March 2025 3-Minute Challenge - Week #3 Posts

[TGNeil]

Hey Gang,

Randy McCracken won our second week's drawing.

Copy the text below and post your results for Week #3 and we will pull another winner in a few days.

Neil

Username:
Week Ending: Friday March 21

Saturday March 15:
Sunday March 16:
Monday March 17:
Tuesday March 18:
Wednesday March 19:
Thursday March 20:
Friday March 21:

Total Days:
Total Minutes:

[carolm242]

Username: carolm242
Week Ending: Friday March 21

Saturday March 15: 40 min
Sunday March 16: 75 min
Monday March 17: 20 min
Tuesday March 18: 40 min
Wednesday March 19: 60 min
Thursday March 20: 30 min
Friday March 21: 60 min

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 325 min

This week I continued to polish up some back pocket songs (Classical Gas, Bourree, Water is Wide, Noad's Allegretto) and kept trying to learn 2 new pieces (Zangarilleja, and Isai's Tune). I am still working on my Sagreras volume 1 leccions but it's getting too difficult to just sight read through those, somewhere between #70 and #80. (There's no TABs ;/

[brennanmichaelj71258]

Username: brennanmichaelj71258
Week Ending: Friday March 21

Saturday March 15: 45 min
Sunday March 16: 25 min
Monday March 17: 60 min
Tuesday March 18: 20 min
Wednesday March 19: 60 min
Thursday March 20: 70 min
Friday March 21: 35 min

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 310

Hand strength and right-hand drills. Started working on "Taurus."

[ncrump93]

Username: ncrump93
Week Ending: March 21

Saturday: 5
Sunday: 10
Monday: 8
Tuesday: 10
Wednesday: 3
Thursday: 25
Friday: 5

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 66

[older_wrench]

Username: older_wrench
Week Ending: Friday March 21

Saturday March 15: 60 minutes
Sunday March 16: 120 minutes
Monday March 17: 180 minutes
Tuesday March 18: 240 minutes
Wednesday March 19: 180 minutes
Thursday March 20: 60 minutes
Friday March 21: 120 minutes

Total Days: 7 days
Total Minutes: 960 minutes

Besides working on songs, a venture into George Harrison's "Your Love Is Forever" sent me on a lengthy tangent into alternate tunings, particularly DADFAC. Lengthy. Hence the more-than-necessary time spent playing this week. Need to change some strings today.

[juval2112]

Username juval2112
Week ending March 21

Saturday March 15: 65 mins
Sunday March 16: 35 mins
Monday March 17: 65 mins
Tuesday March 18: 10 mins
Wednesday March 19: 45 mins
Thursday March 20: 60 mins
Friday March 21: 45 mins

Total days: 7
Total minutes: 320

[rjbertmdphd]

3 minute challenge week 3

Username: RJbertmdphd
Week Ending: Friday March 21

Saturday March 15: 50 minutes on call. Rhythm practice 25. YMMSVH 25

Sunday March 16: 1 hr rhythm,30 minutes YMMSVH

Monday March 17: 90 min rhythm practice, 1.5 hour lesson with Max

Tuesday March 18: 1 hour lesson Josh Parker

Wednesday March 19: 75 min: 1 hour rhythm book, speed bursts, 15 min. BS&T YMMSV

Thursday March 20: 45 minutes total: 30 minutes rhythm training, 15 minutes YMMSVH

Friday March 21: 30 minutes rhythm drills

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 530

[rftejerry]

Username:rftejerry
Week Ending: Friday March 21

Saturday March 15:5
Sunday March 16:20
Monday March 17:10
Tuesday March 18:25
Wednesday March 19:20
Thursday March 20:30
Friday March 21:150

Total Days:7
Total Minutes:260

[Randy McCracken]

Hi Neil,
Username: Randy McCracken
Week Ending: Friday March 21

Saturday March 15: (20 minutes)
Practice: Song for a Rainy Morning (Intro & verse), And So It Goes
Play through: Instrumental I, Instrumental II, House at Pooh Corner
Sunday March 16: (20 minutes)
Practice: Song for a Rainy Morning (Intro & verse), And So It Goes
Play through: It’s Never Too Late, Lewis & Clark, Instrumental I, Still
Monday March 17: (25 minutes)
Practice: Flat picking exercises
Play through: Here Comes the Sun (2x), Norwegian Wood, Tell Me Why, Pretty Woman
Tuesday March 18: 10 minutes)
Play through: Windy & Warm, Instrumental II, Isn’t it Nice to Be Home Again
Wednesday March 19: (5 minutes)
Practice: And So It Goes
Thursday March 20: (75 minutes)
Play through: Come and Let Me Look in Your Eyes, Sad Lisa, Into White, The Wind, Jennifer Juniper, Catch the Wind, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, If You Could Read My Mind, Landslide, I’ve Got a Name, I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song, New York’s Not My Home, Lo and Behold, Machine Gun Kelly, Steam Roller Blues
Friday March 21: (75 minutes)
Practice: Bridge of And So It Goes
Play through: And So It Goes, Windy & Warm, Doc’s Guitar, Anji, Instrumental I, Instrumental II (2x), It’s Never Too Late, Lewis & Clark, Isn’t It Nice to Be Home Again, Come and Let Me Look in Your Eyes, The Lee Shore
Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 230

I wasn't well this week, hence some of the short practices. BUT, thanks to the 3 minute challenge, I played my guitar on days I would normally have not played. Thanks for the challenge Neil. It really helps to keep me motivated!

[gbrown2000]

Username: gbrown2000
Week ending March 21

Saturday Mar 15: 40 min
Sunday Mar 16: 30 min
Monday Mar 17: 25 min
Tuesday Mar 18: 32min
Wednesday Mar 19: 35min
Thursday Mar 20: 40min
Friday Mar 21: 42 min
Total Days: 7
Total Min: 244 min
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