onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
Am considering self-learning acoustic guitar. Zero experience. Any suggestions on a good guitar to buy for a total beginner?
Online instructions you like?
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Am considering self-learning acoustic guitar. Zero experience. Any suggestions on a good guitar to buy for a total beginner?
Online instructions you like?
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
Don't be seduced by famous brand names or celebrity endorsements.
Ideally, you want to actually go into a music shop [if they still exist] and try a few out: you want something that fits you, not the other way around. Not sure how feasible that is these days. Maybe they have demo programs like with tennis racquets. I would absolutely not buy one sight unseen; I can't tell from the description how it's going to feel or sound once in my hands.
I've got a Martin D Mahogany and I love it but I only bought it after years of playing [and more years of not playing] when I figured if it was the last guitar I bought, I'd be content.
As far as online instruction goes, I only sample. I learned the old-fashioned way. Music stores and instructors have probably adapted and started offering instruction online so, like a tennis instructor, do some research and look for a good match
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
I don’t really care about the brand. Just looking for something inexpensive and good for a beginner. Been reading online and read somewhere that ideally the strings should not be too high because then you have to press harder with your fingers.
Are there variations in sizes like tennis racquet grips? Some of my fingers are a little messed up/crooked from breaking them as kid playing sports.
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
That spacing is called the "action". Type of string also makes a difference. if you start playing a lot, you will develop calluses on your fingertips at which point it won't hurt anymore. As Bryan Adams sang "Played it 'til my fingers bled."
Yes. Most of the variation comes in the body size [the "D" Dreadnought size that I have is among the larger]. And classical guitars have wider fret boards than acoustic and thus more space between strings. And some have a chunk cut out of the body to make it easier to slide the non-dominant hand further up the scale.
I'm not a guitar nerd [just like I'm not a tennis gear nerd] so I'm not even aware of all of the brands. Martin, Gibson, Takamine, Yamaha; you probably can't go wrong with these but there are many, many brands that cost less and will fit you just as well if not better.
norcal
Legend
Been teleworking for almost a month now. Our city locked up tennis courts 2 weekends ago. I am extremely lucky to be family friends with an owner of one of the few private courts in town. He is 89 years old, life long tennis player who still hits with his ball machine. He said I can use his court whenever I want. None of his friends who normally play there are using it now (they are all older and play doubles). Of course I practice 'sanitized' tennis so although there is risk, it is minimal.
Last week I hit tues, weds, fri, and saturday lol. I am hitting the ball really well. Finally able to really hit my serve (although got to limit that to once a week still due to wrist still healing). Serving great. My fitness is improving during the lockdown since I can play lots of tennis, bike and hiking is fairly close by. Even remote beaches have been closed now so the new wetsuit I just bought will have to wait but overall I'm lucky job-wise and tennis-wise.
My dogs are happiest of all, one just walked over and dropped a tennis ball in my lap - play time!
Last week I hit tues, weds, fri, and saturday lol. I am hitting the ball really well. Finally able to really hit my serve (although got to limit that to once a week still due to wrist still healing). Serving great. My fitness is improving during the lockdown since I can play lots of tennis, bike and hiking is fairly close by. Even remote beaches have been closed now so the new wetsuit I just bought will have to wait but overall I'm lucky job-wise and tennis-wise.
My dogs are happiest of all, one just walked over and dropped a tennis ball in my lap - play time!
ChaelAZ
G.O.A.T.
This is what is killing me. I am finally back in decent shape and been moving and hitting as well as I ever have, but can't get in any matches or variety in play. I have one hitting partner I still get out with, so I am thankful for that, but I was hoping to get back to challenging my higher 4.0 and 4.5 buddies. I guess the bright side is, I can only hit betterer and get fiterer as time goes on!
norcal
Legend
My buddy in AZ said school courts are closed but other public ones are open. Seems like he (and a lot of AZ) don't take the virus seriously, said he plays with a large group of guys regularly still.
I'm in the same boat wanting to play higher competition since I am playing better but my core group of friends/teammates are all below me (and losing ground tbh because they are almost all older than me). I met a really good player at the uni courts right before the lockdown and got his #. He for sure would love to hit with me now since I have a court to hit on lol no other options. But part of the deal is enjoying being/hitting with friends so it's a tough decision since I can't hit as much as when I was younger....
