A, D and F? What key are you playing in? (the key of Yale?)
C Am F and G is good for tons of 50s rock and roll, any three (A, D and E or E A and B) will do you for most other things.
At a Salisbury blues night some months back someone asked what key something was in and the guy said “E’. Since the drummer was prannying about he didn’t hear so asked “A for Apple or E for Elephant” The other guy then said “E, for Everything that is not in A”
Now you have your guitar go and play with as many other people as you can. Get out, go to open mike nights and you will improve far more quickly.
Phil Harding, he of the hat from Time Team who is a regular at several blues nights once said something that is very, very true about playing guitar. He said “Y’know Melv, there’s no halfway house between playing at home in your bedroom and going out and making a tw*t of yourself!”
He is, of course, 100% right.
You know how to live . . .
Melvyn, Sorry you are right it is A, D & E that I am starting with!
I need to practice a lot more before I go public, I don’t mind making a tw*t of myself, as long as I am a tw*t with promise!
I made sure that I practised a lot before flying my Radio Control Helicopter during a presentation in the auditorium at work (much better than Powerpoint!) and at a garden party! 😀
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