And I’m sure the power chords will get easier for you over time!
I found them really hard when that first lesson in Justin’s course came along (don’t remember where exactly that was).
Still today, I find them not so easy, but it’s much better than when I started. To be honest, I very rarely practiced them… should do that more… but sometimes, finding a good overdriven guitar sound makes it much so more fun to practice 
I should really record a power chord song 
just to show what I can do ( or not )
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but it’s much better than when I started.
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thats why I try to always keep one power chord song in my practice list .
practice practice practice to get better
( but I still dont like them )
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but sometimes, finding a good overdriven guitar sound makes it much so more fun to practice
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I dont play much with tones … I usually just plug and play
summer practice of 2h : ( overtime of 30 mins )
day 397 ( weeks streak : 79 on YS )
did scales as a warm up ( alternative picking )
Yousician
Challenge of the week : King of the disco by Yousician / level 4 / power chords and Disco daddy by Yousician / level 5 /cowboy chords
Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody
Played Heaven by Brian Adams / level 4 / simplified rythm + power chords
Guitar teacher :
Practiced bends
Improvised a bit on with the Am pentatonic scale
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Module 15
Did the finger gym
Practiced : How to Link Guitar Chords using Scales.
Various
Learning Wonderfull tonight by Clapton
Im trying to play a hybrid between the JG lesson grade 3 / Yousician / and the riff using > bends ( simple version all downs 4 )
Overtime day 397 :
I had some free time this afternoon and the weather was fine enough to let me watch some videos
Module 15
watched the video : Great Guitar Tone Starts Here!
watched the video : 4 Easy Steps to Transcribing Songs (for beginners!)
@domi7 was right saying that I should try a good overdriven guitar sound when playing power chords
I usually never touch my guitar settings 
watching the video about tones gave me some ideas of things to try
I grabbed my guitar , toyed a bit with the knobs and switch and then played again : King of the disco by Yousician
I was quite pleased with the results
I should probably record this power chord song ( easy one )
I did a bit of transcribing on Wonderful Tonight by Clapton
I just showed the riff to my teacher but not the whole song and I forgot to ask him about a part in the middle of the song
and now the school is closed for the summer ,I m on my own 
So I transcribed it
I dont know if I ve got it right but it sounds good in my ears so I must be close
that was easy since Marcus showed which scale to use , knowing where to start was a big hint
summer practice of 2h :
day 398 ( weeks streak : 79 on YS )
did a chord trainer as a warm up
Yousician
Challenge of the week : King of the disco by Yousician / level 4 / power chords and > Disco daddy by Yousician / level 5 /cowboy chords
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody
Fingerstyle
Learning Everybody hurts by REM
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 80% / 90% rythm )
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
JG songs
Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )
I think Everybody hurts is ready to be recorded … but its too hot 
summer practice of 2h :
day 399 ( weeks streak : 79 on YS )
did scales as a warm up ( alternative picking )
Yousician
Challenge of the week : King of the disco by Yousician / level 4 / power chords and Disco daddy by Yousician / level 5 /cowboy chords
Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody
Played Heaven by Brian Adams / level 4 / simplified rythm + power chords
Guitar teacher :
Practiced bends
Improvised a bit on with the Am pentatonic scale ( 4 notes and a backing track )
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Various
Learning Wonderfull tonight by Clapton
Im trying to play a hybrid between the JG lesson grade 3 / Yousician / and the riff using > bends ( simple version all downs 4 )
Overtime :
I did a recording
summer practice of 2h : ( overtime 30 mins )
day 400 ( weeks streak : 80 on YS )
did a chord trainer as a warm up
Yousician
Challenge of the week : King of the disco by Yousician / level 4 / power chords and > Disco daddy by Yousician / level 5 /cowboy chords
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody ( 90 % speed )
Module 16
Watched the video : Rolling Chords to Spice Up Your Finger-style and practiced it
Started learning Greensleeves ( Fingerstyle )
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 80% / 90% rythm )
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
JG songs
Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )
summer practice of 2h : ( overtime 30 mins )
day 401 ( weeks streak : 80 on YS )
did scales as a warm up ( alternative picking )
Yousician
Challenge of the week : King of the disco by Yousician / level 4 / power chords and Disco daddy by Yousician / level 5 /cowboy chords
Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody
Played Heaven by Brian Adams / level 4 / simplified rythm + power chords ( learning to switching pedal on )
Guitar teacher :
Practiced bends
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Various
Learning Wonderfull tonight by Clapton
Im trying to play a hybrid between the JG lesson grade 3 / Yousician / and the riff using > bends ( simple version all downs 4 ) ( learning to switching pedal on )
summer practice of 2h : ( overtime 30 mins )
day 402 ( weeks streak : 80 on YS )
did scales as a warm up ( alternative picking )
Yousician
Challenge of the week : King of the disco by Yousician / level 4 / power chords and > Disco daddy by Yousician / level 5 /cowboy chords
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody ( 90 % speed )
Module 16
Watched the video : Rolling Chords to Spice Up Your Finger-style and practiced it
Started learning Greensleeves ( Fingerstyle )
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 90%/ 100% rythm )
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
JG songs
Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )
Deborah,
I am impressed by your practice routines. You are obviously very disciplined and it really showed in your latest videos as you have made great improvements. Im surprised how much you manage to fit into a daily practice routine. How long do those practice sessions take you every day?
