Simplified Guitar | Rich Mathers | Activity https://simplifiedguitar.com/members/rm08226/activity/ Activity feed for Rich Mathers. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:21:58 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9114eb3e1e24082aa6a61bd841844d76 Rich Mathers started the topic G Chord family in the forum Questions & Struggles https://simplifiedguitar.com/forums/topic/g-chord-family/ Fri, 18 May 2018 01:17:05 -0600 I think I confirmed my frustration for going and forth with the G (4 finger & 3 finger G, C, EM etc) when I play the Cadd9 family (4 finger chords) I’m not happy with the sound, plus the D?F# is very hard for me to play. I am trying to keep my pinky and ring fingers down hard but the sound just doesn’t sound as good as a G and C chords. any suggestions? I know practice makes perfect but I…Read More

]]> 6d8e26910cb8dda0ed98c58f39dadbca Rich Mathers replied to the topic Song suggestion in the forum General Discussion https://simplifiedguitar.com/forums/topic/song-suggestion/#post-3450 Thu, 17 May 2018 23:56:27 -0600 I have been playing off and on a song by LANCO, its called “Greatest Love Story”

I would love to see how you do the strumming pattern. I think I focus too much on the strumming pattern and should just try to play the song.

]]> 3397c55cb169a67616816985947b3356 Rich Mathers started the topic Hello everyone in the forum Introductions https://simplifiedguitar.com/forums/topic/hello-everyone-5/ Thu, 17 May 2018 23:49:53 -0600 Hi everyone,

My name is Rich Mathers and I live in NJ. I will soon be 57 and  live by the Jersey shore, so summer time is a busy time for me. I have been playing guitar off and on for a few years and seem to get frustrated when I get in a groove, attempt to get to the next level and then I stop. I started out with private lessons and it didn’t work out. It seemed like my instructor got…Read More

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