How cold is it where you live ???
Yes … add to that neighbours who are constantly ( each day, every day) drinking and smoking on their balcony … Then you’ll struggle hard finding times when you can open the balcony door to let in some colder air… 
Maybe I should take the Godin and the amp and practice on our balcony… I guess that could persuade them to spend comfort time inside 
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Just try it once 
I think I ll try to play in the living room today …
It’s been very rainy and windy lately… temperatures overnight about 3-9degrees, day up to 14. I think it had a high of 13 the other day but a real-feel of 7 or something. It doesn’t sound that cold, and I’ve been warmer on technically colder days, but sometimes I just really, really feel the cold, and yesterday was one of those days.
It was windy enough last night to move the bin around the corner of the house and turn the roof into a wind-instrument, so there was no heat except for what we made cooking etc. No sun to heat the house, icy wind. Brrr.
you make me jealous 
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It was too hot today … 31° or 32°
I played but I wasnt happy with my performance and I couldnt play U2 … it was too much !
Day 161 :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and a little stretching exercise
Played on Yousician for 60 minutes
29 weeks streak
I play standing up with the backing track :
Played Kiss from a rose by Seal again ( level 4 ) cow boy chords C G F A D Am
song at 65% speed
I struggled with this one today because of the heat … my hand wouldnt do a good Fm7/CChallenge of last week : a song called La paloma ( level 3 ) cow boy chords D A
Played the same song level 5 basic melody , training at 70% speed and then 80%
Played Everybody wants to rule the world by Tears for fears ( level 4 ) C G F Dm Em Am
I practiced on the part I struggle with , played it at 60% speed then at 70% and 80%
I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :
none
grade 2 in JG :
module 10
Practiced the F chord on the chord trainer and without the chord trainer ( F C G Am )
I do pop quizz between songs : hop ! do an F !
I introduced the F barre chord into the intro of Losing my religion by REM at 60% speed 65% 75% and 80%I practiced the Major Scale Improvisation for 5 minutes
with and without the backing trackI trained on the Alternate Picking C Major scale for 5 minutes
Songs
Musopia app : Practiced Dreams by Fleetwood Mac and Have ever seen the rain by CCR
We had a huge thunderstorm at the end of the afternoon , my living room was flooded a bit … my poor cat Max lost his cat bed , its drenched !
So No U2 Today I had to mop the floor
Im also without physotherapy for 3 weeks because of the holidays … Its going to be tough for me in the next days and weeks
I usually have 2 sessions every week
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Day 162 :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and a little stretching exercise
Played on Yousician for 53 minutes
30 weeks streak
I play standing up with the backing track :
Played Kiss from a rose by Seal again ( level 4 ) cow boy chords C G F A D Am
song at 65% speedChallenge of last week : a song called La paloma ( level 3 ) cow boy chords D A
Played the same song level 5 basic melody , training at 70% speed 80% 90% and then I tried at full speed , made 1 mistake
There are 3 parts , for the moment I work on the first partPlayed Everybody wants to rule the world by Tears for fears ( level 4 ) C G F Dm Em Am
I practiced on the part I struggle with , played it at 60% speed then at 70% and 80%
I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :
none
grade 2 in JG :
module 10
Practiced the F chord on the chord trainer and without the chord trainer ( F C G Am )
I do pop quizz between songs : hop ! do an F !
I introduced the F barre chord into the intro of Losing my religion by REM at 60% speed 65% 75% and 80%
Songs
Musopia app : Practiced Dreams by Fleetwood Mac and Have ever seen the rain by CCR
I practiced " One " By U2 alone with a backing track i found on youtube
It was a catastrophe tonight … but i kept at it and played the whole song
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Lovely to pay more attention to community and see you are still maintaining your log and making progress, Deborah
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i did a little recording of myself today 
Fields of gold By Sting on Yousician ( Am F C G ) all down strums
Its been a while since i heard myself play and my Fm7/C sounds not too bad
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Pretty solid Deborah, well done.
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thanks Im maybe a little too early on the beat sometimes but for 7 months of playing It will do ^^
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Day 163 :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and a little stretching exercise and the pinky exercise
Played on Yousician for 62 minutes
30 weeks streak
I play standing up with the backing track :
Played Kiss from a rose by Seal again ( level 4 ) cow boy chords C G F A D Am
song at 70 % then I went back at 65% speedChallenge of last week : a song called La paloma ( level 3 ) cow boy chords D A
For the sheer pleasure of playing itPlayed the same song level 5 basic melody
I got gold on the first and second partPlayed Everybody wants to rule the world by Tears for fears ( level 4 ) C G F Dm Em Am
I got gold on the problematic part , Now I must work on the whole song put together
I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :
none
grade 2 in JG :
module 10
Practiced the F chord on the chord trainer and without the chord trainer ( F C G Am )
I do pop quizz between songs : hop ! do an F !
