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Welcome to the TAC community @BobbyJ , and congratulations on completing the 39 days to play course. Thank you for posting how you TAC and your backstory. I love reading these, and it allows us the opportunity to get to know you a little.
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Great job @the-old-coach ! You don’t shy away from barre chords.
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Stunningly beautiful @Jonathandavid
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Hey @stevieblues At the bottom right on the video you’ll see a 1x, which is normal speed. Click on the 1x and it will open up a menu with slower and faster speeds.
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Hi Felicia, first great win for picking the guitar back up! I know that once a habit is broken it takes weeks to build back up to a routine. The best way to do that is a day at a time, Commit to picking up your guitar for at leastn10 minutes per day. As for where to start, you can either pick up where you left off, or return to the start of the 30 days to play. Once you complete that, move onto the Next Six Chords, and the daily challenges. The daily challenge alone will give you 10 minutes if practice, and you’d be building foundational skills. There are plenty of Skills courses you could try. I suggest the Jumpstart to Fingerpicking, Flatpicking and Strumming courses. The motivation has to come from within you. Why did you pick up the guitar initially? Do you still have the desire? Set up quarterly goals and track progress towards them. It could be to play a C note clearly, improve chord transitions, learn a song, etc. Join us for the next quarterly Progress party. It’s in July and you should receive an email. Most of all, enjoy your journey and have some fun.
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Congratulations on your 2nd TACiversary @msd2819 ! What an inspirational journey you’ve shared. If you were a strummer when you started, I’m jealous. Strumming is so difficult. Who woulda thunk! Really liked the fact that you continue to learn and progress, and I like that you don’t beat yourself up when you make a mistake. I’m trying to fight that demon of perfection and to just play through it when that happens.
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That’s the way we have to approach practice sometimes, because life has a funny way of getting in our way when it comes to practice. Even if you can’t pick up the guitar for a few minutes every day, there are still things you can do. Study some theory, air finger scales, etc. glad you were able to get 5 days in a row. Just focus on today and what you can accomplish. Nice win @vidler !
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I think this is a never ending learning experience for me, but I agree that muscle memory and string awareness get much greater as time goes on. Great win @Kitman
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Love, love, love those aha moments! Fantastic win @Mrfredsporty , and I didn’t laugh – only smiled.
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Thanks @Kitman Just glad I don’t have to try and correct it :).
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Phew, thanks @Philb I’m actually doing something right, and I’ll take that as a big win in my book. I😎
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Really appreciate your feedback @kitman. I probably am using too heavy a hand when I’m strumming my upstroke and it’s catching on the high string(s). I’ll have to resister to it to see if I hear what you’re hearing. Is it a bad thing to have the high string ring out?
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Really appreciate your feedback @Philb . Thanks for your support.
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Thanks for always be there for me @Marquita . It really means a lot.