I play guitar. Well, I want to play guitar. I’ve been learning for probably 20 years, but when it comes to actually playing a song, something doesn’t click in my brain.
Oh, I admit that I haven’t practiced as much lately as I should, but honestly, practice starts to feel futile when you can’t seem to strum out a simple 2 chord song. My problem has to do with rhythm and strumming. For some reason, unless I force myself to mechanically strum the strings “UP DOWN UP DOWN UP DOWN” forever, I lose myself in the rhythm, and awkwardly try to catch up or something. Oh, and if I Purchase Tramadol Cod do just strum up and down, it sounds horribly mechanical and awkward.
To try putting the problem I have into words — it seems like my brain/fingers are attempting to strum every syllable, or at least every word. I https://www.petwantsclt.com/petwants-charlotte-ingredients/ know it’s not as hard as I’m making it out to be, but the inability to comfortably play even ONE song does make practice frustrating.
I recently (at Bair Lake) watched the guitar leader play a million songs, and never change his strumming pattern. He changed chords SLOWER than I usually do, and sounded infinitely less awkward in doing so. I’m not sure what I’m doing, or why I’m doing it — but it’s really to the point that practice is not fun, and any singing attempts are usually cause for quitting altogether. We won’t even talk about playing https://www.petwantsclt.com/petwants-charlotte-ingredients/ with someone else, much less lead other people in singing.
So anyway, there’s my 2AM, can’t sleep, whining complaint-fest.
Have you ever taken proper lessons? They can teach you all the tricks and help you make things easier. I have VERY LIMITED piano playing skills but would really love to be able to play the violin. Some day I hope.
I took actual lessons as a kid, but it was limited to learning chords. I don’t remember any real strumming techniques. Sadly, I think part of my problem is that I have very poor rhythm in general.
Violin (and fiddle) are absolutely gorgeous when played well — and so painful to listen to when imperfect. My daughters took strings lessons for a year, and if it weren’t for my undying love for them — I may have destroyed the instruments while they were sleeping. It sounded like a cat was being tortured!
But when it’s good, it’s real good to hear.