Simplified Guitar | Paul Piper | Activity https://simplifiedguitar.com/members/deepiper/activity/ Activity feed for Paul Piper. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:21:58 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 01c3862be3ef13facaecd0dc72bdcd23 Paul Piper replied to the topic My goals for the class. in the forum Your Current Purpose & Plan https://simplifiedguitar.com/forums/topic/my-goals-for-the-class/#post-4945 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:40:16 -0600 Also to purchase and learn to play ukelele. Yep.

]]> cdcf554508305c650d6990edc9a84c83 Paul Piper replied to the topic Sore fingers! in the forum General Discussion https://simplifiedguitar.com/forums/topic/sore-fingers/#post-4944 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:33:26 -0600 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.

]]> b94cc12c66e2b18d022b20960020e54b Paul Piper started the topic My goals for the class. in the forum Your Current Purpose & Plan https://simplifiedguitar.com/forums/topic/my-goals-for-the-class/ Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:21:19 -0600 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

]]> 33ff2d2f0b127b54572f727bc714e8f1 Paul Piper changed their profile picture https://simplifiedguitar.com/activity/p/1404/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 03:38:37 -0600 0 942d776ac0e208061072a6c539030507 Paul Piper started the topic Hello from Central Texas in the forum Introductions https://simplifiedguitar.com/forums/topic/hello-from-central-texas/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 03:27:37 -0600 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

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