So so so many line. Finally started working on the low E string (which is of course the top string). And man is that a lot of lines below the staff. I understand not wanting to learn both the treble and the bass clef when you don’t have to, but man is that low [...]
No picture today
Well, I just tried to push through the problems I was having yesterday and things went a little better than I expected. I think that while working on each string individually is good, that the more I work on all the string as a whole the better I got. I still [...]
Man, can you say mental block. I just can’t see to get the bottom 3 string and their notes fixed into my head. the G-B-E are there and pretty good between the fingering on the fretboard and their appropriate notes on the musical staff, but I can’t for th elife of me get the D [...]
Homework!!! I am to old for homework. But since I don’t have time today to actually practice my guitar I guess I will have to do some other practice work. Namely scales. Not on the guitar, but on paper. I have to say that those people who put that whole modern musical scale together [...]
So I had class again today and I felt really bad because despite having to cancel last weeks session (at my instructors request) I had only managed to practice a few time probably not even a weeks worth.
So feeling quite contrite about the whole thing, I showed up at my lesson ready to make [...]
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 [...]
