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thewingedwordSo I've had one guitar lesson, which means I can play... kind of horribly, yeah. The method my teacher uses basically involves working my way up string by string, starting with the first, each one having little exercises and then a song.
What song, you ask, could possibly be played on only the first string with only three notes? It's kind of Arabian. And annoying.
With the second string I've upgraded to Ode to Joy, which I remember learning on the violin in fifth grade, time flies. However, I still SUCK. Massively! I'm smart enough to realize that when you've been playing the guitar for less than a week, this is kind of inevitable. It still bothers me! The reason my schedule next year is 2/3 insane is that I am a crazy perfectionist. I haven't reached quitting levels of frustration, not nearly, I just practice kind of obsessively in my efforts to speed QUICKLY through the "complete and utter crap" stage of my learning development.
Oh shit, massive amounts of thunder and lightening. Will save this and finish it later, when electrical power outage is less imminent.
TWO OR SO HOURS LATER
So when I said "massive amounts of thunder and lighting" I really meant SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING, FLEE FOR COVER, *cue air raid sirens*. No, seriously, there were actual air raid sirens. I went downstairs with my cat and my book and my guitar and watched a couple episodes of Project Runway until it passed.
Now I forget what I was saying, dammit. Ah, well. In the vein of something I was talking withprovetheworstabout, what books could I read that would sound pretentious and impressive but aren't that bad in actuality? If you recommend Les Mis I will smack you; that book was good, but in another way it was horrible. I was thinking I might want to expand my experience past strange old sci-fi from my parents' bookshelves, so. Enlighten me.
What song, you ask, could possibly be played on only the first string with only three notes? It's kind of Arabian. And annoying.
With the second string I've upgraded to Ode to Joy, which I remember learning on the violin in fifth grade, time flies. However, I still SUCK. Massively! I'm smart enough to realize that when you've been playing the guitar for less than a week, this is kind of inevitable. It still bothers me! The reason my schedule next year is 2/3 insane is that I am a crazy perfectionist. I haven't reached quitting levels of frustration, not nearly, I just practice kind of obsessively in my efforts to speed QUICKLY through the "complete and utter crap" stage of my learning development.
Oh shit, massive amounts of thunder and lightening. Will save this and finish it later, when electrical power outage is less imminent.
TWO OR SO HOURS LATER
So when I said "massive amounts of thunder and lighting" I really meant SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING, FLEE FOR COVER, *cue air raid sirens*. No, seriously, there were actual air raid sirens. I went downstairs with my cat and my book and my guitar and watched a couple episodes of Project Runway until it passed.
Now I forget what I was saying, dammit. Ah, well. In the vein of something I was talking with
provetheworstabout, what books could I read that would sound pretentious and impressive but aren't that bad in actuality? If you recommend Les Mis I will smack you; that book was good, but in another way it was horrible. I was thinking I might want to expand my experience past strange old sci-fi from my parents' bookshelves, so. Enlighten me.
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Date: 2007-06-27 07:30 pm (UTC)"the master and margarita" by ... some russian guy, i forget who. find a good translation of that one, it's a pretty quality book. i think it qualifies under "pretentious and impressive but ... not that bad"
Uhmmmm. Michael Chabon is a quality recent author who might give you a little street cred, but who knows. I'm always one to rec Saramago -- high on pretentious factor, but if you can get into his style also high on the AWESOME factor. (The style is definitely something that takes a little getting used to, and you probably either like it or hate it ...)
Is Salinger too recent? Hemginway = another acquired taste. Also possibly still falls into the "too recent" category. I don't know just how pretentious you're going for, haha.
uhmmmm that is all i have to offer i think. D:
(also, that seems like a weird method to me but all i really know is how to read tabs and super-slowly plunk out a couple of chords, so.)
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Date: 2007-06-27 08:35 pm (UTC)Yeah, I'm actually learning to read sheet music which is pretty cool. As far as I can tell the point of string-by-string is to build up my muscle memory for each note so I don't have to think about it. It seems to be working, so I'm not complaining a lot.