March 2025 3-Minute Challenge - Week #1 Posts

[TGNeil]

Hey Folks,

It is great to see the interest in our first 3-Minute 30-Day Challenge of 2025. Please copy the text below and fill in your first week results (March 1-7) in this thread where we will keep track of everybody's progress. Feel free to add what you have been working on as well.

Neil

Username:
Week Ending: Friday March 7

Saturday March 1:
Sunday March 2:
Monday March 3:
Tuesday March 4:
Wednesday March 5:
Thursday March 6:
Friday March 7:

Total Days:
Total Minutes:

[juval2112]

Username: juval2112
Week ending March 7

Saturday March 1: 60 mins
Sunday March 2: 70 mins
Monday March 3: 70 mins
Tuesday March 4: 70 mins
Wednesday March 5: 60 mins
Thursday March 6: 65 mins
Friday March 7: 60 mins

Total days : 7
Total minutes: 455

Since the first 3 minute challenge in December 2023, I made a new year resolution to play for at least 5 hours a week. This year’s resolution was to increase that to at least 6 hours. It’s certainly improved my playing although I don’t think I’ll ever be a good player. The great thing about the challenge is that I enjoy playing much more.
I recently bought the fingerpicking packs and am slowly working through them. I’ve just got my head around Helplessly Hoping so I’ll start on Landslide tomorrow. It’s not a song I am familiar with so that’ll make it a bit more difficult.

[wjkelleher7120358]

Username: wjkelleher7120358 (Bill Kelleher)
Week Ending: Friday March 7

Saturday March 1: 40 minutes
Sunday March 2: 45 minutes
Monday March 3: 60 minutes
Tuesday March 4: 50 minutes
Wednesday March 5: 65 minutes
Thursday March 6: 40 minutes
Friday March 7: 75 minutes

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 375

Working on Doug Young's Still Crazy After All These Years and I Will and Neil's Leader of the Band

[carolm242]

Username: carolm242
Week Ending: Friday March 7

Saturday March 1: 30 min
Sunday March 2: 30 min
Monday March 3: 30 min
Tuesday March 4: 40 min
Wednesday March 5: 30 min
Thursday March 6: zero
Friday March 7: 30 min

Total Days: 6
Total Minutes: 190 min

What I was working on this week:
3 minute warm ups 2 octave CAGED shapes ascending and descending major scales,
back pocket songs review,
Kuffners Op 168 no14, 1st and 2nd guitar,
Sagreras lesson 46,
Bach minuet 1st and 2nd guitar,
RCM prep and level 2 repertoire sight reading practice
A bit of tasty theory review.

[BrazosOyster]

Username: BrazosOyster
Week Ending: Friday March 7

Saturday March 1: 7
Sunday March 2: 5
Monday March 3: 15
Tuesday March 4: 8
Wednesday March 5: 8
Thursday March 6: 4
Friday March 7: 15

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 54

Time to put in more guitar time!

[older_wrench]

Username: older_wrench
Week Ending: Friday March 7

Saturday March 1: 60 minutes
Sunday March 2: 90 minutes
Monday March 3: 20 minutes
Tuesday March 4: 120 minutes
Wednesday March 5: 90 minutes
Thursday March 6: 120 minutes
Friday March 7: 60 minutes

Total Days: 7 days
Total Minutes: 560 minutes

"Killing Me Softly", "Rainbow Connection", "Sometimes In Winter", dexterity drill, noodled a little with Billy Strings' "Away From The Mire". The years are taking a toll; I can play better than I ever thought possible, but what I can't do is remember what I'm trying to play!

[gbrown2000]

Saturday Mar 1: 10 min
Sunday Mar 2: 15 min
Monday Mar 3: 20 min
Tuesday Mar 4: 16 min
Wednesday Mar 5: 20 min
Thursday Mar 6: 42 min
Friday Mar 7: 18 min
Total Days: 7
Total Min: 141 min

Doing mostly strumming because the fingertips on my right had tend to split in the dry weather, but also working on the left hand stretches in Winter Wonderland. I might be ready by next Christmas.

[rjbertmdphd]

Lots of practicing!

3 minute challenge week 1

Username: RJbertmdphd
Week Ending: Friday March 7

Saturday March 1: 4 hours 3 hours 12 string, 1 hour 6 string
Sunday March 2: 3 hours 1&1/2 12 string, 1&1/2 6 string
Monday March 3: 1 & 1/2 hour lesson with Max. 2 hour practice before. Beginnings and From the Beginning, rhythm.
Tuesday March 4: 1 hour lesson Josh Parker
Wednesday March 5: 30 minutes rhythm practice beginnings
Thursday March 6: 1 hour “What time is it?”
Friday March 7: 45 minutes beyond the sea

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: you must be kidding!
4x60+3x60+3.5x60+60+30+45=735

[brennanmichaelj71258]

Username: brennanmichaelj71258
Week Ending: Friday March 7

Saturday March 1: 0 minutes
Sunday March 2: 40 minutes
Monday March 3: 31 minutes
Tuesday March 4: 10 minutes
Wednesday March 5: 15 minutes
Thursday March 6: 23 minutes
Friday March 7: 25 minutes

Total Days: 6
Total Minutes: 144

Playing again after a Looong hiatus. Practicing mostly finger-picking patterns with open chords. Muscle memory seems fine, just working on hand strength.

[carolm242]

Username: carolm242
Week Ending: Friday March 7 (Week #1)

Saturday March 1: 30 min
Sunday March 2: 30 min
Monday March 3: 30 min
Tuesday March 4: 40 min
Wednesday March 5: 30 min
Thursday March 6: zero
Friday March 7: 30 min

Total Days: 6
Total Minutes: 190 min

What I was working on this week:
3 minute warm ups 2 octave CAGED shapes ascending and descending major scales,
back pocket songs review,
Kuffners Op 168 no14, 1st and 2nd guitar,
Sagreras lesson 46,
Bach minuet 1st and 2nd guitar,
RCM prep and level 2 repertoire sight reading practice
A bit of tasty theory review.