As I am new to playing guitar my Metronome I purchased is helping me big time. Going through the lessons with Lisa and the melodies we are working on, I have found that if I set the beats per minutes way down to 44 and work my way up slowly it has helped me get the strings hit to the songs and I can then reach the beats per minute with Lisa through the lessons. I am doing much better with this method and just wanted to share with everyone. I am loving the lessons and the step by step approach and I am not feeling overwhelmed.
Metronome Helping with Beginner Lessons
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Congratulations Vicki and welcome to GT. As an old fart, the GT site has helped me immensely in learning guitar over again after not playing for 50 years. Although I completed fundamentals 1 and 2 probably faster than most, you are doing it correct to practice with a metronome and take it one step at a time. If you have reached the point where you are doing the spider finger exercises, I have a suggestion. Start slowly at maybe 80 BPM and work your way up from there. When I did it, I set the metronome to 4 beats per measure if I was practicing with 4 fingers, and 3 beats per measure if I was practicing with three fingers. Good Luck!!
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