Bonne anniversaire !!
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Merci 
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Happy birthday Deborah, all the best! 
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Happy birthday, Deborah!!! 
All the best for you and many happy hours of guitar playing!
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Happy Birthday!
You can play so many songs! 
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thanks for the birthday wishes ^^
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You can play so many songs!
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@ConstanceClaire the majority of them are just cowboy chords you know ^^”
I worked hard on rythm and Barre chords with all these songs
just a few are power chords or with hammers on / pulls off
Using Yousician really helps to play lots of songs , the JG app too
From now on its going to be more difficult , adding embellishments or slides , hammers on etc
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Happy bday @GrumpyMac. Hopefully you had a lovely day!!!
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Now that my birthday is past , the worst period of the year begins : SUMMER 
I started Grade 3
day 369 ( weeks streak : 74 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up
Yousician
Challenge of the week : St Louis Blues / level 5 / Main melody
Played the thrill is gone by BB King / level 4 / Basic melody and chords
Learning Cowboy exit music / level 6 / Melody
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody
Played Africa by Toto / level 5 / simplified rythm
Guitar teacher :
Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin
Practiced bends
Practiced Cocaine / power chords ( getting better !!! )
Module 15
Watched the video : 6 Guitar Areas You Should Practice
I think that my practice is already quite organized
I never followed Justin’s practice routine, I just did my own thing
I always try to work on my weaknesses , new technics , knowledge , songs , improvisation
i will soon have to add Ear training , this one is gonna be tough I think
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Played One by U2
Fingerstyle
Learning Everybody hurts by REM
Happy Bluesman
Practiced Lick 1
Practiced Lick 2
Practiced Lick 3
Practiced phrasing by improvising using all technics with only 4 notes
Watched a video called : 5 bending mistakes
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
Various
Worked on my little melody
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day 370 ( weeks streak : 74 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up
Yousician
Challenge of the week : St Louis Blues / level 5 / Main melody
Played the thrill is gone by BB King / level 4 / Basic melody and chords
Played Cowboy exit music / level 6 / Melody
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody
Played Africa by Toto / level 5 / simplified rythm
Guitar teacher :
Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin
Practiced bends
Practiced Cocaine / power chords ( getting better !!! )
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Played One by U2
Fingerstyle
Learning Everybody hurts by REM
Happy Bluesman
Practiced Lick 1
Practiced Lick 2
Practiced Lick 3
Learning Lick 4
improvised using the Am pentatonic scale shapes
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
Various
Worked on my little melody
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How much time do you see your teacher per week ? Was it 30 minutes per week or every two weeks ?
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its once every week for 30 minutes and I can send him videos of my progress any day
why ? ^^
Out of curiosity, because you seem to get a lot of things done with your teacher. And I was surprised it was only 30 minutes
The time goes so fast when I go to the course. It’s like wow ! Already 1 hour has passed and it felt like 10 minutes 
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so true !
Marcus knows that I work a lot at home so like any teacher he gives me homeworks
I guess that s how I get lots of stuff done
For example he gave me the 5 shapes of the minor pentatonic last week and a lick to learn
thats my practice this week ^^
with the scales shapes I can improvise and experiment on the neck
He usually gives me lots of advices on the stuff I m learning whether its justin’s lessons or the blues etc
theres never enough time in 30 minutes to practice all the things I want to learn !!!
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I had a medical appointment today so I couldnt practice as much as I usually do
I thought I wouldnt be able to play at all so in the end I m pretty happy about the practice I had
I first went to my guitar lesson at school today
the lesson was all about power chord and playing Cocaine by Clapton
Marcus showed me the technic of sliding the fingers and how it should sounds
Im pretty bad at playing power chords so it was a very useful lesson !
