Mira, congratulations on your progress through the course, and well done / good vibes for sharing your first video AVOYP here. There are some tricky parts in there.
My antennae are bristling, my eyebrows are raised, my alarm bells are ringing, my curiouslty is aroused.
One song per grade?
Is that really what you mean.
Grade 1 = learn one song?
Grade 2 = learn one more song?
I think I need to lie down in a darkened room until my pulse and blood pressure return to normal!
You are working through Justin’s Beginner Course.
For a while it was known as the new beginner course because it replaced a previous one - hosted on an old website.
In that old course (the classic course) what would be the equivalent of Grades 1 - 3 was categorised into stages 1 - 10. That is not an exact match as the content has been changed substantially, but it will do as an approximate summary to make my point.
Justin used to recommend that for every stage of learning, beginners try to learn and play two to five songs. Meaning that, upon reaching the end of stage 10, students had tried to learn and play upto fifty songs. Not memorise that number, but have experience of trying to play them. He wrote in the consolidation step:
You should be able to play at least ten songs all the way through without stopping.
My comment and advice to you is to please, please, do not venture to Grade 3 yet. I’m not sure how long you have been playing. I think you need to spend a substantial amount of time correcting some issues of posture and strumming. And you need to build and maintain a repertoire of songs. Not riffs. Not segments. Full songs.
I know that is some tough love. Sorry if it hits you hard and you feel I have come on very heavy. I honestly mean for you to do the best thing from where you are now - and remember I can only judge from this one video plus the topic you posted asking for help with holding a pick (where I have given you some advice also … Angle picking acoustic guitar - #9 by Richard_close2u).
Richard
