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Bruce J
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08/22/2010 1:30 pm
Sal, there's no reason you can't be playing some blues in 6 months. If you learn the basic open chords first and learn the simple 12 bar blues format using the I, IV, and V chord progression, then you can play along with virtually any blues song pretty quickly. There are lots of good lessons on here to show you the way. Add a few 7th chords to your portfolio, particularly A7, B7, D7 and E7 and a few minor chords (Am, Em) you get a bluesier sound and some variety in your strumming.

Learning to play lead is an altogether different level of complexity that is really beyond a six month learning curve unless you are going to dedicate a serious amount of time to it. Check out the lessons on the pentatonic scales to get you started.

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drf46
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08/23/2010 4:29 am
You can learn to play some blues within 6 months Sal. I have some lessons on "frugal blues" that will show you how to play a solo using only a couple of notes.
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09/04/2010 7:34 am
I don't have one yet with my guitar but here's one of me last weekend dancing here in Holland. I LOVE to dance. May not do it well..but I enjoy it!


Ibanez V50 / Started learning 26 August 2010
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Franci5
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09/04/2010 2:51 pm
Hi all, Name is Francis. Thought I share some of my photos.....

Here I am playing Dance With My Father for my Grandfather's funeral.....

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09/10/2010 7:59 am
Wow cool guitars, your ukulele is so cute and your Ovation Double Neck really rocks!
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09/18/2010 10:16 am
nice guitars Franci5 :)

Originally Posted by: KerryInHollandI don't have one yet with my guitar but here's one of me last weekend dancing here in Holland. I LOVE to dance. May not do it well..but I enjoy it!


:D I think that's the first dancing picture here on GT, we should make a new thread 'post your dancing pictures with or without guitar'!

very well, can't find the last one I uploaded so here's a recent picture of me :p


= good music is good drinking =
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09/18/2010 1:15 pm
Originally Posted by: GuitarPsynice guitars Franci5 :)



:D I think that's the first dancing picture here on GT, we should make a new thread 'post your dancing pictures with or without guitar'!

very well, can't find the last one I uploaded so here's a recent picture of me :p

Interesting. Are you trying to aim your head into the hole in the box? :D
...so ever since then, I always hang on to the buckle.
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09/18/2010 2:12 pm
Originally Posted by: KerryInHollandI don't have one yet with my guitar but here's one of me last weekend dancing here in Holland. I LOVE to dance. May not do it well..but I enjoy it!


Well, your certainly the prettiest dancing guitar player on here. lol
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09/19/2010 12:14 am
Originally Posted by: RazboInteresting. Are you trying to aim your head into the hole in the box? :D[/QUOTE]
first off, it's a beer crate!
secondly...yes...but I missed :p

we were trying to do some ice-skate-bowling with beer crates, I figured why use beer crates when you can just throw yourself at it :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=Bluepick1956]Well, your certainly the prettiest dancing guitar player on here. lol

I was just waiting for someone to say that :D
= good music is good drinking =
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Franci5
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10/01/2010 8:01 pm
Originally Posted by: psylocke24Wow cool guitars, your ukulele is so cute and your Ovation Double Neck really rocks!



Thanks, Im still getting use to the double neck. Still learning the uke as well, but getting there.
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10/21/2010 9:35 pm
Alright, after seeing how brave everyone else is, I guess I can just throw this one up here for now. I'll get a more casual one with my guitar within the next couple of days.
James Lang

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11/13/2010 4:38 pm
Hmmmm...
I was about to post a ? about guitar pics......light, medium, heavy (thickness of pic), material, etc. to see if anyone has some good suggestions about using one type over another - type of music, type of strings, etc?
Then I realized this was a post for those who are enamored with pictures of other members. Like an ugly dog I have to have a long time to hang around you before I grow on you! So I will keep my pic to myself!
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01/05/2011 10:42 pm
Hey guys!

I just posted a picture of me holding my vintage Gretsch corvette nicknamed Gretschen on my site for helping people learn German.

http://www.germanlearninghelp.com/2011/01/die-gretchenfrage-faust-puns-and-youre-all-a-bunch-of-idioms/

What do you think? Comment here or on the blog.

Thanks.

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01/06/2011 7:56 pm
Here is my Ovation Applause Collection....

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01/10/2011 10:11 am
This is really fun. I will also post my picture here. Will upload my picture to Photobucket first :D
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01/10/2011 11:42 am
Originally Posted by: songsurgeonThis is really fun. I will also post my picture here. Will upload my picture to Photobucket first :D


make it a fun picture, not the standard ones we've already got a thousand of em! :p (except for mine)
= good music is good drinking =
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01/19/2011 7:49 pm
Love my Takamine KC70... ask me in a year whether I can play it!
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01/19/2011 8:53 pm


My Takamine GS430S
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - John Wooden

Reputation is what other perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most. - John Wooden
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01/19/2011 9:10 pm
Nice... Mine was a Christmas gift too.
M
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