[Loraine]

Haha, love it @albert_d

[Loraine]

Welcome to the TAC community @saintsinner ! If you’re looking for other locals in Scotland, I suggest you click on your name at the top right and click on ‘Members.’ Then click on ‘Keyword’ and type in Scotland and Search and scroll any members that show up. I wouldn’t search under country. For some reason it doesn’t show members in Scotland.

[Loraine]

Al, thank you so much. I really like this song. Reminds me of my high school days. I was at Sellersville tonight to see Joan Osborne. Fantastic show.

[Loraine]

Congratulations on several fronts – Completing the 30 Days to Play, the next 6 Chords, doing a full week of daily challenges, and not shooting for perfection, but trusting the process (hint – no such thing as true perfection; only frustration). Keep up the great work, and the best thing you did was have some fun doing it all

[Loraine]

@PHC60 I agree with the other comments. Strumming is really hard, and it simply takes a lot, and I do mean a lot of practice. I’ve found that using a thinner pick when starting is the easiest way to learn. My go to is between a .6 to .71

I spent a lot of time watching videos on YouTube of other guitarists strumming. Don’t grip the pick with a death grip, don’t kill the strings – strive to barely touch the strings. Keep your wrist as loose as possible. Angle the pick when going down and turn to.angle it on the upstroke. Practice a lot of different strum patterns. Try playing with the band on youtube or spotify, etc. as much as possible. The biggest tool is a metronome. Make it your best friend. Strum in time with it, and your strumming will become more fluid.

I’ve been playing 3 years, and just now do I feel as if my strumming has become more fluid.

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[Loraine]

@the-old-coach This is so spot on. I trust doing this more now than ever. The best example I have is when I picked up Puff the Magic Dragon for thr first time and just played how it felt, and it is one of my best strumming songs. It is oth, flows with the chord transitions and just sounds right; natural; not forced, -just felt. I’ll post a taping later today or tomorrow to show what I mean.

[Loraine]

That is such a great compliment @markvguitar ! Thank you so much!

[Loraine]

Thanks @Marisa !

[Loraine]

Thanks @Braden . I love this song and could never do it justice, but at least I can keep working on it. Maybe I’ll post another video down the road.

[Loraine]

Yes, I have a groupy! Lol. I really appreciate your kind words. It’s a fun song to sing and play.

[Loraine]

@KevinZ I truly appreciate your words and inspiration. I have all my videos saved in YouTube archives. I probably should go back and look at some. I know I’m better than I was. Still have a long way to go, but I am coasting a little bit right now and simply having some fun. It feels good.

[Loraine]

I am in a great period for playing. I actually thought about quitting guitar a year or so ago. Ever since I made the decision to give it some more time, I’ve been coasting down the hill at great speeds and having a blast. I’ve decided to just do what I love, and if it amounts to anything great, and if not, then oh well. At least I tried.

[Loraine]

@albert_d Haha, I’m simply a fool when it comes to posting the videos, but I want to share them with someone, and since no one else here, you guys are the recipients of my attempts at songs. Having fun though. 🙂

[Loraine]

Truly appreciate it @HowardM !

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[Loraine]

Thanks so much @Moose408 !