Time spent learning/practising: 27.25hrs Status: Learning chords Today went really well again, I did the chord exercises in half the time of yesterday, but I think tomorrow I need to try to change over faster, at the moment I am doing it but at something like 50bpm. I still have one exercise which eludes me, [...]

Time spent learning/practising: 26.75hrs Status: Learning chords Today went really well, I managed to nail all the chord exercises right up to the point where they reduced the period between changes to one beat and threw in a complex 4 finger chord right after an easy 2 finger chord…. (Em to C7) But I tried [...]

Time spent learning/practising: 26.25hrs Status: Learning chords Chords are so difficult! It is really hard to change between them, but hopefully in a week or two I will be able to do it without thinking about it. At the moment I am limping along trying to find where to put my fingers and buzzing a few [...]

Time spent learning/practising: 25.75hrs Status: Learning chords Ok I slacked off for a bit, it was hard to find some peace and quiet to practice and my fingers were really hurting from all the typing I do at work. But I am back as talking to my friend Dulcie about my progress made me feel [...]

Time spent learning/practising: 25hrs Status: Trying to learn new notes I was just a couple of notes off playing Minuet in C all the way through to the metronome today, I am getting a lot better at it, but it is really tricky to have two lines which are almost the same but slightly different, [...]