[Bill_Brown]

Welcome to TAC Burton ( @bpfowles@gmail.com )😎

[Bill_Brown]

Very nice @Niels 👏😱👏 So much so, that I listened twice🤩👍🤩

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Wagon Wheel – but you have to add an Em chord😱

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Very nice @Brian2501 👏👏👏 Great pickin’ 👍👍

[Bill_Brown]

👍🤩👍

[Bill_Brown]

Hi William ( @Simulator ), welcome to TAC – hope you have a fantastic guitar journey🤩 I would suggest that you start with the “30 Days To Play” challenge👍 That course will start you off on the right foot😎

[Bill_Brown]

Hopefully you will find some joy in trying to do 1 lesson per day – but you can spend as much time as you need for each lesson, it’s all about your journey🤩

[Bill_Brown]

Hey, if you search back in the “Play For Us” forum, you’ll see that @Philb does an awesome rendition of “Sixteen Tons” – well worth the time to search it out👍🤩👍

[Bill_Brown]

Here it is:

https://tonypolecastro.com/family-forums/topic/sixteen-tons/

You have to give this one a listen – it’s a great performance by @Philb

Sixteen Tons

[Bill_Brown]

@Philb 😱 You are kickin’ *ss and takin’ names with this stuff👍👍 Awesome performance😎

[Bill_Brown]

@davidw99 David, that was awesome🤩👏👏👏 So well played👍👍 In fact, it was so nice, I listened twice😎

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Maybe @Moonhare would have some advice on this matter😱

[Bill_Brown]

Have no fear @krhodes029@gmail.com , it will get better with patients and practice. Remember the saying, “Rome was not built in a day”. The G chord is a good hard stretch of the fingers for a beginner. A couple of things to think about when fretting the G chord: 1) Palm position of the fretting hand – try moving your palm forward around the neck (toward the floor) to create more arch in the fingers. (If you move your palm so that all 4 of your fretting fingers can touch the low E string – then you’ll have moved it forward). The whole idea is to create arch of the fingers so the fingertips can land directly onto the notes to be fretted for that chord without touching other strings. 2) Fingernail length on the fretting hand. If your nails are too long, then they’ll prevent your fingertips from fretting the intended notes, prevent proper arch and make contact with other unintended strings causing muted sound. Hope this helps, good luck Karen!👍

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[Bill_Brown]

I’m all in with “King of the Road”😎

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If you’re going to mute between chords, use the palm