<t>Thank you, Wiley. The advice about slowing down the metronome really helped. I bought one and started using it, but I couldn't keep up with the pace that Neil had set and was having trouble getting the notes cleanly. Slowing the metronome has helped (My Qwik Time won't go below 40 - I don't know ...

<t>Thank you for all the suggestions. It's heartening to know that I'm not the only person my age to pick up a guitar and try to play it the first time. I want to get to the point where I'm playing music as quickly as possible, because A) my friends who play guitar are fairly unanimous about that as...

<t>I'm 53 and just started playing. I've been using the Beginners Blueprint lessons, and they seem to be working out pretty well. I'm playing a Yamaha F335 TBS. I wish I had started the Beginners Blueprint before buying the guitar. I have a feeling things might have gone faster with a nylon-stringed...