The ACPG 30 Day Guitar Technique Challenge: Day 2

[@ptangyangkipperbang3295]

I’m really grateful too you taking the time to do this. Thank you.

[@paulchambers3d]

Excellent lesson. For someone who's been playing for 30+ years, I wish someone had shown me this in my first year or so of playing rather than the 20 years or so it took me to get there.

[@robert-wr6md]

Good luck with that and see you this time next year.

[@hillers54]

Still with you 🎸🎸🎸

[@rayhelps5591]

Me tooooooo.

[@Blue_3rd]

This is a great exercise to do with a metronome. The interesting thing is how for example, I can practice Ab until I get them all easily but then I change to thinking about it as G# and I get lost🤪. I think it’s very important to think of the notes as both sharp and flat for an extra challenge, although as a harmonica player I usually think more in terms of flats. Cheers!

[@iwobbly9374]

Wow, that’s the big one - jumping right into the deep end! Everyone hates learning the fret board. But learning one note at a time will help a lot 🫣 to 😎 to 🎸😎

[@pr0fessorMor]

the intonation on your guitar is crazy good!

[@KevIn-tu4fv]

This is an exercise I've already been doing but never thought of using a metronome, that is awesome !

[@larryrasheed1178]

Thank you, Adrian! I picked this up from you in a previous lesson you posted and it has been tremendously helpful. Once you get one note under your belt (I started with C), the others are much easier. The metronome is a must. I'm learning jazz and this has been an essential exercise in my practice.

[@seangalloghly9586]

Love it - often dismissed in its importance. Also love Db referred to as a harder note... Suggesting that all the other notes in the fretboard are scared of spilling its pint! Thanks for another great drill.

[@rayhelps5591]

Only day two, but this is the most refreshing idea l've seen on the Internet for a long time. I'm determined to stick with it til the end.... thanks.

[@carolew]

wow this looks like a great exercise, thanks adrian

[@JustinTaylor1098]

Happy New Year Adrian and thank you.

[@olben58]

Great series Adrian. Thank you for helping us

[@bertas5555]

Thanks, Adrian!

[@PetefromSouthOz]

Still here on Day 2 lol. This exercise is one I started and did not follow through. So this is a great way to get back to learning this essential (for me) knowledge. Cheers Petre

[@korneliusfuchs2902]

Thank you for this basic exercise and a happy new year combined with greetings from Dresden, Saxony in Germany

[@icanbreathenow]

Completed day one yesterday. I will check in everyday to account for my challenge completion.

[@williamdevlin366]

Thank you for this lesson!!!

[@guildedpickle4755]

Ready togo for day 2!! Thanks for the upload, Adrian. Happy New Year btw.

[@sirtogii5216]

Yeah, this is one I would not have done if it wasn't part of the challenge. Useful

[@kevinoconnor5289]

Excellent 😊

[@turbinenraum9476]

Great content. Can’t wait for day 3!

[@CarterLBA]

You’re really dishing out the guitar medicine with the spider first and now this!

[@khogg3581]

Cheers Adrian! 👏

[@jamesr5443]

Still with you. This is a tricky one! I'll work on just E for today 🌞

[@joev4483]

Thank you 😊

[@DomingoCaro-h5v]

Hi how are you rock on dude l am learning to play guitar basic power chords you are a perfect guitarist

[@davewoland]

Thanks 👍

[@OriginalMixedUpKid]

Here✋️ Done 15 minutes of A and D. This is a challenge for me so im gonna give it more time later this evening.

[@tomrichards51]

Thanks this is so good

[@PT_English]

I bought a Gibson Les Paul last year and my dad asked what the dots on the fretboard were for. It's so simple really. I've been watching ZZTop videos and reel back in horror at Gibbon's dot-less necks....

[@thecaveofthedead]

You realise that the dots on top of the fretboard are the important ones for the player though, right? The ones one the front of the board are really to help out fellow musicians or students.

[@PT_English]

@@thecaveofthedead Yes, all the dots on the fretboard both side and top, I would have given up after a week without those back in 1867.

[@kuglepen64]

Dropped out? I'm dropping in!

[@koho]

The guitar analog of dry January. Not all fun but makes you feel surprisingly better.

[@OriginalMixedUpKid]

Im actually doing both.🙈😆

[@MattHerrettMusic]

Still here! One day in!

[@alanmcclelland5245]

You can't get rid of me that easily. Bring the pain, buddy. 😊

[@plantagenant]

I found it helps if you say the note out loud, not just in your head. It seems to impress into the memory better. Same with scales and arpeggios as you recall the actual notes in them and not just memorizing the pattern.

