise that was in Monday’s lesson. Anything where the index is assigned to the 1st fret, middle to the 2nd fret, ring to the 3rd and pinkie to the 4th and starting at the low E string, play each fret, then move up to the next string (A). Continue the pattern up to the high E string, then reverse the pattern, starting with the pinkie on the 4th fret of the high E string and continue back to the low E string. You could start an exercise like that further up the neck (3rd or 5th frets) if the stretch is too hard to start with.

It will be the repetition of exercises like those above that will get the pinkie used to the stretch to a point where you won’t even think about it! 😎

[Bill_Brown]

I agree @JoeW 😎

My login was much quicker this morning than in the past. Still a little bit of lag time switching from the Daily to the Forums, but noticeably faster than yesterday👏

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@Tpolecastro 😎 “Like”

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The TAC method works for guitar @Sidney S, any type guitar!

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Really enjoyed that one @David 👏👏- enjoyed the whole series in fact 🏆

Thank you for that!

[Bill_Brown]

That’s awesome @ac8mf ! Keep it up.

Agree with @Michael-K73 , hopefully it helped you wind down a little.

[Bill_Brown]

Happy NGD @TimK1 – She looks and sounds really nice!

[Bill_Brown]

Nice run through on that 000 18 @ErikBog . Looks and sounds really nice. You are right about the sound being mellow and toned down. It didn’t seem to have the chime tone that I normally associate with a Martin. And the same was true for @DMart ‘s when I had the opportunity to listen to his. Anyways, happy NGD!

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Very nice @Michelle_in_PSL 👏👏👏

[Bill_Brown]

Nice one @Marty69 👏👏👏

[Bill_Brown]

That’s great! 👏

Remember @ac8mf, it’s not how long, it’s how often (with an intention/purpose) that counts 😉

[Bill_Brown]

I have a 000 15m and am very happy with it, but when I see one like your’s, I do feel some GAS!

[Bill_Brown]

“Thank You Trophy” to you @Marty69 🏆