Post by vinman on Jul 20, 2024 9:27:45 GMT
Well, here we are 8 months on from my first guitar lesson. When I started I didn't really have any firm objectives or targets in mind. Maybe adding guitar rhythm in a bal folk setting but beyond that I was open to guidance.
So what have I learnt? Some major and minor chords ( CAGED) and strumming. My changes are still clunky and slow but they're improving.
I've got some old time tunes under my fingers. Nothing fancy, straightforward flat picking and given a fair wind and a decent coffee at a reasonable tempo.
Old Joe Clark, Shady Grove, Over the Waterfall, that kind of thing.
We've also a go at "simple" 12 bar blues with and without a slide. Very, very enjoyable and completely new. The blues is an area of ignorance for me, I'm enjoying exploring youtube looking for new blues artistes and tunes.
Guitar Guru Ged insists on good intonation, accurate fretting and the usual annoying music teachery things about tempo, rhythm and so on! GGG encourages learning by ear, something I find difficult and frankly a bit annoying. BUT, my earist abilities are improving. I just prefer, learning from a TAB or the dots. As a an aside I'm sure the guitar lessons are improving my accordion and mandolin playing as well.
I'm playing an orchestra size Vintage statesboro', dead cheap and cheerful but not bad and a Vintage solid top parlor size V880AQ. On balance I prefer the parlor size, it's easier to wrestle into position and more comfortable to play, sounds good too!
So what have I learnt? Some major and minor chords ( CAGED) and strumming. My changes are still clunky and slow but they're improving.
I've got some old time tunes under my fingers. Nothing fancy, straightforward flat picking and given a fair wind and a decent coffee at a reasonable tempo.
Old Joe Clark, Shady Grove, Over the Waterfall, that kind of thing.
We've also a go at "simple" 12 bar blues with and without a slide. Very, very enjoyable and completely new. The blues is an area of ignorance for me, I'm enjoying exploring youtube looking for new blues artistes and tunes.
Guitar Guru Ged insists on good intonation, accurate fretting and the usual annoying music teachery things about tempo, rhythm and so on! GGG encourages learning by ear, something I find difficult and frankly a bit annoying. BUT, my earist abilities are improving. I just prefer, learning from a TAB or the dots. As a an aside I'm sure the guitar lessons are improving my accordion and mandolin playing as well.
I'm playing an orchestra size Vintage statesboro', dead cheap and cheerful but not bad and a Vintage solid top parlor size V880AQ. On balance I prefer the parlor size, it's easier to wrestle into position and more comfortable to play, sounds good too!
Jo whoever he is.
