January 2026 3-Minute Challenge - Week #1 Results

[TGNeil]

Hey Everybody,

We are thrilled to head into our first 3-Minute 30-Day Challenge of 2026. Please copy the text below and fill in your first week results (January 5-11) in this thread. I suggest keeping track at home then adding your post to this thread on Monday January 12. Feel free to add what you have been working on as well.

Neil

Username:
Week Ending: Sunday January 11

Monday January 5:
Tuesday January 6:
Wednesday January 7:
Thursday January 8:
Friday January 9:
Saturday January 1o:
Sunday January 11:

Total Days:
Total Minutes:

[scotty7]

Username: scotty7
Week Ending: Sunday January 11

Monday January 5: Practiced 15-20 mins. Worked on scales and some finger picking.
Tuesday January 6:
Wednesday January 7:
Thursday January 8:
Friday January 9:
Saturday January 1o:
Sunday January 11:

Total Days:
Total Minutes:

[TGNeil]

Thanks for posting Scotty. I edited your post a little by adding the weekly log and filling in your Monday total. You can add to it daily, or at the end of the week. Hopefully this will make the format clearer to everybody.

The idea is one post each week for each user, covering all seven days.

Neil

[juval2112]

Username: juval2112
Week Ending: Sunday January 11

Monday January 5: 65 mins - Pink Floyd
Tuesday January 6: 75 mins - Jethro Tull
Wednesday January 7: 75 mins - Neil Young
Thursday January 8: 70 mins - fingerpicking. I’m working through Neil’s fingerpicking Vol 1
Friday January 9: 75 mins - odds and ends - Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Allman Brothers, BlackBerry Smoke, ELP
Saturday January 1o: 75 mins - Pink Floyd
Sunday January 11: 70 mins - Jethro Tull

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 575

When the 3 minute challenge first started it got me playing every day. In fact last year I only missed 3 days. At first it was a bit of a chore, but now it’s much more enjoyable and I’m getting better which in turn makes it more fun so I can play for longer. Thanks Neil!
Cheers
Julian

[sflier]

Username: sflier
Week Ending: Sunday January 11

Working on Grateful Dead’s Black Muddy River. My arrangement based on this cover:



Monday January 5: 22 minutes Black Muddy River intro and outro
Tuesday January 6: 12 minutes Black Muddy River verse
Wednesday January 7: 60 minutes Black Muddy River chorus
Thursday January 8: 45 minutes Black Muddy River Bridge
Friday January 9: 60 minutes Black Muddy River solo
Saturday January 1o: 72 minutes Black Muddy River playthrough
Sunday January 11: 90 minutes Black Muddy River playthrough

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 361!

[paul c]

Username: paul c
Week Ending: Sunday January 11

Monday January 5: It Don’t Come Easy, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Walls, Peaceful Easy Feeling, If You Don’t Want My Love, Crawling Back To You, Whenever You Come Around, Norwegian Wood, Farmer’s Song, The Boxer - 45 mins
Tuesday January 6: Pancho & Lefty, Come Monday, The Mountain, It’s Good To Be King, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Tell Me Why, I Don’t Wanna Know - 65 mins
Wednesday January 7: pick control exercises, first position G minor pentatonic practice, chromatic run practice, Knocking On Heaven’s Door - 40 mins
Thursday January 8: Bad Moon Rising, Buckets of Rain, Changes In Latitudes / Changes In Attitudes, Folsum Prison Blues, The Frying Pan - 25 mins
Friday January 9: Blue Eyes Cryin’ In The Rain, Cabin Down Below, Cinnamon Girl, Galway Girl - 20 mins
Saturday January 10: Always On My Mind, Comes A Time, Cowgirl In The Sand, Handle With Care - 20 mins
Sunday January 11: pick control exercises, first position G major pentatonic practice, chromatic run practice, Learning To Fly, As Tears Go By - 35 mins

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 250 mins

[carolm242]

Username: carolm242
Week Ending: Sunday January 11

Monday January 5: 3 minutes
Tuesday January 6: 10 minutes
Wednesday January 7: 30 minutes
Thursday January 8: zero minutes
Friday January 9: 15 minutes
Saturday January 1o: 10 minutes
Sunday January 11: 120 minutes

Total Days: 6
Total Minutes: 188 minutes
I've been down with tendonitis in my fretting hand for a few months, so hadn't been playing alot. (Almost lost my hard won callouses too!! ) So just trying to get back in the groove slowly this week... I did a few spider warmups and some 2 octave major scale review, in all the shapes. (CAGED). I also did alot of back pocket Rust Bucket Rescue, and on Sunday I had my Guitar Club song circle meetup and my hand did not bother me for that!! I also got up and played a solo song for the group too. Exercising my stage nerves. Or should that be Exorcising?

[photomichael2]

Username: photomichael
Week Ending: Sunday January 11

Monday January 5: 57 min
Tuesday January 6: 7 min
Wednesday January 7: 26 min
Thursday January 8: 49 min
Friday January 9: 17 min
Saturday January 1o:4 min
Sunday January 11: 76 min

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes:236
Miscellaneous finger picking and lead practice along to recordings

[Craig]

Username: Craig
Week Ending: Sunday January 11

Monday January 5: 20 minutes - working on Linda Ronstadt's "Long Long Time"
Tuesday January 6: 10 minutes - focused on just the intro to Long Long Time
Wednesday January 7: 25 minutes - working on "Walk Away Renee"
Thursday January 8: 12 minutes - working the "flute solo" in Walk Away Renee
Friday January 9: 10 minutes - working on changing to the D chord out of the C shape family which happens to occur in both of those songs!
Saturday January 1o: 30 minutes - working on Long Long Time and Walk Away Renee in their entirety
Sunday January 11: 35 minutes - dusting off songs I already know - "Reflections of My Life" and "Make You Feel My Love"

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 142