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nmontgomery, welcome to Chordie. Here's a tip for you that I wished someone had told me about a lot sooner than they did.

In the chord progression you mentioned - G...Em...C...D, they are all open chords. Study the fingerings for these chord formations and you will see that when going from a G chord to an Em chord you never have to lift your index finger to form an Em chord. When changing from an Em chord to a C chord you never have to lift your middle finger. You just rotate your wrist, leave the "key" finger down and form the next chord. There are many chords in different progressions that allow you to not have to move certian fingers to form the next chord. Go to the "resources" section and look at the different chords. Click on any of the chords and you will see the many variations of that chord. It will take time but as you study and pracitce you will begin to see the common points of each chords. Another hint is to learn to form your open G chord with your middle, ring and pinky fingers. If you learn this formation it will be much easier to go to a C chord or even to a G7 chord. It just take study and practice.

Nela

Wimmen folk are Gods greatest gift to man. Wimmen folk and man folk were meant to share each others lives through all the good times and bad. The problems all started way back in the beginning of time with the cavemen and the problems from that period in time are still alive, today. Many, many years ago a young caveman would decide he needed to go out and fine him a cavewoman to share his life with. Without TV, radio, books or other media he had problems understanding the delicate senses of the cavewoman. So, as the caveman wondered the countyside looking for a soulmate he was clueless on how to go about things. Since everyone lived in seperate tribes most cavewemmin had to be stolen away from their people. So, here comes the caveman sneaking up on a cavewoman of his choice. The 1st thing he does is hit her over the head with a club and, thus invented the headache. His 2nd mistake was in dragging her home. With a foot in each hand the caveman would drag her behind him all the way back to his cave that he had furnished just for her. Upon arriving back at his cave he discovered that his lovely cavewoman had filled up with sand and was completely outta the mood. And MAN has been paying for these mistakes since then.

Nela

I had the RP50 given to me and, although small, was not bad. I found that I was using the drums feature more than any of the other setting but I since I had not been using it very long I cannot give you a good report. NOW, I can't even give you any information on it since it was stolen from my luggage while going through an airport.

Nela

Zurf, never received your contact info. I'm e-mailing you my mobile # and e-mail address, again.

Nela

My thoughts would be that you are just trying too hard. Slow everything down during practice. Don't worry about the song, concentrate only on the chord changes and struming with everything being nice and slow. If you are trying to perfect this while listening to the song being played listen to the words of the song and associate the chord changes with certian word. Also, look at the song, how difficult are the chords for that song? There are thousands of 2 and 3 chord songs out there. Start out simple with an easy chord progression in G,C & D or A, D & E or D, G & A. These are all open chords that are easy. Just use a down / up / down / up / down / up / down / up strum while counting (down =1 and up = and) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & (change chords here) and repeat. Make up your own pattern as you go and keep practicing. Any of the above patterns can be made into a 12 bar blues progression and thats something that everyone should know. Again, keep it all slow. Your speed will come.

Nela

Every journey begins with the 1st step. You have now begun that journey and will continue to pick up spped as you go. Stay focused, don't stumble, trip or fall - BUT - if you do just call on your friends here for help. Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nela

Jerome, you just mentioned something that could be a very good thread and that is "How to position your equipment" for the best sound. I know I could use some pointers on this. Like:

How to set the microphone(s) in reference to the speakers, moniters, amps, ect while playing. What is the best way to project your sound out to an audience but still be able to hear what you are playing so you can keep time? We have a group that gets together the 2nd & 4th Friday nights of a month and plays music. We have a keyboard, drum, 2 to 4 electric guitars, 3 to 6 folks playing acoustic guitars, a bass guitar. Everyone kinda sets on or near the stage and takes a turn at the mike as we go down the line. The problem I have is the main lead guitar player sets on a stool about 6' straight behind the mikes. When its come to my turn to play, as my wife signs, she can't hear me nor can I hear myself playing most of the time due to the where he is setting and the location of his amp. AND, don't you dare tell him he's too loud. Anyway, that's the reason I asked this question. This maybe needs to be moved away from this thread but I do think it could be a good topic for discussion.

Nela

Gnomerfry, if'n you done tried 3 different chords with the same results I would guess the fault is with the jack in the guitar. I just had to have one put in and its not that expensive. Since there is a guitar repair shop 1/2 block from my office I took it there and let them do the repair. Since this will require some soldering, if you have limited experience, it would be better to let the professionals do the repair.

nela

The price of gas done got higher than a gariffe's balls-NELA

Economic's 101 - Follow the Money.

A Presidents pension is $191,300.00 per year until he reaches the age of 80.

Assume that the next elected president reaches 80 years of age.

Sen. McCain is elected and serves 2 terms. He would not receive any pension since he will be 80 years old at the end of his 2nd term.

Sen. Obama is elected and serves 2 terms. At the end of his second term he would draw a pension for the next 26 years worth $4,973,800.00.

Hmmm, kinda makes ya think, don't it?

Nela