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WOW!  Ok... Jeff... those people are sooo far ahead of me, I'm curious to know if I could ever sound that good!  LOL!  THAT was AWESOME!  I do like the hint about hitting the thumb pick on the string tho... maybe I could do this with my pick while strumming (and maybe a little picking out of the notes... hmmmmm... that's a lot at once, but something to think about).

Wayne... I heard that one... I was thinking more like this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0iCy_9HE-o  --- which it seems she's palm muting (it took me all day yesterday and half of today to figure this out!  LOL!  I am soooo new still!)

I love the little ditty you made up for me tho... I was laughing so hard!

I'm thinking more of just a strum... not actually picking.  I tend to start a new song with a basic down strum... then move on to something that sounds like a correct strum... then picking... then back to strumming and paying more attention to my chord changes... but this time, I thought this different sound would be better than trying to pick this one out.  I like how it sounds "recorded" ... but not so much "live" ... so I'm feelin a bit stuck.  But I will try with my pick and just tap my pick... and I'll try actually picking it out a little bit too (why not if I've already got the pick on my thumb!  LOL) ... hmmm... so many possibilities!!

... Fluid in my playing style... ahhh... I wish I could figure out WHAT my playing style is.  Sometimes I just want to strum... but then I end up wanting MORE... sometimes I just want to pick, but then that feels lacking too... I think I need to find a way to do both at once... but then I also have to switch chords at the same time   ha ha ha... I am a VERY impatient person sometimes.  I think that every song I have played, I have done it about 20 different ways.  I still diddle around with the song I wrote, playing different strum patterns and picking it out and all that.  I'm never overly thrilled w/ what I'm doing. 

On a happier note... my brother was over at Christmas, and after everyone went to bed I got the guitar out... he was still up... before you knew it we were singing away along with MY strumming.  It felt REALLY GOOD to have someone singing along to my playing with me.  What was I doing?  Just strumming.

Anyhow... I'll let you all know what I figure out... this will probably be the next one on youtube... it's a song that's very near and dear to my heart.  THANKS!!! 

How about the end of the story?  Were you able to teach him, and how well did he play by strumming with the stub portion of his left hand?  How did things go?  You've intrigued me and then left me hanging! 

BTW... welcome to the forum!

That looks pretty neat... all this technology and I'm just starting to get caught up.  I feel like I've been in a bubble for a while, when I used to consider myself a bit of a techie.  I finally got a droid, just subscribed to netflix, ordered a unit to send my audio/video from the computer to the tv, and also finally ordered a unit to get wireless internet in the house. 

I look forward to your review Wayne!  I couldn't help but notice (and giggle a little) how the windscreen looks like a baseball helmet, and there were little league players in the background picture.  I'm curious to know how the video quality is with this, as it's clearly more of an audio unit.

OH YES... I want to see the pic too!  Can you imagine leeshay, if you found out that guitar that you have loved and thought of all these years as a reminder of your grandfather could turn out to be a goldmine in disguise?  What a TRUE gift your grandfather has given you!  The love of music... and????  That's such a heartwarming story!!

Welcome to Chordie!  This probably should have been asked in the acoustic or electric section (depending??)... you'd get more answers there.  Otherwise, if you haven't checked out justinguitar.com yet it's a good place to go for tons of free lessons on just about everything you could imagine.  Chances are some of the other folks here can give you some suggestions as well... I'm way more new than you to the guitar!  LOL!    Also check of course on youtube for picking exercises ... you'll probably find a lot.  It's also likely walbaye and some of the other guys on here have something to suit your needs.  Hopefully they'll find this and respond.  Otherwise, I suggest posting in one of the other sections and titling your new thread "help with picking exercises" to get more responses! 

Again... Welcome to Chordie!!

hmmm... again, my poor speakers have hurt your recording... actually I could hear the Dobro well and it sounded so lazy and wonderful, the narration didn't come thru very loud however (but from what I did hear, I think it's better that way ha ha ha!!).  Very nice Russell, thank you!!

I'm still "getting started" and I feel like I'll probably be saying that for a long time, because like Craig said, the more you learn, you find the more there is to learn!  My dad always played while I was growing up.  His guitar was at just about every evening campfire I remember.  As I was learning to read, I was learning when to turn the pages for him as well.  It was just this summer that I realized that Dad couldn't play much anymore due to issues with his back.  My brother got Dad's guitar out at the campfire and handed it to him in front of everyone including some of his friends that didn't know he could play and sing (yeah, cuz it's been a while since the guitar came out at the campfires).  He played a few songs and was done.  It sparked my interest to FINALLY learn (yes he tried to encourage each of us kids to learn over the years, but it never went anywhere, except that each of us learned the love of music and singing). 

How am I learning?  Chordie and my good friends here, www.justinguitar.com, youtube, and some books that were already in the house... because both my husband and son tried to learn before I did.  Now that I'm learning, the two of them have been encouraged to try harder as well.  My dad has even mentioned getting his guitar set up differently so that it's possible for him to play it a little longer.  The guitar is infectious I couldn't ask for more than what the guitar has brought me!  Friends here at Chordie, a love in common with the men in my life, and a way to express myself musically (even if it's only when I'm alone )

First song... Leaving on a Jet Plane using A, D, and E open chords.

Thanks for sharing the pic zguitar.  It's quite pretty, the blue.  Interesting about the rosette... and ingenious idea for the static material!

JEFF!  I nearly spit my coffee all over my computer at that! ha ha ha!

Interesting how the words "slow" are on the road rather than there being signs all over the road side.  Here in NY anyway, that would never work... you can't see the roads half the winter with all the snow on them!

Old Doll... funny... "Don't Shovel the sidewalks!"  ... ha ha... yeah, our towns have laws about that.  If you have a sidewalk in front of your house you are LEGALLY responsible to keep it cleared.

hhmmmm... very DEEP especially if it is more of your disability how it comes to life in a very intimate way.  Nice

Nicely done Wayne, simple and to the point... but when you add that harmonica it just changes everything up a little!  I like it! 

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