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    • February 12, 2013 at 6:04 am #9671
      Deluxe Strat
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        I am a contractor winter is my slowest time so I play every chance i get because i know come spring ill be working everyday and 4 nights a week and not have much time to play, which sucks i should just win the lottery and i could play all the time lol

      • February 12, 2013 at 6:12 am #9672
        6stringer Pete
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          @deluxe strat 2012 wrote:

          I am a contractor winter is my slowest time so I play every chance i get because i know come spring ill be working everyday and 4 nights a week and not have much time to play, which sucks i should just win the lottery and i could play all the time lol

          Hey Butch, guess what! I played the lottery today and…

          The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete

          It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete

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        • February 12, 2013 at 6:16 am #9673
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            I have won $50k on a scratch ticket you end up with only about 36k but the daughters college has taken the last little bit of that we had left

          • February 12, 2013 at 6:23 am #9674
            6stringer Pete
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              @deluxe strat 2012 wrote:

              I have won $50k on a scratch ticket you end up with only about 36k but the daughters college has taken the last little bit of that we had left

              Hey, that is great news. My wife, 2 years ago won 1 million yen, which is about $10 grand, but it went towards attorney fees to settle something between family members. Oh well, you win some and lose some. What college is your daughter attending. I went to Black Hawk College there in East Moline/Moline.

              The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete

              It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete

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            • February 12, 2013 at 6:28 am #9675
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                she is going to UNI university of norhtern Iowa

              • February 13, 2013 at 5:28 am #9694
                alex-groundy
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                  Although I am not a beginner I have been playing for 50 years, I always practiced when I felt like , time permitting, if I didnt feel like practicing I wouldnt do it because what I found is if I wasnt in the mood I wouldnt learn anything, when i felt like I would practice for as long as I could, these days I practice every morning between 5 and 7 oclock, obviosly without amplifiers on…lol…………Alex

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                • February 14, 2013 at 2:56 pm #9723
                  Rickey
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                    I just began in January, but I try to follow a structured practice. I tune my guitar by ear, check it with an electronic tuner. I then to do finger dexterity exercises on all six strings, and some alternate picking exercises. This takes about 10 minutes. I do about 5-10 minutes of strumming practice with different rhythms (usually with a left hand mute so I can just listen to the strum) – trying to get the strum “hammered” into my brain so I can continue a strum without thinking about it. I then practice strumming through common chord progressions from the beginning songs I’m working on – A,D,E; G,C,D; A7,D7,E7; D,G,A.

                    After that, I play (or attempt!) to play some songs, experiment and generally reward myself with some fun exploration. I like having a structured session, and it seems to be helping me make progress.

                  • February 19, 2013 at 2:22 pm #9819
                    ncblues79
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                      That’s awesome! I think if I had a more structured schedule, I’d be farther along than I am. I’ve been learning on my own for about 3 years and sometimes it seems like I’m getting nowhere. These days my schedule doesn’t seem to allow for it though. I usually practice different songs whenever I get the chance to sit down with a guitar.

                    • February 19, 2013 at 4:47 pm #9823
                      NeilMcG
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                        I’ve been trying to do 1h every day (early before I go to work).

                        I’ve been working on Brian’s rhythm guitar lessons and I’ll jam through the ones I can play first as a warm up and then work on the one that I am currently trying to master. Do some general chord changing practice in among that.

                        I’ll then do a bit of the Blues lead course, a bit of patterns and then run through the licks I have learned so far. Some bends and vibrato as part of that.

                        I’ll then use the remaining time to try and work out part of a song by ear. I’ve got a couple on the go where I’m trying to work out the solo part. With varying degrees of success 😉

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