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yeah, totally agree with you 'jpage' I had a session a little while back with a friend who is an awsome guitarist...I played some really simple blues lead patterns while he strummed and finger picked in the background!!  I'm sure it was pretty rubbish by any other standard but for me it felt great to improvise and as if I had actually put some of what I had learned into practice! <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_cool.gif" border=0 alt="Cool">

I think if you were a beginner, a band probably wouldn't let you play in their band for real would they!?  I think 'guitar man' may be referring to simple jamming sessions with other guitarists of roughly the same standard?

Afternoon!

I learnt Silent Night a couple of weeks ago, but it was a really nice arpeggio version.  The link to the guitar lesson that i followed is below.  It looks pretty complicated at first, but stick with it and it soon makes sense and it sounds lovely too.  I reckon with maybe an hour or so per night, you should have it licked within a week or so!  Plenty of time to sit your missus down in front of the fire and woo her with your christmas romanticism!! <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_twisted.gif" border=0 alt="Twisted Evil">  lol!

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Anyone else had a go at this one?  What do you think?

Have fun!

A.S.

That's great! Many thanks James!  I'll take a look and see how I get on.  Just thinking of something Christmassy for the Grandparents this year ... and with Sound of Music being on every bloody year at Christmas time, thought they might quite like it!

Thanks again!

hehehe!! I thought that I was one of the only people that had the problem with sweaty fingers!!  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_redface.gif" border=0 alt="Embarassed"> I find that the strings change colour really fast on the frets that I play most ... and of course I'm guilty of not wiping them down after having played!  YUK!!

I had this trouble when i first started too.  Try looking up 'Travis Fingerpicking' on t'internet.  This is a good place to start and gets the fingers working on simple arpeggios.  You can then go on and adapt it to your taste and style of music as you get quicker and more accurate with hitting the right strings with the right fingers.  Hope this helps?

Cheers mate!!  Contrary to what I have said so far about what I am or not getting, (you guys must be well bored of it by now! hehehe) I actually went out yesterday and got a Fender DG22S.  The missus made me compromise on price and I (cough) decided to get this for the time being!  It was second choice but it looks and plays great!  The colour is real light (blonde I think they call it) and the sound is bloody amazing for the price!  I feel a bit like I've sold myself down the river, but it means I get to save towards one of the ones that I really want a couple of years down the line!  Anyone else have this particular guitar?

Cool thanks for that guys!  I think I have made a decision.  I've fallen in love with a Takamine F360 solid spruce top.  It sounds absolutely brilliant and is, by all accounts one of the originals made in Japan before they then started being made in Korea & China.  It's going for £399, down from around £650.  I love it, I would almost compare it to some of the Gibsons and Taylors that I was playing in the same shop for feel and sound ... and I'm buying it at the weekend but was hoping for a bit of feedback on the guitar itself and the price I'm paying for it please!?

Not forgetting of course that it is sometime necessary to 'grag' for e.g. when holding the top string with your thumb ...

Kahuna, good advice re using a strap even when sitting down, helped a lot! Thanks.

oooh, I hadn't heard of the EJ-300, shall have to take a look!  Well, I'm meeting a bloke in one the big music shops here on Weds.  I have told him what budget I have and he is going to sit me down with about 6 -7 guitars in my price range and let me have a go ... think I might need to take a sleeping bag as I'll be there all day and night!  (always good to get a second pair of ears eh!?)  I actually played on a couple of Gibsons and Taylors while I was there the other day ... felt like crying at the knowledge that I couldn't afford one in a million years!  Sooo easy to play, even made me sound better than I actually am!  I'm not ashamed to admit that the thought of just running out of the shop like a bat out of hell with guitar in hand, did cross my mind!! (joking of course!)

Yeah I guess it helps...thanks for that!  Any chance of doing a tab for the intro above the 12th fret!? cheeky I know, but you gotta ask eh!?  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_redface.gif" border=0 alt="Embarassed">