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Julianald1968
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Julianald1968
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01/31/2011 2:00 pm
Hi All, I am a newbie to this WONDERFUL guitar thing as well, strange being 42 and all, but age is nothing. So they say, when it comes to learning a new skill. I am learning on a basic acoustic and have started from the beginning in the lessons. I have been at it with GT for a couple of weeks now and am enjoying it a lot, and my callouses on my fingers are getting there nicely too. I am slowly getting a hang of the basic chords etc on the first few of Christopher's lessons. Which are awesome, I must say. I am obviously not perfect at them yet, but getting there.

My question is, should I continue on with these first chords etc, until I have them down perfect, and not move on to the next lessons until I am perfect at them, or should I move on a little, and mix it up a bit with some new lessons, and go back and forth between them occasionally. Its just hard not having anyone to say, yes you should move on, ok go back and practice more.

I have also had a few people say that its good to get a few basic tabs of songs and learn them as well. This will give you not only the skill to read tabs, but the confidence to start and play the odd song here and there. What do you all think. Let me know your thoughts as I am really enthusiastic about my new hobby and want to have the best chance of learning it correctly.

Cheers Julian.