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moosehockey18
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07/11/2020 12:40 pm
Originally Posted by: matt88townsend

I have a busy schedule and sacrifice a lot to get my chord practice to 3 hours a day the pay off is next to nothing my progress sucks after 2 to 3 months of practice i cant even play a basic song atleast with tabs songs form easier because its one finger at a time and little to no grouping my goal was to learn riptide i have gotten am to gm up to 70 bpm and i have been stuck i just want to hear so music taking shape im discouraged i dont know what to do any more honestly

Hello Matt,

This wasn`t mentioned anywhere but , perhaps the guitar`s action can be lowered and replace the strings with a lighter guage for easier fretting ? Just a thought if you haven`t done that already. I did that some time ago and it made a HUGE difference.

Jeff