This is my fourth day of practicing. The Mighty Sam actually gave me my first lesson some time last week - I don't remember what day, maybe Tuesday or Wednesday. I can't even remember why we started practicing guitar, but it was so fun that I did a bunch of searches for tabs and links and things late last week, and started drawing chords.
Then Saturday Night we had that long fun lesson where he gave me all those song charts, switched me to the classical guitar, and gave me lots of instruction on how to hold my hands and fingers and wrists.
The next day he found a pick for me to use. I practiced until my fingers wouldn't move right anymore.
This morning I practiced for just a few minutes. Tonight I've had a few practice sessions. When I went to the stool and picked up the guitar, The Mighty Sam groaned, "oh god."
"Do you want me to practice somewhere else?" I asked. It's got to be painful, being a professional composer and having to listen to a rank beginner bang away at C-G-C-Em-A-D. On the other hand, perhaps he remembers when he was a kid... he told me a story of hearing The Cure for the first time and then buying himself his first bass guitar right afterward. I bet he played until his fingers wouldn't work anymore.
He is being very nice and helpful.
Today he gave me a chart for "Pink Houses." I practiced that, and "Heart of Gold", and "Demi Sue", and "Not Fade Away" (I found some Buddy Holly song charts on the intarwebs, and that one is really easy) and "No New Tale to Tell." That last one is hard because there are a ton of Fs in it. But! I must master the F at some point.
I feel like I made some good progress on the C chord, at least until my fingers started getting too tired to press down anymore.
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