BoatBanter.com - OT New hobby

Harry Krause wrote:
Don White wrote:

JohnH wrote:

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 01:02:41 GMT, Don White
wrote:

Harry Krause wrote:

JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:15:26 -0500, (N.L.
Eckert) wrote:

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?
==================================
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

Where are some pictures, please?
Alt.binaries.pictures.sports.ocean would
be a great place, unless you're one of those talented guys with
his own web
site.
--
John H

Why are you suggesting that someone post photos of guitars to an
ocean sports photo group?

Survived my 1st lesson tonight. Six of us in the class and I might
be the rookie.
Gotta practice my first song..
Twinkle twinkle Little Guitar.... (actually 'Star')
He also had us strumming four blues chords... but it takes me way
to long to move my frettn' hand from chord to chord.
Fingers were sore at the end of the class but instructer says a
couple of weeks practicing half an hour a day should toughen me up.

Don, where did you find the instructor? Did you just look in the Yellow
Pages? Guitar lessons sounds like fun!
--
John H

******Have a spectacular day!******

The Conservatory and the Music Store below it sent out brochures at
Christmas time.
I had been aware of this place for many years as it was on my daily
walk between home and work.... and a former casual co-workers husband
was the Director until August. Seems some organization in Georgia make
him a better offer and he flew south. There went my connection and a
potential reduced tuition fee. ;-)
http://www.canadianconservatory.com/
(busy spot... lots of kids taking private lessons plus adults)

I forgot your answer, Don...are you playing nylon or steel strings?

Steel.....
One of the guys in our class last night had nylon, which were a bit
better spaced on the wider neck. I believe the instructor said that was
common for a Spanish guitar.....
Disadvantage...his nylon strings probably need tuning more often.