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13-06-2023 - I registered to JG, I think I started with guitar 01-06-2023
16-07-2024 - After one year of Justin Guitar I decided to make my own learning log, so not all datas wont be that accurate from 1st year, but because I am running through “rut” I need a place where I can see what all I can do so it motivates PRESENT me and FUTURE me. 
First I am gonna think about stylization, so I am gonna edit this topic in short time. Hope its not too late to start learning log.
17-07-2024 - Yesterday I finally made my own list of daily routine, so I would like to share it with you here. These days are pretty busy and this is really helping me to stay in learning without thinking about what I should do.
-C Major Scale:
Settings: downpicks only from memory, 100 bpm, 2 minutes
Note: Sometimes I pick not correct string or press correct note
-F chord changes:
Settings: C to F, Weak G to F, Am to F, 80 bpm, 2 minutes each
Note: When doing F chord the G string is buzzy 50/50
-A chord mini barré:
Settings: D to A mini barré, 60 bpm, 2 minutes
Note: This chord is not that hard for me, I just need to memory my finger placement, so I dont mute A string, sometimes G string is buzzy
-Hammer-on guitar exercise:
Settings: 5th fret start, 1st to 2nd finger, 2nd to 3rd, 3rd to 4th, 1st to 3rd, 2nd to 4th and 1st to 4th, no metronome
Note: No metronome, because first I need to learn accuracy and correction
-Trying 5 common chord progression in C major scale:
Settings:
1-5-6-4 → C, G, Am, F (80 bpm, Old Faithful Plus, 2 minutes)
6-4-1-5 → Am, F, C, G (80 bpm, Old Faithful Plus, 2 minutes)
Note: This chord progression seems same to me as 1-5-6-4, maybe in future I will understand whats different
1-4-5-4 - > C, F, G, F (80 bpm, Old Faithful Plus, 2 minutes)
1-6-4-5 - > C, Am, F, G (80 bpm, Old Faithful Plus, 2 minutes)
Note: C to Am, this sounds really beautiful to my ears
2-5-1-6 → Dm, G, C, Am (80 bpm, Old Faithful Plus, 2 minutes)
Note: Dm a little hard, because I wasnt using it to this time, only learned in Grade 1, so fingers needs to remember shape better
Together it takes 16 minutes + around 4-5 minutes hammer-ons.
Anyone can please confirm 20 minutes a day is enough?
Believe it or not… I did my 1st Grade with “freestyle” learning and I did not follow any time or routine… any day different things… sometimes 5 minutes, sometimes 2 hours. It depends on mood. 
30-07-2024 - Who am I to lie to you?
Its been 2 weeks and honestly… I did revision of G2M9, so I got it 100%. Now I am at Module 9 where I am getting to finish. But for example “mini F” is pretty hard for me… I call it gypsy F. Hope it wont offend anyone… much more I can do barré F from C, G, Am, Em, Fmaj7 and Fmaj7/C. Also doing barré F from C/G, I love that chord… because you can move that shape 2 frets and its sounds great, dont know name of chord yet.
But about my planned learning schedule… I am not just doing it. Like… I did it 2 days and it does not fulfil me how I imagined… still did not find any exact song to work on, everything seems hard to me… even when I am pretty decent in F changes…
So I am just roaming around… had a little peak in end of Grade 2 and start of Grade 3, I wanted to know… and its pretty “scary” I am exactly where I should be, because I can see there are lot of ways to go and Justin is saying its my decision to choose the path. I am still trying to find myself… best things I like are for example “Indie folk music videos” on YouTube, which I can enjoy all days. But is it really what I wanna play? Is it really what I will be EVER able to play? Big questions here.
So I started to feed myself with different musicians - like Sean Daniel, I like him. Well 2 days ago he made video about basic country strumming pattern and thats what I am working on right now.
My days looks pretty… lined. I go from work home, play some games on PC, eat some spaghetti and then pick up guitar for 2-3 hours just doing anything I want by TV while watching Columbo - I really like this serial. Its like I am doing 30 minutes only random changing with barre F and you know what? It rings… its getting faster, I dont have to think about that as much as I used to on the beginning. I think this is helping me too… then I put here some random fingerstyle… mostly Travis picking like… nothing big, just doing it and enjoying that time.
