Cass ([info]calove) wrote,
@ 2008-03-08 20:19:00
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I can play Kumbaya! OK - so only slowly and with much fumbling between chords, but that's three whole chords I can (almost) play! Hee! So much fun! The fingers hurt like very hurtie things, and the eye looks like an accident in a paint factory, but I can play something that very nearly sounds like an actual song! I LOVES my pretty new guitar.

Must go find a camp-fire and a few boy scouts to subject to it.

Altogether now "Kumbaya my Lord... pause while changing to D... Kumba... pauses for change back to A... fumbles a bit and finally gets it...ya..."

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[info]bogwitch
2008-03-08 08:37 pm UTC (link)
I am never going camping with you (as if I would go camping anyway).

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[info]calove
2008-03-08 08:45 pm UTC (link)
That's OK! I can play indoors too!

C'mon... "Kumbaya..."

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[info]bogwitch
2008-03-08 09:45 pm UTC (link)
Oh no.

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[info]gillo
2008-03-08 08:44 pm UTC (link)
Cool. So now you can get your kumbayayas out...

Where do you go from here?

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[info]calove
2008-03-08 08:47 pm UTC (link)
HEEEE!!!! I'd forgotten that! Best practice "Seventy-six trombones" next. Or maybe a bit of Stones...

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[info]hesadevil
2008-03-09 02:56 pm UTC (link)
If you can play kumbaya, you can play 'Wild Thing'. It's basically the same chord sequence http://www.skynet.ie/~mel/hobbies/guitar/wildthing.php

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[info]julchek
2008-03-08 09:53 pm UTC (link)
:snort:: Practicing "Seventy six bloody trombones" next, eh?

Very cool about getting the chords going for Kumbaya. I remember a year or two ago when hubby was doing the exact same thing - good for you!

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[info]calove
2008-03-08 11:04 pm UTC (link)
Hee hee! I'd forgotten all about Spike and his Kumbayayas until Gillo reminded me! See? I love my new toy so much, it's even driven thoughts of Spike from my head :)

It must all sound very silly to a pro like you, this enthusiasm over one badly played song! Given your experience with your other half, where will I be in a year or two from now? Not still Kumbayaing, I hope!

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[info]julchek
2008-03-09 01:53 am UTC (link)
It must all sound very silly to a pro like you, this enthusiasm over one badly played song!

Not at all! I think it's fantastic that you are doing it, and are so enthusiastic about it - that's terrific! You'll pick up more, and get more facile with it as you go. And no, you'll be doing more than Kumbaya after a year or two, trust me!

Did I tell you that I'm actually teaching band at Eric's school this year? And I have two guitars and a bass guitar in the band.

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[info]fredsmith518
2008-03-08 11:17 pm UTC (link)
Is all impressed:) Serious progress already

http://www.amazon.co.uk/English-Folk-Guitar-Songs-Instrumentals/dp/0906114748

this guy writes tunes for picking out in tablature, not musical notes, instead 6 lines for 6 strings and numbers for frets, worth keeping a look out for the books maybe?
http://guitar.about.com/library/blhowtoreadtab.htm

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[info]calove
2008-03-08 11:29 pm UTC (link)
Oh, I can only do tabs! To be honest, having to read music was what put me off learning an instument as a child. Never got the hang of the stupid dots. Tabulature I find relatively easy and natural, despite its limitations with regard to timing etc. Mind you, I'm still at the very basic stage - I sneaked a look at a later chapter and it gets a lot more complicated! I may stick with my Kumbayayas - don't think I'll be playing Layla for a while :)

Thanks for the link to the folk songs book. Tempting...

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[info]gamiila
2008-03-08 11:58 pm UTC (link)
Kumbaya today...Layla tomorrow!

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[info]gamiila
2008-03-09 12:00 am UTC (link)
Oops! Should have read the above before commenting...Layla day after tomorrow, then!

Edited at 2008-03-09 12:01 am UTC

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[info]enigmaticblues
2008-03-09 12:00 am UTC (link)
Hee! I'm glad you're having so much fun!

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[info]kazzy_cee
2008-03-09 09:56 am UTC (link)
There are LOADs of guitar tab sites out there if you want to learn some of the 'great's' ... not that Kumbaya isn't great *g*

I'm too lazy to cut my finger nails on my left hand at the moment to play, but it's very relaxing once you get the callouses just right :)

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[info]hesadevil
2008-03-09 02:59 pm UTC (link)
You'll have to bring your guitar to reading, then we can form our own band, with Sue on the drums triangle.

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[info]curiouswombat
2008-03-09 05:45 pm UTC (link)
\O/

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