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vlmagee · 10-28-2002, 11:19 AM

Hi Oma,

Welcome! And I'm glad you found this discussion group and my web site. I hope you signed up for my mailing list too. I don't send mail often (and don't give out the e-mail addresses to anyone), but I do send occasional updates that I don't always have time to post here. And I am happy to hear that those clips have been put to good use; that's why they are there.

If you decide to give in to that temptation to pick up your 11 year-old's guitar and learn how to play, drop me an e-mail. I am just doing the same myself. I started on a used Yamaha. Nice and cheap, but with good strings it actually sounded decent and was easy to play. Well, "easy" is a relative thing. Now I play my D-18GL. Even with me playing, you can tell what a great sound that guitar has.

Anyhow, I take lessons from a local teacher, but I have learned most of what I know from Cathy. I started with two songs, Sit Down Young Stranger and Song For A Winter's Night. Like many GL songs, they are fingerpicked, Travis-style, which is harder to start with than strumming, but those were the songs I wanted to play. I still don't play them either "well" or "at full speed", but they are recognizable and I enjoy it immensely. I can share with you what I have learned, if you decide to take the plunge. And, trust me, I am no musical talent at all. I'm just plugging away, and enjoying the process of learning. On SFAWN, the harder of the two to play (for me, at least), I am just at the point of trying to learn that great intro Cathy does, a combination that sounds like Gord's rhythm guitar plus what Red Shea did. Cathy is very inventive!

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Valerie Magee

Visit my GL web site at gordonlightfoot.com

[This message has been edited by vlmagee (edited October 28, 2002).]

10-28-2002, 11:19 AM	#14
vlmagee Senior Member Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Ballston Spa, NY Posts: 724	Hi Oma, Welcome! And I'm glad you found this discussion group and my web site. I hope you signed up for my mailing list too. I don't send mail often (and don't give out the e-mail addresses to anyone), but I do send occasional updates that I don't always have time to post here. And I am happy to hear that those clips have been put to good use; that's why they are there. If you decide to give in to that temptation to pick up your 11 year-old's guitar and learn how to play, drop me an e-mail. I am just doing the same myself. I started on a used Yamaha. Nice and cheap, but with good strings it actually sounded decent and was easy to play. Well, "easy" is a relative thing. Now I play my D-18GL. Even with me playing, you can tell what a great sound that guitar has. Anyhow, I take lessons from a local teacher, but I have learned most of what I know from Cathy. I started with two songs, Sit Down Young Stranger and Song For A Winter's Night. Like many GL songs, they are fingerpicked, Travis-style, which is harder to start with than strumming, but those were the songs I wanted to play. I still don't play them either "well" or "at full speed", but they are recognizable and I enjoy it immensely. I can share with you what I have learned, if you decide to take the plunge. And, trust me, I am no musical talent at all. I'm just plugging away, and enjoying the process of learning. On SFAWN, the harder of the two to play (for me, at least), I am just at the point of trying to learn that great intro Cathy does, a combination that sounds like Gord's rhythm guitar plus what Red Shea did. Cathy is very inventive! ------------------ Valerie Magee Visit my GL web site at gordonlightfoot.com [This message has been edited by vlmagee (edited October 28, 2002).]