I need A Schedule

[tacticaltal]

Serious question.

With all of the following in my to-do (Favorites) list, I need a schedule. How does everyone deal with a list like this?

I came here to learn instrumental fingerpicking, but I also like to sing, and since coming here, I've found other areas I need to work on. I just don't know how to set a priority. FP was my main goal, but I see that I also need the Theory stuff, and, it appears, help with strumming (i.e. counting beats, etc.).

The above, notwithstanding, my insistence on forum lurking which takes up a lot of my time with all the great performances by you guys.

Anyone got any ideas?

~terry

[strike]Here Comes The Sun - Guitar Lesson[/strike]
Here Comes The Sun Fingerpicking (Instrumental)
Brown Eyed Girl Guitar Lesson - Van Marrison
House Of The Rising Sun - Guitar Lesson
[strike]Always On My Mind - Guitar Lesson[/strike] (I've done enough of this, I think, for awhile)
Fingerpicking 101
Fundamentals I- From The Beginning
Come Monday
Against The Wind - Guitar Lesson
Vincent by Muriel Anderson - Guitar Lesson
Freight Train Guitar Lesson - Guitar Instrumentals
Beginning Lesson #1
Classical Gas Guitar Lesson - Guitar Instrumentals

[tombo1230]

Hi Terry, yes it looks like you need a schedule. Obviously you can't tackle all of this at once, so you need to choose what is most important at present.

Ask yourself is there anything on this list I want to play desperately? Choose that as number one choice. Next I would pick two other things at the most and stick with this until I have mastered one at least and replaced it with another from the list. You will have the incentive to work hard at something and get it finished before replacing it as a learn item.

Don't fall into the trap of never finishing what you have started learning, because you will end up a 'bitsa player'. You will know bits of this and bits of that without knowing anything all the way through.

Make short and long term goals and you will have planned to succeed. Just my twopence worth on the subject.

Tom N.

[tovo]

Well some good points already made by Tom!

One thing though, you're doing just fine with strumming. It's just when you know whát you're strumming that you could adjust when needed, or that you'll know how and which beats to accentuate etc. Or that you'll understand the feedback that you're getting from members or Neil. But really, you have no problems strumming!!

[tacticaltal]

Thanks, Tom and Ness.

I guess,as my number one choice I'd pick Vincent, as I really want to learn the Travis Picking style. I've actually been working on thumb and fingerpicking for about a year, but I can't seem to get my thumb and fingers to work independently, or is that together? hmm...... :unsure:

Then, I guess I really need to dive headlong into counting, cause I'm still adrift about that. And if I'm to understand what you all are talking about I guess I better get with it.

Thanks for the ideas.

~terry

[wiley]

Hey Terry,

Vincent is absolutely great and the original version is 'easy' to fingerpick, but it's nót travispicking. If you want to learn that, you really should look into Dust in the Wind or Landslide, or Just Breathe. Travispicking is a great pattern, and I highly recommend you get it down too.

Still Vincent is great, besides me, no one has uploaded that one, so........

Ness

[willem]

Hi Terry,,you should dive in the Beatles ''blackbird'' for getting a swingin thumb,, :laugh: B) and like Vanessa I would say ''landslide'' for the travis pickin,,a nice song with also an fingerpicked solo in it,,Maybe ''dust in the wind'' but I think its hard to sing in the original key,or not..

Looking forward to your ''Vincent'',,well you sure bin inspired!! B)

Willem

[dtaylor]

tacticaltal wrote:

Then, I guess I really need to dive headlong into counting, cause I'm still adrift about that. And if I'm to understand what you all are talking about I guess I better get with it.

Auto correct can be a pain at times but a necessary evil at others...

[tacticaltal]

Inspiration! Yes indeed. Thank you all.

So I need to add Dust In The Wind, then, because I do know the song. The others, like Landslide, I'd have to listen to several times since I'm not familiar with it.

I do want to et Vincent down, though. It's a beautiful song, and the version with Don McLean and Chet Atkins was just marvelous.

Thanks Ness and Willem

[tacticaltal]

Thanks Dean

[tovo]

Hahaha! :laugh:

btw....when you look into Dust in the wind, the playing pattern:

The first pinch is a quarternote = two 8th notes (1 and).

All the other notes are 8th notes (2 and 3 and 4 and). So the first pinch (quaternote=two 8th notes) takes twice as long as all the other notes.

Check out if you understand what I mean when you look at the tab.

tacticaltal wrote:

Thanks Dean