Iām not getting what you meanā¦can you explain further?
What?! Trust me 8/9 minutes is really a lot to me! My mind starts wandering at minute 2!
Some unwanted noise I have too, but itās more than that you describe as string noiseā¦it happens way more while strumming and itās irritating to my ears.
Welcome to the Club!
I love this way of describing it! Donāt worry, it just requires some practice, doesnāt it Andrea @Helen0609? Very likely way more than you could imagine, but I find it consoling to think that the reward will be huge!
I have been incorporating justinās minimal movment excersize in to my major and pentatonic scale work. Its mostly the chord changes. Lol videos of myself made me more aware of it.
Iām not getting what you meanā¦can you explain further?
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I know what to play, I just miss. the āi thinkā part is because maybe my recall is not quite fast enough to play the right stuff in time. Maybe it is poor positional awareness of my fingers? I really donāt know.
I can relate to thisā¦and since my timing is not too bad as well I let the note go and keep on with the next one keeping the beat, in the end the playing is not too bad but itās not accurate as it should. Maybe itās like you say , and a better allignment of the fingers on the fretboard will help to be āmore readyā to catch those missed notes in time. Iām working on this aspect at the moment, but I still have a lot of work to do before moving the fretting hand efficiently becomes a habit.
Really relatable, thanks for adding the ābeing gratefulā part!
This is also something I can relate too, I get too easily tempted by trying new things that inspire me because I think I could do them this or that wayā¦then it turns out that anything requires a lot of time to be accomplished properly!
Same here with my Classical and Acoustic guitars! But Iāve learnt to appreciate the time that is availableā¦well thereās no much alternative, right?
Ah Brianā¦come on, you donāt play crappy! But I totally get your pointā¦often I think with all the hours I put I should be able to do better!! Nevermindā¦
For anything on the guitar!
evil evil evil Bflat, I agree! I always tranpose to A
I give this one up for the moment, without even trying.
Toby what evil stuff is this? Do you divide the beat in six as James auggests?
I was happier before knowing this stuff existed Now that I think about it Iām pretty sure there are chapters about it on the Rhythm Book! In a few years of tapping maybe I might develop a feeling for the sextuplets
You know what to do then Good luck (you might need it!)
This happened to me in the past few months with a songā¦and t took me a few months to decide how to procede
For a lot of good reasons too for me. But Iām sure that while going slowly youāll get steady and far and be able to accoplish the faster passages as well.
My biggest frustration is not being able to memorize songs that I can easily perform for family/friends. Every year that is my goal, but I fall short. There is always the balance between memorizing songs you have started and learning new material/techniques. Obviously I havenāt balanced that correctly.
Oh well, 2025 is almost here and it is a great goal!
You always come up with such interesting topics ā¦ and in this case it is also very comforting to read all the contributions here and thinking āOh, so Iām not the only one!ā
This can be quite a relief, because my own list is quite long and contains a lot of aspects that have been mentioned here already.
But you asked for āTop 1ā, and for this one I donāt have to think about a lot, because it is so obvious.
āFrustratingā starts with the letter āFā, and this canāt be a coincidence!
My most frustrating aspect still is the F-chord.
What a mean little fellow!
Sometimes I can manage it after a few tries, played slowly and isolated and with a lot of effort.
But still no chance when played in a fast chord-change
To be honest, this aspect isnāt āguitar relatedā, it is āme relatedā, so I donāt blame my poor guitar and take this aspect as a challenge for next year.
Hello Brian, maybe it can be of some help to you to know that this is a common struggle. After a few years Iām starting now to find it a little bit easierā¦I forget tempo and patterns and just try to actively listen to the chords Iām playing and that helps a lot to know in my ear what chord comes next. This approach requires practice, just like anything else, but works really well for me to feel a connection, to be there in the Music Iām playing. I gave up memorising songs ācognitivelyā, itās too difficult and demanding, I just fail at that.
Good luck Gunhild with this pesky chord! Are you sure itās not related to the guitar fretboard action (if acoustic)? Itās very often the case with acoustic guitars!
And thanks a lot for your idea concerning the fretboard action.
Unfortunately it is definitely the fault of my own fingers. I have two electric guitars, both are OK, play fine and are being checked regulary by a pro, but itās the same struggle on both with that frustrating F-chord.
A friend plays an acoustic, and I tried it once - oh dear, it was even harder, and I quickly handed it back and enjoyed my two electric ones even more
And at least barre-chords further up the neck are a little easier to play, so thereās still some hope
My top one frustration is unwanted string noise. Whether it is because I pressed too hard, or Iām not precise enough with picking out the right base, buzzing because my index finger is crooked for Bm, my fretting hand incl. thumb is not muting enough, or even when my pick or my fretting fingers get stuck on the strings. All of it sounds sloppy, and I can get annoyed by it if I donāt watch it.
evil evil evil Bflat, I agree! I always tranpose to A 
Good luck (you might need it!)
