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Paul Piper
@deepiper
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Paul Piper replied to the topic My goals for the class. in the forum Your Current Purpose & Plan 4 years, 11 months ago
Also to purchase and learn to play ukelele. Yep.
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Paul Piper replied to the topic Sore fingers! in the forum General Discussion 4 years, 11 months ago
This came as a revelation to me that I did not have to be pressing down as hard as I had been on the strings about a week or so ago. I was practicing and I was going through some chords and tried playing a G chord with lighter pressure on the strings. It sounded fine. I think thats why it’s important to practice and work on the technique with finding the sweet spot of the fret and everything.
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Paul Piper started the topic My goals for the class. in the forum Your Current Purpose & Plan 4 years, 11 months ago
Hello again. My purpose in the Beginner course is to learn in a more structured environment. I am working on lesson 1 now and my goal there is to learn the chords in the G family. This is a concept that is new to me. I never have known what chords made up a key or family of chords. Also to improve my strumming. When I first started a couple months ago when I would strum my guitar it felt…Read More
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Paul Piper started the topic Hello from Central Texas in the forum Introductions 4 years, 11 months ago
Hi all. My name is Paul Piper, but I go by my middle name Dee. I have been a beginner of sorts off and on for many years. I got my first guitar when I was about 13 years old or so. I took some lessons and learned some basic chords and bar chords which have stuck with me for a while. My cousin who is now deceased, picked up the guitar around the same time I did. We moved and I started…Read More