Well, thanks to the weather and life and just a wee bit of laziness I haven’t practiced since my last lesson.
I had my lesson again on Tuesday and it went ok. It amazing how much you think you have something down while practicing and then when you get into class you totally can’t pull anything [...]
Well, another day another 30 minutes of practice. Things seem to be going better every day. Boy, imagine that, practice every day, get better every day.
Hopefully I will be able to get the notes and strings committed to memory before my lesson on monday.
Still working on Pretty Woman. That will be my first song to [...]
Well another day and another practice session. Things didn’t go as well as they did yesterday. Who would have thought playin gth enotes on 3 strings could be so hard. Playing from the Method book, learning the notes on the first three string. Trying to follow my teachers instructions and say the names of the [...]
Well, day one of practice after my lesson.
As my goal was to pretend (sort of) that I didn’t have any playing
background, I am starting from the begining. So, I am now learning the
notes and standard notation for the first 3 strings. I guess I sort of
know this stuff already, but to make it as a [...]
Well, I finally bit the bullet and signed up to take guitar lessons at a local music store (My Music Store http://www.my-music-store.com/).
I was a little trepidatious about doing it, worrying about how well I played and trying to learn to play at 36. But I decided that no one gets better without practice and learning.
So [...]
