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May 3rd, 2008
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Newcomer
Just started playing guitar.
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Join Date: May 2008
Last Online: May 25th, 2008 01:51 PM
Location: england
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ouches from the UK
got my guitar a week ago.
OUCHES is all i have to say!
does it get easier?
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May 3rd, 2008
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Playing guitar for over a year.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Last Online: 21 Hours Ago 07:07 PM
Location: Appox.6522 guitar lengths N. of Detroit USA
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in due time Yes indeed...Welcome 
"To play without passion is unexcusable" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
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May 3rd, 2008
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Newcomer
Just started playing guitar.
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Join Date: May 2008
Last Online: May 25th, 2008 01:51 PM
Location: england
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thanks for the welcome x4...i will persist..i am determined!...I will not give up!
...fingers really hurt tho 
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May 3rd, 2008
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Grand Member
Playing guitar for over a year.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Your welcome, glad you found us... usually a couple of weeks or so will toughen up those finger tips...depending on how often you play....enjoy
"To play without passion is unexcusable" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
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May 3rd, 2008
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Just started playing guitar.
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Join Date: May 2008
Last Online: May 25th, 2008 01:51 PM
Location: england
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Can i ask X4, how well you play after a year?
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May 3rd, 2008
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Grand Member
Playing guitar for over a year.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Not as well as I would like to, but it's a great journey...
Actually I have been playing for almost two years now, and tinkered with the bass guitar before that, but I'm not as disciplined as I could be.
"To play without passion is unexcusable" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
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May 5th, 2008
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Last Online: 20 Hours Ago 08:23 PM
Location: japan
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Hi there  have fun the ouchieness will go away in time
I probably never listen to how other songwriters write their songs, I just write on using my own imagination. windsong
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May 5th, 2008
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Newcomer
Just started playing guitar.
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Join Date: May 2008
Last Online: May 25th, 2008 01:51 PM
Location: england
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thanks windsong.
Ive been playing 2 weeks now & my finger tips are getting tougher already...i play a good few hours now & only a week ago could only play for a few minutes.
I use the word 'play' in the broadest sense of course!
Last edited by ouchiefingers : May 5th, 2008 at 04:08 AM.
Reason: spelling
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May 5th, 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ouchiefingers
thanks windsong.
Ive been playing 2 weeks now & my finger tips are getting tougher already...i play a good few hours now & only a week ago could only play for a few minutes.
I use the word 'play' in the broadest sense of course!
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glad to hear the good news, if you count and stomp your foot while practicing this helps keeps the pain far from your mind
I probably never listen to how other songwriters write their songs, I just write on using my own imagination. windsong
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May 5th, 2008
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Just started playing guitar.
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Join Date: May 2008
Last Online: May 25th, 2008 01:51 PM
Location: england
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i'll try that thanks!
I think the my dog hates my guitar playing...maybe when I get better, he will be my friend again!
..think i'm driving him a bit crazy!
hehe
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May 5th, 2008
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Playing guitar for over a year.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Last Online: 1 Hour Ago 03:23 PM
Location: Cornwall
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Hey ouchiefingers, good to hear your fingers are hardening up, the sore fingers are one of the downsides of starting up guitar, one of the brickwalls we hit on the learning curve, when I started my dog used to get up and walk away the minute I picked up the guitar didn't even give me a chance to start playing, thankfully she doesn't do it any more so I assume I've got better, hope you're enjoying playing and have fun 
You don't stop laughing when you grow old; you grow old when you stop laughing.
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May 5th, 2008
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Playing guitar for what seems like forever.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Last Online: 1 Week Ago 09:10 AM
Location: Northwest England
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Hi ouchie, Welcome.
I too have not long been playing after a long long spell away from my guitar.
if as you say your fingers are toughening up after a couple of weeks your doing well.
when mine were a bit sore I played around with lead tunes for a while, just to give my fingers a rest from chords, it worked for me. good luck with your progress.
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May 5th, 2008
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Playing guitar for what seems like forever.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Hello ouchiefingers, welcome.
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May 5th, 2008
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Newcomer
Just started playing guitar.
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Join Date: May 2008
Last Online: May 25th, 2008 01:51 PM
Location: england
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Thanks for the welcome JayJim & knight.
yes..2 weeks ago today i bought my guitar.
1 question though...aren't there any other easy songs to learn from the basic chord chart apart from 'Kumbaya', 'Swing low..','Jamaican Farewell', 'Auld Lang Syne', 'Michael, row the boat..'..etc...
These song are not only driving me crazy but i think my dog wants to run away! 
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May 5th, 2008
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Full Member
Playing guitar for over 10 years.
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Last Online: 1 Hour Ago 03:53 PM
Location: Missouri Ozarks
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For so-called 'easy songs' Look in this forum for this thread:
Playing The Guitar > Trying to Find Some Practice Songs
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