With I Can See Clearly Now, I was introduced to the F chord at last week’s session. While there is an instance of the chord in Take Me Home Country Roads, it’s very quick–two beats–and not at all easy for someone just learning it. Of course, in I Can See Clearly Now, there’s a crazy switch between several chords with two beats per chord that I have to work on. Even practicing every day since last week’s lesson, the F chord is difficult and so is the chord progression in the latest song. One big solace is the A major 7 chord I also learned last week. Incredibly easy compared to its partner.

However, my difficulty with the latest bits is a good thing, in perspective of my instructor. She wants to get me at a point where I’m really challenged and so far, this is it. Right here is where I’m in a very stuck position. Comparing to all the other things I’ve learned up to this, those past challenges were very tame. I’ve been bumping up my practice time to about an hour and a half. Fingers don’t hurt so much anymore, but my hand does cramp up a bit on some songs. This kind of hard work is really fun.

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