Hi Guitarpix,

In my opinion learning new songs does get easier as you get more experienced as your fingers automatically press the right string or strings in the right place on the fingerboard or, in the case of your right hand, pick the right string/strings.

You will be able to play a new song immediately on seeing the music score or chords and lyrics. You will be able to jam along with others without knowing the song at all as your ears will tell you what to play.

However you can still have difficulties. I recently decided to learn Carole King's "You've Got A Friend". There is a Csus in it, a chord I have never used before, so I had to spend a couple of hours learning it which was fine but then I found I could not play C7 correctly so I had to re-learn that. It all adds to the fun of guitar playing

Take care,

Roger

Hi Traite Walker,

Welcome to Chordie. Please make life easy for an old fogey like me and post the URL to your site so I can find it easily and listen to your work.

Roger

Hi Daddycool,

I agree with Old Doll and would have liked a longer version as it is a lovely song and great to fingerpick. Well done.

Thank you,

Roger

There is a problem putting nylon strings on a guitar built for steel ones. The grooves in the nut are narrower for steel than nylon so the nylon ones will not bed down properly unless you are willing to modify the nut.

Roger

Hi Bob,

Welcome to Chordie. This site has members with of all levels of skill, of all ages and from all over the world who are always ready and willing to offer help and advise. There are some cracking songwriters in the Songwrites section of the forum also so make yourself at home and enjoy.

Like you I too am over 50 (10 years over to be exact) and am currently living in the Alentejo region of Portugal. I am afraid I had difficulty following the link to your MySpace a message said it was an invalid ID.

Roger

Hello B.E.S.,

I think you have a good basis for a song there but obviously you need to do some work and put chords to it.

I do feel however that with such a long chorus, repeating it three times will make it too long and be a little repetitive, but you will find that out when you put music to it. Well done.

Thank you,

Roger

Hi Ken,

A thought provoking song and very true. A lot of youngsters think it is the thing to do to get too drunk to know what they are doing, and they seem to have no regrets later.

Believe it or not, although I am 60, an inebriated 17 year old young lady wanted to spend the night with me not so long ago. I have grandchildren the same age so I got a friend to contact her guardian and come and collect her to make sure she got safely home.

If I am with a lady I like to enjoy and remember every second of her company and I would hope that she would feel the same.

Thank you,

Roger

Hi Jeff,

Lovely song once again, although I struggled with the timing for the first couple of verses but by the time I 'Badeyed' it I had got it OK. Well done.

Thank you,

Roger

Hello Jason,

Welcome to Chordie. Maybe someone else can answer you more technically than I although I have been doing this for years. I have just had to pick up my guitar and listen carefully to try and answer you.

As you lift your fingers off the frets it dampens the sound and hammering them back down again starts it momentarily before you strum all to add effect to your playing.

Take care,

Roger

Hi James,

A beautiful song from you and nomatter who it was written for I know that many Chordie members have fond memories of you. You have helped hundreds, me included, and always seem to know the links to sort out even the obcsure queries. Two songs have recently been written songs for you and everyone respects your intellect and songwriting ability.

So James you will always remain in many peoples "Box of Memories".

Roger

Hi Phil,

I know that English is not your first language which can make it difficult to write a poem or a song but just two lines is not really enough for me to be able to offer any help as I do not know where you want to go with it. If you write out the story of what you want to convey in your song I, and I am sure others, will try and help you with the lyrics.

Roger

Hi Alex,

Nice song and great to be able to hear you singing it instead of having to play it myself. I agree with last_rebel, the lyrics are very good.

Thank you,

Roger