:-) I played a song!

My guitar teacher turned the page in the book and handed me a song i didn't know and i figured it out from the sheet music! :-) Timing was off, but it sounded almost right. He played the chords and i tried to watch him for the timing. But I played it from SHEET MUSIC!

Oh, and I can change my own strings now, I marched into Cap City Guitars Friday and told them i wanted to learn how and they showed me how and wouldn't let me pay them for their time. And my co-worker bought me a new set of strings too! I'm all set now :-)

1st Busted String!

Just broke my first string! stupid smile.
I have no idea how to replace it, nor do i have extras or know what's on the guitar at all. Do I just walk into one of the music stores with it? It's the skinny E string. I might be able to do it on a regular bridge, but no, mine has a whammy bar. Dang it! It scared me and sproinged clear across the room too!

"Skip To My Lou"

Know what's cool? The three easy songs I'm practicing for class are all first position, first two strings, and I can, for the most part, do it from TAB without looking at my fingers because, thanks to the Parks Dept class, they mostly know where they're going. Now I just need to start looking at the notes too.

Private Lessons

I signed up for private lessons at the music store. First one was yesterday after work. It went well, considering I'm probly twice the teachers age. I think the only embarrassing thing was having to ask him to move the music stand closer because I couldn't read the notes! (that and the 5yo waiting outside for the next lesson slot). I get to practice "Skip To My Lou" for next week. LOL. And we did do it from notes, although much slower than i could have from TAB. I'll TAB it out and put them side by side to practice. And now I have amp-envy because my guitar sounded so much better through his amp :-)