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I´m 48 years from Germany I play guitar since 35 years. My first guitar was a 12 string acoustic from Ibanez.

st800

Hi Helena,

I love your lyrics.
Is it ok for you when I play that song in my program on stage?
I would like to sing it.

HAve a nice day

Alfred

Hi James,
you right with historical reason. In the past I don´t know when, think 1800 or so there was a mistake in translation of the note b.
Someone who had to translate it, read a h for an b and so it is in Germany the note b is for germans  h.

st800

I think you all are right with your meanings but without knowless what you you can not play music with feeling from your heart.
you all that you first have to train what you want play and then anytime you can put in feeling into your play.
All you talk about the first position of pentatonic, but there 4positions more to play blues pentatonic.
That´s Am pentatonic scale
First position  second position    Third position   Fouth position   Fifth position
e - 5 & 8         e - 8 & 10         e -10 & 12         e -12 & 15        e-15 & 17     
b - 5 & 8         b - 8 & 10         b -10 & 13         b -13 & 15        b-15 & 17
g - 5 & 7         g - 7 & 9           g -9 & 12          g -12 & 14        g- 14 & 17
d - 5 & 7         d - 7 & 10         d -10& 12         d - 12 & 14       d- 14 & 17
a - 5 & 7         a - 7 & 10         a -10&12          a - 12 & 15       a- 15 & 17
E - 5 & 8         E - 8 & 10         E -10&12          E - 12 & 15       E- 15 & 17

You have to train that position so long that you don´t have to think what position you play. Try to bind the postions and you will get fun with it.

That positions are for also for the other Chords you only have to choose the position on your neck. For example for F your first position is on the first fret.

Hi last Rebel, I think you´re playing the notes right.
I play those notes even with my pick and the second with middlefinger.

Hi Doc,
I use the software band in a box for composing songs, here you can compose your song complete with drumsets, lead guitar and all you like.
Its a nice tool with many samples.

St800

hi gitaardoc, I change strings every month if I don´t have any gig in the month. If I have one or two gigs a month I will change them all two weeks. Because I think the guitar sounds better with new strings. you have more sustain with new strings.
I play my guitars `til two hours a day and after two weeks the sound of the strings loose their intonation, I think and so I change the strings latest after 4 weeks.

St800

Thanks for your comment daddycool and yes I hope it never end.

Hi, Ihave the lyrics and chords in my darabase,
It´s one of my favorite songs.
I can send it by email

Hi Nadine, I think you can get the same stuff like me in South Africa. If you have to use a Battery in your pick up system, it is active. If you don´t need any battery for your system it is passive.

Hi there,
I´m new here and from Germany. Often I have gigs with my Band or alone. we get money for the gigs but I´m not professional. If we get one or two gigs a month we are happy. It´s a hard job to live from your music. In Germany if you want to live from your music you have work very hard for your gigs. If you call 100 People for a gig, maybe you get one and then it´s good result.