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try to play one only once everyday , and you ll see how it will help your accuracy

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Day 245 / 48 weeks streak :

Did the spider as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice

Yousician

Challenge of the week :
a song called Quantum science / basic melody / level 3 and cow boy chords level 5 part 3 and 4

Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Practiced stumming and picking on a song called Hammer song
Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Livewire part 2

Working on Losing my religion / level5 / cow boy chords

Practiced power chords on the chord trainer

grade 2 in JG :

module 11

Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff

The F barre chord : a ladder to the sky / level 4 / cow boy chords and Cant hep falling in love by Elvis Prestley / level 3 / cow boy chords

The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 95% speed

Songs on the Musopia app :

Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen
once with only beats 1 and 4 and once with 6 beats with a stronger 1 and 4 beat / Full speed

Had fun practising various christmas songs ( 7 songs )
( practice for A7 and D7 )

Guitar teacher :

Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro

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Day 246 / 49 weeks streak :

Played the Am pentatonic scale and the C major scale as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice
I played the scales with the metronome again , I can play them both at 150 bpm with the alternate picking :slight_smile:

Learning the Pattern 1 of the G Major Scale

Yousician

Challenge of the week :
a song called Quantum science / basic melody / level 3 and cow boy chords level 5

Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Hammer song

Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Livewire part 3

Working on Losing my religion level5 / cow boy chords

Practiced power chords on the chord trainer

Practiced drills for fingerstyle ( G / Em )

grade 2 in JG :

module 11

Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff with 2 fingers

The F barre chord : a ladder to the sky / level 4 / cow boy chords and Cant hep falling in love by Elvis Prestley / level 3 / cow boy chords

The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 90% speed

Songs on the Musopia app :

Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen fingerstyle at 68 bpm then tried at 80 bpm

Guitar teacher :

Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro

Practiced power chords

Practiced fingerstyle exercices

Worshops

Practiced Karma police with cow boy chords / 80% speed / practice for Bm barre chord

My Bm barre chord is getting better , I almost know 2 barre chords now :slight_smile:

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Day 247 / 40 weeks streak :

Did the spider as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice

Yousician

Challenge of the week :
a song called Quantum science / basic melody / level 3 and cow boy chords level 5

Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Practiced stumming and picking on a song called Hammer song
Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Livewire

Watched the broken chords video lesson and did the workout

Working on Losing my religion / level5 / cow boy chords

grade 2 in JG :

module 11

Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff

The F barre chord : a ladder to the sky / level 4 / cow boy chords and Cant hep falling in love by Elvis Prestley / level 3 / cow boy chords

The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 90% - 95% speed

Songs on the Musopia app :

Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen
once with only beats 1 and 4 and once with 6 beats with a stronger 1 and 4 beat / Full speed

Had fun practising various christmas songs ( 7 songs )
( practice for A7 and D7 )

Guitar teacher :

Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro

The hardest christmas songs for me are : Jingle bells cause its really fast at full speed / O come all ye faithfull cause I keep forgetting the chords pattern … and Deck the hall

I should probably change the strings on my Gretsch …

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Day 247 / 49 weeks streak :

Played the Am pentatonic scale and the C major scale as a warm up + 1 of the pinky exercice
Learning the Pattern 1 of the G Major Scale

Yousician

Challenge of the week :
a song called Quantum science / basic melody / level 3 and cow boy chords level 5

Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Hammer song
Broken chords : practiced a song called Cowboy exit music

Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Livewire

Working on Losing my religion level5 / cow boy chords

Practiced power chords on the chord trainer

Practiced drills for fingerstyle ( Am / C )

grade 2 in JG :

module 11

Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff with 2 fingers

The F barre chord : a ladder to the sky / level 4 / cow boy chords and Cant hep falling in love by Elvis Prestley / level 3 / cow boy chords

The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 95% and full speed

Songs on the Musopia app :

Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen fingerstyle at 68 bpm then tried at 80 bpm

Guitar teacher :

Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro

Practiced power chords

Practiced fingerstyle exercices

Worshops

Practiced Karma police with cow boy chords / 80% speed / practice for Bm barre chord

Went to my guitar lesson this morning , my teacher gave me a ragtime to work on in fingerstyle

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Day 248 / 49 weeks streak :

Yousician

New challenge of the week :
a song called Careless whisper by George Michael / level 5 / cow boy chords

Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Hammer song ==> DONE
Broken chords : practiced a song called Cowboy exit music

Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Livewire

Working on Losing my religion level5 / cow boy chords

Practiced Jingle bells basic melody / level 4

The F barre chord : a ladder to the sky / level 4 / cow boy chords

The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 95% speed

I only did that today and it took me 134 minutes :sob:
Worst is : Im not satisfied at all , I played poorly today

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Well done for doing all that regardless of how well / badly you think it went. Some days are just like that but you’ll be a better player for showing up and doing it anyway. Tomorrow will (probably) be better (there’s no money back guarantee with this statement, sorry :joy:)

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We all have bad days, but you can still get lots out of a bad day if you can identify, precisely, what it was about your playing that you didn’t like and use that as a focus for your next practice session. Oh, and write it down somewhere, you will forget half of what you felt if you don’t!

Cut yourself some slack, have a beer, relax, and come back tomorrow with a plan. Remember, you were still a better player today than you were a month, or certainly a year, ago.

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A few days to catch up on Deborah but you are doing fine. Ups and downs ?

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thank you all for your nice replies

Oh I know what happened … Its entirely my own fault for not following my own advices
If I go out in the afternoon I should not play in the evening ! thats a fact !
I knew it and I still tried to play …
i was tired and got headaches , my mind was not clear and I was grumpy

Second mistake that I usually never do … never try to hard on a song … just play it once or twice at best … never more
I did not do that yesterday … Tried too hard , got frustrated , grumpier

the more I tried , the more time I spent , the more my hand got tired so I played poorly in the end

Today Im still not feeling well with headaches , and my hand is still tired so no guitar
Ill bake some Bakewell tarts instead :slight_smile:

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Day 249 / 49 weeks streak :

Played the Am pentatonic scale and the C major scale as a warm up
Learning the Pattern 1 of the G Major Scale

Yousician

Challenge of the week :
a song called Careless whisper by George Michael / level 5 / cow boy chords

Broken chords ==>
Expressive strumming , learning to play strong and soft when its needed , practiced Scarborough fair
Broken chords : practiced a song called Cowboy exit music

Practiced strumming and picking on a song called Livewire

Working on Losing my religion level5 / cow boy chords

Practiced drills for fingerstyle ( Am / C )

Practiced power chords on the chord trainer

Practiced Jingle bells basic melody / level 4

grade 2 in JG :

module 11

Practiced fingerstyle : happy Birthday riff with 2 fingers

The F barre chord : a ladder to the sky / level 4 / cow boy chords and Cant hep falling in love by Elvis Prestley / level 3 / cow boy chords

The Bm Barre chord : Practiced what’s up by the four non blondes / 95%

Practiced on Last christmas by Wham , I just had to try it ( at 97 bpm )
It’s not christmas until you play wham or Maria Carrey !!! ( or both )
Good practice for my 3 fingers Bm

Songs on the Musopia app :

Played Halleluya by Leonard Cohen fingerstyle at 68 bpm then tried at 80 bpm

Guitar teacher :

Practiced the Sweet child of mine intro

Practiced power chords

Practiced fingerstyle exercices

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