I tuned a guitar pretty much spot on using just an A440 reference pitch (the tuning note on a Roland Cube btw). A small triumph to be sure but something I could have never done a year ago when I was a completely tone-deaf beginner.
So fellow GN goers, what goals have you been working on recently?
I built a man cave to play music in. 8)
"Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard,
grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
-- The Webb Wilder Credo --
Just got a 30yd dumpster delivered to the house and cleaned everything out...man I never thought I had so much stuff.
That was a big accomplishment, because I already had a man cave set up just needed a bit more room, and now I'm good to go.
On a more musical note learned a new song Ain't it Fun by Guns N Roses and working on Day of the Eagle Robin Trower.
"It's all about stickin it to the man!"
It's a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll!
I've been working through the Guitar Noise podcast series - working on my strumming. I'm also taking the things I've learned from those podcasts and started applying them to songs I already know and new ones I'm learning. I really feel like I've made big strides on my strumming. Thanks David! Plus, it has been really great fun!
I can't recommend those podcasts enough.
I never accomplished anything. I'm in a constant state of flux.
2- Purchased new book- Guitar Aerobics - Working through that now
3- Purchased new book- How to use Pro Tools (need to set aside a lifetime of free time to read that one)
Wrote a few tunes and put a link to them in Hear Here.
Teamwork- A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.
1. Bought a new SG
2. Fell through stage and broke aformentioned SG
Not the best start to a week
Just last night I played Chet Atkins' version of VINCENT all the way thru w/o mistakes at tempo - twice.
Been working on it for about 8 months.
Unimogbert
(indeterminate, er, intermediate fingerstyle acoustic)
1. Bought a new SG
2. Fell through stage and broke aformentioned SG
Not the best start to a week
YIKES :shock: Sorry to hear that!
At a minium, you could get a pretty good song out of this!!?? No real consolation, I know. But years from now, you'll be able to laugh about it. (I think)
Teamwork- A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.
I got over my fear of performing in public. :D
On a more musical note learned a new song Ain't it Fun by Guns N Roses
Just a nit-pick, but Ain't It Fun is by The Dead Boys, G'n'R covered it.
Just last night I played Chet Atkins' version of VINCENT all the way thru w/o mistakes at tempo - twice.
Been working on it for about 8 months.
Wow! That's the kind of thing that inspires me. Congratulations.
I encouraged a friend to pick up her guitar and play it. Apparently, it's been collecting dust for some time.
today i almost tuned my guitar to drop C by ear, it wasn't perfect but i was prettty damn close
Some people don't like to stop and take a look at the big picture, i make them stop, and i make them look.
Just last night I played Chet Atkins' version of VINCENT all the way thru w/o mistakes at tempo - twice.
Been working on it for about 8 months.
Wow! That's the kind of thing that inspires me. Congratulations.
Notice that it took 8 months :-) You can do it too. Really. Perfect practice, lots of patience.
15 minutes a night for 8 months :-) (I've been working on several other things too.)
I consider myself still an advanced beginner.
Muriel Anderson sells the music/tablature and you can find Chet playing it on YouTube.
Unimogbert
(indeterminate, er, intermediate fingerstyle acoustic)
I got over my fear of performing in public. :D
You? Nerves? ROTFLMAO
I got my Classical Guitar Grade 8 earlier this year
I joined the Essex Guitar Orchestra so I'm getting ensemble experience
I've done more gigs this year than last year, or any year since 2002 in fact
I've learned to play 3 and 4-finger rasgueado (flamenco technique - it's not just fanning out your fingers very quickly)
not a bad year, all round
A :-)
"Be good at what you can do" - Fingerbanger"
I have always felt that it is better to do what is beautiful than what is 'right'" - Eliot Fisk
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