30-05-2013, 02:54 PM
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Re: Finger picking anyone?
Originally Posted by Pats CG
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I tried to play piano - with one hand I was good .....But, the other wouldn't folla - and do the things it should.
I tried to play the gui-tar - I cut me nails real short ....
I studied all the chords, in the lesson book I bought.
And even tho' me fingers hurt - I kept on with each chord ....
The agony of pain 'n sound - sent me nearly bald ....
But still I wasn't beaten - which shows I must be keen ....
But what do I end up with ..... a 'bleep bleep' tambourine !!!
. That rocks.
30-05-2013, 02:56 PM
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Re: Finger picking anyone?
Sorry Mike I couldn't pick it up, but would love to hear it!I am learning fingerpicking at the moment, I am learning the ukulele.
I felt the same as Barry, but I was determined to play something before I pass over, so I have bought myself a couple to try, a concert and tenor one.
I do find it hard with arthritic fingers, but I am getting there, I am trying to join a ukulele band, where I am told they will help get along.
My son plays his Fender, and he can play the piano as well, I don't know where he got it from, it certainly wasn't me.
31-05-2013, 04:46 AM
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Re: Finger picking anyone?
Originally Posted by ben-varrey
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I know - I tried to open a link that mindbender put up but it wouldn't open that either.Hope it's not a virus or spyware as my laptop has been doing some very odd things lately
31-05-2013, 04:55 AM
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Re: Finger picking anyone?
MKJ - interesting melody - having spent a few years in China it reminded me of melancholic classical chinese music which is hard to adjust to but in the end great.then there were elements of Spanish classical too - I played sax and clarinet once and I think extemporization is the way to go - you can spend too much time study the 'dots' and if you have an ear for music just explore it.
having said that take Elton John spent a long time at music school in London before he just took off but I'm sure his teachers weren't too amused!
Leonard Cohen and Waits great
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