Sometimes I catch myself playing only with fingerstrum or pick these chords - C/G, then 2 frets UP C/G, Em and folky G. Trying to build some backbeat on 8th note all downstrums while doing dynamics… from normal to really loud to really silent and palm muting…
I really know in long term it wont push me that far, but this is how I am doing it right now.
Also bought Digitech Trio+ with looper and SFX3 pedal, I like it. Cant use it that good right now. Got days using it hours… then days not touching it.
Maybe… I am just thinking too far to future and I need to slow down. That is why I am revisiting some modules. Today I am gonna try my first alternate picking on C major scale, or am I not? We will see, heh.
I saw some video where guy is telling we should play WHOLE song with all parts and not only riffs or intro… and that is where I want to get now and maybe with that country pattern.
These days are strange… outside is 27 celsius and I am just living like this in my 27 years. I am pretty satisfied… or… am I?
07-08-2024 - Getting pretty comfortable with playing a song Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
It is three days and I got little routine where I am practicing F chord changes and also moving F chord shape on neck to G and A. I started to learn “Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol”. That strumming part is pretty stretchy, but I like the sound - I am playing this song WHOLE with Dave from GuitarZeroToHero. I am making mistakes, but I find pretty satisfying going through whole song. This one is pretty easy, because its changing only picking and strumming with few chord shapes. Still watching Columbo in TV and passively doing “travis picking like fingerstyle” from Vintage club session with Richard Coles. I am really happy Clubs are back after holidays.
17-09-2024 - Nothing too special, just being around and picking guitar almost daily for long
I learned Pixies - Where is my mind. Also touched The Animals - House of rising sun with strumming and fingerstyle - got my drunken and blind version on YouTube, pretty good I think. I started with spider exercise daily from 02-09-2024. I can see its really helping me in many things… like C major scale or A minor pentatonic which I touched few days ago - its just bitten spider exercise to bone. So I was able to do it almost immadiately with alternate picking too…
Today I am fighting with deciding to go for Paul Davids beginner course Learn, Practice and Play, but I watched some YouTube videos and against Justin… he got it pretty messy for really big price. Also had I look on Next Level Playing or Acoustic Adventure, but its too much, because its for intermediate… so today I made new schedule for new learning and I hope I will have will to do it and change it how I want. Here is list:
1.) Technics repeating and warmup:
E min penta, C major scale, A minor penta, spider up and down → downpicks and alternate with metronome
2.) New technics and example where to apply:
Palm mute on power chords - learning on Blink 182 - All the small things
3.) Song repertoire:
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Oasis - Wonderwall
The Animals - House of Rising Sun
Beatles - Let It Be
Anouk - Lost
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Pixies - Where Is My Mind
11-10-2024 - I started Paul Davids acoustic adventure - fingerstyle blues
How I expected… I am not following anything, but I bought Pauls course 21.09.2024 and I am following his fingerstyle blues lesson. I get really really better. Exploring blues chords and doing my first slides. I completed level 1 and now I am working on level 2. I find Pauls tabs really great looking and great to follow too. So let me just follow this Bob Ross of guitar and I will update you… some day. You know I am not that much into it. I think this is right course for me… even when its intermediate, because fingerstyle is reason why I decided to start with guitar at all.
Also I really enjoyed new John Butler banjo loop… and it really makes me wanna buy and play banjo. I found on Thomanns one for 230 dollars, thats pretty good. But I am trying not to buy it! I dont know how I would practice it in my system right now. But I gave little hint to my girlfriend and Christmass is around the corner, so who knows…
And also its good time to start learning We Wish You a Merry Christmass. Last year I learned only chord chapes and I wasnt able to play it, because of fast chord change and strumming pattern. I cant want too compare one year difference side by side.
Stay motivated and stay happy while playing your guitar, it will click one day.
10-02-2025 - Guitar life update - Freight Train, Joe Robinson/Tommy Emmanuel and Windy & Warm
Well, well, well… it has been 4 months. Times go… I dont update this too much and too much happened when I look back.
