I started my " Basic Guitar Class "

[mayan]

at our local Community College.

It's a night class once a week,for 12 weeks,an hour a week.

I noticed the ecclectic assortment of Guitar brands that my fellow students had.

Three were Yams.,mine included,a Guild,an Epi. Hummingbird,no Martins,a Big Baby Taylor,and a few antiques that i couldn't make out.

Our instructor had a $6500.00 Classical Spanish Guitar,pre1904 Brazilain Rosewood.

We learned A and G chords,strummed " Hotel California ".

I will learn " Harvest Moon " by Neil Young for my last 12th class.

No hot chicks in my class to distract me,and that is a " good thing ".:poke:

I'll keep you all posted on my progress.

I know you'll be on the edge-of-your-seats !:bor:

[babablowfish]

Hey, we're happy for you! It will be cool when you are able to play some songs. Don't fall prey to the common traps of thinking that you "can't" or comparing yourself to others. This isn't a contest, it is a lifelong pursuit that you will thank yourself for sticking with.

 

Please do keep us posted on your progress.

[Stackabones]

Very cool!

 

Glad you're hanging out around here! Keep us posted.

[Tony Burns]

sounds like alot of fun - maybe lead to some lifelong friendships !

[Hamhand]

Yeah, what Baba said. I've been noodling my whole adult life, took some lessons recently, and guitar playing is my only companion currently. I'd be lost without a guitar to keep me company. Keep at it.

[guitarist21]

Awesome! Keep at it, because like Hamhand says, your guitar becomes like your best friend. And when you make progress, it is the best feeling. Like when you work at something for hours and finally at hour 3 1/2 you start to get it. Awesome stuff.

 

Ellen

[Cripes]

By the time I went to college - 9 years after high school - I was already a self-styled guitarist but I had to fill in a few credits. So, I took Guitar 101 and damn near failed it. The instructor was a rather stiff sort of guy who wanted everyone to be Segovia mini-me's. I finally got him aside and told him where to pack his notions. We actully became friends after we worked out our differences and the class went a whole lot better for everyone. I still came away with a C but that was all me.

[babablowfish]

 

By the time I went to college - 9 years after high school - I was already a self-styled guitarist but I had to fill in a few credits. So, I took Guitar 101 and damn near failed it. The instructor was a rather stiff sort of guy who wanted everyone to be Segovia mini-me's. I finally got him aside and told him where to pack his notions. We actully became friends after we worked out our differences and the class went a whole lot better for everyone. I still came away with a C but that was all me.

 

 

That is similar to my unhappy experience with guitar lessons over 40 years ago. I was about 14-15 and just wanted to be able to play some Beatles tunes and the teacher looked down on all Rock & Roll and wanted me to emulate Segovia, Wes Montgomery and Django Reinhart. Not that there is anything wrong with those guys, but I was just a kid and just wanted to be able to play and sing. Well, I finally quit the lessons, forgot everything he taught me except for the basic chord forms and eventually taught myself what I wanted to know.

[OldGuitarPlayer]

It's good hear about a new player that is taking lessons. I fro one would love to read about your progress.

 

I took a few lessons when I was about 12-13 yrs old. In the early 1970's my guitar teacher was young hippie guy in his 20's that played in a local rock band. He taught out of an old house way accross town and it seemed like it took forever to get there by city bus. I often wonder what happened to that guy as I only took lessons for a summer and never saw him again after that. The best thing he ever did for me was instead of teaching me my lesson one Saturday afternoon he took me to watch his band rehearse in a recording studio....you can imagine how hooked this little scrawny 12 yr old was after seeing a real band play in a studio. Only four years later I was getting up and trying to play at open mics and coffee houses...

 

Good luck and keep playing!

 

OGP

[lauren]

you will have a pal for life now:love:

[mayan]

for the encourgement !

I will endeavor to perceiver.

I will keep you posted.:)

[Bernie P.]

I got my GED at 49 and entered college a few weeks later.Unfortunately no guitar classes available but even with hot young chicks providing a very pleasant distraction in most all my classes I still managed to earn an Associate degree in computer science.Looking forward to your progress reports.Good luck!