So Saturday ... I played for six hours. That's right, six. The results were palpable. You could literally palp them.
"Where is My Mind" is like almost working. The lead part and chord parts are 95% there individually, and I'm about 80% there to stringing them all together. Since this is by far the most difficult material I've tackled, I think that's pretty good.
This means that my barre chords are coming along. The F Major shape is no longer a challenge. Like at all. And I can hold it much better than before. I now have the strength to do two or three choruses of "Creep" before having to quit, instead of just one.
Finger exercises are coming together. By focusing on relaxing, I was able to blast through the first couple finger exercises Tony had given me. And I've almost aced the G Major scale already, thanks to LOTS of practice. My technique: learn it one note at a time. Keeping it simple and mastering the first three notes, then the first four, then the first five, etc., made learning it cleanly far more manageable.
I've almost got the problem chords in "Autumn Leaves" working. I'll be able to play the chords all the way through at tempo in a week or two if this keeps up.
I need to watch out for repeated use injuries. My wrist was fairly sore by the end of the marathon session. That shouldn't be happening and is not a good thing. Also, my fingertips were WAY too sore to even touch the guitar on Sunday, though I tried anyway.
I'm excited. I think I'm on my way to becoming an actual guitarist.
Unfortunately, I need to cancel my lesson on Tuesday due to surprise Amanda Palmer tickets. I'm okay with this.
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