Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:03 pm
Answered in the order of your reply. Or close..
If I left anyone out, please know it was just an oversight.
Chris..My sigh at the end was an expression of how bad I did compared to how well I’ve done when only the dogs were listening.
Tom N., Bud, Bill, willem, Ness, Daryl, Andy, Ken, lueders……….Yes, my hand position needs work. I am working on that and moving the hand less, Ness, and keeping the fingers just a whisker above the strings, Scott. Bill, I use Neil for a metronome a lot. I play along with him. I’ll use the real one soon.
As to raising the leg, willem, I have to accommodate my arthritis a bit and I find crossing the left over the right works for me. I will work on pointing the neck at a 45 degree angle.
Scott, I’m working on getting a better camera and will shoot from a better angle.
Ness, I watched your video again. I see what you mean. Will work to get close to that method of non-movement.
Daryl..amazing what that camera does to the nerves. I am starting to use it a lot so I can ignore it.
Jay..I’d love to have this song in my book. Well, any song for that matter!
Dan..I’m impressed with your video and how you never gave up. When I first saw your hand, I figured table saw accident.
Wiley…I am using Elixir light polyweb strings. I had my frets dressed recently and the action is set low as I have arthritis in my fingers.
Pierre..Thanks for the suggestion, but my ring won’t come off because of slightly enlarged knuckle. Did you notice the little chunk burned out of it? Got between the + battery cable and something. Fire flew and it got hot quickly. Jerked it off and threw it; like to have never found it. That burned spot reminds me to take it off around electricity.
Kevin..the D chord is one I learned to finger all wrong and I'm struggling to un-learn it. I work on it daily, just going from D to C and C to D, “rinse and repeat”.
Craig..thanks for the encouragement.
So, I’m working about two hours daily on this song. Will post again as soon as I get a camera.
