7.23.2009

Learning to Play Guitar, Part I: Sweet Misery

A guitar has most recently found itself in my possession. To celebrate this companionship with my new instrument friend, I sat down, Google searched "Beginning Guitar," and found this site. I can play a really pathetic version of Leaving on a Jet Plane and The Gambler, identify basic guitar anatomy, and hold a pick in the correct position. The cords I slowly produce sound terrible and my hands feel foreign and clumsy. After 20 minutes of playing, the 1st through 3rd fingers on my fretting hand ache and discuss going on strike. I finally feel like I am doing something with my summer.

I can't wait to learn enough to plunk out old hymns at the beach near sunset.

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