Originally Posted by: joesef

I'm not here to tell anyone how to navigate through this site or when to move on to the next lesson but what has worked for me taking Lisa's lessons is don't jump ahead too fast before you got something down pretty good. I was doing the songs with the chord changes, Roll like water, I get it now, Skeeter loves Amy and Darling Destination.

I wasn't quite getting the changes on time with the first two songs after awhile so I got bored with them and I added the other two. So now here I was playing four songs and none of them very well. Just over and over again with them sounding pretty bad. Of course there were some good times, but mostly bad. So I decided to just keep playing the first two songs and nothing else until I got those changes down just about perfect. Now I feel much better about my playing that I have those in my back pocket now and can, in my opinion rightfully move on to the others. This works so much better for me than trying to get the changes down to a bunch of songs at once and not really getting anywhere. Your opinion may differ but this is what I found has worked best for me. Taking it in little pieces instead of big chunks just so you feel better about moving through the course. It's a journey.

Hi there,

This is my first message on the forum. I decided to finally seek some help because I have found myself feeling very frustrated these days.

I have been working on the songs Roll like Water and I get it now for 3 months now and it does not sound really great. Don't get me wrong, it has gotten much better than the first times, but I can't seem to be getting to the point where it's as smooth as in the video. Even though the songs are fun to play for a beginner such as myself, I tend to get bored doing them all the time. I tried moving along in the lessons but as Josef said in his first message, I can feel it's not a good idea because I simply am not ready yet.

During the first chapters of Fundamentals 1, I felt that I was moving along regularly, because the difficulty was increasing slowly. But now I get the impression that the lessons have gotten real difficult real fast, so I feel stuck, like I am not really progressing.

So, I know you guys are going to tell me to keep practicing (which I haven't done religiously this last month, I'll admit), and I will, but how do I keep away from all this frustration and boredom (sometimes, not always ;-) ?

Thanks !