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AVoiceOfReason · 08-16-2005, 01:57 PM

Reading this reminds me of when my nephew was learning to play. He had all the basic chords down, and I showed him how to play bar chords:

"Here, you play the F chord at the fifth position and you have an A. Now, drop that fourth finger in there and you can switch the A to an E in the Bb position."

Short pause.

"You can DO that?" he asked, eyes getting wide.

"Sure, and I'll show you the D positions, too."

In that evening, I opened a new world for him. I wrote down which chords were on each fret, and he took it from there. I can't begin to play as well as he can now. He's been playing in a local band now for years, and when I hear him, I lean over to whoever is close and say: "I taught him everything I know."

08-16-2005, 01:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
AVoiceOfReason Psycho Location: Greenwood, Arkansas	Reading this reminds me of when my nephew was learning to play. He had all the basic chords down, and I showed him how to play bar chords: "Here, you play the F chord at the fifth position and you have an A. Now, drop that fourth finger in there and you can switch the A to an E in the Bb position." Short pause. "You can DO that?" he asked, eyes getting wide. "Sure, and I'll show you the D positions, too." In that evening, I opened a new world for him. I wrote down which chords were on each fret, and he took it from there. I can't begin to play as well as he can now. He's been playing in a local band now for years, and when I hear him, I lean over to whoever is close and say: "I taught him everything I know." __________________ AVOR A Voice Of Reason, not necessarily the ONLY one. Last edited by AVoiceOfReason; 08-16-2005 at 02:02 PM..