Next time give it a good waggle !
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Day 205 / 40 weeks streak :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up + I played everybody hurts by REM
Challenge of the week : Perfect by Ed Sheeran level 4 basic melody
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 barre chord by trying to include it in the intro of Losing my religion by REM
I did it at full speed and it was a success
Next part will be to do a G to F barre chordPracticed the La Bamba riff part 3
module 11
Practiced the sus chords
Songs on the Musopia app :
Practiced La Bamba at 137 Bpm and at full speed
Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR in 8th notes
Played The house of the rising sun
Practiced the sus chords with the song Who says by Selena Gomez at full speed
Guitar teacher :
Worked on the A minor pentatonic scale
Did the 3 exercices for legato , fingers independecy and flicks off
Practiced the 3 melodies
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Dont touch this !!
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Now I have this song stuck in my head 
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Day 206 / 40 weeks streak :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and did the pinky exercise + I played everybody hurts by REM
Challenge of the week : Perfect by Ed Sheeran level 4 basic melody
I felt bad not finishing it so Im still playing it
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 barre chord by trying to include it in the intro of Losing my religion by REM
Trying to play the whole song with the F barre chord but still working on G to FPracticed the La Bamba riff part 3
module 11
Practiced the sus chords with metronome
Songs on the Musopia app :
Practiced La Bamba at full speed
Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR in 8th notes
Played The house of the rising sun
Practiced the sus chords with the song Who says by Selena Gomez at full speed
I needed to play something new so I went back to module 10 and played Hey Ho by the Lumineers
Guitar teacher :
Worked on the A minor pentatonic scale
Did the 3 exercices for legato , fingers independecy and flicks off
Practiced the 3 melodies
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Day 207 / 41 weeks streak :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and did the pinky exercise + I played Still got the blues by Gary Moore
Challenge of the week : I tried the metal week , level 2 and 3
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 barre chord by trying to include it in the intro of Losing my religion by REM
Trying to play the whole song with the F barre chord but still working on G to FPracticed the La Bamba riff part 3
module 11
Practiced the sus chords
Songs on the Musopia app :
Practiced La Bamba at full speed
Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR in 8th notes
Played The house of the rising sun
Practiced the sus chords with the song Who says by Selena Gomez at full speed
Played Hey Ho by the Lumineers module 10
Guitar teacher :
Worked on the A minor pentatonic scale
Did 2 exercices for legato , fingers independecy
Practiced the 3 melodies
Wasnt happy with my practice today … eveything was played poorly
My hand must be tired
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I cant hold my guitar , too much pain in my arms
so no practice
Ill see if my physiotherapist will help me tomorrow
I have botox injections in the face every 4 months … NOT for beauty reasons !!!
The pain in my jaw causes lots of pain and so my muscles strain a lot
( my temporomandibular articular disk is not in place + hurt the trigemial nerve exit , and that pain triggers cluster headaches crises but thats another story )
to avoid the straining , the injection paralysis the muscles , big relief !!!
But I was at the end of the 4 months and the injections were no more effective , the pain was back in september and the muscles started to strain again
straining also the neck … the shoulders , and the arms !
I had my injections last thursday and i can already feel the difference on my face
but now my shoulders hurts a damn lot … heavy and very tired
So I guess I need some time and some physiotherapy sessions
I dont think that its related to my guitar practice routine at all ^^
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Oh no. Hope you’ll get better soon 
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Hope you get better soon, Deborah. 
That sounds like horrible pain to suffer. 
Fingers crossed your physiotherapist can work some wonders tomorrow.
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Day 208 / 41 weeks streak :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and did the pinky exercise + I played Still got the blues by Gary Moore
Challenge of the week : I tried the metal week , level 2 and 3
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 barre chord by trying to include it in the intro of Losing my religion by REM and on the chord trainer
Practiced the La Bamba riff part 3 / DONE I can remove this one
module 11
Practiced the sus chords
Songs on the Musopia app :
Practiced La Bamba at full speed / DONE I can remove this one
Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR with the old faithful
Played The house of the rising sun at a low speed
Practiced the sus chords with the song Who says by Selena Gomez at full speed
Played Hey Ho by the Lumineers module 10 at full speed
Guitar teacher :
Worked on the A minor pentatonic scale with legato
Practiced the 3 melodies
I m better today and I ve been able to practice
the physiotherapist cracked my back ( i heard 3 big cracks ) and it released the tension in my muscles
I m trying to play with the left shoulder more relaxed , it must have been really tensed during the last weeks and I didnt notice it , I must have gripped the neck to tight
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Glad you manage to get some improvement and have played today. 
