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Any musicians here? I recently discovered that the video "game" Rocksmith was more than just another guitar hero clone and actually teaches you to play guitar or bass. Even proficient players can have fun, so it's not just for beginners.
I had a guitar when I was a teen but never really learned how to play, just got some chord books and some Stranglers and Clash sheet music, then pretty much failed at guitar on and off for a few years. Then some time in the last 10 years I decided it was time to treat myself to a new guitar and bought myself a Cort and then proceeded to again not learn to play and then quickly store it away.
So this week just passed I've dug out my Cort and started learning. First thing I noticed was my hands sure do struggle a lot more than when I was young to contort into the shape required for chords. Second thing I noticed was that the tips of my fingers soon hurt like crazy. As I type it's 2 days since my last proper session and my finger tips are tingling, but I can also feel them hardening up a bit which is good. I just hope my left hand starts to become more flexible, and stronger, as the third thing I noticed was my hand/forearm starting to ache after a bit.
Aside from the frailty of me, I started off on the suggested song for beginners and it started off real easy, even for me, by just playing on one string. Then out of nowhere it threw in a curve ball and I was trying to find the second string. I struggled for a few mins and then suddenly I was getting it. Since then it's thrown in a few more curve balls and sometimes I get it after a bit of perseverence, and sometimes it's gone just a little bit too far, like when it suddenly went from play on 2 strings to 5. I fell apart completely.
So after 3 or 4 days playing with it I really feel I'm making progress, and I don't see why I wont continue to improve gradually if I stick with it. I just wish I had this tool to teach me back in the 80s.
Anyway, yesterday I noticed I had my old guitar from the 80s stuffed away in the cupboard as well. I dragged it out and looked it up on the internet. It's a really rare vintage Music Man Sabre I, which was made by Leo Fender before he sold Music Man to Ernie Ball. I might pop it on BST soon if anyone here is into their guitars as it's wasted on me.
I had a guitar when I was a teen but never really learned how to play, just got some chord books and some Stranglers and Clash sheet music, then pretty much failed at guitar on and off for a few years. Then some time in the last 10 years I decided it was time to treat myself to a new guitar and bought myself a Cort and then proceeded to again not learn to play and then quickly store it away.
So this week just passed I've dug out my Cort and started learning. First thing I noticed was my hands sure do struggle a lot more than when I was young to contort into the shape required for chords. Second thing I noticed was that the tips of my fingers soon hurt like crazy. As I type it's 2 days since my last proper session and my finger tips are tingling, but I can also feel them hardening up a bit which is good. I just hope my left hand starts to become more flexible, and stronger, as the third thing I noticed was my hand/forearm starting to ache after a bit.
Aside from the frailty of me, I started off on the suggested song for beginners and it started off real easy, even for me, by just playing on one string. Then out of nowhere it threw in a curve ball and I was trying to find the second string. I struggled for a few mins and then suddenly I was getting it. Since then it's thrown in a few more curve balls and sometimes I get it after a bit of perseverence, and sometimes it's gone just a little bit too far, like when it suddenly went from play on 2 strings to 5. I fell apart completely.
So after 3 or 4 days playing with it I really feel I'm making progress, and I don't see why I wont continue to improve gradually if I stick with it. I just wish I had this tool to teach me back in the 80s.
Anyway, yesterday I noticed I had my old guitar from the 80s stuffed away in the cupboard as well. I dragged it out and looked it up on the internet. It's a really rare vintage Music Man Sabre I, which was made by Leo Fender before he sold Music Man to Ernie Ball. I might pop it on BST soon if anyone here is into their guitars as it's wasted on me.