That was great Oliver well recognizable and really nicely played, bravo! Might have been a bit rushed in few places but this stuff sorts itself ouy usually with more experience and confidence. You are on a right track!
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That was great Oliver. Nicely played and sung. 
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Sounding great Oliver, nice share. If youāre ever worried about your guitar playing, just sing louder, amazing voice. Guitar captured the essence of the song too.
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I already commented earlierā¦ but I forgot how much I liked the song, Iāve been listening to it on Spotify & learned to play it now, I might post up an AVOYP of it in the next few weeks. Such a cracking song, canāt believe itās not more popular. Hadnāt listened to it in years.
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Hi @jkahn great to hear youāre enjoying the song, I was so pleased when I first looked it up and saw the chords. I was like āis that it? Brilliantā. Iāve lost count of how many times Iāve looked up a great song and said āOh, maybe notā or ādamn, more bars than a prisonā
Back and Forth is another one by the Foo Fighters Iām working on but thatās got F in the chorus so itās a good exercise in facing up to F, I just slow it down. The verses are A, C, G and D so theyāre fun to play and sing. Plus itās got power chords in the pre-chorus so good value all round. Just a great catchy song too.
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Hi there, Brendan from Canberra. Iām on the final module of Justinās Grade 2 and have been using House of the Rising Sun as my go-to for practicing full barre F chord. Itās still one of my weakest chords, but little by little, it is slowly getting easier.
Hereās my first recorded effort, about 3 weeks ago:
And hereās one from yesterday:
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Thereās definite improvement in the month there Brendan, as shown with some extra strums and quicker chord changes, well done. Your timing is nice, I think you can trust yourself more on your changes to and from F, let it ring, it feels like youāre doing similar to I did in rushing to and from it. If youāre not already doing it I highly recommend emphasising practicing on the OMC exercise with F to Am, C and G n particular, I found it helped me alot in a relatively short space of time.
You seemed to flow a little more in the July recording in the second half which is great to see, proper documented improvement
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Thanks. I think youāre right, I should add F changes back into my practice routine. I was doing them for a while, but when I moved up a module and the app stopped suggesting it, I stopped doing it. Really need to get more disciplined on the whole ābuild my own routineā aspect of practice.
Also definitely agree that I do better in the second half of the song. Seems to take me a minute or two to get comfortable and find my groove on some songs.
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Great first share Brendan. Definite improvement. Great to see another Aussie aroundā¦ our numbers are growing.
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@direvus
Bravo and congrats on a first recording, Brendan. The progress is clear, keep doing what you are doing.
There are many moments when your strumming keeps moving with your foot-tapping, even if not hitting the strings. Thatās a good habit to develop.
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Congratulations on your first AVOYP posting Brendan.
That is coming along nicely and you can see a good improvement in those 3 weeks. Keep at those OMCās, make them part of your practice routine.
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Well done Brendan. Definite improvement there over the 3 weeks mate. I like your steady, focused approach too, and locking into the rhyrhm. Going to be of significant benefit as you continue to move forward.
And yep, Iām with @jkahn - great to see another Aussie onboard.
All the best, and keeping postinā.
Cheers, Shane
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Good Job mate, keep going
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I guess itās time to take that step and throw something online for the first time. I started from zero in Oct. 2021 and Iām currently engaged with Grade 2 Module 8 (done with the module, but running the practice routine from that). Below is my go at Pearl Jamās Last Kiss, using the app for a backing track and occasional reference (itās an easy chord progression, but red light syndrome was at the back of my mind, lol). I found an old GoPro 3+ in my closet and it seems to do the job ok, but the soundās not greatā¦one of these days Iāll figure out recording into a DAW with my THR.
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Good stuff Scott. Vibes from me for your first AVoYP.
Steady rhythm, clean chords and a great continuous up and down strum.
My one comment. Get out of the habit of constantly watching your fretting hand, the occasional glance is fine.
Well done. I look forward to more from you.
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Thanks for the kind words! As for watching the fretting hand, Iām working on that! In my inaugural attempt here, I was doing a lot of staring down at the app to keep myself from jacking it up, lol (red light syndrome). 
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Congrats on your first AVOYP posting Scott, that was some sweet playing. Clean changes and solid strumming.
Iāve found that to help me stop looking at my fretting hand all the time was to stand up and play. In a couple of weeks I also found it felt more natural as well.
Really well done.
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Bravo, Scott. Your playing was smooth and steady throughout, all good. Recording sounded OK as well, fine for now. Keep on rocking!
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Congrats on your 1st AOVYP Scott, well done.
As others have said, solid rhythm and clean changes, so good progress all round.
Yeah RBS is a bummer but you kind of get used to it over time.
Look forward to hearing more.
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Nicely played Scott and well done on your first AVOYP. I think everyoneās commented on advice etc so nothing else to add there.
Iām also a THR owner, you can run it via USB directly into your DAW, out of interest what DAW platform are you using?
Lovely guitar too (I may be a little biased there as a fellow PRS-er 
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