I practice about 1-2 hours per day but I don’t manage to cover anywhere near as much material. I’d like to practice longer but then I start feeling guilty that my wife will say I’m ignoring her.
Perhaps my practice sessions are nott structured enough.
summer practice of 2h : ( overtime 30 mins )
day 403 ( weeks streak : 80 on YS )
did scales as a warm up ( alternative picking ) and a chord trainer
Yousician
Challenge of the week : King of the disco by Yousician / level 4 / power chords and Disco daddy by Yousician / level 5 /cowboy chords
Learning Hammer song / level 6 / melody. ==> Done
Played Heaven by Brian Adams / level 4 / simplified rythm + power chords ( learning to switching pedal on )
Played Heaven by Brian Adams / level 5 / cowboy chords capo fret 5 ==> Done
Guitar teacher :
Practiced bends
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Various
Learning Wonderfull tonight by Clapton
Im trying to play a hybrid between the JG lesson grade 3 / Yousician / and the riff using > bends ( simple version all downs 4 ) ( learning to switching pedal on )
How long do those practice sessions take you every day?
In winter , I practice 4 hours everyday minus one day off every week
In summer its too hot to practice a lot so I split it in half , so currently its 2 hours everyday
I can practice 4 hours a day because I almost dont work anymore
I structure my practice a lot
I just reached this lesson : https://www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/supercharge-your-guitar-practice-with-timeboxing-bg-001
and I realised that I ve been using time boxing since the beginning of my guitar journey
for example , I never play a song more than twice , so I practice a song only 15 minutes max in a practice session
I dont use a timer but I stick to : never more than twice
If I make mistakes , its part of the learning process , I ll just re try the next day
Everytime I ve not followed this principle , it was a catastrophe !
Sometimes I make too much mistakes so I try more than twice and I always end up being frustrated , nervous … and the more I try , the worse it gets !
Each songs have a specific technic I want to practice
one for the Blues , one for power chords , one fingerstyle , one for bends etc
Each songs target what I want to learn
the fun part in my practice is the challenge of the week in Yousician
I just love to discover a new song every week , its a mystery box I open every week
I m done with a song once I can play it smoothly enough to be happy with it
I trust my ears
for songs on Yousician , if the song is juste an exercice , not omething I want to record , I m done once I can play it and can gold stars all parts
I hope it will help you
Ho and I may i ve bought a new guitar yesterday evening 
nothing fancy its just a mini acoustic
Deborah, wow! Four hours of practice per day in the winter and two hours of practice per day in summer. Now I understand how you have been able to fit in so many different areas of study on the guitar. I only have managed 45 minutes per day in winter and 30 minutes per day in summer, so I really have to be organized to cover multiple areas and still not overly successful. Fortunately I have 50 years of experience as a beginning guitarist to fall back on for beginnnig songs. You have made a lot of progress in a short amount of time and you have earned it.
