Another great explanation Jake... thank you! Yes, this is what I started to notice last night. When I took my wrist rotation to the next level, the strumming just sounded more in harmony. Going to keep practicing HWNN to improve my strumming hand while I work on my C chord for KOHD with my fretting hand.

Might have had one tonight. I was practicing HWNN and all of a sudden my strumming got better. I'm noticing that there is a ton of wrist rotation when using the side finger pick hold. Seems like the pick angle to achive the "brush stroke" attack on the strings is way over 45 degrees. Consider there is up and down strokes, that a lot of wrist work? Is that normal?

O Children by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Having first listened to this song from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows it sounded like a song about embarking on a grand adventure since the movie only plays the back half of the song. The narrator/soldier is expressing a deep regret for being a part of all of the suffering and being responsible for leaving such a terrible world behind for later generations. Once I listened to the whole song, the message very much still rings true today.

Thank you all for the encouragement. I really does motivate me to keep practicing. In all honesty here is why Jake's lessons stood out. His youtube videos where 3-4 minutes long. It's obvious to me that Jake has worked for years to refine his lessons because he understands a person's time is limited and valuable. He gets to the meat and potatoes of what is going to maximize your potential while only asking for 20 minutes of your time each day. Some lessons aren't even that long so he can deliver the day's lesson even faster. Jake understands that a person's time is not to be wasted and that is money well spent.

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