Don wrote:
Well...I've grown tired of just surviving the winters, and since things
have mellowed out inn this newsgroup I can't even count on a good dustup
to keep me going.
This morning I went to a local music store and bought a Takamine GS-330S
acoustic guitar.
I didn't know what to buy so I let the salesman convince me that this
model was the best value..for a beginner as it was on at a reduced
price. They threw in the case, strap and half a dozen picks... all for
$300.00 CDN.
Next I walked upstairs to the Canadian Conservatory of Music and signed
up for 18 weeks of music lessons.
Classes don't start until next Tuesday night, so I found beginner
lessons online but might have trouble with my frettin' hand. I find the
strings seem close together for my chubby fingers. Anyway, I'll see how
it works out. Gotta do something..... the wife has been called back to
work a month early and I'll be semi-housebound for months. Back to that
chromatic chord...
G major
D major
C major...
mmmm wonder if they do cash refunds at that store?
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Not a bad choice for a hobby and you can have a lot of fun with it
during the boating season, too. Some years ago, a friend showed me
the basic chords and I banged away on an old guitar that my wife had
used as a teenager. Later, a marina friend was trying to learn the
banjo, so it became sort of a contest to see who could progress faster
with their chosen insterment. It was about a tie, but we had a lot of
fun. Then still another marina friend brought her accordian out and we
had a 3 piece combo, this brought out a fourth that played the
harmonica very well. We limped along with various singalong stuff for
several years, usually attracting some others for singalong.

But, for a winter hobby, I took up ship modeling about 19 years ago.
Not being much of a craftsman, I was surprised (as were many others) at
the results..

Happy hobby & boating, Norm