[@acpg]

Yes I agree, good suggestion.

[@arcanics1971]

You know sometimes somebody will say something and you'll think, "Cripes, that's so obvious! Why have I never thought of that before?" Well, yeah; I just did that. This is the obvious way to learn all the notes, and it's never occurred to me! D'oh!

[@robertpreston5268]

Still here. Hanging on in like dry January 😂.

[@sph33_]

Any thoughts on the octave approach for something like this? Rather than going a string at a time skip a string using octaves?

[@steveclose9330]

Absolutely agree All of this play the 4th fret on the 3rd string nonsense that people get stuck into !

[@morozoffv]

Thank you Adrian! If I do this exercise every day, will I eventually be able to recall any note instantly? What should the process in my mind be? Should I use tricks like, "Oh, I remember the A note is here, so B is two frets higher," or should I focus on directly remembering where each note is, without relying on knowledge of other notes?

[@acpg]

Good question. I think ultimately you just want to know the notes instinctively without relying on any calculations or 'tricks'. However it's obviously important to understand the logic and symmetries of the fretboard too, things like octave and interval shapes etc. It's a long term project and this is just one exercise amongst many possible note learning exercises, but I do think it's a good one.

[@morozoffv]

@ got it, thank you!

[@lumpfish99]

i saw yesterdays post and wondered how long each technique should be practiced? I know, as much as possible but I was wondering what thew minimum time would be....10 mins, an hour more? thanks.

[@drcobra-dc6uy]

nice!

[@ChrisMoewesBystrom]

If this is day 2, I'm in trouble. :) Wish me luck

[@billhosono7468]

Still here!

[@peisenxu9519]

Thanks for creating this challenge! A small question: if I am following this day to day, should I repeat the technique challenges of all previous days or stick to the current one? Thanks again

[@acpg]

I'd just keep moving on to the next one or it's going to turn into hours of practice by the end of the series! This is more about showing up, putting the time in, and committing to a bit of regular practice rather than mastering each exercise. But obviously the exercises you like, you might like to return to in the future and put a bit more time in with them. This exercise used to be part of my daily practice routine for quite a while.

[@CycloneJack]

How would you recommend learning the enharmonic notes?

[@acpg]

Good question. I'd probably prioritise learning the most commonly used names - eg F# over Gb. But ultimately you need to know and recognise both, so maybe drill them separately, and/or work on groups of notes in relation to specific keys.

[@johnmac8084]

Is it best to learn the natural notes first, and then the sharps & flats?

[@acpg]

Yes, I'd suggest starting with the natural notes first, probably the 'important' ones like A D G. Then gradually work your way through the others.

[@kbelltv]

😅 Day 2 ☑️

[@MichaelReeps]

I knew this was coming :(

[@TomTom-kv5nf]

❤❤❤

[@Spondoodikins]

Hard on a '12' fret acoustic, I'll need to buy an electric 😊

[@robert-wr6md]

Now's the chance you've been wating for to buy a Fender Jazzmaster.

[@acpg]

Yes, do it! Seriously though, I would just adapt the exercise for acoustic. You might just want to focus on one note per string rather than go way up the dusty end of the neck.

[@Spondoodikins]

Thanks

[@dommccaffry3802]

Still there

[@Mark70609]

So are we suppose to be play day 1 and then add day 2 then add day 3?

[@acpg]

You can approach this however you like but I'd suggest keep moving on. I mentioned this earlier on the Patreon page : It's the nature of this series/challenge that I'm going to be throwing a lot of different exercises at you in a short space of time, and obviously 10 mins a day isn't going to be enough to master everything. But I'd encourage you just to give each exercise a try, then keep moving on through the series. It's about showing up, putting the time in, and establishing a regular practice habit as much as it's about the individual exercises. The exercises that you find valuable you will probably want to come back to in the future and work on them more thoroughly.

[@Mark70609]

@ thanks for the explanation Adrian.

[@davidmerriott7356]

Thanks! Still here. Lol

[@edpetrikk2027]

Err…I’m skipping this lesson ..but I’ll be back tomorrow 😊

[@zenarcade3383]

🆒

[@simondbarnes]

I am rubbish at this one!

[@OriginalMixedUpKid]

Me too🙈😆

[@drcobra-dc6uy]

here f day 2

[@fake734]

11 notes not 12

[@ronlight7013]

I love Adrian's teaching, but quite frankly the demonstrated exercise is not really an exercise at all but merely an objective with no real pedagogical path to get there.