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And if the world does turn, and if London burns
So... this year I'm supposed to be acquiring approximately one new skill per month.
After the confusions and tumult of last year, I was cheerfully posting my intentions to learn new skills but not quite feeling ready to start organising the learning thereof. Accordingly, for January I picked something which didn't require any external intervention: Learn a few guitar chords.
I already have in my possession a rather battered-looking acoustic guitar (which morally belongs either to the mother or to my uncle, I forget which). ChrisC, having a tidy-up, furnished me with the Guardian guide to learning guitar. A shop on Cowley Rd allowed me to purchase for 35p a plecturm (with an alien's head on it!)
Easy, right ?
Well, no. I have been landed with a rather monster project at work which has not only had me slaving away in the office but also working quite lot of my evenings as well. So my ten-minute evening guitar-practice slot sort of vanished half way through the month.
I've always been reasonably able to pick out simple tunes on a guitar; it turns out that the actual difference between approximately picking a melody and playing it properly (without catching other strings, without looking at the fretboard) is rather further than expected.
Also, chords are hard. My hands feel too small[*] and my fingers don't bend the right ways.
So, January has not been a great success. However, the commitment was only 12 skills in a year, so I still have eleven months to try and squeeze in a bit more guitar practice.
[*] which they almost certainly aren't in reality.
On the plus side, February has just got off to a flying start. But more on that in a month's time...
After the confusions and tumult of last year, I was cheerfully posting my intentions to learn new skills but not quite feeling ready to start organising the learning thereof. Accordingly, for January I picked something which didn't require any external intervention: Learn a few guitar chords.
I already have in my possession a rather battered-looking acoustic guitar (which morally belongs either to the mother or to my uncle, I forget which). ChrisC, having a tidy-up, furnished me with the Guardian guide to learning guitar. A shop on Cowley Rd allowed me to purchase for 35p a plecturm (with an alien's head on it!)
Easy, right ?
Well, no. I have been landed with a rather monster project at work which has not only had me slaving away in the office but also working quite lot of my evenings as well. So my ten-minute evening guitar-practice slot sort of vanished half way through the month.
I've always been reasonably able to pick out simple tunes on a guitar; it turns out that the actual difference between approximately picking a melody and playing it properly (without catching other strings, without looking at the fretboard) is rather further than expected.
Also, chords are hard. My hands feel too small[*] and my fingers don't bend the right ways.
So, January has not been a great success. However, the commitment was only 12 skills in a year, so I still have eleven months to try and squeeze in a bit more guitar practice.
[*] which they almost certainly aren't in reality.
On the plus side, February has just got off to a flying start. But more on that in a month's time...
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Mad! You is crazy woman! :-)
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We'll see :)
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What's in the Box was last year's thing. New thing along soon just as soon as I have some time to kick it into shape.
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