day 371 ( weeks streak : 74 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up
Yousician
Challenge of the week : St Louis Blues / level 5 / Main melody
Played the thrill is gone by BB King / level 4 / Basic melody and chords. ==> DONE
Played Cowboy exit music / level 6 / Melody
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody
Played Africa by Toto / level 5 / simplified rythm
Guitar teacher :
Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin
Practiced bends
Practiced Cocaine / power chords
Module 15
Watched the video : D Chord Shape Explorer
Practiced the D Chord Shape a bit
Fingerstyle
Learning Everybody hurts by REM
Happy Bluesman
Practiced Lick 1
Practiced Lick 2
Practiced Lick 3
Learning Lick 4
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
Various
Worked on my little melody
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day 372 ( weeks streak : 74 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up
Yousician
Challenge of the week : St Louis Blues / level 5 / Main melody
Played Cowboy exit music / level 6 / Melody
Learning Barre your soul / level 6 / Main melody
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody
Played Africa by Toto / level 5 / simplified rythm
Guitar teacher :
Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin
Practiced bends
Practiced Cocaine / power chords
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Played One by U2
Module 15
Practiced the D Chord Shape a bit
Fingerstyle
Learning Everybody hurts by REM
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
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day 373 ( weeks streak : 74 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up
Yousician
Challenge of the week : St Louis Blues / level 5 / Main melody
Played Cowboy exit music / level 6 / Melody ==> DONE
Learning Barre your soul / level 6 / Main melody
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody
Played Africa by Toto / level 5 / simplified rythm. ==> DONE
Guitar teacher :
Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin
Practiced bends
Practiced Cocaine / power chords
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )
Played One by U2
Module 15
Practiced the D Chord Shape a bit
Fingerstyle
Learning Everybody hurts by REM
Happy Bluesman
Practiced Lick 1
Practiced Lick 2
Practiced Lick 3
Practiced Lick 4
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton + trying to learn the JG website version ( unplugged )
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
Various
Worked on my little melody
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day 374 ( weeks streak : 74 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up
Yousician
Learning St Louis Blues / level 5 / Main melody
Learning Barre your soul / level 6 / Main melody
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody
Guitar teacher :
Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin
Practiced bends
Practiced Cocaine / power chords
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )
Played One by U2
Module 15
Practiced the D Chord Shape a bit
Did the finger gym
Fingerstyle
Learning Everybody hurts by REM
Happy Bluesman
Practiced Lick 1
Practiced Lick 2
Practiced Lick 3
Practiced Lick 4
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton + trying to learn the JG website version ( unplugged )
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
Various
Worked on my little melody
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day 375 ( weeks streak : 75 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up
Yousician
Learning St Louis Blues / level 5 / Main melody
Learning Barre your soul / level 6 / Main melody
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody
Guitar teacher :
Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin
Practiced bends
Practiced Cocaine / power chords
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )
Module 15
Practiced the D Chord Shape a bit
Did the finger gym
Fingerstyle
Learning Everybody hurts by REM
Happy Bluesman
Practiced Lick 1
Practiced Lick 2
Practiced Lick 3
Practiced Lick 4
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton + trying to learn the JG website version ( unplugged )
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
Various
Worked on my little melody
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day 376 ( weeks streak : 75 on YS )
did scales and a chord trainer as a warm up + spider
Yousician
Learning St Louis Blues / level 5 / Main melody
Learning Barre your soul / level 6 / Main melody
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody
Guitar teacher :
Practiced Black dog riff by Led Zeppelin
Practiced bends
Practiced Cocaine / power chords
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )
Module 15
Practiced the D Chord Shape a bit
Did the finger gym
Fingerstyle
Learning Everybody hurts by REM
Happy Bluesman
Practiced Lick 1
Practiced Lick 2
Practiced Lick 3
Practiced Lick 4
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton + trying to learn the JG website version ( unplugged )
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
Various
Worked on my little melody
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I went to my guitar lesson this morning
We worked on the tension in the fretting hand and its position to avoid it
I can play Born under a bad sign but I can see and feel that the hand is way too tensed thats why I wanted to know how to avoid it
So I ll keep on practicing this song untill my hand will feel more relaxed
Marcus told me to start a Lick book since I already created a little melody
Maybe I should do it and a song book too
I never felt the need to do it
We also worked on Before you accuse me
Its difficult to get back to B7 after you play the chunka chunka rythm
I should work on that with a slow tempo
working on the tension in the hand was really something important so it was a great lesson !
We worked also very quickly on a lick he showed me a couple of weeks ago , that was very helpful ! quick but helpful !
Marcus says that my bends are in tune so i’m happy
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