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Not a bad price for something to firmly hold your $1300 Touch Pro....... but then you have to get one of these things: http://boomerthefootmouse.com/
AND find room on the pedalboard for it!
$895.00???? I think I'll pass, Doug. 
Bill
That shot of the orchestra shows them still using their sheet music as well. So maybe they don't completely trust the technology of the Ipad?
Bill
Great choice, badeye!
Comments left with the tune at the Tube.
Thanks!
Bill
Here it's sunny. High 48F/33 with windchill. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph, but we have rain predicted for tomorrow. Also we're not out of the woods yet, as far as snow is concerned. Stay warm and dry, joe.
Bill
Oh! That's just for the clip!. I was goin' "dayum!" and already hunting for the plastic which my wife hides from me. 
Yeah, I'm a bit behind in the "tablet dept."
Bill
There's a band with that name, but in an interview they admitted stealing that name from this character seen and heard here, playing some "Delta Blues". Enjoy!
I am soooo sorry to bother you with this, but I accidentally lost all those links you sent me a few days ago regarding guitar instruction. I thought I put them into a folder titled "Guitar Instruction", but it isn't there. When you have the time, could you resend them to my e-mail, please?
Thanks and I promise to be more careful in the future. This isn't a priority. Just whenever you have time.
Thanks my friend!
Bill
Here's another vote for the 12 string, Zurf.
Bill
Phill,
No, they don't sit down and I agree. Peter is 50 and very active otherwise, so neither he nor his bandmates have an excuse to sit.
You're from Wales?
Maybe you've heard this joke?
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In an airport bar a guy was sitting next to a small group of ladies speaking in what he thought was a Scottish accent, so he leaned over and asked, "Excuse me, are you ladies from Scotland?"
One of them, obviously a bit miffed, replied, "Wales!"
"Oh, I do beg your pardon! Are you whales from Scotland?"
Bill
OK Bill with two L's
glad we sorted that one out
i'm 63 and a semi recluse. my wife says i desert her most nights of the week to sit here looking at my PC (not porn
) so she says she's a recluse
anyway i'd rather sit here than watch her "reality TV" or the soaps!
anyway, i hope we're friends now?
phill
Always have been. And that little hiccup is now settled. Thanks for all the smilies, btw!
Bill
Not that I'm aware of. There will be plenty of jitters and I fully expect to make mistakes so not having that documented is OK by me.
A comeback after 30 years and no one offering to record it? Not totally sure, but it can be done with a cellphone or tablet and get reasonable, if not great quality, Joe. If we lived closer together, I'd be there with bells on!
Your Pal
Bill
Hey, thanks, you two and great answers!:). I never thought of it that way, so I'm glad I have you "youngsters" to set me straight!
Caveat: If I did that (on guitar) I'd have to have extra large print. I have double vision and my depth perception is for doo-doo (which means that every time I tried to turn to a new page, I'm likely to turn stand and all over. )
Thanks for the opinions!
Bill
Joe, I wish you the best possible return to the stage! Will someone be filming? If so, I'd like to see it on the Tube if you don't mind?
I can imaging how hard you must be practicing and I know you'll do a great show, my friend!
Bill
Any opinions on that?
My friend Peter has a rock group called "Time-Out" (Classic Rock) in our home town, Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria (yep, I'm half "Kraut", half "Yankee". Or "Ami" (Ah-mee) as we're known these days).
The three strings (I call the guitarists in my bands "Strings" - just like in an orchestra) all have stands holding their tabs/lyrics in front of them with lights. Three stands, three lights. Right smack-dab in front of them. It must be a culture thing, right? I mean, unless it's a brand new song, I wouldn't think an American band would need such an elaborate set-up, but to each is own, I guess.
I asked Peter what would happen if just once they'd let me come up on stage and take the music and stands away, for oh, Floyd's "Brick In The Wall."
"I don't know, but I don't want to find out, Willie-Boy", he said. "Willie-Boy" comes from "Wilhelm" my real middle name. They started out calling me "Billy-Boy", but since that's the name of a popular German condom, I talked 'em out of that.
Linus and his blanket come to mind?
To each his own, but I wonder how that would go over here in the US? I think as long as the music sounds good, no one would care. Maybe other musicians would. Who, me? Perish the thought. I say "Whatever Gets You Through The Night".
Opinions?
Thanks!
Bill
Just sticking my nose in, . I don't know what I'll do with my axes and drums. If my grandson starts giving his gift guitar the attention it deserves, he can have all of mine, no problem, but as I stated before, he's more into "wimmen" right now and I really don't wanna be a pushy ol' Opa. My son has zero interest in playing music. He'd rather hear what passes for "Country" these days.
Maybe donate them and my drums to an inner city youth club?
I just don't want them sold. I'd like to have a little control over what happens to them. We live about 35 miles east of Atlanta, so I know there's gotta be some youth organizations who might like to have them. Right?
Thanks
Bill
....... Accoustic/Electric, but at the time I bought her, she was one of the first that Takamine must have built. Her S/N is 115047 and the model number is ES 98C. I put that in for those of you who might know and care about stuff like that. I purchased the guitar in 1990.
Anyway, when I said she must be one of the first manufactured, it's because the way you get to her "innards' is by way of the strings across the sound hole. One loosens the strings, sticks one's hands in there and replaces the battery. With the arthritis, my already big hands/big fingers would no longer fit in there, so I had to wait for my grandson to visit, so he could do it for me. I didn't even go after the picks that flew in there anymore. Just waited on my pride and joy, Julian.
