Excellent. There is a lot of pleasure in making music. I started with piano lessons as a 12 year old boy and have played off and on over all those years. The guitar is more recent. My parents visited Spain and brought me back a cheap guitar when I was in college and it was basically unplayable. I could play chords to accompany singing but not much else with it.
Oh no. If you don't have a piano let me suggest an electric piano. I don't have an acoustic piano. I have a Yamaha electric with 88 keys and a touch similar to a Yamaha grand. It also has some fun and amazing capabilities. I can make it sound like a grand or honky tonk piano, or an organ or..... They are affordable compared to an acoustic piano. Get back into it.
I've got a Yamaha piano - normal, not electric. It's a lovely instrument and I must get it tuned.
That's a relief and a fine brand of piano. Yes you should get it tuned. You are in good shape then. Tickle those keys.
Excellent. If I were in singapore we could do business. The guitar is not exotic. It is Chinese made. It is the Lucero 230S. It is beautiful, set up properly, plays well and has acceptable tone. I would say the tone is on the loud and aggressive side compared to my old Yamaha or my Alvarez nylon string acoustic/electric. It sounds out with vigor. Not necessarily bad but not laid back either. It was a perfect choice for an amateur like me. The bubinga wood is certainly eye catching.
Excellent. If I were in singapore we could do business. The guitar is not exotic. It is Chinese made. It is the Lucero 230S. It is beautiful, set up properly, plays well and has acceptable tone. I would say the tone is on the loud and aggressive side compared to my old Yamaha or my Alvarez nylon string acoustic/electric. It sounds out with vigor. Not necessarily bad but not laid back either. It was a perfect choice for an amateur like me. The bubinga wood is certainly eye catching.
I'm now working on getting muscle memory to play the treble strings with my index and middle fingers and the bass strings with my thumb. I think that is step one. So I am just playing scales right now. Once that is out of the way I will learn how to apply printed notes to the fretboard instead of the piano keys. On a piano there is only one middle C. On the guitar one has a choice.
I had a yamaha classical guitar...
Looks like we have a regular raft musicians in the community. While I did play the piano at the time, my performance was mostly on drums. I played with a garage band in high school and later I played with several groups. We had a pianist that was better than me so I just kept the beat. In college I played drums with a country band called the Big D Jamboree. They hired me when they came to town and we played in a raucus club that got violent from time to time. I also played with the Green River Jazz band which was a pretty good Dixieland group. For a while I actually played honky tonk piano in a bar that actually had sawdust on the floor. That got raucus too from time to time. Five foot two, eyes of blue and all that stuff. Then I went into the Army and that stopped my music dead in its tracks.
I have two metronomes, one electronic and one mechanical. Three, actually, since I have one built into the electric piano as well. I think this first part will be the most difficult for me. Once I get past operating the instrument in the classical style, I think things will fall into place. I want to use my thumb or a pick for everything. Old habits. Another habit is chewing off my finger nails. I'm told that eventually I will have to grow nails. I also need to keep after the habit of keeping the left thumb right on the back of the neck. I will check out Giuliani.The 120 Giuliani studies are commonly used for building right hand finger/thumb muscle strength and memory. Sounds like you're already an accomplished musician with other instruments so I don't think I need to stress too much that use of a metronome will be required.
I'm also a fan of Santana. I have several of his recordings. I play one of his hits on the electric guitar but badly I'm afraid.