In points to last message: I dont get and dont have banjo, I got “we wish you a merry christmass” into my fingers and performed it as fingerstyle during 24.12.2024 on Christmass evening right in front of tree and then we opened all presents. I did few mistakes, but it was manily because of pressure… I get little applause. Also recorded this version on my YouTube.
I abandoned Pauls course and founds… “someone new”. Believe me or not I did not know who is Tommy Emmanuel and few minutes into watching this guy changed everything for me - I found him thanks to Joe Robinson who was guest last year in the beginning and he was teaching here fingerstyle with thumb pick. I learned Joes version of Freight Train and shared it in community recordings, I really enjoy I am getting use to independance boom chick thumb pick technique.
First I started with Dunlop medium, but ended by Black Mountain thumb pick. I can still feel there is tone and use different between those two so I always keep them on my table when I play.
Right now I got in my pocket 2 “full songs”… more like melody chord progerssion fingerstyle from Paul… it takes 15-25 seconds to play it, so nothing big, but I can do it from my memory. Also like this I can play Freight Train and I learned how to palm mute strings while thumbpicking… because I am into thumbpick over 6 weeks, playing without it feels really weird and is not that good as is used to be, but its sure because I dont practice it a lot and I am sure it would get back fast if I give to it few hours.
Right now I started to work on Windy & Warm and that is some piece! Some bending, hammer ons… and of course in the background independent alternating thumb! It is challenging, but I like how my fingers dont understand first the flow… then I do few attempts and after tens of minutes it feels pretty good, because fingerst know. It is magic.
This is just another part how my fingerstyle route evolved and right now I am on path with thumbpick.
Yep… and of course… my learning style is style little punk because I just drill what I want and play it how long I want. Big influence right now comes from Joe Robinson, Tommy Emannuel but also Tim Van Roy who teaches me Windy and Warm right now.
And also… I am SURE this year I will treat myself with new guitar. Probably Furch Pioneer ER.
It is part of personal thing… on 01.01.2025 I was 92,4kg weight. I started daily “home bike” and after month I can measure few centimeters went down and now I am 88kg. I would love to be healthy as long as I can and would like to treat myself good.
12.03.2025 - Not following strict practice routine… AGAIN
It has been month… and practice routine “worked” maybe 2 days. My problem with this I got in mind I HAVE TO do it and not WANNA do it, so I am again on my “punk” way to learn…
I abandoned thumb pick for now, jumped back to Grade 2 Module 8 following Justin… but not that much. I found out why I converted to fingerstyle - when I play or learn any few chord song on my level it sound too repetitive and boring really soon.
Paralel I found a guy from Singapur and I am learning his “Home Run” and it proved me why I like and dislike the strumming… I really need melody on TOP of chords. That is making me happy and satisfy.
Also I jumped back to bare fingers - thumbpick learned me how to palm mute and now I can use it without thumbpick. And being able to mute base a little and let melody notes pop… great feel.
I learned fingerstyle part of Shallow - Lady Gaga and decently touched strumming part. I revisited Every Rose Has It Thorn but this is example of song that is changing only few chords and does not satisfy me…
Also found new video from Marco Cirillo again showing one of the most chord progression playing simple, addons, walking base line, melody and more… and I am learning that.
It is D - Bm - G - A followed by Dsus2 - Bm11 - G6 and Asus. I am already putting “my own” hammer ons into it and I like it. Learning it in 6/8 pattern, the bese basic one.
Hmm… yeah and I did not buy new guitar. I was deep into it and it is as hard as buying a car. So in game was some Furch master craft… or Little Jane. I just dont know. I need them all.
But I dont deserve it… I can feel it.
When I am talking about car… EGR part of my car broke and I had to pay around 600€ for repair… so this cut off my guitar budget… not at all, but it is some spending and I dont wanna spend that much.
Lost another 1,5kg of weight… feeling lighter.
While writing this… I am listening to this great song that popped on me in FB while scrolling reels " A Sudden Burst of Colour | The North Orchard"
Oh and one really big new. I got physical empty notes book where I write songs I am learning… chords… melody… patterns… and it kinda works for me. Because when I write it physically with pencil I am also graving it into my memory. I think it is more effective than just print PDF or watch it in tablet… so I would like to use this as first stages of digging and learning something and then simplify it into electronic look. Really recommend to you.