Pete Player
Hall of Fame
I am a tool in playing an, any instrument. So could not tell.
I used to play a Landola. Cheap acoustic one with nylon strings.
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Pete Player
Hall of Fame
Actually quite many Tennis halls are running here. Lockers closed, but you can get onto the courts and play. No more than four or five people on a court, no shaking hands and no high-fives between points.
Singles is quite safe, considering the nature of the game and if you play with people, you meet otherwise too, family etc.
Golf courses are also running with restrictions. A flight is to be no bigger than two people, cups are modified so, the balls will not drop at the bottom and flag sticks are not to be touched, clubhouses are closed, drinking water tabs are out of use. And bookings and payments online only.
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Singles is quite safe, considering the nature of the game and if you play with people, you meet otherwise too, family etc.
Golf courses are also running with restrictions. A flight is to be no bigger than two people, cups are modified so, the balls will not drop at the bottom and flag sticks are not to be touched, clubhouses are closed, drinking water tabs are out of use. And bookings and payments online only.
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Dartagnan64
G.O.A.T.
I'm hoping things like that happen here soon. I think once you've got the curve flattened, bringing back lower risk activities seem the natural progression. Singles tennis, golf twosomes, hiking and biking trails, dog parks, etc. Almost all the big spread events came from religious services and parties. Keep those things shut down and keep stores limiting traffic and you could gradually open life back up.
norcal
Legend
Yes I read an article about Sweden's similar response and the reason it seems to be working is 1) the people actually trust the government so they take the restrictions seriously and follow them (unlike here where we have more serious restrictions but 50%ish don't take it seriously [hoax, just the flu, who cares if old people die etc]), and 2) very few people travel to Sweden in the winter so not near the level of virus introduction into the country.
I realize you're not in Sweden but probably the factors are similar. Makes sense.
Pete Player
Hall of Fame
Well yes,we are not Swedes, and will not defenately want to be Russians...
We had the most mited province locked down, so no trafic cross border to other provinces. Did not work out. The virus has spread yet the locking. The whole country is covered, but still the wast majority is down South and around the capitol, where there is a lot of people anyway.
We are trying to flatten the curve so the intensive care capability will tolerate it. Oldies are basically quarantined and we younger smart ones use face masks and gloves while shopping or going to public places or using transport services.
I think Charlie Brown has a word on this...
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serveandvolE
Rookie
All of the news I've read about Sweden is that it's not actually working there. Sweden's number of deaths due to the illness is higher than its neighbors per capita. Their scientists and doctors have been critical of the nation's policy.
Cage Rattler
Rookie
Some interesting ideas in latest proposal by Germans to get their summer league season going ... One is to not allow changing of ends while playing a match! Could make the toss the most important event of the entire game if conditions aren't perfect.
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
"The facts speak for themselves."
I'm suspicious of anyone who says this because it's about to be followed by a cherry-picked subset designed to prove his point of view [confirmation bias] and ignoring anything contrary.
I'm more of a "do your own research and come to your own conclusions" type.
However, there's nothing wrong with presenting one's data, logic, and assumptions, coming to a conclusion and offering "where are the flaws in my argument?".
So here's my take: I don't focus on absolute #s because population sizes are so different. According to worldometers [https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/], China and Iran have roughly the same # of cases [whether either set of #s are believable is another matter]. But China has way more people so you have to baseline that per capita so you can make an apples-to-apples comparison. Many news outlets can't grasp this simple concept.
So if you compare deaths per million people among Sweden, Finland, and Norway, 3 countries with similar genetic stock, culture, and climate, you come up with
Country deaths per million
Sweden 150
Norway 30
Finland 16
If I was typical, I'd stop here and claim this proves that Sweden's policy is a complete failure.
Where could the flaws in this comparison be?
- Maybe Sweden is using a more comprehensive definition or attributing deaths to CV more aggressively than the other 2
- Maybe Norway and Finland are doing the opposite
- Maybe there were a few hot spots that skewed Sweden's #s
So it's hard to know for certain how to interpret the data. One tries to take factors into account and then one makes a decision based on that.
I happen to think Sweden's policy IS a major factor in why their #s are worse but I'm sure some really smart people who actually know epidemiology could make a credible counter-argument.
