[Bill_Brown]

Glad to hear that you’re up and at ’em again @stevieblues 😎🎸 Hope that whatever has been ailing you is gone for good👍

[Bill_Brown]

Hi @Kinga , perhaps a little history of the TAC site may be in order here. In March of 2021, TAC and the TAC website underwent a change in it’s format (and philosophy). There used to be 3 different play videos for every lesson, each having it’s own speed (slow, medium, fast) and in the case of the particular lesson that you’re working on, the “old” videos did count down from 5 (slow) then 3 (medium) and 1 (fast). However, in the new format, there was a push to conserve sever space. One of the results to make that happen was the elimination of the medium & fast videos for each lesson. In place of that, the “speed control” was added to the “play videos”. Unfortunately for the particular lesson that you’re currently working on, (mathematically speaking) the speed control doesn’t work. So my best advice is to keep going on the play video that starts at 5, and wait for it to reach 3, and when you’re ready, wait for it to count down to 1 before you fret and play the chord.

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I’ll miss you here @Cadgirl 😘, but I’ll see you over there😱 Where? There!

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Happy 1st TACiversary @TCice 🎂🍾🎸 I hope you have many more👍

I also would like to find some people around my area to jam with, but sometimes I’m hesitant to reach out to others because of COVID. At least I have the improv challenge on Wednesdays, that gives me a chance to “play with Tony” (lol). Also, I like to look into the Play For Us Forums and try to improv against some of the instrumentals that are posted. I’ve had some good jams with @Marty72 😎

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@Fletch , when I was a young child, my grandmother taught me that if I couldn’t say anything nice then don’t say anything at all😱 Other than saying this is a terrible tragedy, I’ve got nothing to say😭

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👏👏👏🤩😘 @Kitman 😱 Awesome display of finger pickin🎸 Great performance, very nicely done. Great song choice for today too😃 Thanks for posting, loved it!💝

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I thought your rendition was great @Marisa 👏👏👏 you played it well, timing and all. Even though the song is in 4/4 time, it’s not in straight 4/4. The rhythm is syncopated, and the syncopation within the verse is different from the chorus (per BR’s edition)😱 Watching your vid, I can see (and hear) that you’re doing a consistent syncopated beat of your own, which is perfectly fine, because it’s your version of the song IMHO.👍🎸

[Bill_Brown]

Excellent performance @KevinZ 👏👏😘My wife enjoyed listening too🤩 Thank you for posting your take on this Elvis classic👍

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That was a great performance @TMutter 👏👏👏 Well crafted manipulation of the chords coupled with thoughtful lyrics🤩 another hit song for you, thank you for sharing Terry👍🎸

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Nice improv @bugmeist 👏👏👏 Your tempo was perfect and I like how you used the technique and scale as presented in the challenge while creating a blues feel🤩👍🎸

I could not stay within the parameters of playing the scale on the hiE & B strings only, I had to go further into the “boxes”.

[Bill_Brown]

👏👏👏@stevieblues 👍🤩🎸

[Bill_Brown]

Awesome debut of the Recording King, sounded nice and mellow @Marty72 😘 I really enjoyed listening to her sound while you played the instrumental (which was well played, BTW👏👏👏). I’m looking forward to hearing more from you and the RK🤩🎸

[Bill_Brown]

Great work with that improv @charlie_d 👏👏👏 it sounded really nice, so I played it twice😘

[Bill_Brown]

Thank you @Philb for your very kind words – right back atcha’😎

[Bill_Brown]

Patients and perseverance @ellenbelshin23gmail-com , that’s what it takes👍