Originally Posted by: maggiorJust to add something to compart1's great advice...just keep it all in perspective...presumably you are doing this for fun. If you skip a night of practice or don't get something down in the time frame you set for yourself, it's not the end of the world. You aren't going to miss a rent payment because you didn't get something down on your guitar :).

Try to not pressure yourself...keep at it and it will eventually come with consistency. When I get stuck, I find something else I can to and still make some progress just like Compart1 suggests.

Thanks for the encouragement. Its also probably good to make time for other things too as to not get burned out. I've been playing on and off for years and have probably developed a lot of bad habits. I can play and switch among several chords with some fluidity and have some speed and dexterity in playing scales (although I don't exactly know where I'm going).

Yet I am hung up on playing Ode to Joy. I mean I can get it, but it's very challenging for me. I'm just totally undisciplined when it comes to playing the same thing over and over.