Loraine
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Awesome win! Not an easy lesson because of the syncopation and timing.
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@Moose408 I’m not a computer person, so I can’t directly answer your question. Your best bet is to send a message to Support and ask them. Their link is at the bottom left. It will open up and you’ll click on chat. A message will go to Beronica, and she should be able to help.
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@That_Guy What an awesome thread. I’m not sure I have a good answer as to what I wished I’d been told at the beginning. I guess I’m surprised after all this time, and I still feel like such a beginner, albeit an advanced beginner. So, I guess I would have liked to have known that I would just be moving into more intermediate music at 3 years of playing, and that would be okay. I would have liked permission from the beginning to be just subpar and a very slow learner. I felt there was a need to be much further along or with more skills than I had at the time; Instead of feeling like a failure because I wasn’t able to play music right away, or learn the lessons and meet the speeds posted, or where others that started TAC around the same time or after me blew right past me. Overall, I wish I had been told (& believed) that I was always right where I was supposed to be, and that if I was doing the lessons and trying, then I was a musician and guitarist. Today I can say that overall, I’m happy where I am in my journey. The guitar is a difficult instrument to learn that does not come easily to me, but it brings such joy to me when I can play something, and that is what this is all about.
I’m not sure I’ve answered the question sufficiently, but I’ll think a little more on this and get back with you
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@Al.E Al, Congratulations on your one year streak! What an accomplishment. The streak doesn’t necessarily need to end. You can still log in daily, and there are plenty of things you can do to maintain. You can do air guitar, practice scales, study the fretboard or read up on some theory. Use your imagination, and you’ll do great and maintain your streak.
I’m envious of you taking a trip to Ireland and Scotland. I’m part Scottish, and some English scattered in, so that would be a fun vacation. Hope you have a blast. Enjoy the pub scenes and the music that accompanies them.
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That’s awesome! Great job.
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Whoop! That’s awesome @stevieblues ! That seems to have gone by so quickly.
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@chickensall6protonmail-com Welcome to the TAC community! Great info from others. I agree that you should revisit the 30 days to play to see the chord progression. I think you can print out or save a tab too.
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Congratulations on 73 days with TAC – Welcome!
@Kim-Fitz has given such great pointers! Start the current daily challenges. They follow a routine that you can learn more about by reviewing the TAC Quick Start in the Skills courses. Every week follows the same structure. Each week has a topic, and each day builds upon the previous lessons for the week. Kim’s correct, once a month transfers to the next month, it is gone and not accessible, unless you saved the lesson to your favorite. To see your favorites, go to your profile drop down and click favorites. They do rotate back around eventually.
Glad you found TAC. Good luck and have lots of fun.
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@MMMURRAY Welcome to TAC! Boy, do I remember those days when I was going through the 30 days to play, and having such sore fingers.. You’ve received some great advice above. Just remember, it’s temporary, and it really is a short period of time that they’re sore. If I remember correctly, I think it was about a month. There are still times where my fingers get sore. Usually when ai e practiced too long, or I’m introducing new chords to my playing, bit that is such a brief period of discomfort. Just have fun, continue to move forward, and you will improve
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You did really well @outdoorgator ! I like your rhythm and strum style. I agree that strumming and rhythm, in general, as well as vocals are extremely difficult to learn, but keep at it, and it will get better, and it will all feel natural. I’ve spent 3 years working on just that, and it has only been the last 6-12 months that I feel it’s transitioned to performing, rather than playing. Great work! Keep at it!
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Very impressive @DiscostewLA ! Sounding great – well timed, great chord progressions, slides, pinches. Vocals are good. Would like to hear them better, but you already know that. It’ll come with time and confidence. Keep up the great work. There has been definite improvement over the short period.
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Glad to hear it was such an inexpensive fix. 🙂
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Hi @MMMURRAY Mike, No bother, whatsoever. I couldn’t get a clean chord for the life of me when I first started. It took a lot of what you’re doing, lifting fingers to determine where the muted strings were and what was causing them. My best suggestions are to make sure your wrist and pushed forward, as this will force your fingers to arch and bend; make sure you’re playing on the tips of your fingers. As you’ve been doing, lift fingers and try and figure out which finger is muting (touching) the string that is muted. Then work on placement and angle of the finger to correct the situation. When you get a clean chord, take notice of what you’ve done with your fingers.
If you can, take a picture of your fretting hand with the G chord. Post it here or send it to me in a private message, and I’ll see if I can see where the issue is.
You will be able to play a clean G chord, you just need to correct the current situation and build up muscle memory of how to place your fingers (comes from practice).
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Hey Al, I’m at Sellersville all the time, and so is @dr_dave . My next show there isn’t for a while. I’m having to slow the pace of concerts, because I overdid it this year with 3-4 concerts a month at various venues. Glad you found a local jam club. Anytime you want to hpjam, just shoot me an IM.
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Hi @Fraza , I have most lessons saved to my favorites. Go on my profile and click favorites. They’re stored by day. You just need to know whether it is rhythm, scales/improv, etc., and know the name of the lesson. I have the names and weeks stored on another computer. Let me know if you need them. To ensure I receive a direct response from you, start the conversation with an ampersand and my profile name @loraine, and it should eventually show a drop-down with my name – just click on it. Another option is to make sure you click on the arrow next to my message on the top right. You’ll be responding directly to my message and I’ll receive notice. Direct messages will show up under the bell shape at the top right.