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Kull the Conqueror
Apr 8, 2006

Take me to the green valley,
lay the sod o'er me,
I'm a young cowboy,
I know I've done wrong
I bought an Eastman MD305 at the beginning of this year after having been away from playing music since I was a teenager (piano for ten years). I cannot overstate how much joy this little instrument has brought me in these months.

Near-term goals are a little easier to hash out given that I've got so many fundamentals to practice, but in terms of the future I have no idea how to focus. I want to play Irish, klezmer, bluegrass, country, classical...I suppose there are worse problems to have.

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Kull the Conqueror
Apr 8, 2006

Take me to the green valley,
lay the sod o'er me,
I'm a young cowboy,
I know I've done wrong
I went and saw Sierra Hull and Justin Moses on Wednesday night and holy cow, they are so talented. This piece just blew me away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO6tn6g8098

Kull the Conqueror
Apr 8, 2006

Take me to the green valley,
lay the sod o'er me,
I'm a young cowboy,
I know I've done wrong

Dr. VooDoo posted:

Started to try to learn b minor chord and I just can’t seem to get a clean sound on the e string with my index on the a and e second fret when I reach with my ring finger to fret the fourth fret on the G string no matter how much I squeeze. Is it just building muscle in that position at this point?

Not sure it would help the strength of your 1 but I use my middle finger to fret the G string on that chord.

Kull the Conqueror
Apr 8, 2006

Take me to the green valley,
lay the sod o'er me,
I'm a young cowboy,
I know I've done wrong
My pinky's still a little loser too but it's definitely improved with scale exercises. It's also helped to mentally/physically prime it for that seventh fret as early as I can, the big challenge being that it sort of flies away from the neck when I'm fretting with my 2. The thing that still feels way out of reach is a smooth pull-off (can barely manage a bad version), but I don't know how often that's going to come up for the time being.

You got this, partner.

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