On Guitaring

I started taking piano lessons when I was 7 years old. As I recall I had started trying to teach myself with a "teach yourself piano" book I found around the house and a roughly two and a half octave keyboard. My determination to learn impressed my parents enough that they bought a piano and lessons for me, Amanda, and my father. In all the time that I took piano lessons I only wanted to quit once. I now have the mental capacity to articulate that the reason I wanted to quit was because my piano teacher intimidated me, not because I didn't want to learn to play. But I'm glad my parents didn't let me quit and that my piano teacher eventually moved to Florida leaving a void that was filled by much more delightful teachers.

At 24 I have no guitar teacher other than myself, the same determination, and a head already full of musical knowledge. An example: I picked out the tune to the song "Mama Don't Allow" (which happens to be part of Thatcher Hurd's book by the same name). Then I figured out the chords.

But when I try to play it....well it's not so good.

Kind of frustrating when your head knows how to do it, but your fingers don't.

Just a note: I've added John as an author. The time change post is his. If you look at the bottom of each post you can see who the author is. He has also said he will tag his posts with "guest author" and "the hubs."