Well, now the bracket that held the battery has gotten loose and is falling around in there as well, so I don't know what I'm gonna do - just play her straight, I reckon. Do y'all have any suggestions?
I took the Jas to a music store near me, explained my problem, and the guy said, "Well, first of all, Mr. Craig, I get $40.00 up front for just looking at your guitar. Everything else is extra."
"No charge for just running out the door, I hope?", I asked, and that's what I did.
I also have an accoustic/electric bass: A Galveston (they don't make them anymore), but it's battery is where the tone controls are on its body, so that's no problem.
But back to my music store manager: Is that realistic? $40.00 for just leaving the guitar with him and then everything else extra? What do you guys pay and/or what do you think is fair? By the way, that guy closed shop not too long after that. He had so much inventory, one could barely walk around in there. I wouldn't have trusted myself to not knock anything over, so I guess it's a good thing we didn't establish a relationship. He had nice stuff, though. Must have been close to 500k inventory and I'm being conservative.
Thanks, All
Bill
No, but if I may suggest a smiley or two? You're dealing with a 65 year old recluse of a man. I know that's neither here nor there regarding what you wrote, but It's tough for me to see humor these days. A smiley would be a "take me by the hand" kinda thing, and I'd appreciate it.
Thanks Phill
Bill (who has two "L's" as well! )
Hey, Beamer
First thanks for the links in the e-mail you sent me! That was very nice of you.
I had never heard anyone actually call out the tabs before, so when Brett did that, I thought, "How cool is that?!" (It doesn't take a lot to impress me, apparently.)
Anyway, I'll be curling up with my Tak a little later and see what I can learn.
Thanks once again for thinking about me with those links!
Bill
Sounds like you're not very happy with my post, I'm sorry about that, Phill. But "strummie" (I get it, btw)? No one was questioning what the site's name is, so please reread (or don't).
Or are you saying one strums a piano, I can't tell.
What I can tell is that I must have pissed you off, so in order to avoid that, I'll take my leave.
I enjoyed the interaction with everyone until now.
Best wishes to all of you. Even you, Phill
just keep down and upstroking and not touch until needed it is known as ghost stroking.
We still talking about rhythm guitar, [d]dino[/b]?
Bill
are you referring to the d#?
Yup, I sure am, BGD. We've grown so used to hearing it over the years that no one notices that little "discordant" note. My German friend (music major) told me that not only Beethoven, but his contemporaries put a little (as TF says) "signature" note in their compositions. They also stole from each other, and no one really cared as long as the thief wasn't blatant about it and dressed it up a little.
Anyway, the note was supposedly put in there to make sure folks were "paying attention".
Not sure if that's myth or truth, but there you have it.
Thanks
Bill
PS: dino, I'll have to give that a try, thanks!
This hasn't anything to do with theory, but I have a 2 part trivia question y'all might find interesting or maybe not.
In another thread I mentioned I could talk about and listen to the Maestro Ludwig van Beethoven all day long.
There's a reason I fancy myself a "Beethoven scholar" and it all began with a strange note in this, one of his most beautiful compositions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4d0LOuP4Uw
Can you detect the note (or notes, depending on who is playing - many improvise)? I don't read piano music, but begin listening at :32.
A German friend of mine claims to know why Beethoven put that note in there. Do you?
He says that many of his contemporaries did this as well.
Thanks
Bill
Thanks, Ed for the reply and the link. I'll be visiting and leaving comments!
I too am a much better drummer, and my set is still set up in the music room (actually the front living room, my wife is graciously letting me use). I should use it more often, I guess, but here's the problem with that:
Because of my dementia, I now have a very short "wanna do it" span. I'll be sitting here at the computer, think about playing a little (either one of the instruments), but by the time I get to the music room, I go "nah" and come back to the computer. It gets worse. I can be lying in bed, have an idea to do something or write something, make a move to get up, and BAM!, the idea has left me. We're talking about a matter of seconds!.
I have since moved my Jasmine in here (the office) and it's sitting to my right in its stand, ready to play, and I have done so. For instance, our Peter Benson has some very nice classics on YouTube where I can see his chording, and I have played along with him on several tunes.
I felt the need to explain that, and I'll try to keep mentioning my "problem" in the future, but that's how it is.
Thanks, Ed!
Well, beamer. it did what it promised and I guess if I had stayed with it, I might have improved my playing. It was just the songs which were a turn off for me. Until Rocksmith, I had never heard of The Black Keys (sorry, youngsters!), and since I am "stuck" in Classic Rock and Classic Country, it just made me go "meh".
I'm not sorry I bought the games, because when he comes to see us, our 13 year old grandson Julian, who does know who The Black Keys are, likes the Arcade, and I've taught him how to use the "coming at you" fret markers to play "Satisfaction".
We bought him one of those starter electric guitar kits along with an amp, but lately he seems preoccupied with ----- GIRLS ------ and so when he's here, he plays his mobile phone more than his guitar.
Bass is a little simpler, beamer, but the same tunes are featured. Would you mind referring me to some of the YouTube vids that you use, please?
Thanks!
Bill
Ah! I see we're talking about two different things (I hope). You mean "real time tuning", correct? I'm just talking about one of those tuners which one can find online and has the tuning set for you. As I said in the OP, I thought "Tuning" was the onboard tuner, but I was wrong (not the first time and not the last either, especially these days! ).
Anyway, I just thought it might be nice to have one of those onboard, so that one could tune and stay with our site and go right to the song we want to learn to play. I have never used a mic on my machine, but I do have one, so I think I'll give it a try.
Thank you, Doug!
Bill
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