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Working Through the Sharps and Flats

I am pretty excited right now. For weeks, I have been looking ahead in the material and had this sinking feeling that something terrible was on the horizon. I think it was those sharps and flats I told you about yesterday. Well, as it turns out, they aren’t so bad after all. They are actually […]

Guitar Sharps, Flats & Naturals

I have great news – I am officially moving on to the Sharps, Flats and Naturals section of Session 4 in Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar. This is pretty exciting because it means that I am comfortable with everything up until this point, which was a lot. Now, I’ve heard that it’s quite common to […]

Learning To Play the Guitar

Man, I feel like it’s been such a long time. I’ve been tied up with all sorts of stuff, one being my new adventure with the guitar. I don’t want to get into a long post about it here because I’ve been writing pretty consistently on the new “Guitar” pages I set up in the […]

Hal Leonard Guitar Method – Book 1

My copy of Hal Leonard Guitar Method arrive in the mail today. I decided that I’ll log my activities for that as well. The series is comprised of three books, bound as one, which keeps things nice and clean. Since this is in no way as comprehensive as Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar, I’ll be […]

Practicing Guitar – Session 3

June 4, 2012 Practice time: 4:30 – 5:00 I warmed up with “More First and Second String Exercises” in Session 2 a few times. I felt comfortable with that and moved on to a few rounds of “Ode To Joy” and “Jingle Bells.” I am good at playing both of those songs at 90bpm and […]

Practicing Guitar – Session 4

June 15, 2012 Practice time: 4:00 – 5:10 Good news – last night, after I finished writing my update on this blog, I started fooling around with my tuner again. Apparently, my guitar was wildly out of tune. I had to adjust every string a pretty huge amount. Now, it sounds completely different and actually […]

Learning to Play Guitar – Practice Logs

Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar Practice Log I’ll be using this post as my practice log for my learning the guitar. I first picked up my new guitar and began learning on May 15, 2012. Since then, I’ve been practicing between a half hour and an hour per day. I haven’t missed a day yet. […]

Finished : No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

I’m not sure what to make of this book. Before I began, I read the reviews. They were very positive. People loved it. Changed them. Told them something they’ll remember forever. I’m not sure if I agree. The book was more of a reflection than a story. It was a point of view that was […]

The Age of Jackson by Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.

Onward and upward. To follow my trend of flipping between fiction and non-fiction, I am going to attempt to read “The Age of Jackson by Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr.” This should be interesting. Like I do before I read anything, I look at the reviews. For this book, they are quite intense, as you can […]