"You pays your money, you takes your chances."
tennishabit
Legend
the death rate seemingly directly related the underlined preconditions of the dead. i bet no death here in ttw among the 'risky age group'. actually any regular activity will do like jogging swimming watava. i've never seen any1 even infected n the death/infection are from tv/online news. it seemed overnight so many ppl started wearing masks especially among asians, quite strange
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movdqa
Talk Tennis Guru
the death rate seemingly directly related the underlined preconditions of the dead. i bet no death here in ttw among the 'risky age group'. actually any regular activity will do like jogging swimming watava. i've never seen any1 even infected n the death/infection are from tv/online news. it seemed overnight so many ppl started wearing masks especially among asians, quite strange
The masks are normal in Asia. It's courtesy if you're sick. In some countries, pollution is so bad that they are worn to protect your lungs.
I speak with people in the Stockholm area nearly every week for RE biz. On Thursday it seemed people in Stockholm were suddenly much more anxious about CoVid19. Being sparsely populated Sweden will only be hit hard in Stockholm, Malmö, Göteborg, etc., and in nursing/elder facilities. I think, on good evidence, the Swedes' trust in their government is skin-deep, though acting as though they did is near-universal: "The nail that sticks up gets hammered." As for Norway v. Sweden: The Swedes were quite smug until two weeks ago, accusing the Norwegians of over-reacting. Not so much this week. The Swedish PM came out early in the week saying (approximately) "Why did England change its model? We copied them and now they have given up on the 'herd immunity' belief." Herd immunity plans when we don't even know if SARS-CoV2 is a virus from which immunity reliably develops? No face masks? (Blame the WHO, CDC, et al for that horrible advice.)
All tennis facilities (outdoor, indoor, public, private) are closed in the Mid-Atlantic region, unfortunately. Treadmill. I hate using my treadmill, but it's the only option for now, together with some weights. Ironically, the death rate for CoVid does seem fairly close to seasonal flu's. Time will tell. We go gloved and masked if we're going to enter a store, just masked otherwise.
Cage Rattler
Rookie
Seniors World Champs (50,55,60) cancelled for the year. Next one will be same venue, Boca Raton, in 2021.
Injured Again
Hall of Fame
I am very fortunate that I turn 59 this year and was targeting next year when I will be the baby of the 60 year old division. I know a couple of people who have aged into the next higher division this year and they are really devastated at losing this chance and not knowing how their health may be in five years.
norcal
Legend
Since I can hit a lot again now (a lot is relative to age lol) I am going to see if I can do what I did routinely when younger - wear out a pair of shoes in 6 months and take advantage of the durability guarantee. So many good sales now, got a pair of K-Swiss Ultrashot 2 for $56 from TW - after 3 weeks of hitting 3x per week I will have no trouble wearing them out...I'm guessing in 4 months.
Hope I stay healthy for a while, I have tons of gear - 4 new pairs of shoes, new shorts, shirts, strings and lots of rackets. If tennis production ceased I would fine for at least a couple years lol.
Hope I stay healthy for a while, I have tons of gear - 4 new pairs of shoes, new shorts, shirts, strings and lots of rackets. If tennis production ceased I would fine for at least a couple years lol.
ChaelAZ
G.O.A.T.
I could never get the tongue to stay straight on the Ultrashots, so they also had a good sale on the BigShot light 3.0's and I bought a few pairs of those. I actually have a pair of Ultrashots I am returning.
norcal
Legend
Was that the original or US 2? A lot of people complained about the tongue on the original version so they changed it for the 2. I didn't have a problem with either but of course everyone's feet are different. I know the Big Shot is really popular, saw those on a great sale too.
ChaelAZ
G.O.A.T.
Yeah, Ultrashot 2 is what they are. I had the pervious light version, but got these to try and immediately saw the tongue slide to the side just trying them on. I am actually boxing them up to send back today.
Pete Player
Hall of Fame
Yeah, tennis on a pause due the knee problem. Chronic pain and lack of strength due to arthrosis.
Luckily golfing still possible, yet two rounds a day is too much for the knee.
Managed an albatross tonight. A leaked drive around 300 yds and a nested lie in rough landing in the front green and a decent roll out due tailwinded 8-iron into the mug! More rare than a HIO.
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Luckily golfing still possible, yet two rounds a day is too much for the knee.
