Wonderful memories of you playing guitar at GFM, Doug. IIRC Tom V.V. pulled out a guitar (one year at least) and you two did a bit of picking and strumming together.
If there's a better place to hear that than in a forest on a mountainside of the Blue Ridge Mountains I don't know it. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Doug Brewer <d...@alphoto.com> Sent: December 22, 2012 12/22/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: OT: Bought my first guitar (Old dog, new tricks?) 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. 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
