tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post4803729583691782677..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: A Little Knowledge ...Steve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-71696353527276274032007-12-11T10:33:00.000-08:002007-12-11T10:33:00.000-08:00Bach is good; maybe the best practice you can get....Bach is good; maybe the best practice you can get. And it's hard to believe that a guy who started playing in the late 50s (if you knew three chords back then you could meet girls) would get to this point, although as you said there's nine-year-olds out there that blow me away. Fun stuff; one of those things you never really master but get a great deal of enjoyment from simply learning new things. And in the immortal words of Norman Blake, "That's just a scale; the fish comes later".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-22151491467591840052007-12-10T19:04:00.000-08:002007-12-10T19:04:00.000-08:00Hey, Brad --On trips that long, you could learn to...Hey, Brad --<BR/><BR/>On trips that long, you could learn to play all the pop music written for the last fifty years, along with some Bach and Mozart for spice ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-66034858725079835532007-12-10T18:45:00.000-08:002007-12-10T18:45:00.000-08:00And I tune to C flat and (try) and sing in c flat....And I tune to C flat and (try) and sing in c flat. <BR/><BR/>I'm just picking it back up after almost 5 years. Went to the guitar store and found out how much I remembered about playing and how much I forgot. It'll give me something to do on those long trips.Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15680649113849271048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-8031015535476393162007-12-10T18:41:00.000-08:002007-12-10T18:41:00.000-08:00Fortunately, I don't have to worry about all that ...Fortunately, I don't have to worry about all that newfangled e-lectrickal stuff -- the joys of an unamplified acoustic nylon-string and all ...<BR/><BR/>I tend to sing in C or D a lot, which, when the thing is tuned down a full step makes it easy -- play it in D, it comes out C ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-11493784163741926942007-12-10T18:28:00.000-08:002007-12-10T18:28:00.000-08:00Hey, good for you Steve. I remember when how thing...Hey, good for you Steve. I remember when how things worked on a guitar clicked for me. First the chords clicked, then the scales clicked and then I spent the next 12 years playing semi-pro in bands. Once you get the idea down that there are a lot of movable chords on the guitar you can play anything in any key. I tend toward B flat and F. After that all the cool stuff like pedal tones and drones are cake. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-5159069440772766402007-12-10T13:10:00.000-08:002007-12-10T13:10:00.000-08:00I felt the same way when I realized I could play p...I felt the same way when I realized I could play passable lead riffs when I played individual chord notes. Nothing fancy, but it sounds pretty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com