[Tomas]

Hi JoAnn,

One of my staff brought this to my attention about a month ago. I have mixed feelings.

I think for an experienced guitarist this might be a way to aid in a kind of mental practice. This is proven to be helpful in sports, and sometimes as effective as actual practice.

For a beginner I’m not sure how much benefit it will be since you can’t actually hear the notes. There are so many subtle things going on in the beginning that you need to know based on the sound.

If possible my preference would be to have a small guitar that you could take around for  practice like the Yamaha JR-2.

https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-JR2-4-Size-Acoustic-Guitar/dp/B00HY6W6WI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493863396&sr=8-1&keywords=yamaha+jr2+travel+guitar

On the other hand if you really can’t bring even a small guitar where you’re going I think this couldn’t hurt… And it’s pretty cheap.

[Tomas]

Hey Bob… welcome!

Only 63. You’re still a young man 🙂

I look forward to helping you reach your guitar playing goals. Please feel free to let me know here in the community forum how I can help.

Tomas

 

 

[Tomas]

Hey… that’s a happy face 🙂

Welcome. I look forward to supporting you.

Feel free to let me know here in the community forum how I can help.

Tomas

[Tomas]

Hi JoAnn,

Welcome! Glad you made it. Looks like you’re a proud Grandma (I just turned to Grandpa last year).

I look forward to supporting you. Please feel free to let me know here in the community forum how I can help.

Tomas

[Tomas]

Hi Alex,

Welcome aboard! I’m glad to have you here.

How’s the weather in San Juan?

I look forward to encouraging and supporting you. Please let me know here in the forum if I can help in any way.

Tomas

[Tomas]

Hi Sandy,

Great to have you here. Nice to know you like Spanish guitar along with acoustic guitar.

I look forward to encouraging you and supporting you.

Please don’t be shy about asking questions here in the community and hopefully adding some your experience as well. It helps everybody.

If you’re just getting started I’d recommend going through the Roadmap – Beginner’s Journey. That’s the most efficient way to get the basics.

Of course feel free to roam around an experiment.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Take care,

Tomas

P.S. I’ll also be adding new material constantly, so please let me know in the New Lesson And Courses section of this community anything you’d like to see here on Real Guitar Success.

[Tomas]

You got it. I’m just getting warmed up 🙂

[Tomas]

Hey Paul,

I find it often good to go back and tighten up the basics when you really want to make some progress.

On another note… There’s a section here in the community to request new lessons and courses. When you get time I love to hear some specific aspects of fingerstyle playing that you’d like to learn. You probably realize this is a favorite of mine and am itching to create more courses along those lines (already have a few in the course section). I just want to make sure I’m creating stuff that people want to learn. It helps to know the level also.

Thanks for participating Paul.

Tomas

[Tomas]

Hi Paul,

Welcome aboard! Good to have you as part of the class.

I’m looking forward to supporting you. Please feel free to ask questions or leave comments in the community.

You’ll find a lot of help here if you take the time to reach out.

Bye for now,

Tomas

[Tomas]

Hi Roxanne,
I’m not aware of a way to keep calluses going… At least not in the way you would want for playing guitar.

If it were me I’d probably be trying to figure out a way to practice anyway… Perhaps with a portable guitar, or even just the guitar neck.

Are there any possibilities along that line? Obviously I don’t know why you are not going to be able to practice so I couldn’t offer any suggestions there.

Tomas

[Tomas]

Hi Steve,

I was suggesting going through all three adventures three times.

This is one of the techniques I use to tackle new material. I go over it once quickly. The second time I go over it I try to raise the quality up a bit not perfect it. The third time I go through it and bring it up to they level I wanted to be.

This is often easier for me than trying to get it up to snuff the first time around.

You can use your judgment on this. If the first adventure was easy for you, wait to apply this strategy until he gets a little more demanding.

It’s a strategy for learning… Not a hard fast rule.

Tomas

[Tomas]

Time working on the mute (striking down with the pick and palming the strings at the same time) as a separate technique.

Then added back to the strum.

Once you’ve done that you may want to try using this five minute practice session to work on it some more: https://realguitarsuccess.com/lessons/c-g-with-mute-strum/

But only after you’ve worked on the technique by itself.

Tomas

[Tomas]

Hi Steve,

Let me know if this answers your question. I’m happy to keep trying until we get it 🙂

Watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av2HsSYUMPI

[Tomas]

Hi Steve,

Watch this…

 

 
https://www.useloom.com/share/6df112cdb5834062b8061df2c0a9af36
 

[Tomas]

Wow… Milos can really play. That’s the best version I’ve heard. Great sound.

Thanks,
Tomas

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