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Hi, there! At the end of the practice (22:22) the final minutes of Module 1 - Practice 4 has been added to the video. Not the end of the world, just wanted to let you know.
BTW this method is a world class idea! Seeing you facing the same struggles that I do during practice tells me that I’m not alone, and keeps me motivated. Thanks a lot, Justin!
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Yup, sounds just like me! Thank you, Nitsuj!
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Reaaly nice to see the struggle. I just bought my own guitar after having some of a family member and it seems i have to start over again
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Hi Alex, If this feels disappointing at first, do try to embrace it! I think you’ll be surprised how effective Justin’s teaching approach is, and how quickly you’ll make satisfying progress. Heck, recently I went back and redid all of Grade 1 and the Grade 2 lessons I’d gone through to date. For me, it was worth the time.
BTW-welcome to the community! If you have a minute, pop over here and introduce yourself!
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It seems at the end there was a cut from Module1 practice. I don’t know if it’s on purpose, but I quite enjoy it.
I was not able last week to play all song (finger hurt + weak chord change) and I went to the three play along quite easy at the end, was good. It was the first time I was even grooving with the music and naturally make my strumming pattern DDUDUD on the last song and felt the music forgeting everything else. I really enjoyed it.
It can be nice to put some random piece of previous practice at the end sometimes to see the progress 
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That sounds fantastic, Thibauld 
I agree, it can be so much fun practicing, when a practice session ends on such a positive note. I even started writing my Learning Log here after such a positive guitar playing experience, since it made me that happy…
BTW-welcome to the community! If you have a minute, pop over here and introduce yourself!
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Ok total beginner here but during the play along with the song I noticed Justin is strumming several times between the “notes” (A or D) I had just been strumming once when I saw the A or D. However I guess I’m doing it wrong and should be strumming four times for each A or D? I just thought i was supposed to strum only when i saw the letter and there would be more letters when they wanted me to strum more. kinda like guitar hero.
Welcome to the forum John. When you first start you strum once per bar. When you are comfortable with that you can start strumming one beats 1 and 2 then move up to 4 strums, one for every beat. the idea is to know when the beats are. In the beginner songs there are 4 beat per bar.
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Ah ha! Thank you! Appreciate the explanation, and it makes sense. Would the ideal be to work towards getting to 100% on the bpm of the song first and then start working on adding more strums per bar?
In 4/4 time there are only 4 beats to a bar. So until you get to the lessons on strumming patterns 4 down strums will be the maximum strums per bar.
1 down strum per beat. At the beginning of the song there is a count in, that’s 1 bar. if you watch Justin right at the beginning of Three Little Birds he starts with 1 strum until he get comfortable with the rhythm. You have to remember he has been playing sense he was 6 yrs old so he has an advantage even though he just started left handed.
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Hi @jwdixon23, yes, start at a slower speed with one strum per bar and gradually speed up until you can do one strum per bar at 100% bpm. Then slow down some again, as much as necessary, and strum 2 times per bar, on beats 1 and 3 like @stitch said. Repeat the process until you get to 4 strums per bar at 100% bpm.
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