10.04.2025 - New Guitar Furch Pioneer ER
I just could not resist anymore and made purchase on Thomann… there is brand new for 1 120$, but I found here b-stock (openned package only, no damage or missing at all) for 900$ so it was great opportunity for me.
Before I made this decision I was talking really lot with community, with people on YouTube… like with Jarvis from Guitar Spa Singapur… made my own samples in KytaryCZ…
It was great journey and this is just beginning. I hope I have my mind free for some years.
I made some setup with action and high E string. Messed a little with neck angle and CNR Active. Such a small guitar sounds so mature. I became member of Furch family and now I am part of Furch Insights. I am so excited… I am counting minutes right now at work to get home and touch my new guitar. Its 7AM and my shift ends at 2:30PM, this is gonna be loooong. 
03-06-2025 - Making structured daily routine based on Richard Coles recommendation
On yesterday Vintage club 25 Richard celebrated 60 years and I had question here about reaching my ultimate goal - to be able to play at least half like Paul Davids. My problem from beginning is I cant follow strict routine and I disgusted this with ChatGPT. Based on many materials I watch through 2 years I got some knowledge and because I wanna grow even more in musical way, I am starting to take it more serious. I created new routine list and I will work on making it as custom for myself as I can. I got first raw version which I share here.
By the time from latest update I learned my first new song Hallelujah, big achievement for me and now I am working on Unchained Melody.
I can see I learned lot of technique and now it starts clicking… slowly. I can play something. Still loving my Pioneer and dont pick Fender any more.
Raw version:
04-06-2025 - Thoughts after DAY 1
So yesterday I followed my created learning session which was about 90 minutes long. 90 minutes is pretty long time, but having splitted it into this small pieces felt like its pretty short and not enough. I would need more time in every point so I can learn a little bit more, cause I am excited. I am pretty curious what I will remember today, because I had many things at once to learn or remember in one day. Right now I am thinking about doing some + and - in points with time. For example repertoire little bit less - I got just one song here. And add little bit more in New content - that Justins blues fingerstyle is really catchy and I really wanna learn more.
Also I think in future I am gonna make maximum 3-4 points to learn a day and mix it through whole week, so I got better focus on few things then splitting it to too many at once. But I will see how it will work for me.
05-06-2025 - Thoughts after DAY 2
Yesterday I had really busy day… cleaning, cooking, my brother visited me… and I also made some prototype on my 3D printer.
I had time for guitar only around 60 minutes, so I did only number 1-5 and I can really see I need less points and make some variations for different days.
For example when I learned yesterday 4 new bars of Unchained Melody I felt like I did not have enough time to practice, because time run off. Today I will have more time and I will rework that schedule little.
Pretty interesting is ear training. I am following Sam Griffins app and I am on level 1. Sometimes I find pitch perfect, sometimes I am 1-2 steps off… and sometimes I am really off. I think it just needs time. I kinda like it. Play 2 notes in app and I am looking for highest note on my fretboard listening to sample on loop.
06-06-2025 - Thoughts after DAY 3
Yesterday I made it more free and did not follow whole routine. I just did 5-10 minutes warm up, I am getting really good at this level one. Fingers can do it almost automatically and I can look around without much thinking about that. Soon I will add level 2.
I did 10 minutes ear training and I can see I am much better than day 1, and its been only 3 days!
I skipped the theory videos, I was thinking about theory… I can learn it when I dont have guitar by me and then “just apply” this knowledge. Maybe I dont wanna pick guitar with this now, because I am at grade 1 now (again) and I am going really through theory then apply something on neck. I already knew the most base, so its not new for me.
Then I did some repertoire without time… I played the piece like 5-10x while watching some YouTube Elden Ring Nightreign… pretty decent play through song, just polishing it.
I put much more time into learning song that day… about 20-30 minutes, so I really get it into my fingers but also I am trying to solve problem how to hold “Bb” so it sounds like Chris one in tutorial.
I did not watch any new content, I just tried to play that Justins intro “lick” with proper timming and I even I had in this way one day gap, I can really do this. I play to add more bars following days.