summer practice of 2h : ( overtime 1H cause I had a delivery in the middle )
day 404 ( weeks streak : 80 on YS )
did scales as a warm up ( alternative picking ) and a chord trainer
Yousician
Challenge of the week : Vienna by Billy Joel / level 4 / Basic chords and Fly me to the moon by Frank Sinatra / level 5 /melody ( short )
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody ( 90 % speed )
Module 16
Practiced Rolling Chords to Spice Up Your Finger-style
Learning Greensleeves ( Fingerstyle )
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 90%/ 100% rythm )
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
JG songs
Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )
We all have our different circumstances that allows or prevent us to play several hours
Doing our best to get the most out of a practice session is what we should aim for whatever the time spent
summer practice of 2h : ( overtime 30 mins )
day 405 ( weeks streak : 80 on YS )
did scales as a warm up ( alternative picking ) and a chord trainer
Yousician
Challenge of the week : Vienna by Billy Joel / level 4 / Basic chords and Fly me to the >moon by Frank Sinatra / level 5 /melody ( short )
Learning Dont hurry / level 6 / melody
Played Heaven by Brian Adams / level 4 / simplified rythm + power chords ( learning to switching pedal on )
Guitar teacher :
Practiced bends
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Various
Learning Wonderfull tonight by Clapton
Im trying to play a hybrid between the JG lesson grade 3 / Yousician / and the riff using > bends ( simple version all downs 4 ) ( learning to switching pedal on )
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7
2 days ago I put Dunlop straps locks on my dear Gretsch
The strap got loose once I dont want it to happen again
Since I was working on my guitar I decided to also change the strings
I shouldnt have …
My brain was in one of his blanck moment and I forgot to change the strings one by one …
I snapped all 6 strings
My Gretsch has an anchored compensated wrap-around bridge , without strings holding it … it simple fell
messing all my set up
So yesterday I went to Roanne ( nearest big town ) and brought my Gretsch to the local guitar seller and asked if he could fix my mess
that was the first time he was meeting such a bridge but he understood quickly how it worked
He also screwed back the tuning pegs which were getting loose
Now my Grestch is all fixed and works fine
He was very kind and only asked 10 euros for the repair ( a Luthier would have been way more expensive )
I hope I wont mess again next time
Yesterday was a no guitar day since I was tired from the little trip next town
I had some free time before the bus back home so I went to a awesome library and bought a very interesting book ^^
Oh and I also finished to create this game for my publisher
an Halloween themed game
summer practice of 2h : ( overtime 15 mins )
day 406 ( weeks streak : 81 on YS )
did scales as a warm up ( alternative picking ) and a chord trainer
Yousician
Challenge of the week : Vienna by Billy Joel / level 4 / Basic chords and Fly me to the moon by Frank Sinatra / level 5 /melody ( short )
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody ( 90 % speed )
Module 16
Practiced Rolling Chords to Spice Up Your Finger-style
Learning Greensleeves ( Fingerstyle )
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 90%/ 100% rythm )
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
JG songs
Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )
I felt terrible today
I almost did not sleep last night because of the pain …
So at first I thought I wouldn’t play today
But I felt a bit better in the evening so I did my daily practice
summer practice of 2h : ( overtime 30 mins )
day 407 ( weeks streak : 81 on YS )
did scales as a warm up ( alternative picking ) and a chord trainer
Yousician
Challenge of the week : Vienna by Billy Joel / level 4 / Basic chords
Learning Dont hurry / level 6 / melody
Played Heaven by Brian Adams / level 4 / simplified rythm + power chords ( learning to switching pedal on )
Played Alag aasmaan by Anuv Jain / level 4 / simplified rythm ( short) ==> DONE
Played Cry like a baby by The box tops / level 4 / simplified rythm ==> DONE
Guitar teacher :
Practiced bends
JG songs
Played Born under a bad sign by Albert King
Various
Learning Wonderfull tonight by Clapton
Im trying to play a hybrid between the JG lesson grade 3 / Yousician / and the riff using > bends ( simple version all downs 4 ) ( learning to switching pedal on )
summer practice of 2h : ( overtime 30 mins )
day 408 ( weeks streak : 81 on YS )
did scales as a warm up ( alternative picking ) and a chord trainer
Yousician
Challenge of the week : Vienna by Billy Joel / level 4 / Basic chords
Learning Somewhere by Yousician / level 8 / Full melody ( 90 % speed )
Module 16
Practiced Rolling Chords to Spice Up Your Finger-style
Learning Greensleeves ( Fingerstyle )
Songs on the Musopia app
Played Before you accuse me by Clapton
the blues version : E7 / A7 / B7
the blues shuffle version : chunka chunka rythm + B7 ( 90%/ 100% rythm )
Practiced Merry christmas baby by Elvis Presley
JG songs
Played the first part of the intro of Wish you were here ( slow )
I finally did a one take with no mistakes on Before you accuse me chunka chunka rythm at full speed
Now I need to do the same at the OM
Dunno if Ill be able to play tomorrow and the day after
tomorrow I must go to Roanne to have an Xray and on thursday I must go to the hospital in Lyon
I’m glad the music shop was able to fix your guitar situation! I’m still not brave enough to attempt string changes… I’ve gotta mentally work myself up to it.
Good luck with all the medical stuff. Hope it’s uneventful and doesn’t take up the whole day! I’ll take my mum to a single appointment at nine and drive straight home afterwards and somehow it’s three pm and time is a lie…
