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@saddle.nut Great to have you here. Everyone has given some great advice. I’ll try and be brief, but knowing myself that’s probably not going to happen.. This is your journey, so however you want to approach any of the lessons is up to you. TAC is a foundational site,; meaning that it teaches the foundation skills and knowledge necessary to then branch out and play more effectively.
As for the week being checked as completed when they weren’t, that is a technical issue that Victoria and the Tech group can look into. I e never heard of it happening before, and I’ve been here several years. I have heard people comment on lessons being marked as favorites, but the people insist they didn’t take that weeks lessons or a particular lesson. That is very possible, because many of the courses do rotate back around. If you marked it as a favorite the first time through, it would still show that
It is not necessary to take the skills courses first. The skills courses can or cannot be chosen by you to take. There is absolutely nothing that directs people to take all the skills courses before the Dailies. Most people go through the 30 days to play, the next 6 chords, and then they start to look at skills course, the dailies, Fretboard Wizard, or whatever interests them. As previously mentioned. This is your journey, so make it what you want it to be, within the confines of what Tony offers.
<font face=”inherit”>Finally, TAC is not capable of developing a curriculum for each individual member. There are outright beginners on the site (as I was when I started) to those that have played for years or even decades. The challenges are interspersed throughout the material taught. Some is easy and others more difficult. The goal </font>is<font face=”inherit”> to progress through disciplined practice on a daily reprieve. </font>
Hope this helped answer some of your concerns.
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@Moose408 Congrats on posting your first video. The hurdle to get there is so high, but you made out over it. Great performance, and your vocals were okay. They’ll get stronger with the more comfortable to get and the more you play for others. Your tempo was very good, and your strumming hand was very level and continuous. Your chord transitions were great. I have this song saved to learn.. I would think it would be difficult to pay and sing together
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Welcome to the TAC family Juan. Ultimate guitar is a great site for chord and tab sheets. It will probably differ from Tony’s instruction, but it shouldn’t be that different. There are other sites too that offer the chord sheets,tabs, and some have instruction videos. YouTube has a lot.
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@joseph-vitzen Welcome the TAC family.
There’s a great way to practice transitions by using a metronome. It can be either a physical one or an app. I use a metronome app called Pro Metronome. Set it at 4:4, turn the dial to a low tempo, such as 30-40. Work on transitions between 2 chords. I typically take the first 2 chords in a song, then I take the 2nd and 3rd, 3rd and 4th and so on. Any chords that are next to each other, but only work with 2 at a time. Start the metronome. On the first click strum your chord, then transition to your next chord during the 2,3, and 4 beat. On the beginning of the next set of 4 beats, strum the chord, and again use the 2, e, and 4 beat to transition. Once you’re able to do that 20 times in a row with any errors, the bump the speed up by 10. Start the process again. Keep increasing the speed as you’re able to transition smoothly and without erre. I guarantee this works.
I learned power chords both with 2 and with 3. 2 is definitely much easier. Give it your best shot with 3 fingers, then mark it complete and ove on. Don’t let it trip you up and stop your momentum or energy. We’re all about progress rather than perfection. You will continue to improve just by the forward momentum. Also, of a 2 finger power chord works for you, keep on doing it.
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Great question @tonyf60. Another geek will probably be able to explain it better, but here is what I found when I researched the question.
“In music theory, the ‘A7’ is termed as a dominant seventh chord, constructed by adding a minor seventh to a major triad. The term ‘dominant’ here refers to the fifth degree of a diatonic scale, called the ‘dominant’. In this case, ‘A’ being the dominant of ‘D’, the ‘A7’ chord becomes the dominant seventh of the ‘D’ scale.
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It’s funny when that happens. I have some good habits like that, but then I have some unconscious things I do that are not correct and because they’ve become habitual it is hard to break.
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I really have no desire to go back on the JMG site, so please Email me at wolf_spirit_95@yahoo.com :).
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Click the arrow next to your profile picture. A menu should open. Click on messages. Don’t click new messages. Just click messages. It should open and you can click on my message.
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I just messaged you on TAC. Not sure if you’ll receive a notification on the bell at the top right or not, but if you click on your picture, you should see that you have a message. Now you have to check out the forums here more often!
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Hi Jo. It’s really good to hear from you! I miss many from JMG, and I miss the VOMs in general and most of the people, but it was time to move on. I hope you’re doing well. Feel free to message me if you want to catch up. 🙂
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I agree, and others mentioned the video. I’ll have to watch it. I’m sure he was bound bypassing time at the live event, so there may be additional info in the video.
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@John_Bolling_Hall If you own a Martin, I highly suggest becoming a Backstage Pass member. You’ll receive special offers, sales, giveaways, etc. just go to their website and sign up.
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@Philb We met in where they store all the wood. Look in the background of the photos where Chris Martin and Craig Thatcher are sitting, and behind the photo with all the guitars. All the wood stacked floor to ceiling and all humidity and temperature controlled. Now imagine a warehouse with stacks upon stacks of every imaginable wood. It smelled so good.
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Yup, really cool experience.
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It was a wonderful experience, to be sure. Chris told a lot of history of Martin Guitar , the differences in past Martin family Presidents, the guitars, and when and why developed. The R&D folks explained the process of creativity and challengesħ to continually innovate, and the challenges that they encounter and the solutions.