Last point of free playing was not in this session. I had like 60 minutes of yesterday session and it felt better to have less points than lot of to do… yes and I havent touched the metronome, again.
Now I am openning Excel and I am gonna rework the following practice session to fit my needs better.
Daily routine V2. I am gonna make another list with different points… after few days.
07-06-2025 - Thoughts after DAY 4
I jumped to try that warm up level 2 and I am pretty impressed how fast I could do that, now I need to work on that… its just level one, but with travis picking which I am using really lot.
I did around 10 minutes of Hallelujah and then jumped straight to learning song unchained melody. I did not learn any new bar, because there are tricky parts where I need to stay some time… for example playing Bb after C chord… and in time? Huh, this will take some time. I am learning that in A shape. I am just going through progression over and over and some parts are getting smoother.
I did not do any ear training that day - I was 3D printing whole day and its doing background noise. Also I did not do Justins blues at all, but I finished Grade 1 theory with test by 100%, so I guess that counts. I can already see having only few points of interest a day is the way for me… oh and yes, I picked up my Fender again and hanged the Pioneer on the wall. I just wanted to feel bigger guitar, because anchoring right arm is more comfortable. Everything has its cons and pluses!
08-06-2025 - Thoughts after DAY 5
Yesterday I combined warm up level one and two. Its going good… I am starting to think about changing chords. For example C and in that travis picking alternate the base line meaning my left hand must do extra job. I will try in following days.
I did some repertoire 5-10 minutes… I really did not count that.
Then I jumped straight to learning my song Unchained Melody and through whole day I spent like 60-90 minutes doing that. I tasted last verse and end and its just variation of chord I already know from this song, so its not gonna be that hard. Only thing I need now is doing that A shape Bb smooth. I have always some really focused part and then I just learn by watching some YouTube videogames.
I did not take any new material and did not ear training. I just did not want to do it. I am really focused on that song. Also I pick up again my Pioneer. I just cant live without that. 
I think learning is going good and ending look of this will be few points without time, so I just know what I want and what I need to do. I can work out of time blocks, I have that time.
09-06-2025 - Thoughts after DAY 6
Yesterday was really productive day… mainly in learning song. I did some warm up through day just when I had appetite for that. I cant do it just 5 minutes. I can enjoy it through day 20-30 minutes. Then I did 10 minutes of ear training, I can see I can “guess” higher pitches more accurate than lower ones…
Then I really focused on one minute changes from C to Bb via A shape… honestly its one minute change, but without time or metronome… I drilled it like 20-30 minutes that day with breaks and gaps. I just do it… then go put clothes to washing machine. Do it some minutes by TV… then go make a cup of tea. And like that through whole day. Biggest time I spent was by learning progression of Unchained Melody and it was really about 3-5 hours, because I was watching world gaming shows by that. I am starting to feel I dont need TABs anymore, because my brain knows what to do. Only thing I need to learn is second verse and outro.
I have really good feelings about that. I just love my Pioneer.
Justins theory and bluesy fingerstyle are waiting for me. I am gonna dive into it this week.
10-06-2025 - Thoughts after DAY 7
Yesterday I did some revisit of my repertoire… sad thing is that pieces I have not touch months are not that fluent and right as it used to be. Is it normal?
Then I played some Hallelujah and straight to the Unchained Melody. Drilling that C to Bb, I am getting really better at it. I also made some recording of me performing through song and I will analyze my weak spots really soon.
The final thing is… I made two version of practice routine and now I will just do one a day and next day the different one. I put out time blocks, because they more likely works its chaining me then making me free with my instrument. I have time. Also I did that level 1 and 2 warmup, I was trying to change from level 1 to 2 without a break and it kinda works. Need just time to get it into my fingers.
Personally I can see I was following some routine all the time, I am just able to do more things at one session and not just drill the one and that is something I learned from this 7 days practice routine. I am gonna keep myself interested every day in 2-4 aspects of guitar and that will make me grow bigger and faster. More effective.
In practical music theory I am gonna learn all notes in first 5 frets… many of them I know, because they are roots of chords I know or I know the note from melody lines in fingerstyle.
