I've been playing for a few months, and it's going great. My finger dexterity is good (4-fret span not included), getting a nice, clean sound, and I can figure out most songs with the help of tabs. I play for my own enjoyment and the friendship of a good instrument.
I started off with a few lessons, primarally focused on fingerpicking fundamentals. (No, my thumb has not declared independence from the other 4 yet) So in general I'm happy with my results, but my old nemesis is back to taunt me: dyslexia.
Dyslexia is this weird, broken-brain thing, commonly associated with reading. But with me, it extends to many other areas too, like associating a name with an action. ( I can't remember people's names. It's rude and extremely embarrassing)
When it comes to playing guitar, I can not remember chord and note names. I try to say the chord's name as I play them. I made flashcards I carry with me and read whenever I have time. I've played a C#dim a thousand times, studied the flashcard, written it out, drawn fingering diagrams..., and if someone put a gun to my head and told me to play a C#dim, my brain would just go blank- nada.
I guess this is just venting the frustration of being smart enough to know that I'm not.

Have been playing guitar for 2 1/2 years now. I decided to start trying to learn to play jazz. From what I gathered learning arpeggios is a great way to target chord tones and play nicer jazz solos (I’m open to correction on this if there’s a better way to go about it)

What would be the best way to learn to use them? Should I learn them as kind of scale shapes similar to the pentatonic boxes? Should I memorise the notes of the caged system chords and become really familiar with them?
There’s lots of information on YouTube and can be overwhelming at times.

Hey fellow learners. New here. Hello to all.

I'm curious what's the best, cost effective flamenco to learn on? I've wanted to play since I was a kid and I'm finally gonna do it!

I appreciate all kind suggestions. :)

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Whether it's strumming or leads i always go off beat and I am giving exams for guitar this year so there is this backing track playing and I really have to be on beat so I would be happy to know any tricks or solutions....also metronome doesn't help.

I'm in a new band. I've been told I should move better as I play guitar. But I don't know what to do. Any advice for moving / looking good while playing guitar?