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Comment by Jud Hair on July 4, 2011 at 12:37pm

@ Michael ... Here's the youtube on "Norwegian Wood" ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ebJojBYiNg

Comment by Jud Hair on July 4, 2011 at 12:34pm

@ Michael ... "Gloria" by Shadows of Knight?  One of the first tunes I learned!  I play Norwegian Wood out of "D" as well.  I'll look back and find the youtube.  BBL

Comment by Michael S. Jackson on July 4, 2011 at 12:18pm

Blackville - I began playng a couple of years after you. I used to go to every place I could find where a band was playing and I'd sit in front and study every chord and move they made then run home and try to duplicate it. I learned barre chords (E and A position) this way, too.

It wasn't until Cosmos Factory (CCR) came out that I saw my first guitar book. I recall being amazed at how the chords were listed right there in front of me and I couldn't believe they'd do that! I always thought music was some sort of closely guarded secret.

I still have that book. Even though I learned an E chord, D chord, and an A chord from watching a group play "Gloria," I learned the G, Am, Em, and several others from that book. I also learned that I was playing the D chord incorrectly. 

I agree with you - if that book was so much of a miracle to me back then... imagine how I would feel if I had all the stuff that is out there today!?!

If you don't mind, which You Tube video did you use to learn "Norwegian Wood?" I play it but am always interested to see how others do it and when you used the word "correctly" it really got my attention! Might be a repeat of the D chord incident!

Thanks much - m

Comment by Jud Hair on July 4, 2011 at 9:40am

I taught myself to play back in 1964. Mainly through simple folk music song books with chord diagrams.  Over the years, I got to be pretty proficient.  But, I sure wish I'd have had access back then to the huge wealth of resources that we now have on the web.  Not reading music, I've learned more off of youtube in the last couple of years than I learned through traditional methods in the previous 40 ... show me a page full of chord diagrams and I'll learn a song in a week.  Show me how to play it on a well-made youtube lesson, and I'll be playing it in an hour.  For example, I'm not sure I'd have ever discovered how to really play "Norwegian Wood" without youtube.  Anyway, glad to find this forum and this group.

Comment by David Shade on May 17, 2011 at 12:13pm

Welcome, Dean.  Totally agree that playing is soul food.

Comment by Dean MacKinnon on May 15, 2011 at 11:30am

hi to all

Comment by Dean MacKinnon on May 15, 2011 at 11:29am

I'm 53 from Kitchener Ont. Canada.I have been playing for 40years.started learning to play banjo a few years ago.My father played on radio and in the bars for years

he is 79 and still playing.my son has turned out to be a fantastic player.we have all said the same thing when things in life get tough the music is always a source of healing.it a way to make things good.so i play every chance i get.there is still nothing better than a good jam session to heal the soul.

Comment by David Shade on November 6, 2010 at 6:16pm

Hello GC!

Comment by GC on November 4, 2010 at 10:11am

Hi all! I started playing guitar 1966 or 1967. Taught myself how play on my mom's guitar that she played on as a teenager in the late 1930's. I also taught myself how to play bass guitar. I played as rhythm & bass guitarist in 3 piece band from 1969-1972. I never rejoined another band. Now days it's just a hobby.

Comment by Michael S. Jackson on September 29, 2010 at 12:01pm

Howdy. Thought I'd join in on this group. I've been playing guitar for 44 years and banjo for 31. Looks like you've brought up subjects I've posted on other groups. Thanks, all!

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