Bikerdoc
Senior Member
Move quickly, smoothly, and effortlessly from one chord to another. Practice? Well, I can practice going from an Am7 to an Em7 until I'm blue in the face. But is it the right way for open chords? I don't know because I can't get it. Should I spend more time with barre chords? Is that necessary in order for me to make that change? I don't see how barre chords can help since I can't finger pick either. I know Joe, you said you could teach me in 30 minutes and honestly, that kind of makes me feel worse since I've practiced the finger picking thing for what seems like decades and still can't get it. Soooooooo, I'm probably pretty dense if all it should take me is 30 minutes. But hey Joe, I know you were giving me hope.
I've never had a guitar lesson in my life. I've been playing a long time but I admit, in an environment (venue) that seemingly only inspired me to play(along) and not learn more than I needed to learn. I remember the first time I sang a song and I received a nice reaction from people. Then people would ask, "do you know" this or that one. It was a good feeling. The ego was frosted. Soon I was learning songs all on my own using open chords and standard tuning. Actually it was all fairly easy to do, especially when you learned to skip over those difficult chords and still sing the song.
I guess I don't really have a question but if there's one (desperation) hidden in my post and someone can answer it that would be great. I think I'm as talented as many folks I've seen or heard play but then real talent comes along and I feel like such a poser..........like a middle-aged-crisis-biker in his brand new leathers trying to impress me by pretending he's the real deal.
The fact that I'm losing my hearing, my eyesight, and my memory is frustrating but it doesn't deter my desire to play. However, it does totally piss me off.
I've never had a guitar lesson in my life. I've been playing a long time but I admit, in an environment (venue) that seemingly only inspired me to play(along) and not learn more than I needed to learn. I remember the first time I sang a song and I received a nice reaction from people. Then people would ask, "do you know" this or that one. It was a good feeling. The ego was frosted. Soon I was learning songs all on my own using open chords and standard tuning. Actually it was all fairly easy to do, especially when you learned to skip over those difficult chords and still sing the song.
I guess I don't really have a question but if there's one (desperation) hidden in my post and someone can answer it that would be great. I think I'm as talented as many folks I've seen or heard play but then real talent comes along and I feel like such a poser..........like a middle-aged-crisis-biker in his brand new leathers trying to impress me by pretending he's the real deal.
The fact that I'm losing my hearing, my eyesight, and my memory is frustrating but it doesn't deter my desire to play. However, it does totally piss me off.