Time spent learning/practising: 20.75hrs Status: Trying to learn new notes Today I did 30 minutes as I have a lot of other stuff to do today as well, but I managed to get through the first exercises and I managed to get to grips with Minuet in C. Yesterday it seemed really really hard, but [...]

Time spent learning/practising: 20.25hrs Status: Trying to learn new notes I decided to write in the notes for all the exercises and songs in lesson 4, and it took me 30 minutes! So I spent 15 minutes then trying to learn Minuet in C which is tricky as it uses the new strings. I wish [...]

Time spent learning/practising: 19.5hrs Status: Trying to learn new notes Lesson 4 goes onto the 5th and 6th strings, but it also teaches you about sharps and flats, now things are getting complex! I thought I just had 5 or 6 new notes to learn, but if you add in the sharps and flats then [...]

Time spent learning/practising: 18.75hrs Status: Trying to move between notes cleanly I only put in 45 minutes today as it went really well. I managed to easily get through Yankee Doodle along with the metronome, and I also managed 2 clean runs of the other two songs along to the metronome as well (after a [...]

Time spent learning/practising: 18hrs Status: Trying to move between notes cleanly Yeh I know, I know, I said I’d put in an hour today, but I had to get my knee seen to so I only had time for 30 mins. I did remember all the chords though, and then I messed up by trying [...]