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so I started the new title in this section. Steve's GG Finger-Style Fall Retreat Oct17-20 2024 (not conflicting with Halloween this year) gx169.infusionsoft.app/app/storeFront/showProductDetail?productId=366 now with BIG in trepidation I registered for this. But after the wife for the third year in a row, being able to hang out in her friends condo in Florida for a week or two and I get zero trips. I made it a point to at least have one trip this year. And not being a big finger style guy.. yeah I have a pattern I fall back on for pretty much everything. Be it Dust in the Wind or O Holy Night. I'm going.. I have a hotel booked for Tue Oct 15 to Thur Oct 17.. and plan to 'tire kick' at Gruhn's, Carter's and Gibson Garage on Oct 16th.. Still have to book my flights yet. I'm in the middle of live teacher lessons on Tues nights that my son is paying for (twist.. child pays for parents lessons LoL). But I'm not on finger style.. we're cleaning up my rock ambitions. when the paid lessons end at the end of March; I will tackle Steve's LMG Finger Style course.. so I will have only 5 short months to at least get to a reasonable 'competency' level. Oh no pressure...

Sorry for the late reply. Haven't been active in a while. Making steady progress

Hi Mohammed, hope you’re still sticking with it. A couple tips I’ve found and it applies to everything in life not just guitar. 1) it takes about 21 days to make something a habit so work on consistently practicing every day for 21 days will make it become part of your routine. 2) schedule the time to play, if you say “I’m practicing every day at 8pm” it will help you build that consistency. 3) 15 mins of focused practice will yield more results than an hour of noodling the same things over and over and 4) don’t forget why you’re playing guitar…to make music so make sure after you put in the work you’re still having fun playing the songs you like!!!

Mohammed, Diane has given you a lot of good information. I thought I would share with you my current practice lesson 1. Hand stretching exercise. (I do this while preparing my morning coffee and usually under warm/hot water.) 2. 15 minutes work on scales,modes and arpeggios, those needed for my core material.I use a timer. for all my practice, if I take a break I stop the timer. Once I learn the material I will use a metronome to improve, it’s not my favorite tool and if I don’t have a fairly good “handle” on what I am playing the metronome doesn’t help. 3. 15 to 30 minutes on my “Core Material”. This practice period my core Material is Autumn leaves melody 5 th position, (jazz standards) Sundance, 5th position. (Mel bay) 12 bar blues solo 5th position, (activemelody on-line) This particular practice routine can last months.(I usually work on more than one thing to keep my sessions interesting and to avoid fretting hand fatigue. 4. 15 minutes chord melody chords for Autumn Leaves, barre chords and other chords used in the 12 bar blues solo sheet music. 5, 15 minutes working on a solo for Autumn Leaves. I am using scales and arpeggios I worked on in the first fifteen minutes of practice.plus, I also searched the internet for material for Autumn leaves done by better players and found two etudes and one solo to help me create my own solo. 6. Have a lesson plan with all the material organized. so you aren’t wasting time looking for chords or patterns. Have a major scale worksheet and a fretboard worksheet. I keep all the material in a folder. 7. in the evening I usually spend a little time reading music theory pertaining to my lesson and listening to the song I am trying to learn. Beginners have it easy. The material is already prepared in their guitar course. A private teacher will also have lesson plans ready to go. My “Guitar Goal” is learning to play the blues, “ if you sound good, you're probably not practicing.” unknown

Hi, Mohammad. Glad to help. Practice, play, and participate. Join us for the Live Lessons if you can. Details are in the sub forum. If you can’t watch and chat live, you can watch it a few days later after Steve posts the video. If you’re just starting out with guitar, I especially recommend Tom Heany’s “First, Learn to Practice”. It’s concise and direct.