Originally Posted by: kenmiller8128

I have also finished part 1 of fundamentals, but am nowhere close to being able to play the beginner songs proficiently at more than about half speed

[p]There's your answer in the statement of your question.

You could "mix it up" with F2 if you want to, but the objective of the courses are acquisition of a reasonable demonstrated proficiency at the skill taught. If you're struggling with simple chord progressions at easy tempo, it's rather pointless proceeding to Fundamentals 2.

[br]Time to pick some songs you like and just play to develop a [u]basic[/u] proficiency.

Watching lessons and ticking the completion progress boxes even if the knowledge is assimilated isn't [u]demonstrated skill of the competency. That's the objective[/u]. Watching lessons without practising until you can perform the skill reasonably yourself won't get you anywhere you want to go in such a hurry. It's the fast road to disappointment.

If you aren't proficient at beginner level songs (rated 1 or 2 guitars) in particular at 100% tempo, that's where your focus should be now until you are. They're quite easy, so are the skills taught in Fundamentals 1. You've been at this less than a month if your join date is indicative? If you've ticked all the completion boxes of F1 in a month, you're racing through it. Hey, I could watch them all in less than a week if I put my mind to it, but I'd be oversaturated, and it would achieve little.

I'd suggest you're only cheating yourself by rushing through without completing the most important part, [u]achieving a reasonable level of demonstrated proficiency at the skill taught[/u] before moving on. The basics are important, like foundations of a building, being competent at arithmetic before tackling algebra or calculus.

If you don't [u]slow down and focus upon developing reasonable competency at the basics[/u], you'll hit a virtual wall when you come to more complex competencies.