The first song that I learned on my guitar was "Skip to My Lou" using chords C and G7 and I never practice without using my metronome. I even use my metronome when I jog to help me keep my pacel
1 2010-02-12 02:36:30
Re: 62 year old trying to teach myself Guitar (38 replies, posted in Acoustic)
2 2010-02-07 04:26:11
Re: 62 year old trying to teach myself Guitar (38 replies, posted in Acoustic)
I too have retired and I am the same age as you and I have started learning to play guitar about six months age. I found the use of a metronome to be helpful. Just turn it down to its lowest beat, 40 bpm and keep practicing the chord changes to the beat while incrementally increasing the bpm's as you becme more proficient on changing chords.
Best of luck to you.
3 2009-07-25 20:13:06
Topic: Tinnitis (4 replies, posted in Acoustic)
I love to play the acoustic guitar, unfortunately I have a tinnitis and I am afraid that if I strum the guitar too loudly it will make my tinnitis worse and this is inhibiting my playing. Doe anyone know the loudest a non-amplified acoustic guitar can get as measured in decibels? I am currently wearing ear attenuators while playing to protect my hearing but I find them annoying and itchy. Please advise.
4 2009-07-03 18:56:31
Re: Sick to My Stomach (14 replies, posted in Acoustic)
That's a good idea and it will help me to lose some extra weight tool
5 2009-07-02 20:06:31
Re: What was your first song? (173 replies, posted in Acoustic)
First Song: I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash. Try it in every key
6 2009-06-30 23:41:48
Re: Uke Question, Could use some advise... (10 replies, posted in Other string instruments)
tnthompson wrote:
I play a Tenor Ukulele with C tuning. Many of the songs I would like to play listed here, after transposing to C tuning, don't sound right. Is anyone else running into this or is it my inexperience. Would appreciate any advise on how to work with the songs to make them sound right.
I play both ukulele and guitar and I find that some types of songs sound better on the ukulele and other types of songs sound better on the guitar. For example Herman's Hermits "Mrs Brown You Have a Lovely Daughter" sounds great on the uke but not so good on the guitar. Also you have to consider the right key for the song. Some songs have to be played in the appropriate key to sound decent.
7 2009-06-30 23:18:46
Re: Sick to My Stomach (14 replies, posted in Acoustic)
cytania wrote:
Have you got a strap on that guitar Fish? I used to get back pain until I got a broad leather strap. This was just sitting down practice but a strap does mean you aren't tensing to hold the guitar on your knee. Other thing I'm thinking is that your singing technique may be the trouble. Are you finding your right key or straing to make the recording pitch? Do you warm-up first? Plenty of throat clearing and belching when I get ready to go out singing...
I feel better when I stand and play. When I buy my next guitar I am going to make sure that it has a strap. As far as singing in the right key, according to my wife who hears me sing, I couldn't find the right key if my life depended on it. As far as belching is concerned, you should hear me after a couple of beers.
8 2009-06-30 23:09:31
Re: Sick to My Stomach (14 replies, posted in Acoustic)
deadstring wrote:
I have not but if my stomach rumbles the guitar (acoustic) amplifies the noise.
Try practicing while standing and see if it happens.
I tried standing while playing and I felt fine. That seems to work
9 2009-06-29 19:43:08
Topic: Sick to My Stomach (14 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Everytime I sit down and practice on my accoustic guitar after I eat, I feel sick to my stomach. I believe this is because I hold the guitar too tightly against my abdomen. My wife says that my singing is making me sick. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Please help because I don't want to give up playing the guitar.
10 2009-06-27 15:53:43
Topic: Neil Young or Neil Diamond (1 replies, posted in About Chordie)
Just to let you know the other day I was looking for songs by Neil Diamond and found that the songs of Neil Young were reflected under Neil Diamond's name.