I like that one.
When you think about all the things we do with our hand when we can’t see what they’re doing, like undoing a bolt behind something in a awkward spot. Playing guitar should be as hard as it is. 
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What a great lesson! I went into it thinking it was going to be a lot harder than it was. I’ve by no means perfected it, but I believe that having done Justin’s blues lead course REALLY helped with the targeting of the individual strings for this technique. I believe his lesson on practicing scales with a metronome has helped with this as well. I absolutely love how everything I learn on guitar carries on to future techniques without me even knowing it.
Last night I randomly decided to watch Justin’s Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door lesson (BD not G’n’R one) and he specifically mentions THIS lesson. It is great song to put the technique into practice, especially since it’s a grade 2 and has only few chords with the same progression throughout.
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Hello
I made a Guitar Pro file, PDF and MP3 files (with and without a metronome) for this lesson.
It’s in a shared Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EXx94l9eCabONjyN0XUbfX3FgTUhyniM?usp=sharing
I am new to making GP files, but I am pretty sure that I did it correctly.
I am sure someone will let me kindly 
know if I messed up 
It may not be the exact way Justin would have created the GP, but I think I have all the exercises, patterns, etc. correct.
Please let me know if there are any mistakes that need correcting or recommendations for formatting for any future GPs that I may make.
(Maybe I should have done a different speed(s) for the MP3s)
Thanks
Andrew
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You did it - good vibes and thanks Andrew. 
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Many thanks for being proactive and posting this for members to share.
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So, I’ve been on this for about two weeks now. It’s a bear! My question is, when you come across a lesson like this, does one want perfection or an understanding of the concept and some practice with the notion that you can revisit this later on. Sometimes I feel as if I spend way too much time on certain things. Do others have this issue and how do you handle it?
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For me, the point is, to have absorbed the technique, not absolutely perfectly, but reasonably well. A lot of techniques in Grade 3 need some more practice to sink in, so I keep them on the schedule or cycle back from time to time, whilst moving on. I guess, it’s a point of decision about your own direction too. Some skills might be more relevant for your individual development than others. Sooner or later, we all have to set priorities.
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Hi @jujumu ,
Two weeks isn’t long enough to claim there is a problem. I have been at this for about a year and it points right at my primary shortcoming to get resolved.
I tried a few methods to get accuracy in general working, expecting 2-3 weeks to show good progress, but nothing I tried showed substantial success. I finally asked for help and heard a common theme from folks that I am trying now. I see some progress, so maybe I can say I am over the stuck point, but progress is still slower than I like.
Here is a link to my question in case the feedback is useful for you:
When I run across something that is slow to pick up, I just keep it in my practice. Techniques come and go as I get comfortable with them, not because of how much time I have had them in practice. Once there is room in my schedule for something new, I watch the next module video and add that to my practice. This keeps me rolling along with fresh topics until I really need to clean out the tough stuff to make room for new. I then do a fairly dedicated practice to resolve the tough topics until I can call them “learned”.
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Great tip! Thank you.
cheers
Nice one - thanks!
Strangely I found this one quite easy although I have been practicing Toby’s @TheMadman_tobyjenner finger picking efficiency exercise quite a bit which has probably helped!
6-5-6-4-6-3-6-2-6-1-6-2-6-3-6-4-6-5 and loop.
5-4-5-3-5-2-5-1-5-2-5-3-5-4 and loop
4-3-4-2-4-1-4-2-4-3 and loop
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I am finding it almost impossible to do the F-chord with the thumb over on the “riff in Am” part around 9:48…any tips?
I suggest using the Barre F chord, where your index finger bars all 6 strings at the 1st fret.
Using the thumb over the top to fret the low E string is something that many people can’t do, and is not a requirement.
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Thank you… Jim Cunningham California.
Currently incorporating this lesson into my routine to try and make strumming interesting etc, can do it pretty easily at 120bpm now, but has anyone had any luck doing this without looking? I’m doing an enbellishment in one of my songs hitting the g string and hammering on in the middle of a strum part and it’s not really improving without looking, I tend to have about 50% success the other times I pluck the string either side of it. Is this something that’s possible to do accurately all the time? I’m not sure since when you strum it’s hard to know the exact position your hand will be in when it comes up to hit the right string! No problem at all if I’m looking
Hey @Alrey87 , it’s definitely possible, but it takes a lot of practice (I’m only partway there).
A couple of ideas:
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Make sure to keep your strumming motion tight. You want mostly wrist motion not arm motion. You can see this when Justin demos the technique. If possible, the last strum right before your picked note should leave your pick close to the string you are going to pick.
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You can rest your pinky lightly on the front of the guitar to give your strumming hand a point of reference. Justin does this also. Note you don’t plant your pinky, but rather just lightly touch the guitar with it.
In any case, it takes a lot of focused practice to be able to accurately pick out notes while strumming.
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This is a good point. And the fact that this technique is often called “anchoring” sets beginners up for misunderstanding - right from the start.
great exercice.
Hello everyone,
I have a question regarding fingerstyle. I read some of you have been practicing this in fingerstyle but how?
For the down strums no problem, but for the up strums, should I use the index? If I do I don’t feel like it’s strumming and I’m missing the point of this training
If I use my thumb, should i use the top of my nail? Sounds awkward and feels like bad technique. The soft part then? Feels impossible to me
I’ve used a pick for this lesson, but I try to focus on fingerstyle to get closer to MK style.
Hope someone can help me clarify.
Cheers