Welcome to the forum Kevin
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wow very close to me im in North Shields so you will Know 
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Hi Kevin, welcome to the community forum
If you look at the community discussions for module 8 you will see that a lot of beginners feel overwhelmed starting grade 8, so you are not alone 
For the stuck 3,4 chords Justin gives you more chords than you need to learn at first
If you learn the G C stuck 3,4 chords you can play a song by using with the plain D chord like in Good Riddance (Tine of Your Life)
Then learn the D A and E stuck 3,4 chords to play Wonderwall
You can learn chords as you need them to play songs and just be familiar with the rest of the chords
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Hi Kevin,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun 
Greetings,Rogier
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Welcome to the community Kevin!
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Welcome Kevin! I’m in Grade 3, and guess what - I often feel overwhelmed. I’ve decided that’s just part of the journey! As for tips on managing that feeling: I try not to get too focused on a single skill or song, realizing that practicing in 10-15 minute blocks is much more effective than repeatedly spending 30-60 minutes on a single thing. (Yes, I know Justin teaches this, but…. 
) I also set things aside when I hit a plateau in improvement, and come back to them later - for example when a new song requires that technique. If you’re interested, there’s a great book called Learn Faster, Perform Better by Dr. Molly Gebrian that discusses the neuroscience of learning. She’s a professional viola player (as well as a professor). Here’s a great summary from our own @ziggysden.
See you around!
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Welcome Kevin!!! This is a great site for learning and support. Having fun with music is what it is all about! The journey never ends
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It seems that you and I follow and comment on the same posts and tend to give each other likes. Great minds think a like, right @judi!?!? 
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Indeed! Nice to have company, makes me feel less weird. I’m not insinuating your or anyone else might be weird!
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Welcome Kevin I am on BC2 mod 11 seems like I have been stuck there for ages determined to be able to play something finger style before I move on, it does improve slightly with practice but I find it quite challenging so good luck and no matter how hard it gets or how big the wall is don`t give up
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I think there is a fair amount of weird floating around this forum. Not pointing any fingers, @brianlarsen 
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For God’s Sake Man, speak English!!! 
I mean, I thought that this Community’s supposed to be in English!!! 
Tod
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Welcome aboard Kevin 
When you decided to learn guitar you became a guitar player.
The learning never gets easier or harder and the enjoyment is purely your state of mind, no matter what your level.
Don’t think in terms of climbing over walls… It’s more like walking along one great one, with all it’s ups and downs.
The fact that I am so well-balanced and ‘normal’ allows me to express myself in a sometimes ‘unorthodox’ manner
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Quite right, Todd.
It’s easy to forget that there are folk from all over the world on this site who struggle with English… Europeans, Asians, Africans, Americans and and even Australians! 
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Hello Kevin & Welcome!!!
As your post indicates, you’ve already found that Justin’s teaching methods are pretty amazing… as a guy who’s had a guitar(s) for a long, long time but only really started learning since discovering Justin, I can’t sing his praises enough!
I hadn’t encountered the word “transformational” before here in the Community but it’s been transformational to me as well! It’s very fortunate for us 62 year olds (yes, me too) to have such a great resource available as long as we have internet access!
If in using the word comfortable, you’re talking about finger pain, there’s a lot of ideas out there in the Community, just use the search function. If, however, you’re talking about progressing faster or easier… I’ll pay attention to the responses you get… and follow you down that path!!! It’s just time, practice, repetitiveness & paying attention when attempting new skills… have you watched any of the Nitsuj videos? Here’s this Guitar Guru trying to learn to play leftie & even though he already has all of the mental stuff down, he’s really, really struggling to make anything even close to music! It’s cool to see that we all go through the same stages in this Journey called “guitar”!
Anyway, good luck with YOUR Journey… the MOST IMPORTANT thing is to keep it FUN!!! As long as it’s FUN, you’ll want to pick up the guitar & play. As long as you pick it up, that’s half the battle… you will keep learning!!!
Tod from New Mexico USA
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You know, Brian… this is spot on!
About 35 years ago, we had a Scottish family that had just come to the US from Glasgow move in across the street from us in our old neighborhood. The father of the brood called me over one day & was obviously asking me… something. 
I asked him numerous times what he was saying… 
and as time went on, he was getting obviously frustrated. 
His volume kept increasing… he was getting red in the face… 
yet I couldn’t understand anything he was saying… 
About that time, his teenage daughter came out - she looked angry too… “What ye be doin’ ta piss off me Da!” she yelled! 
I told her that he was asking me something but that I couldn’t understand him… when they talked to each other literally the only word I could make out was "cat ".
It turned out that he hated cats & we had quite a few that roamed around - he was asking me if it was against the law in the US to “Shoot the Fooookin’ Cats”!!! 
I guess I just wasn’t expecting that question the very first time I met the guy!
They did turn out to be good neighbors… we gave them a bottle of Scotch every Christmas & they gave us a bottle of Tennessee Bourbon… worked out pretty well!!!
Tod
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I s’pose we’ll have to wait for Rogier’s morning coffee for adjudication on the ethics of that
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Hmmmmm… I think we can pretty well predict the Verdict…
In my defense… I’m an American from the Southwest… I’m going to claim that I have no… umm… fookin’ idea what Fookin’ means!!! 
(Sorry - not trying to be offensive but probably am!!!) 
Tod
Ochyerbumsootthawindae, it don’t get more ‘English’ than ‘many a mickle makes a muckle’. It’s an old Northern English, Scottish colloquialism
I’ll let you work out for yourself what the Scottish saying I started with means. You’d would have got it if you’d listened to you Glaswegian neighbour 