--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I had my first official guitar lesson today! Oh my
> Gawd. Am I ever going to
> have the dexterity I need in these not so nimble
> fingers?
Yes,you will, but unfortunately (like anything worth
waiting for!), it doesn't happen overnight. Your
callusses (calluses? calli?) will probably hurt like
hell for a week or two, and then one day, it'll all
seem normal and the pain will be gone.
> [The teacher] asked me what I listened to
> and I told mostly Joni.
> He said that he thought that she was probably the
> best music writers that
> ever lived. I think we're going to get along
> marvelously :~)
Sounds like you got a good one!
> He said he'd
> teach me some Joni stuff, but not in her open
> tunings. No, not quite yet, but
> eventually. So I guess there's my incentive. I'll
> keep you posted.
It's a pain in the ass because you have to keep
retuning the durn guitar, and it can't be healthy for
it, but, once you start getting that Joni sound, you
won't care!
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