I Will try standing I have been playing in seated position since I started. And past guitar teacher was always having me sitting.
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Well… I said, I would never take a video of me playing. Just this week, I did still insist “never”. Remember, @SDKissFan ?
Never say never it seems. Dearest moderators, since this is not a song from Beginner’s Grade 1 ( or 2 or 3, which I have no business even looking at yet 
), please feel free to delete this post.
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@JokuMuu Well done on Justin’s "Distract yourself " excercise 
. In the video for ex. he wants us to tell, what we had for dinner yesterday and several days ago. Yesterday, ok, but coudn’t remember, even without playing guitar, what we had for dinner a few days ago 
Must be the age…
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Great job stepping outside of your comfort zone. I’m sure it felt great just you your guitar and the Baltic Sea. Well done Nicole.
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Thanks 
That’s the important step here, yes. I also noticed that I love telling stories while playing, so that is probably an important step fo getting ready to play and sing again.
Got some minor sunburn though, but that has been perfectly worth it. Things not to forget next time: Sunscreen, water, a blanket and some memorized songs 
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Well done Nicole on saying no to never saying never. A nice little distraction video, thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for your kindness. It was a very big step for me indeed.
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You got this Nicole!!
Cool that you just threw yourself out there! Your fingerpicking was not bad at all. Lots of things to be happy about!
Just keep up the good work!! 
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Thank you . Let’s say it’s some kind of basis to start building up on. Lots of room for improvement but hopeless it is not. Like I just wrote in my Learning Log, it looks as if I am in this for the long haul this time.
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Bravo, Nicole, bravo.
Never say never indeed!
Making excellent progress, sounding good when you are in the groove. Keep doing what you are doing and you’ll keep on improving.
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Thank you so much! You made my day 
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@Libitina RE: Nobody Leaves A Girl / What’s Up and Last Christmas
All good all round. You have solid and consistent strumming and seem well in control of things throughout with good song stamina. Bravo. You sometimes get a tiny bit ahead of the beat though not by much and you bring it back soon enough. When you get the weak finger G chord mastered you will find it an easier and quicker transition between G, C, Am etc.
Good going! 
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@Jwaters re: Pearl Jam - Black
You have clearly worked on timing and strumming and that was solid. You kept it going too with good concentration. A few small details. It is difficult to tell from the angle but it seemed like your body posture was a little laid-back in a chair with one leg crossed over the other. That isn’t optimal seating for good practice. I think you may have been using a very thin pick and it looked as though a lot was sticking out from your finger and thumb ends. Try retractiing it a little, you don’t need very much plastic sticking proud beyond your tips. Some of your more vigorous strumming arcs were very wide. I often share this pic. It’s message is not a hard and afast rule but is a reasonable indicator of where you want to be headed.
Good stuff Jeff.
@JokuMuu RE: playing at the Baltic
Bravo. Kudos to you for your first recording and sharing it. Kudos for taking your guitar out of the house and playing it in the big outdoors. Wonderful. Keep it up and give us more.
Better be careful what you wish for, it’s seriously cold here at the moment.
So any attempt at recording anything outside would turn into an interesting mixture of Finnish curses with German accent 
Seriously though, I realized that the biggest hurdle for me is my impatience. It probably always has been that. I saw you writing somewhere that there are no shortcuts and I’m trying to internalize that thought and be more patient with myself 
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Well ok… It took me a while to convince myself to give it a try although my first record is far from my expectations. I even close all windows while practicing. The audio is taken by my phone, therefore the audio quality is what it is…
I had a few lessons in 2015. Teacher asked me what’s more important to me, playing songs or learning from the beginning. My answer was “both” which confused him. Because of job change and few other “life things” this was it at getting lessons. Now I started at May 9th with Justinguitar, I’m at the end of Grade 1 and now I come to the point of consolidation. Just the moment I thought “it goes well, give recording a try” I started to make mistakes more than ever
Please be kind and friendly in your critics.
So here it is, my attempt of playing Mad World, Grade 1
Thank you for listening
https://on.soundcloud.com/RY8GM
Edit: how can I get this SoundCloud thing embedded?
Edit 2: I don’t really get it. All tutorials I find they’re talking about an “embed tab” when you click on “share”. Neither in my app nor at the browser there’s such a tab. Hope you can listen to it anyways.
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No need to keep the windows closed, and even less need to be overly critical with yourself 
This wasn’t bad at all 
I managed to listen to it a few times when the link was still working, and the song was easily recognisable. Especially since you used a different strumming technique in verses and chorus. Once I had understood that you seem to be skipping the intro, I managed to sing with it Surely, there are a few chords missing towards the end, and surely not every chord is 100% clean. So what, I say?
Having had the first experience of uploading something here in May, I know how nervewrecking it is. Hey, that first hurdle is now overcome and you will receive so much valuable feedback from many many kind people
No, idea how it works with soundcloud. It took various people here some time to persuade me to upload a video. I did not want. For the life of me, I did not want. In the end, I jumped over my own shadow and did as some people had suggested. It’s even more nervewrecking, but I have received only kind feedback. Perhaps something to consider in the future? 
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@JokuMuu
Thank you so much for your really encouraging words.
Being overly critical with myself is actually a thing to work on, not only at playing guitar.
When I recorded I struggled in counting the chord repetitions, so there are parts missing. Thing to work on. 
I watched your uploads and you did it so good hats off 
(is “well” used in that case) My active English vocabulary is a bit rusty…
For the moment I would say, you never ever will see me on a video, too 
Have a nice evening
CJ
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Congratulations and well done on your first posting. It certainly is a nerve racking experience.
Although it’s a bit hard to give advice with no visual footage, I can hear good even strumming and the song is instantly recognisable.
You’re only 1 month in with Justin and you’re doing great!
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Hi Winni @Siehtscheh
How great your first share 
There was a lot to like and certainly something to continue with , as kind of said, a video image sometimes says more than a thousand notes and then people can give better feedback, but for now it’s fine, don’t be afraid
Greetings,Rogier
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