Managed an albatross tonight. A leaked drive around 300 yds and a nested lie in rough landing in the front green and a decent roll out due tailwinded 8-iron into the mug! More rare than a HIO.
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Sorry to hear Pete. Don't give up hope. Stem cell treatments r advancing fast. To keep my knees I use:. Sour cherry juice,. Animal gelatin dissolved in my morning coffee, lemon and ginger tea double teabagged, this horrible liquid tumeric with black pepper and ginger. Spiralina pills keeps down general inflammation which increases as we age. Why not try all this u won't hurt and at worse you ll just have expensive per.
Pete Player
Hall of Fame
I read two articles on glucosamine. One, which was a scientific one with about ten studies behind and one, a commercial one without any liable references. The one trusted gave no hope, while the bogus doc. In Medicine was selling the nutritient.
The cartilage, bearing in joints is till today the one which shall never regenerate or renew. Instead ears and nose will grow till elderdom.
I truly think, my tennis has come to an end in the sense of rigid practising and gettin truly better. Golf still going though and hope to hit my goals in that. 3.1 index at the moment and aiming to scratch.
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1stVolley
Professional
Hell, this must be the wrong forum for me. Everybody's too young. I'm 75 and was playing 6-7 times per week (pre-COVID19 times), mostly singles but a couple of doubles mixed in there. Now, I'm down to 4 times per week. All singles although my club's just opening up doubles this Saturday. I won't play doubles during the pandemic because I don't think the distancing is far enough away for safety.
I've been a vegetarian since '85 and eat very simply: hot oatmeal with yogurt, blueberries and vegetable-based protein powder for brunch, toast with olive oil, walnuts and a banana for a midday snack and spaghetti, veggie burger, rollup with beans and rice, etc., for dinner.
I lift light free weights daily along with a morning half hour stretching routine and, right before bed, a 15 minute stretching routine. I quit doing yoga because its static stretching did nothing to prevent lots of muscle strains. Now I do only dynamic stretches--a pattern of 30 short ones known as Lian Gong (a bit like tai chi but easier on the knees) which work fine for my flexibility. And a couple of weeks ago I started doing footwork drills with an exercise ladder. They're great for cardio, leg flexibility and movement. I also do around 10 short (about 25') sprints daily for my forward speed on the courts.
I currently use a Prince TT 100 (310) which I like because of its excellent balance between power, control, flex, maneuverability, stability, and spin.
I've been a vegetarian since '85 and eat very simply: hot oatmeal with yogurt, blueberries and vegetable-based protein powder for brunch, toast with olive oil, walnuts and a banana for a midday snack and spaghetti, veggie burger, rollup with beans and rice, etc., for dinner.
I lift light free weights daily along with a morning half hour stretching routine and, right before bed, a 15 minute stretching routine. I quit doing yoga because its static stretching did nothing to prevent lots of muscle strains. Now I do only dynamic stretches--a pattern of 30 short ones known as Lian Gong (a bit like tai chi but easier on the knees) which work fine for my flexibility. And a couple of weeks ago I started doing footwork drills with an exercise ladder. They're great for cardio, leg flexibility and movement. I also do around 10 short (about 25') sprints daily for my forward speed on the courts.
I currently use a Prince TT 100 (310) which I like because of its excellent balance between power, control, flex, maneuverability, stability, and spin.
1stVolley
Professional
Simple: the hope that the next racquet you'll switch to will revolutionize your game. Hope blooms eternal.
1stVolley
Professional
It's very dangerous to admit you play pickleball on a tennis forum for seniors (or juniors, for that matter).
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
Turmeric, black pepper, and ginger might taste horrible as a drink but they are awesome in curry.
Yep food and spices in health management is a gap in western medicine. Been known for centuries in the east. Some I take every day e.g. pomegranate juice. Most twice a week is enough to get the effect.
It's pretty much like stock trading I have a portfolio of these things. science just looks at correlations it doesn't mean that something is always going to work for every person. Some are designed to build cartilage some are anti-inflammatories to lessen damage. BTW don't bother with expensive collagen powders animal gelatin is cheapest and best because it has complete proteins.
Gelatin supplements: Good for your joints?