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thanks a lot toby
I went to my guitar lesson this morning
It went very well 
We worked on the melodies he gave me last week , and played it together
Turns out its the intro of Sweet child of mine but there were errors in the tabs thats why I didnt recognize it 
Now that I know what it is and how it should sounds , working on it will be easier
I showed him the songs I m working on , on the JG app
showed him where I had difficulties and he gave me advices on how to play the songs
I will work on it this week
Its : Have you ever seen the rain and house of the rising sun with this strumming pattern
We played the Am minor pentatonic scale to see how my legato is progressing
This week I must work on playing the C major scale and saying the notes aloud while playing
Its an introduction to talking / sing and playing and learning the notes on the neck
Killing two birds with one stone
I asked him to teach me a christmas song 
He said , we’ll try Slade next week
its an absolute christmas classic 
In 2 weeks its the All Saints’ holiday , school break for 2 weeks and no guitar lessons
instead theres a jam session with different instruments and singers from the music school
and a jazz introduction jam session
Its awesome and nerve-racking !!! 
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Day 209 / 41 weeks streak :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and did the pinky exercise
Challenge of the week : I tried the metal week , level 2 and 3
grade 2 in JG :
module 11
Practiced the sus chords
Practiced the F barre chord on the chord trainer
Songs on the Musopia app :
Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR at a low speed with the new strumming pattern given by my teacher ( module 10 )
Played The house of the rising sun at a low speed with the new strumming pattern given by my teacher ( module 11 )
Practiced the sus chords with the song Who says by Selena Gomez at full speed ( module 11 )
Played Hey Ho by the Lumineers at full speed ( module 10 )
Guitar teacher :
Worked on the A minor pentatonic scale with legato and the alternate strumming
Did the left hand exercices ( legato / fingers independance / flicks off )
Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro
I had lots of different sorts of migraines today …
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Day 210 / 41 weeks streak :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and did the pinky exercise
Challenge of the week : I tried the metal week , level 2 and 3
grade 2 in JG :
module 11
Practiced the sus chords
Practiced the F barre chord on the chord trainer
Songs on the Musopia app :
Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR at a low speed with the new strumming pattern given by my teacher ( module 10 )
Played The house of the rising sun at a low speed with the new strumming pattern given by my teacher ( module 11 )
Practiced the sus chords with the song Who says by Selena Gomez at full speed ( module 11 )
Played Hey Ho by the Lumineers at full speed ( module 10 )
Guitar teacher :
Worked on the A minor pentatonic scale with legato and the alternate strumming
Did the left hand exercices ( legato / fingers independance / flicks off )
Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro
same as yesterday , but I practiced with the amp without headphones this time
with and without headphone are completely different
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I think with jazz the more wrong notes you play the jazzier you are, so I wouldn’t worry! 
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" Im not playing it wrong , its modern jazz "
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Day 211 / 41 weeks streak :
Trained on finger stretches and crawling as a warm up and did the pinky exercise
New challenge of the week :
What’s up by the 4 non blondes level 2 but I ve alreday played it
I hate myself for loving you by Joan Jett & the blackhearts / basic melody / level 4
grade 2 in JG :
module 11
Practiced the sus chords
I watched the video : Shifting The F
Practiced the F barre chord on the chord trainer and shifted it to fret 5
Songs on the Musopia app :
Practiced Have you ever seen the rain by CCR at a low speed with the new strumming pattern given by my teacher ( module 10 ) at 104 bpm
Played The house of the rising sun at a low speed with the new strumming pattern given by my teacher ( module 11 ) at 96 and 112 bpm
I also tried it at full speed with the strumming pattern given on the app … Its crazy fast !!!
my hand is still resonatingPracticed the sus chords with the song Who says by Selena Gomez at full speed ( module 11 )
Played Hey Ho by the Lumineers at full speed ( module 10 )
I tried the spooktacular sounds stuff that appeared on the app , I ended up playing in the air tonight by Phil Collins and had lots of fun playing it
Guitar teacher :
Worked on the A minor pentatonic scale with legato and the alternate strumming
Did the left hand exercices ( legato / fingers independance )
Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro
I read the logs of Constance and Jokumuu and discovered that all we all had the same epiphany this week : we should not grip the neck like we want to strangle it !!!
working on trying to have a lighter touch on the frets but the Selena Gomez song is a nightmare
staying on the same chord for the whole song is terrible for the muscles , the grip tighten because the muscles say : Oh god ! stop it please ! i wanna move !
Just like Jokumuu , I tried Alexei advice and tried to play ( played who says ) without the thumb
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I think maybe we get used to gripping the neck as beginners because it’s the only way to get the notes to ring out, but over time, as we’ve practiced our hands have got stronger so there’s no need to grip so hard - but we don’t necessarily realise we’ve got stronger so still grip like when we started out… or at least that’s how see it!
@MacOneill and @ConstanceClaire and perhaps @mattswain as well, seems we are on to something there 
I don’t think it’s as much about stronger fingers as it is about the courage and calmth to stress less, to try to relax and to experiment more. I’m beginning to be slightly surprised how much a bit of mindful “softer touch” practice seems to have helped already (… might well be a placebo, but I’ll take that as well).
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