On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Doug Brewer <[email protected]> wrote: > I've played guitar most of my life, with a reasonable amount of skill though > I have no high aspirations; I just enjoy doing it. > > Other than lessons, which has already been suggested, I have found it's > always good to have someone else to play with regularly.
Doug. One of rth teachers i work with doing my lunch monitoring at a local PS plays guitar, and i told him my broken guitar story and he told me to get back at it, just go for it. I mentioned to him i have chubby little fingers which made it hard for me to really get good, and he said there is a neck for every one. True.?? Dave > > Something I've discovered recently, since I don't have the social time to > get together with other players, is youtube. Look for "guitar backing > tracks" in different keys. It's a great way to practice scales, to hear how > different notes blend or don't blend, and you're sort of forced to stick > with the rhythm. > > There are also different websites where you can find out where on the neck > to find different voicings of chords, scales, and whatnot. > > An hour a day is good is you can manage it. I think of it as a sort of > meditation. Don't try to force things. Just relax and have some fun. It's > very rewarding. > > > On 12/21/12 8:13 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> Don't know if anybody here plays or not, but I've decided to stop >> putting off things I've always wanted to do and decided to learn the >> guitar. >> >> After exercising my Google Fu, talking to a guitar-playing coworker >> and asking a couple of questions on the Acoustic Guitar Forum, I >> decided to get a Seagull S6 (original). If I bought new, I was going >> to go with Cedar but I tripped across a **gorgeous** "20th >> Anniversary" edition that is Spruce and Maple with a high gloss finish >> (semi-gloss being the usual finish on a Seagull S6). They only made >> 2000 of these, apparently and I got it for a LOT less than a new one. >> I'm always about bang-for-the-buck. It won't be in my hot little hands >> for a week or two yet when I get it from a friend, but I'm looking >> forward to trying to learn (Old Dog, New Tricks). >> >> I've already discovered the aforementioned forum and justinguitar.com >> (along with his YouTube channel: >> http://www.youtube.com/user/JustinSandercoe ) and I plan to start with >> his beginner's course and a book before possibly going to a local >> teacher for lessons. >> >> Anyway, any words of wisdom from The Collective who play would be most >> welcome. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
