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knotheadusc
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Date: December 05, 2020 05:50AM
I finished almost all of the Fender Play canned lessons. I am now redoing some of the ones I didn't master and taking the ones that have been added over the past few months. A lot of the lessons were on power chords, which work better on electric guitars.
I've been wanting an electric guitar anyway, because I've been curious. My husband, who is also learning guitar at a much slower rate, is also curious. For months, I've been eyeing Fender's acoustasonic guitars. They're basically hybrids of acoustic and electric guitars.
Well, after discussing it with my husband this morning, I pulled the trigger and bought one. Provided the credit card goes through (always a crap shoot when you live in Europe but have an American billing address), I should have my new gear in a few days.
I don't play that well yet, but I still want to learn and I had money saved, since traveling is out. And I do play a lot better than I did last May. I'm even starting to get barre chords, though they still need work.
In other news, I've lost three relatives over the past few weeks. Since one of them is being buried today, I decided to record a new song.
For those who are interested... (the song is called "Don't Know What To Say" by Beth Nielsen Chapman, Amy Sky, and Olivia Newton-John)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l6OdjSzhP8&t=16sAnd just to add a little Mormonism to this post, last week my husband and I made a couple of CDs for his Mormon daughter in Utah. She had sent us a book of guitar chords for our anniversary. Prior to sending it, she asked what kind of music we like. Well, I have an HUGE library of music that spans many genres. Her dad and I sit around and listen to music all the time... we talk and drink wine and make plans for the future. So we made her two discs with some eclectic songs that mean a lot to us. We also included "liner notes" with explanations of why they mean a lot.
I don't expect her to like all of the songs, but maybe she will learn more about her dad and it will give her something else to talk about next time they Skype. I made sure to make the songs mostly Mormon friendly, although I did include one song by Paul Thorn, who is kind of irreverent. I could make playlists all day. If she likes those discs, maybe I'll make more.
That's about it... thanks for all who read this. This group has been especially supportive of my little pandemic project.