Consuming a gelatin supplement, plus a burst of intensive exercise, can help build ligaments, tendons and bones, new research concludes.
www.sciencedaily.com
It's pretty much like stock trading I have a portfolio of these things. science just looks at correlations it doesn't mean that something is always going to work for every person. Some are designed to build cartilage some are anti-inflammatories to lessen damage. BTW don't bother with expensive collagen powders animal gelatin is cheapest and best because it has complete proteins.
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tennishabit
Legend
Yep food and spices in health management is a gap in western medicine. Been known for centuries in the east. Some I take every day e.g. pomegranate juice. Most twice a week is enough to get the effect.
Gelatin supplements: Good for your joints?
Consuming a gelatin supplement, plus a burst of intensive exercise, can help build ligaments, tendons and bones, new research concludes.www.sciencedaily.com
It's pretty much like stock trading I have a portfolio of these things. science just looks at correlations it doesn't mean that something is always going to work for every person. Some are designed to build cartilage some are anti-inflammatories to lessen damage. BTW don't bother with expensive collagen powders animal gelatin is cheapest and best because it has complete proteins.
yep man.........the indians spices do boost immune sys for sure. at the end of coivd saga ppl will realize something by now. hot curry, turmeric etcetcetc taste gr8 as well
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norcal
Legend
Still hitting a lot, 3-4 times a week. Weather has been perfect and public courts are open again so I can hit as often as my body can handle it. Playing well but wish I had a banger to practice with, nothing like pace to keep you on your toes. Overall game is as sharp as it has been in years, fitness too. Wfh has been good for my tennis.
Gonna burn through my warranty shoes in 3 months probably, never thought that would happen again!
Gonna burn through my warranty shoes in 3 months probably, never thought that would happen again!
Dartagnan64
G.O.A.T.
I don't know. If you can hit a 300 yd drive on a 480yd par 5, it's not much harder than making a hole-in-one on a par 3.
Back when i could hit long drives I came close to a number of albatrosses on some shorter par 5's. Probably similar to my rate of near misses to holes in one. I'm still 0-fer both feats sadly.
norcal
Legend
There were lots of weeds in my 'home' (about 3 minute bike ride) courts but when the city opened the courts they really cleaned them up which is nice. I'm guessing the scheduled resurfacing will no longer happen as I'm sure the money can better be spent elsewhere since there's been zero sales tax coming in. Too bad since the courts will become almost unplayable in the summer (they are so worn the black asphalt is showing through, the balls are grey within minutes; in summer they are faster than grass and balls last 20 minutes).
Still plenty of nice enough courts around though (no tennis club in my town). Can't complain.
This is the court I've been playing at during the lockdown, random court in between houses in the middle of a neighborhood. The owner bought extra space next door way back when the development was built (70's?) and put a court in. Fortunately the neighbors are all friends and never ratted us out lol (lots of busybodies in this town!).
Still plenty of nice enough courts around though (no tennis club in my town). Can't complain.
This is the court I've been playing at during the lockdown, random court in between houses in the middle of a neighborhood. The owner bought extra space next door way back when the development was built (70's?) and put a court in. Fortunately the neighbors are all friends and never ratted us out lol (lots of busybodies in this town!).
movdqa
Talk Tennis Guru
First time out yesterday and we hit for 45 minutes. Strokes were generally decent as was timing and movement. This court was resurfaced last year and I hadn't hit on it before but the ball kicked off of it faster than I was used to so I had to adjust. We picked these courts because all of the courts at schools are padlocked. These courts are run by the town so they are open. These courts in particular are a set of two. The other courts that are open are a set of four and I didn't want to have to run across multiple courts to retrieve stray balls.
There was a sign outside the courts on social distancing and precautions.
After we started, another couple came on to hit the ball. So we were careful to not let balls roll onto their courts and didn't pick them up with our hands when theirs came on our court. It was 88 degrees and sunny, the warmest day of the year by far. There was some wind in both directions - so getting back to using outdoor courts. I need to get a hat. I got blinded by the sun as I didn't bring my sunglasses and my hat died a while back.
It felt great.
My Club is opening for some activities on June 1. Tennis wasn't listed but it wasn't excluded either.
There was a sign outside the courts on social distancing and precautions.
After we started, another couple came on to hit the ball. So we were careful to not let balls roll onto their courts and didn't pick them up with our hands when theirs came on our court. It was 88 degrees and sunny, the warmest day of the year by far. There was some wind in both directions - so getting back to using outdoor courts. I need to get a hat. I got blinded by the sun as I didn't bring my sunglasses and my hat died a while back.
