Ouch

I gave myself a real, live blister practicing scales and then had to take it easy so I could make it through class yesterday. The good news is I could play the simple piece we were working on from TAB. We all tried to play it together and it was harder than playing it alone. It was very frustrating over the weekend to be able to play it just enough that it sounded familiar but I couldn't tell what it was. I transcribed it to note letters Sunday evening and mom was able to recognize it. It was driving me nuts! I don't know about the rest of the class, but I can definitely play it better than the lady next to me who kept getting her strumming fingers lost. I was really glad I practiced it so much.

OMG...scales

I thought scales at home were hard... an hour of warm up and scales at class kicked my butt! I understand why we need to do scales, my fingers need to learn where to go without question. But dang, my fingers stung so bad and my thumb was shaking from being in the correct position instead of where I usually put it. Hard, but learning the right way is good. I know it is.

Class

The first class went well. I wasn't the only grown-up and I wasn't the only electric, but I was the only grown-up with an electric. We're going to learn finger-style, which is fine with me, because that's what seems most natural to me so far. This weeks' homework was to learn the note names on standard tuning (Eadgbe) and to practice some scales, remembering to pick the three bass strings with our thumb and the next three with two fingers. I'm doing better at it, I still get a little lost on the inside strings, and I still try to use my thumb on all of them, but I can see my brain starting to get it! I had all of yesterday to myself so I spent allot of time in the music room, listening to some music, playing some, goofing off a bit with the amp off, and recording a little bit. It was a really nice day and no one told me to turn anything down all day long.

1st class

My first guitar class is tonight. I'm nervous as all heck.

Know what I like?

I like the way my fingers unfold moving from E to G :-)