Cadgirl
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@aj2323, @Loraine, @digenu7, @Mrfredsporty , I have never heard of taking a guitar up for a tune up. Is this something you should do every couple of years or just when you spot a problem?
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@Guitargeezer-Jack , I had to look up the guitar. That is really cool and the ultimate travel guitar! Keep on playing.
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@stevieblues ,I would recommend listening to the backing track and using the 2 (or 3) thinnest strings, find the fret that sounds good. I didn’t worry about timing or anything, sometimes just hummed till I could find that note. Once you can do that, Tony’s improvisation lick made a little more sense and I could play along. I was using Wednesday’s Four Eyes.
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Thanks @MoochasPoochas and @jumpinjeff. I could always use a book on Music Theory. I am understanding Music Theory a little better but seeing it presented by someone else sometimes makes a world of difference.
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@Loraine, Thanks, Next time I’m at the guitar shop I’ll ask about them. How often they recommend, etc.
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@digenu7 Thank you, I just never thought of it. It does make sense.,
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Thank you @Moonhare , I will keep plugging away. 🙂
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@the-old-coach , Jim Croci songs are HARD! I have gone back and forth with ‘I’ll have to say I love you in a song’. I finally put it on a back burner. I just couldn’t do it. But, just keep trying, you’ll get it. You have some good choices of songs to learn. Dream a Little Dream of Me. Is one of my songs that I have memorized. I dropped it for a while and decided it was one I really wanted, so I kept at it. I would like to be smoother, but that will come in time. My 5 songs are: 1) Dream a Little Dream of Me 2) Alice’s Restaurant 3) Blackbird 4) I Walk the Line 5) Hallelujah. I was trying to get the strum pattern for “All Along the Watchtower” by Dylan down this morning. The chord changes are on the Up stroke. It’s just weird to strum like that. It’s like making your brain work backwards. Glad you liked my routine, like I said it works for me.
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Thanks @Al.E , I think it’s just pushing yourself just a little further.
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Thank @Loraine. I came up with an issue with my fretting hand (I have carpal tunnel). Sometimes I can’t play the guitar in the morning and have to put it off till later in the day (curses!). I am going to at least try to get Tony’s daily challenge and a lesson or 2 from Justin’s site in the early morning. I’ll just do a little bit at a time, few minutes here and a few minutes there.
Don’t get bored! Just pick up the guitar and figure out a jingle. Sounds easy i know, I can struggle all night trying to figure something out and I end up going to ultimate-guitar to see what the notes are. ha ha ha
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Thanks @albert_d . It really was refreshing to really look at myself and see where I needed to change and progress as a guitar player.
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I wanted the same thing, just 5 songs that I could sit and play from memory. Not as easy as you think it would be. I get frustrated with it because I think, I have played this song a billion times and I still can play it without music!! Now…. I have my 5 songs and I make sure I play them every day so I don’t forget them, even if it’s just a couple of times through.
You took the ‘Fretboard wizard’ didn’t you? I’m assuming you know what the chord progressions are? 1-5-6-4 or 6-4-1-5, etc. I’m using the most common and strumming them, making up runs. It’s helping me alot. Keep up the good work and I think it’s safe to say we all like listening to your answers on the site.
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Thank you @Bill_Brown . I’m getting a better understanding of what sounds good together. Practicing a lot of the transition runs from one chord to another. Like in ‘I walked the line’ by Johnny Cash. He has a run-on from E to A. Then A to D, then back to A. Those are helping me out a lot too.
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@jumpinjeff , only took me 1 1/2 years. ha ha ha. But, now… i’ll practice it more.
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@tailsawaggin , I swear, a light bulb moment. 🙂