karusian: Ahhhh Daniel-san, first you must learn block! then you can learn punch!

Wax-on wax-off. Paint-da-fence.

Na-a-a-a-a-aa LOOK EYES! ALWAYS LOOK EYES!

Don't know, never been attacked by tree!

either karate do yes, or karate do no.

Austin, Austin, Austin---You make this Cali woman proud with your response to ColdPlay.

Also, I haven't heard of Porcupine Tree. I'll have to look them up.

Cosmic_ape--Thanks for Rosenberg Trio music.

Mr. McKenna--When are you going to ask M. London out for an evening? I'm surprised you haven't gotten together to jam.

Michelle--Something strange has been happening in this forum and it seems to be following you. Silly troll! It should know better than to interrupt Mighty Michelle! She could turn on it with all her guns blazing! Woooooo Hoooooo!!!

Chee101 Tracie--Please speak to me. I have been running into brick walls lately with this stupid disease! The medications don't always work like they're sposed to.

Zenfish--Are you the "real" son of a fish that Joe was talking about???

GoldenGirl2

CommodoreDrake - step into my office.;0)...........I started learning guitar on 28 Dec so it's only been about 8 weeks but maybe this wil be useful to you.

1. Plenty of kind and helpful people on this site who tolerate all the dumb questions I ask and provide helpful info and tips.

2. I got hold of an old acoustic to use and started learning chords from the Dummies Guide to Guitar. It was a pretty bad old guitar but good to see if I was going to continue. Last week I got a 2nd hand Fender acoustic off ebay ($150) which is perfect and lovely to play so now I practice on that. There is usually someone with a guitar you can borrow.

3. I got the Hal Leonard book on ebay and there are also a heap of websites for beginners, e.g. justinguitar.com is a good one. You can get any song up on youtube if you want to hear how it is meant to be played.

4. I spoke with all the people I know who can play guitar and asked them about chords, notes, practice, what order they learnt things in etc. guitar palyers are always keen to talk about it

I try to practice 20-30 mins per day but being a Mum sometimes that don't work.

Oh come on, "Daniel Caruso"? he's obviously the Karate kid!

The problem with guitar these days is competition.Shouldnt it be about composition?I mean if a guitarist could dazzle me with 6 billion notes a minute i,d put him in a circus

Wow lots of great info. Now another question, everyone seems to be talking about acoustic vs. electric, but what about steel guitars. I love the sound of those as well. Probably won't start in that area but it'd be cool to eventually get there.

Looking at the prices ya'll have quoted I'm probably going to have to go with a second hand which is fine. I just don't really have the money to go new. I'm in the process of starting a new business so that tends to suck up quite a bit of my disposable income. Five years at it so far and still not making any type of money... well that's a lie made four hundred in profit this year but that all goes right back in.

So I looked at used online and realized I need to figure out what size I need... so apparently it's first to a music store to see what size I need and then to look for a second hand.

Al McKenna--Why is Ireland so...so...Roman Catholic? Don't they accept freedom of all kinds of religions? I can't figure that out. What does it matter if you visit a priest or a vicar? I don't like the attitude toward diversity and my brother/friend and his lifestyle (why would anyone choose that lifestyle?) I think he and his domestic partner should be able to get married if they want to. He's a great guy and I should know 'cause we met in high school and we were the best of friends. People can be so weird about these things. I mean peoples sex lives are very complex and some people don't want to admit it.

SkippyGirl--I didn't know you had an office in here. What color paint or wallpaper did you use and what does your desk look like?

LOL! Have ya'll noticed how the Aussies and Canadians have been flirtin' with each other in this space? Also they been flirtin' with the President of the United States and sendin' him flowers and gifts. Such flattery will get them everywhere!!!!!!!!!! Awwwww shucks....you guys! ;-0)

To all the guitar players- Dumb Question #22 -

I started on the A pentatonic and was using the same approach as chords i.e. arched fingers so as not to touch other strings etc but then I went back to the vids of PipSatrini (daddy long legs fingers) and Blue Moony and Joe I noticed that they actually keep their fingers quite straightish and parallel to the finger board and just tap the end of their fingers on each string - so my question is does it not matter that you might touch the other strings (since you are only picking one) or are you somehow not touching them at all?

2nd part of Dumb Question - is it better technique to only have 1 finger on 1 string at a time or is it OK to keep a string depressed if your next note is not affected i.e. playing F on the 1st string then G can I leave the F depressed - it's easier.

Slansh : i share your statement about competition polluting composition.

But as you know, competition is an easier way than composition. & people do what they are able to do.

Edit : i just would like to add that if, across this democratic competition, a musician bets onto composition, how many luck does he get to be heard?

Very few.

& there's lot of musicians who bet onto composition.

Cosmic Ape - Aha!!! (slaps forehead) that makes sense, thanks for that detailed description I appreciate it. I was watching Pip play Extremist and it's ike a spider crawling over the frets so you can see the economy of finger movement - maybe in a year or so I'll nail it.

Will be heading to guitar lessons soon, have to wait for the stars to align.......