Hey Lanier Spots!

You ask for it, here you go. LOL


I have completed Justins first section. A,D and E. I can do all those pretty well. I am now working on building speed on them , one of the exercises, and changing from one to another. One of his sessions is guiding speed by timing yourself in changes per minuet. I have gotten better with that and can get 30-40 changes per 60 seconds with most of the chords being played correctly. My toughest seems to be D to A. E came pretty easy for me. I also practiced anchoring my pointer finger on all 3 chords which came pretty easy.

My fingers have toughened up. I am built up some patches on the ends of my fingers on my left hands so the pain is not there anymore. Plus, I think since the fingers dont hurt now, I am pressing the strings down a little better so I am not getting as many bad notes.

As for just playing around, I have learned the intro to Wish you were here with the correct strumming. Its not Gilmour yet but I think you can tell what song I am playing. Feels good to be able to play that little tid bit. Getting the correct strumming was tough at first but now I think my ear is hearing it and it makes sense how the strumming sequence works. I started playing around with the solo and I can hit most of the notes but very slowly. There are some things in there that I have not done like picking notes on the neck and "sliding" so Im slow at that but I get get my fingers in the right place. Just started messing about with that a few days ago.

Gonna have some time to practice more tonight. Probably work on the speed thing then Sunday I am moving on to Section 2 of the training course. I looked ahead at it and its Amin, Dmin and Emin I believe.

I have not schedule my first concert yet but I think it will be somewhere small. Thinking about the Fox Theatre. Then I will move on to stadiums after that..

Thanks for asking. You guys have been incredibly helpful. Some of the links and pages you recommended are going to be fun once I learn what the heck I am doing.

Good for you, keep it up. Speed follows good form. Get the shapes and changes down solid, speed will come naturally from that.

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Lanier,

I'm also a new player. I'd love to compare notes and help to motivate each other. Unfortunately I'm having surgery on my right arm on January 9th but after I recover for a few weeks I'll gladly contribute to your thread with progress.

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Absolutely. Good luck with your surgery......

Thanks. Carpal tunnel and ulnar nerve entrapment in the elbow. He says a sling for a week and I can start using it again.

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Thanks. Carpal tunnel and ulnar nerve entrapment in the elbow. He says a sling for a week and I can start using it again.

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How long have you been playing and how far along are you? Im very new. Just learned a few chords and staring to work on them. I can play a few parts to a few songs but only by memory. Some of the chords that are in there, I have not learned yet


Are you just messing around with it or are you using a online course? Teacher?

I'm a little bit ahead of you. My right arm has kept me from spending as much time on it as I'd like. Before it really started bothering me I had the nice hard fingertips. Not so much now.

Yeah. I watch the Knopfler video once a month at least. It's amazing.

When you develop rhythm in that picking hand ,there will be no stopping you.

You're giving yourself the greatest gift there is.

And then in a couple years . . .



. . . we'll go I remember when Lanier started.