It felt great.
My Club is opening for some activities on June 1. Tennis wasn't listed but it wasn't excluded either.
Injured Again
Hall of Fame
Has anyone found that in coming back to tennis, that their equipment preferences have changed? For me, I was in the process of testing Yonex Poly Tour Pro for Tennis Warehouse during the closure, which is a softer string than my go-to string. I also worked on changes to stroke technique as well. Now that we are back to playing more normally, I'm finding my preference is for a softer string or my normal string at a lower tension.
Has anyone else changed their preferences over the past couple of months?
Has anyone else changed their preferences over the past couple of months?
movdqa
Talk Tennis Guru
I've been using the same setup since 2011 and it felt fine. The layoff was only 9 weeks so only a few cobwebs. Working out regularly means that things aren't that bad after a layoff. I had an 18-month layoff from 2017 to 2019 and it took far more effort and time to come back.
Your body changes if you haven't been hitting for a while so a different setup may feel better.
Injured Again
Hall of Fame
I worked out long and hard during the break. Did a fair amount of high intensity cycling for the first time in a few years, along with running and hill sprints. Worked out with what weights we had, which was sufficient to not slide backwards. And let my body heal up some injuries that were nagging at me before Covid. Did lots of stretching. So I came back into tennis with good fitness, flexibility, and strength.
Still, it feels like a minor reset as far as my equipment preferences. I hit again today, for probably the 10-12th time consistently since regular play started for me about three weeks ago. A technique change is letting me hit with more topspin but the same ball speed because of better racquet head speed. So it seems like I should want at least as stiff of a stringbed as I had before. But the old tension feels to stiff and and a new stringjob 5% lower in tension still feels tighter than I would want.
I've commented in other threads that when I've previously taken breaks of 3-4 weeks due to travel, I come back and find my stringbed is really harsh feeling at first, but after a couple of sessions it feels normal and is what I prefer. This time, it's different and I can't possibly imagine wanting to even stay as stiff in the stringbed as I have now down 5% from my prior tension. Sounds like I'm an outlier.
movdqa
Talk Tennis Guru
I will have to check the tension on my strings as there is the factor of letting them sit for a few months.
Pete Player
Hall of Fame
Still, quoted from USA Today, GolfWeek: Albatross and Ace...
I think being one of the lucky players, cause I’ve done both these and on average about 10 eagles a year. Nowadays, as a senior I play short courses in competition, but have also managed to make eagles putting as well as holing out off the fairway while playing off the tips. Missed a rare opportunity last week making two eagles on same round missing a short put on the back nine.
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Tennease
Legend
Just recently I've been thinking of learning to play guitar too, as I like instrumental music and the sound of all kinds of stringed musical instruments. I've looked around at ébay and AliExpress... They aren't that expensive!
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
I ended up borrowing a guitar from a friend that wasn’t using it.
Not really sure what kind of guitar it is? Classic? Acoustic? Body type? I’ll take a photo of it.
Been following one or two youtube tutorials for the last month. At first I only practiced every few days, but for the past two weeks I have been practicing a little bit each day.
The amount of skills to learn and remember seems overwhelming. The beginner youtube video even seems hard.
S&V-not_dead_yet
Talk Tennis Guru
The parallels to tennis are many.
I'd suggest concentrating on good form and forgetting about speed. Get good at being able to strum a few notes [C, D, G, & A] and leave the Carlos Santana shredding for later.
Which video are you watching?
Don't try this at home [yet]:
The first time I heard his rendition of Classical Gas, I literally stopped what I was doing and just stood there transfixed.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
On youtube:
Andy Guitar’s free beginner tutorials.
One of my eventual way-down-the-road goals is to be able to play the song “Father and Son” and sing with my kid. I took a look at Swiftlessons’ tutorial and it looks hard.
Overall goal is to just have fun with music as I have not done anything music-wise since I was a little kid.
Dartagnan64
G.O.A.T.
Well played my 6th time since lockdown ended and finally felt like I knew what I was doing. Took a while to get the strokes back to a comfortable and accurate level. As usual the key was maintaining eye contact longer and keeping the head still at contact.
Onward and upward.
Onward and upward.
