Subj : Re: G&L Guitars closed
To   : NIGHTFOX
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sat Oct 11 2025 08:00:47

ji> I took lessons from a lady in another nearby town. A friend was taking
ji> lessons from her, so I started. After a few months she broke my heart - "I
ji> can't teach you anymore." Why not, I wanted to know - "There's nothing
ji> else I can do to help you." Man I almost cried. I asked was I that bad?

ji> She clarified quickly - that I had progressed to the point that there was
ji> no reason to come back to her. I would either move along and do it, or I
ji> wouldn't.

NI>:) I've thought of taking guitar lessons, though now I'm not sure I'd feel li
  >committing to practicing for guitar lessons.. :)

The lessons can be boring but maybe they teach adults differently than
they do younger people. The best way to keep new players interested
is to teach them music that they like and can play with minimal
training, then improve their style as they get better at playing
the basics of it.

There's the old joke about being able to play country music if
you know 3 chords. That's not so far off the truth in some cases,
and as you get good at changing between chords and such, you get
better at changing the way you hit each one to sound even better..

A good example of a country song that is maybe not so terrible
is Knocking on Heaven's Door..
Not a bad sounding piece and a simplified version of it can be
played using only 3 chords..  G, D and C..

I'd show someone the 6 or 8 most commonly used chords and run
the scales through all 6 strings so they know which frets are
mostly used on each string.. and then get them into some simple
songs so they feel they have something to show off or be proud of.

BUT.. that said, the way I would teach someone, they wouldn't
come out able to read music. I've sorted out dozens of songs by
ear but that takes a lot of practice.

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