I am a retired Tai Chi teacher, age 70, and I figure it’s now or never!  I tried to learn guitar 45 years ago, but it just didn’t work – I couldn’t “get” it.  After carrying around a guitar for all those intervening years, I thought that I would try again and it worked.  I’ve been playing now for several years, but feel like I’m stuck – what I really want to learn is fingerpicking and I think that there is much more to learn than I even know about!

I have five guitars now:  two Martins, a Taylor, an Ibanez and an Art & Luthier – all of which I love for different reasons.

I have also, for several reasons, been learning ukulele and have been helping to teach beginners in an adult ed class at our local college.  Though I consider the guitar my primary instrument, I learn a lot from teaching and moving back and forth between the two instruments. I am so excited th music has begun to make sense to me at last.  My hope is that TAC will help me establish a regular practice routine, something that has been sorely lacking in my musical life.