Finished recording ten songs for Grade 2 consolidation - SteveL - Nov2024

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@paul_x Hi Paul, I wasn’t sure how to interpret your post - light hearted compliment or genuine cry of despair If you do think that these recordings were good, but are discouraged by your own progress, then I wanted to put my experience in context. I had 45 years of wandering through the wilderness of strumming from songbooks and online content before I joined the JG community and started the current Justin Guitar beginner lessons. I went through grades 1 and 2 in 5 months and spent 2 more years in grade 3 while continuing to do grade 2 consolidation. Notice that I did my five grade 1 consolidation songs last year while I was learning grade 3:

Five G1 campfire songs memorized with G2 and G3 strumming - SteveL - 30Oct2023

I finally made the commitment to memorize the chords and lyrics for five Grade 1 songs. I was inspired by the song practice suggestions in modules 19 and 20, my recent review of Grade 1 and strumming foundations and Richard’s persistent message of songs, songs, songs! This is big for me, since I have always played from song sheets, lead sheets, chord charts or TABs, and at 68 years old I wasn’t sure if my memory is still at its peak. Since I am at the Grade 3 level, but finishing Grade 2 consol…

So I have had a lot of practice. (30 to 50 minutes a day, 6 days a week for over 2 years.)

If you want to see where I was in my guitar journey when I started Justin Guitar, you can look at my intro:

Steve L Introduction

If you want to see my over 2 years of struggle learning guitar while in grade 3, you can look at my community Learning Log:

Steve L Learning Log

There are others who have started out learning guitar with Justin Guitar and recorded every step in their learning log.

BTW, I see that you signed onto Justin Guitar 2 years ago and dropped out. Most people in the community have probably done that at least once, including me. Now you have returned again and started to read and post to the community. Take a moment to go to the Community Hub/Introduce Yourself section and tell us a little about your guitar background and interests. Everyone in the JG community will be happy to welcome you and provide encouragement.