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Welcome to TAC @MarcoPolo ! It’s a great program at TAC! never played before beginning here with Tony’s lessons. The beginning’s difficult, but keep,at it, and it does get easier with time.
As for the song, thank you. I’ve since realixpzed my syncopation and,timing were,off. It sounds really awesome now. I’ll have to oar the corrected one.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments. Good luck and have fun!
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And the last sentence that was cut off was, and stay true to yourself.
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@Rob503 Welcome to the TAC community ! The fun has already begun! I had so much fun reading your post, because it brought me straight back to the basics and day one! I had absolutely no experience when I started, and I felt the same way as you, but there were little slivers of joy mixed in with the frustration and overwhelming experience of how difficult it felt.
My words of wisdom … it will get better. You will have days of complete frustration, followed by days of elation filled with aha moments, big breakthroughs to difficulties you had been experiencing but now overcame, days where things just seem to come naturally or easier than they have been. These are the days that we work towards and love. Remember during the difficult and frustrating periods that they are simply growth periods that are temporary, and you will she a better player when you come out the other side. It is a temporary period.
Hang in there. Soon, you’ll have fun ant the expense of someone else too! )just kidding). 😉
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Hi @BarbaraM So glad you’re enjoying the TAC program and Tony’s teaching. Tony teaches foundational guitar, which are skills that will carry over into whatever genre you decide to learn to play and apply the skills in. It is expected that you will go out and use your newly learned skills, which can be through books, supplementing with live lessons, using online sites to learn songs, etc. we don’t discuss specific sites onTAC that are direct competitors of TAC, out of respect to Tony. However, if there is a site that has just songs, then I see no harm. One such site would be ultimate-guitar.com. Many people utilize YouTube to learn different things. There are many sites that offer free lessons and information. You might want to look into some of those. You can message me if you want to discuss further. To message, click on the arrow by your name in the upper right, click message, click all messages, then click to search and type my name in and click send a message. Shoot me a personal message, and aid be happy to send you some info.
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@PickinmyPocket Welcome to TAC! @Beatrice gave you some excellent advice.
I remember having the same frustrations and thoughts when I was a new player too. I had absolutely no experience when I started and I began with the 30 days to play, then the next 6 chords, the Jumpstart courses in the Skills courses, and then I began on the Daily Courses. I couldn’t get through most of the dailies when I first started, or at least nothing that resembled what Tony was playing. I learned early on to simply give it my best effort for a minimum of 10 minutes per day, then mark it as complete. There were a few times I would work on something a little more. It was usually because I liked it; thought it was fun. But I always moved on the next day to the next lesson and did not return to the previous lesson. TAC teaches Progress rather than Perfection. You will progress and get better with this process. Trust in it.
Hope this helps. Just sit back. Enjoy the.process. do the best you can, have some fun with it, and you’ll do great. It is a process. Guitar is.not an easy instrument, but when you have those Aha moments, can play actual songs, and can speak the lingo, and you find you’re embroiled in guitar everything, then you’ll know you’re a true guitar geek!
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Hi Mary, I wasn’t sure what to look at in your library . I’ve sent you a private message. Maybe I can help you get your video posted. To see the probate message, go to your profile by clickinking on your name in the top right, then click messages, all messages. When messages open, click on the message from me. I’ll provide some directions for when formatting videos and saving them.
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That’s a great win @WillB , and the key to the win is that you slowed it down, Keep at it!
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I think donating is an awesome way of passing on the magic to someone else that may not be in a position to buy their own guitar. A school did a great idea. If it was valued higher, I’d say Guitar for abets, but they simply auction off all the used guitars in order to purchase all the new guitars that they donate to the G4V players who make it through, I believe , at lease 3 live lessons. You could always sell it for a minimal w,ointment or give it away free on something like Facebook Marketplace.
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Great job @DiscostewLA !
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@BrandonK Comgrats on the NGD. I have a GS Mini Koa. I’m not familiar with the Plus aspect. What is that? We guitar geeks love pictures, so if you can post a pic off the new guitar. Koa has a beautiful sound. Hope you enjoy it.
As for the 10 minutes that Carol refers to, I believe she is simply referring to the playing for 10 minutes per day, so when taking your lesson in the 30 days to play, give it your best shot for a minimum of 10 minutes and then mark it complete. You can continue to work on it, bit just don’t get caught up on it. Continue to move forward to t(e next lesson on the next day.
If you commit to at least 10 minutes per day, you will get better and progress in your playing.
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Welcome back @Greebosolo !
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Thanks @terry-w-m-36 . It’s a difficult lesson to learn to let go of perfectionism and caring so much what others think. I’m just so happy I realize I have choices today.
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@albert_d Ya made me laugh – I would think after all this time that I’d be done with the red light syndrome. Yet, I tense up, over think, forget how to play, forget words, etc. Crazy fun! Thanks for your support. Means a lot to me!
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I’ve been with TAC since July of 2020 (but I didn’t have a guitar until August since it was at Luthier), & I started private lessons, I think, in December of 2021. The private lessons helped me take what I’d learned in TAC and apply the skills in songs. That’s where I had always struggled with what I learned in TAC. How do I use it or know when to use it is probably a better way for me to say it. It comes naturally to some people, but nothing about guitar has come naturally to me. Don’t get me wrong. I was playing plenty of songs by then. I wasn’t interpreting them correctly, knowing the proper time stamp, whether the notes or chords I found in the vast internet were correct, or whether I was transposing a song correctly. I wanted to learn correctly. I wanted to use a metronome, understand the different modes, supplement my knowledge of the fretboard, the CAGED system, etc. I’m still not great at any of that last part, but between taking Tony’s Fretboard Wizard, and my guitar teachers lessons, I can usually eke out the answer.
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@brandonkhave no doubt that if you have a friend to play with and you have the desire, will, and ability, you will be playing faster and better and more complicated songs than that . Playing with others whether one on one, in a group jam setting, or going to open mics is where you really begin to grow.
In some circles, I’m considered a very slow learner, and in other circles, I’m light years ahead of them. Just goes to show that each of us is on our own journey, and we get out of it what we put into it.
I was too cautious and a perfectionist at the beginning. I began supplementing TAC, nearing my second year, with private guitar lessons, and the two complemented each other so well. The guitar teacher was not threatened by TAC and did not interfere. He odpften showed interest and we worked hand in hand on the same topic as TAC to supplement the material taught here. That is when my playing really began to blossom. I laugh, because, some would say I still have a long way to go, which is true, but you have to look at how far I’ve come.