[Loraine]

Happy NGD Terry! Looks beautiful, and I can’t wait to hear her.

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Pretty soon you’ll have a full 365 days under your belt1! Great job showing up for practice every day @stevieblues – true commitment.

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Hey @JohnnyDarko Great question. I don’t see finger picks as a crutch. Many fingerpickers use them, because they do add volume to their playing. I have a few sets, but I haven’t acclimated to them yet to have any realtime feedback as to their value or work. I think they’re definitely worth a try. If nothing else, try the thumb pick for bass volume.

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Really enjoyed this @Jonathandavid . Liked the combinations, and it sounded really good. Very relaxing.

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@DonTheMyth Fantastic win! Practice will move you forward. One day at a time, and keep doing what you’re doing. Great job!

[Loraine]

Oh no @Cadgirl – I look forward to your posts, but I truly understand if you need to venture elsewhere. You can always pop into justmusicgeeks.com & acousticafterparty.com. They’re free, and you’ll know a lot of people and get a lot of great info, support, and there are the virtual open mics throughout each week. Would love to stay connected. Rock on, and keep on plunking!

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@Lange22 Man, you’re fast. I just took the lesson. Your improv sounded great, and I really liked the deviation from just the rolls or scale.

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Hi @Chum , and welcome to TAC. 30 days for the challenge is just a suggestion. You can take as little or as long a time as necessary to get through the material. Therefore, whether you spend the minimum of 10 minutes on either the Blues Shuffle or Blues Baseline is up to you. You might decide that 10 minutes on one or both is sufficient to grasp the concepts and feel like you’ve accomplished what makes you happy with them, or you might want to spend more time on each. I personally played through the lessons at a slower pace and really tried to understand the material and to execute to some degree of semblance of what was being taught. This is your program. I do agree with @Bill_Brown that you can put your 10 minutes in and mark the lessons complete. However, you may choose to keep practicing it even after marking it complete, or you can always return to it at a later date. The purpose of TAC is to teach you a practice routine and fundamentals of guitar. It is not about perfection, but a program of progress. You will progress if you put a minimum of 10 minutes in per day, but that is simply the minimum. You can obviously play for longer if you desire. I tend to play in 10-20 minute spurts a few times a day.

Enjoy the ride, and keep on playing!

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@MIKE53 Well, ya made me relook at today’s challenge, because I didn’t think Tony used a hybrid picking with a flatpick and fingerpicking, and he actually was just fingerpicking. It kinda looks like he might have had a pick, but that was just his hand positioning You amaze me if you were able to take on both. That is a great win!

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I’d say that’s a pretty big win @RudyB – keep up the great work!

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Nice win @Lee_W – love when that happens!

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Yup, definitely a big win @bugmeist ! You’re doing so well – keep at it!

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@Guerra6007 Fantastic win – always fun when you can meet the speed challenge or better a different day. Keep at it and continue to have fun!

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That’s a great win @rando – Try to keep it in the forefront of your mind that the good weeks are the frosting on the cake, and when you have a bad day or week and are feeling down, frustrated or discouraged, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and it will get better. Just be patient and do the best you can on the rough days.

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@Cadgirl If we could somehow keep connected through one of the sites, that would be great. I like working with the newer people on TAC. I have a lifetime membership, so I’ll be here regardless. I still have so much to learn. I’m taking aFretboardq Fluency course and a Classical Conditioning course throu justmusicgeeks.com, and I’m taking a Rhythm Guitar course online, and I have my regular guitar lesson weekly. I may have bitten off more than I can chew. Feeling very stressed with work, working with a professional organizer on my house, all the classes and TAC. I just hope all this will help instead of hinder me. Haha

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