--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <wg...@...> wrote:
> I play some finger style tunes OK using a finger roll or what's called > Travis picking, arpeggios are fairly easy too. Lately, I only use a > nylon string Guitar as I have previous tendon injuries to my left hand > and have had to cut down on my playing, though like Curtis I only > started a few years ago. If 1987 was a few years ago for you you might want to lighten up on your meditation time... I'll bet Vaj has more decades of guitar than that when I was just playing blues harp. Lawson to. I'm sure you know that there are plenty of other ways to play a B7 if the one at the top of the neck gives you trouble. Guitar is such a people's instrument. I'll bet a high percentage of the posters here could pick up a guitar and play something that they learned at some point in their lives. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > > > > Now I have a Kala spruce-top ukulele, which only intimidates me a > > > little bit and I fool around with it almost every day. My fingers > > > still don't do the impossible things that even the simplest chords > > > require them to do, but if I've learned anything over the years, it's > > > that if you put the time in, then sooner or later things magically > > > sort themselves out. > > > > > > Marek > > I can relate, it seems you really have to start out early in order to > master some of those chords. It's easy to grab a few however like C, > G, Em, and so forth, but try a B7 for example, I'm still struggling > with that one! Even some bar chords are easier for me than the B7 and > of course, that's just the beginning, though you don't need to grab > all of those 'difficult' chords in order to be able to play a few tunes. > > I play some finger style tunes OK using a finger roll or what's called > Travis picking, arpeggios are fairly easy too. Lately, I only use a > nylon string Guitar as I have previous tendon injuries to my left hand > and have had to cut down on my playing, though like Curtis I only > started a few years ago. >
