30 day Guitar challenge

join the fun at: youtube.com/yourguitarsage

Friends: it’s Erich Andreas, Your Guitar Sage!

As we try to navigate this strange time in our world, many of us who are able, are doing our part and
staying home to help flatten the curve and return to normalcy soon. Since it’s hard to find direction
and ambition during this time I’ve put together something for you that will help you align yourself
with your goals, learn something new and form good habits that will last. In a world full of things we
can’t control, let’s focus on something we can!

This is the 30-day guitar challenge. From April 1st to April 30th I will be going live on YouTube every
single day and sharing a lesson with you, then answering your questions about the lesson. I’ll be live
on YouTube for 60 hours over the next month!

They say it takes 30 days to establish a habit. If you’ve always wanted to see a dramatic improve-
ment in your playing, there is no better time to send yourself on a journey to advancing. After these
30 days, you will be in the habit of learning something new every day, picking up that guitar every
day, and pushing yourself to advance every. single. day.

I’ll be giving you links every day to the lessons inside my program. In order for these links to work,
you’ll need to be signed up! Here’s how:

For Beginners- the lessons are FREE! Choose “UGS Standard” from the link below:
yourguitarsage.com/ugs

To get the advanced lessons, sign up for “UGS Pro” from the link below:
yourguitarsage.com/ugs

Here’s the breakdown: Each day, I’ll go live at 11 a.m. CST (many of you know the drill!) I’ll be live
for 2 hours. The first hour will be dedicated to beginner lessons. I’ll teach, we’ll have a round of Q&A
for the rest of the hour. The second hour will be an intermediate to advanced lesson, then a round
of Q&A to finish out the stream. If you’re not sure where you fall on the beginner-to-advanced spec-
trum, I’ve provided a list of lesson topics I’ll be covering so you can gauge what you already know
and decide which hour to tune in every day.

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 30 Day Guitar Challenge

DAY BEGINNER ADVANCED

1 Overview of Playing Guitar Finding the Tonal Center of a Song
2 Psychology of Guitar Staying in Tune
3 Choosing a Guitar Double-Stops
4 Let's Talk About Acoustic Guitars Capo Key Changes
5 Let's Talk About Electric Guitars Overview of Tone
6 The Language of Guitar Inversions
7 Posture & Pick Holding Pentatonic Scale
8 The Physics of Sound Diatonic Harmony
9 Basic Picking Technique-Pick Rest Singing While Playing guitar
10 Basic Fretting Technique 12-Bar Blues
11 Learning the Notes on the Fretboard Major Scale
12 How to Read Tablature Practicing With A Metronome
13 Dexterity Exercises Advanced Magic Patterns
14 Staccato vs. Legato Technique Minimalistic Blues
15 How to Read Chord Stamps Building Seventh Chords
16 How to Tune Your Guitar Playing By Ear
17 Basic Chord Technique Bar Chords
18 The 9 Essential Chords CAGED
19 The Curled Knuckle Technique Intervals
20 How to Change Chords Smoothly Building Triads
21 Strumming Technique & Exercises Chord Noodling
22 How to Choose Guitar Picks Modes
If You Are STILL Having Issues w/
23 Chord Progressions That Would Work Well
Strumming - Try This!
24 Finding Your Why Songwriting
25 How to Practice Scacular Practice
26 Guitar Care 101 Harmonics
Workout For Your Hand Without a
27 Fingerpicking
Guitar
Using the Thumb For Muting and
28 Fret Hand Muting
Playing
How to Learn and Practice Songs -
29 Nashville Number System
Step by Step
30 Perfecting Your Practice Playing With a Jam Track

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Additionally, getting better at the guitar might not be the only goal you’ve set for yourself while we
hunker down and do our part. Keeping up with your mental health and wellness is key to living a
healthy lifestyle and reaching your full potential. I’ve gathered up some additional challenges, pro-
grams and advice from people I look up to in order to help you establish some additional goals to
incorporate alongside your playing.

Here they are:

Tony Robbins is a force to be reckoned with. I have read his books and followed many of his meth-
ods since the early 90s. Essentially, he is a broker of proven, game-changing information in just
about every major field imaginable.
Start here with his app: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/breakthrough-app/
There is enough info there to change any area of your life that you DESIRE to see changed.

Meditation: Sadhguru A Powerful Meditation for Self Transformation https://www.udemy.com/

share/101XBQB0MYeFlW/
Meditation has been transforming to me. I have done it for years now. It's not for some, it's for
everyone and just like any great training/discipline/technology, there is a reason why MANY people
do this. IT WORKS!!! Whatever the method, get to meditating. There is LOTS of great free stuff out
there.

Wim Hof: Breathing/Shower Method: https://www.wimhofmethod.com/free-mini-class

I discovered Wim Hof several years ago now. I have practiced his methods for as long. He has
found a way to harness the mind/body, using several technologies that ANYONE can do. He has
used these methods to garner several world records including climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and
Mount Everest in nothing but shorts and shoes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_Hof

30 day push up challenge: Do 1 push up on the first and add another each day, so that on day 30,
you can do 30 pushups. Can be done with squats, sit ups or any other exercise that you see fit. If
you need help deciding what to do, do at least the push-ups and squats. Those exercises work out
a LOT of muscles.

I created a hashtag for you to use for this challenge so you can share your progress, ask additional
questions, and tell your friends and family about how you’re reaching your potential. Use the hashtag
#ygs30challenge on social media and tag us!

Here are all of my social accounts:

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/yourguitarsage/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/yourguitarsage
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/yourguitarsage
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/yourguitarsage

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Lastly, I want to leave you with a few encouraging thoughts as you move forward and join me in this month-long
challenge.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts” -Winston Churchill

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination” -Jimmy Dean

“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it” -Charles Swindoll

“In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once
in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” -Tony Robbins

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how” – Friedrich Nietzsche

See you on the inside! Let’s do this.

Erich