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Hi Swathmore, and Welcome to Chordie!   Another Oregonian to Boot! 

  Seems to me that there was a forum question about zithers awhile back...... less than a year, and if my memory serves, there is a National association of zither musicians that was referenced.  They have a website and a directory of members.... there may even be a local chapter in the PDX Metro area.

  Sorry to say I don't know of anyone personally, but good hunting!

Take Care;
Doug

I think you are referring to Bone Conductance... one of the principals that make implants for the deaf practical.

  I think you are correct that practice and training make it possible for one to become used to what sounds within and without and eventually gain the ability to "know" what is on pitch vocally.

  As for myself, I can't stay on key singing in the shower without a microphone and monitor, but with them I harmonize pretty well for a fellow who once wore the label "tone deaf"  (gunfire and artillery).

  Welcome back Roger..... some of us thought you'd expired....?

Take Care;
Doug

Hi Dan,

  Not sure if I could give you a physiologically based answer, but you might be on the right track.  For myself at least I think that timing is a function of my internal clock ie: heartbeat that even though we don't have awareness of it, it influences the pace of everything we do.  Musicians train with a metronome for that very reason, but I tend to change the tempo of a piece depending on if I am trying to sing along or not.  I might speed the count up a bit to keep within the limits of my vocal range and ability to hold the length of a note.  Where if I'm just playing the instrumental, I stay pretty close to tempo as written.

  When playing in a group however, as a guitarist not pulling lead, it is important to keep tempo with the percussionist as everybody else is depending on you to set the beat and timing for chord changes.  Vary too much and everything gets upside down pretty quick.  Drummers do the same thing from time to time and within seconds everybody is scrambling to get it all together....  that's usually when the rehearsal screeches to a halt and it goes back to "take it from the top one more time".

Take Care;
Doug

Hi Will, and Welcome to Chordie!

  I also agree with Bensonp on the 234 chord fingering.... kind of like forgetting that you even have an index finger.  Sure you are going to have a little trouble getting the darn "pinky" to do what you want it to at first, but later on you will be thankful to have that little guy working for you.   When you get that barre up to condition, it will open up the fretboard to a rainbow of musical tones that you can't get with only "open" chords.  Also on the barre, you are going to find that it is less important to clamp all the strings but rather the strings 1, 5 &6, as the other fingers will likely have those down in their respective positions anyway, you won't have to hold as much pressure and can let that index finger take more of a natural curve.

  Keeping the neck high and your thumb centered on the back of the neck eases stress on the tendons where they pass through the wrist bones as well, greatly reducing fatigue and possibility of painful injury.  Like any physical activity that you are not used to, it is important to do your "warmup" and stretching exercises, and take frequent breaks.  I think justinguitar.com covers that in one of his beginning videos, so check him out and pay attention.... he knows his stuff.

  Again Welcome to Chordie, and have fun with it!

Take Care;
Doug

I'm no expert, but I'm going with Jerome on this one...

+  = Augmented (or sharped)

-  = Diminished (or flatted)

Makes sense and is easy to remember,  but tabbers have conventions also, and not everyone adheres to the guidelines.

The C+ Pix is talking about would make more sense as a C# (assuming a C Augmented chord), as a C#m  would more likely (to my mind) be written as a C+-3 to reflect the flatted 3rd of the minor chord....  which would really be confusing to this old brain.

So now that we've confused everybody including me,  who wants to tackle the part about "hammer-ons"?  By the time I tried to put that into words, I'd be en-route to a rubber room somewhere....

Have a Happy New Year All!
Take Care;
Doug

Hi Z,

  Getting back on track here.....   Yeah a Combo is an amp/speaker combination in a common case.  Now understand that almost any amp will do what you ask it to, but Acoustic Guitar amps tend to sound better with piezoelectric pickups and are optimized for that kind of input.  If your A/E is fitted with magnetic pickups (like a plain old solid body electric) or you also play straight electric, you might want to look more in that direction rather than invest in multiple amps.

  I play an Ovation A/E, and an Epi ST275 solid, so my main amp is a Behringer 212.  Does a really good job of emulating a wide variety of amp/speaker combinations and has on board effects on both channels.  Microphones and other instruments are routed through a powered mixer and into a stand alone PA stack.  Both of those components put out 60Watts per channel (stereo) so there is enough sound to make us open a door to keep glass in the windows.  The twin 12" speakers have enough area to give the acoustic it's full range of tones without sounding restricted.  In other words: the acoustic sounds exactly as it does unplugged, just louder without losing either the upper or lower frequencies it is capable of producing.  Actually, that amp sounds good with everything that has been put into it....  Taylor, Ibenez A/E, Strat, ST, LP, SG, etc.

  Hope that is helpful a little....  best advice is to take your instrument with you when shopping and if the staff is friendly (as most are) you will be able to plug and play your candidates to see what sounds best to your ear.

Take Care;
Doug

Zurf,

  Glad you got something that works for you Bro.  Strange things can happen to your sanity with prolonged sleep deprivation.

  Now a question about your statement:  "Buy only from a source you trust.".......  by that I can't help but ask, you mean like, someone that won't immediately place a toll-free call to the DEA?  Right?  LOL

It's just my warped sense of humour..... 

Take Care, and get some sleep!
Doug

Seems to me back in rehab, my councillor put forth: HALT....  Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired,  some of the worst times to pick up a bottle.

May be a grain of truth in there, but I've been in that virtual desert for a long time now, and don't seem too much worse off for either started or ended that journey.  A few brain cells still work....

Y'all Take Care;
Doug

Howdy,

  I think what you are looking at is a G# 07(like in superscript), which should indicate a Diminished 7th as opposed to a +7 which would be Augmented 7th.  In those four note chords the 7th would be flatted to diminish the voicing.

   My handy guide shows the G07 as xx5656  , so the G#07 would be something like xx6767
  G0 called the G Diminished triad would be xx5323.

A Diminished chord consists of : 1st, b3rd, b5th
A Diminished 7th chord consists of:  1st, b3rd, b5th, (and double flatted) bb7th

Hope that is not too confusing, someone else might have a clearer answer so keep tuned in to this channel.

Take Care,
Doug

Hi Danny1,

  I hope your difficulties are transient.... Personally I haven't seen a change, but I don't spend a lot of time while here browsing the Artist's pages.

  I don't remember Chordie ever hosting files directly on local servers, and I have been visiting this site for a lot longer than I have been a registered member.  That in itself may be the "Saving Grace" that prevents Chordie from going out in a ball of flames like OLGA.  But as the various publishers attempt to tighten their stranglehold on their rights to publish works of music, we may find it harder to get TAB scores online without having to purchase a book of "selections" most of which we really don't care about anyway.

  If your problem persists, you might drop an E-mail to Admin and get some advise about ensuring that all is as it should be at both ends of the line.

Thanks For Posting, and Take Care;
Doug

Man Wayne, you do get around don't Ya!   Wasn't you in North Dakota just the other day? (jus' joshin')

  But in all seriousness, if'n you were to drop by Russ' I'd expect you'd get a warm welcome and a hot cup of cocoa.  He's just that kind of fellow y'know.  Naturally if you get up our way, we'd welcome you at our fire as well.... there's somethin' to be said about Western Hospitality after all, and we have a responsibility to all the youngsters to uphold tradition.

  Have yourself a nice one and I hope you didn't expose anything to that cold Dakota wind that you couldn't do without!

Take Care;
Doug

By the way Russell, like the look of the new place... very festive for the season.  Keep yourself warm and your powder dry.