January 2026 3-Minute Challenge - Week #2 Results & Week #1 Winner!

[TGNeil]

Hey Gang,

Thanks to everybody who entered the Challenge and posted results for Week #1. We drew the winner today and it was mwilson315, who will hearing from us soon and choosing a prize.

Here is the form to use for Week #2 and remember to add your own post to this thread.

Neil

Username:
Week Ending: Sunday January 18

Monday January 12:
Tuesday January 13:
Wednesday January 14:
Thursday January 15:
Friday January 16:
Saturday January 17:
Sunday January 18:

Total Days:
Total Minutes:

[sflier]

Username: sflier
Week Ending: Sunday January 18

Monday January 12: 5 minutes My Back Pages play through before work
Tuesday January 13: 25 minutes Beatles Medley Here there and Everywhere + Yesterday
Wednesday January 14: 30 minutes I Still Can’t Say Goodbye - hadn’t played in a few years, getting it back
Thursday January 15: 30 minutes I still can’t Say Goodbye intro and outro
Friday January 16: 60 minutes I Still Can’t PLAY Goodbye bridge/solo
Saturday January 17: 60 minutes First go at Windmills of Your Mind - double tasking while watching football
Sunday January 18: 60 minutes - random Dylan songs - don’t think twice, fare the well, my back pages

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 300

[momojo]

Username: momojo
Week Ending: Sunday January 18

Monday January 12: 45 min., 1-3-5 traids on strings 6-5-4, major I-IV-V chords in all 3 inversions keys of C, D, E, G, & A
Tuesday January 13: 10 min., scales and triads
Wednesday January 14: 150 min., jammed acoustically with another guitarist - singing and playing
Thursday January 15: 50 min., triads and soloing over chord changes
Friday January 16: 30 min, Hammer ons, pull-off, slide combos
Saturday January 17: 50 min, Major and minor triads on top 3 strings
Sunday January 18: 30 min, Chords and vocals for Cats in the Cradle and Rainy Day People

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 365

Mike

[ncrump93]

Username: ncrump93 (Neil Crump)
Week Ending Jan 18

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

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 49

[Craig]

Username: Craig
Week Ending: Sunday January 18

Monday January 12: - Dropped D week for me... 10 minutes - Daydream Believer
Tuesday January 13: - 15 minutes - chorus Daydream Believer
Wednesday January 14: - 20 minutes - Can't find My Way Home
Thursday January 15: - 10 minutes - chorus Can't Find My Way Home
Friday January 16: - 20 minutes - D Mixolydian/D Minor leads for Can't Find My Way Home
Saturday January 17: - 25 minutes - Daydream Believer
Sunday January 18: - 30 minutes - Daydream Believer/Can't Find my Way Home

Total Days: - 7
Total Minutes: - 130

[carolm242]

Username: carolm242
Week Ending: Sunday January 18

Monday January 12: 30 min
Tuesday January 13: 20 min
Wednesday January 14: 30 min
Thursday January 15: zero
Friday January 16: zero
Saturday January 17: 45 min
Sunday January 18: 45 min

Total Days: 5
Total Minutes: 170 min
Still working on my major scales and octave shapes, polishing up the rust bucket and babying my fretting hand. For fun I found an easy renaissance piece in the TG catalogue called Spagnoletta, which sounded to me like something on the dinner menu, but apparently it's italian for "Spanish Dance" I noticed the Picardy Third at the end, but what was with the E major chord? It's supposed to be minor in this key. Is it a borrowed chord?

[juval2112]

Username:juval2112
Week Ending: Sunday January 18

Monday January 12: 65 mins - Neil Young
Tuesday January 13: 70 mins - Fingerpicking
Wednesday January 14: 75 mins - Odds and ends
Thursday January 15: 75 mins - Pink Floyd
Friday January 16: 75 mins - Jethro Tull
Saturday January 17: 80 mins - Neil Young and i started learning Hallelujah
Sunday January 18: 75 mins - Fingerpicking

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 515

[gbrown2000]

Username: gbrown2000
Week Ending: Sunday January 18

Monday January 12: 18
Tuesday January 13 31
Wednesday January 14 28
Thursday January 15 35
Friday January 16 38
Saturday January 17 50
Sunday January 18: 35

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 235

Fingerpicking and working on getting down the frailing banjo sound with Freight Train and putting the melody on the low strings.

[BobW402]

Username: BobW402
Week Ending: Sunday January 18

Monday January 12: 20 minutes - Ripple and On the Way Home
Tuesday January 13: 20 minutes - Ripple intro / On the Way Home intro
Wednesday January 14: 5 minutes - Ripple
Thursday January 15: 10 minutes - Ripple and On the Way Home
Friday January 16: 15 minutes - Ripple and On the Way Home
Saturday January 17: 5 minutes - Ripple and football
Sunday January 18: 5 minutes - On the Way Home and football

Total Days: 7
Total Minutes: 80 minutes

[Moondawg]

Username :Moondawg/CURTIS HENDERSON
Week Ending: Sunday January 18

Monday January 12: 23 min
Tuesday January 13: 1 hr 05 min
Diatonic triads, F7 : some bossa chords changes (clumsy) and "The Boxer" finger pattern
Wednesday January 14: 44 min
generally better with finger placements
Thursday January 15: 00000
Friday January 16: 31 min
Saturday January 17::00000
Sunday January 18: 39 min

Total Days: 5
Total Minutes: 202