Hey & welcome to GT!

Originally Posted by: ferrisraymond

I know everyone learns at a different rate but is there a kind of general amount of learning I should do for each week before returning for more lessons?[/quote][p]Not only does everyone learn at a different rate, they also bring different amounts of skill to the task. And often with widely different goals & expectations.

But the good news is you can keep going forward in any course! Just make the time to review & revisit all the previous material until you can do it. Keep watching videos to make it fun & interesting, to see where you are headed. But don't consider yourself done with a lesson until you can do the skill or understand the idea.

[quote=ferrisraymond]

Maybe one chapter of the fudamentals a week? 2 chapters? 3? Any advice or help would be appreciated! Excited to go on this journey learning guitar.

Just about anyone can get through chapter 1 of GF1 in a day if you have the time to watch. Because it's mostly information & orientation.

Chapter 2 is simple chords. If you bring enough basic dexterity to the task you might be able to do it in a week.

Chapter 3 with simple melodies & chapter 4 with full chords is where most people hit a wall. :) One of those usually winds up taking a few weeks, if not longer. It just depends on how much time you can dedicate to practicing to get that material under your command. It also depends on how much basic manual dexterity you are starting with.

And even if you get through those quickly, it's true that every guitar student hits a wall at some point. At some point the physical dexterity, raw physical coordination you bring to the task is just not going to be enough. You'll have to keep working on repetitious practice until you can do the skill or understand the idea being taught.

I've seen it take anywhere from 1 week to 6 months for beginners to finish the material in GF1. It takes as long as it takes. But tomorrow, next week, next year will get here right on schedule regardless of whether or not you practiced. So if you want to play guitar, you might as well just dive in & see what happens. As long as you are enjoying the process, who could ask for anything more?

Hope this helps! Please ask more if necessary & best of success!