I introduced the F barre chord into the intro of Losing my religion by REM at 70 % speed and 80%I practiced the Major Scale Improvisation for 5 minutes
with and without the backing trackI trained on the Alternate Picking C Major scale for 5 minutes
Songs
Musopia app : Practiced Dreams by Fleetwood Mac and Have ever seen the rain by CCR
I practiced " One " By U2 alone with a backing track i found on youtube
It was better than yesterday even if I did some mistakes
And I did a recording of myself on Fields of gold by Sting
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Deborah
Well played. Your playing sounds a little more relaxed from c. 50 seconds. Enjoyed it.
Brian
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thanks
Day 164 :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and a little stretching exercise and the pinky exercise
Played on Yousician for 50 minutes
30 weeks streak
I play standing up with the backing track :
Played Kiss from a rose by Seal again ( level 4 ) cow boy chords C G F A D Am
song at 70 % then I went back at 65% speedChallenge of last week : a song called La paloma ( level 3 ) cow boy chords D A
Played the same song level 5 basic melody
Started working on the third part … tough onePlayed Losing my religion by REM for the fun
Played Everybody wants to rule the world by Tears for fears ( level 4 ) C G F Dm Em Am
I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :
none
grade 2 in JG :
module 10
Practiced the F chord on the chord trainer and without the chord trainer ( F C G Am )
I do pop quizz between songs : hop ! do an F !
I introduced the F barre chord into the intro of Losing my religion by REM at 70 % speed and 80%I practiced the Major Scale Improvisation for 5 minutes
without the backing trackI trained on the Alternate Picking C Major scale for 5 minutes
I watched the video : The rythm push and started practicing it
Songs
Musopia app : Practiced Dreams by Fleetwood Mac and Have ever seen the rain by CCR
Played also Jambala on the bayou , I need to train on my C chord changes so I played it at full speed and also at 115 bpmI practiced " One " By U2 alone with a backing track i found on youtube
At one point I realised that I was making too many mistakes and it wasnt normal
It was because my hand was glued to the guitar with the sweat …
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Day 165 :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and a little stretching exercise and the pinky exercise
Played on Yousician for 51 minutes
30 weeks streak
I play standing up with the backing track :
Played Kiss from a rose by Seal again ( level 4 ) cow boy chords C G F A D Am
song at 65 % speedChallenge of last week : a song called La paloma ( level 3 ) cow boy chords D A
Played the same song level 5 basic melody
Working on the third part , still trying to memorize itPlayed Everybody wants to rule the world by Tears for fears ( level 4 ) C G F Dm Em Am
I play standing up and each songs are played once with the metronome , once with the backing track :
none
grade 2 in JG :
module 10
Practiced the F chord on the chord trainer and without the chord trainer ( F C G Am )
I do pop quizz between songs : hop ! do an F !I practiced the Major Scale Improvisation for 2 minutes
without the backing trackI trained on the Alternate Picking C Major scale for 5 minutes
Songs
Musopia app : Practiced Dreams by Fleetwood Mac and Have ever seen the rain by CCR
Played also Jambala on the bayou
My hand is tired so I will take a week off
Since there"s going to be a heat wave Its better to use this time to relax my hand muscles
Oh and I got news from the music school , they ve got a new guitar teacher and the first lessons will be at the beginning of september
My yousician activity for last week :
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Congrats on the start of the music school lessons soon 
Googled the weather in France and true that’s a bit warm 
Hmm… Maybe some music theory time and a tiny bit of playing until the heatwave is over?
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my hand is aching it needs some rest so no guitar for a week
I have no physiotherapy at the moment … on break for 3 weeks so its not helping
As you say , music theory is a good idea … but I already finisehd the theory for grade 2
I will play with the fretboard app to recognise the notes
I hate summer … I really hate it …
Of course it’s important to rest as well
I usually like the summer quite much, for some time at least, after the long winter here… 
Fretboard app?!? Justin’s apps don’t work on my phone. Or so I thought. Looks as if they are finally updated, gotta check 