I am missing the ring finger on my right hand (picking hand). The pinky works as a substitute some of the time, but in this pattern, I could not get it work correctly. This felt impossible!
But you have been trying it for 10 minutes, don’t you, Dan? You have already reached one goal!! What good to tell about this challenge of yours! Light comes always out of communicating things.
Hi Dan,
Some of the sessions will seem difficult even to experienced guitar players. Heck, I had to practice some of these many times before recording them. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. What might seem easy to you might be difficult for someone else, and vice versa.
I’m asking all students to change the criteria for success for this section. Success equals practicing for 10 minutes, not getting it right. Then decide if you want to Bookmark (Favorite) it for later. The criteria for this decision are your goals, if it fits within your skill range (not too easy or too hard), and simply whether you want to work on it more or not.
I know this is not an easy sell. We’re all programmed to “get it right” and to some degree I’m swimming upstream. But not without very good reasons.
When I now first listened to your playing I immediately thought: “Not possible for me.” Than just for being really sure I printed out the downloads and, see there… . Well still very like as if I had hands out of wood, but nevertheless a melody could be heard in the fare away immagination.
I am missing the ring finger on my right hand (picking hand). The pinky works as a substitute some of the time, but in this pattern, I could not get it work correctly. This felt impossible!
But you have been trying it for 10 minutes, don’t you, Dan? You have already reached one goal!! What good to tell about this challenge of yours! Light comes always out of communicating things.
Hi Dan,
Some of the sessions will seem difficult even to experienced guitar players. Heck, I had to practice some of these many times before recording them. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses. What might seem easy to you might be difficult for someone else, and vice versa.
I’m asking all students to change the criteria for success for this section. Success equals practicing for 10 minutes, not getting it right. Then decide if you want to Bookmark (Favorite) it for later. The criteria for this decision are your goals, if it fits within your skill range (not too easy or too hard), and simply whether you want to work on it more or not.
I know this is not an easy sell. We’re all programmed to “get it right” and to some degree I’m swimming upstream. But not without very good reasons.
I talk more about that in https://realguitarsuccess.com/gym/, especially in the section titled “How does it work?”
When I now first listened to your playing I immediately thought: “Not possible for me.” Than just for being really sure I printed out the downloads and, see there… . Well still very like as if I had hands out of wood, but nevertheless a melody could be heard in the fare away immagination.