Better Late Than Never

Hi,
I am 89 years old and my guitar is older than I am. It was made around 1920. I was able to pick out a tune one note at a time as a kid. Then WWII and the Navy came along, and then a family. Now I have the time, I can't play golf all of the time. I read notes well enough to play a Casio keyboard for my own enjoyment. I may have a problem. I had the guitar repaired and the technician tuned it one level below the standard. He was afraid the correct tuning would be too much of a strain on a 95 year old martin type guitar. Everything sounds OK to me but I am not sure how this will affect future lessons. I guess I will find out.
Don

Hey Don,
Welcome to GuitarTricks.. Thank you for your service. I hope you and your old friend have a good time here at GT..
Thank you for your service.

There's a chap lives down my street who's been playing guitar from his early teens. Now in his 70s, he plays golf most days and plays with his band most evenings. As a mere youngster of 68 and a half, you people are an inspiration and make me glad I finally knuckled down over the last 3 years, rather than going the "can't teach an old dog" route. I can now look forward to many years of enjoyment, which I would have missed if I'd decided it was too late to bother!
(Maybe that old guitar would fund a younger, less delicate replacement).

What a great story!!! Thank you for sharing it.

To get around the detuning issue, you can get a capo and put it on the first fret. When counting frets, you have to start one up from the capo. Technically, it's the second fret, but in your situation it will be the first. Otherwise when you play along with the lessons it won't sound right...all of your notes will be flat.

Best of luck...this is a great place to learn!!

Thanks for the information. I will buy a capo.