I asked my wife of 10+ years of she could go get some strings for my wife's classical guitar today, because I wanted to start paying again after a long depression. I've finally got some of my artistic side back.

Set the new strings and started playing. I couldn't remember much from 25 years, but after a little while, my wife asked "How long did you play?", because I was better than she thought I would be. Maybe because she's never heard me play. Don't get me wrong, I fucking suck balls, but I do remember some tabs. Hopefully, I'll get better and not give up.

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[–] 53 points 3 months ago (11 children)

With two wives I'm surprised you're not singing the blues!

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  • [–] [S] 33 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    😂

    I'm keeping it. Took me a little while to see it, but I do. Thanks for making me laugh!

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago* (7 children)

    My man. I love that you're keeping it.

    I suck at bass. Maybe we should start a bad forum band

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    The Typos

    I play guitar, bass, some keys and I do a lot of composition in Ableton... when's the first practice? what instrument do you want me on?

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    For anyone with an electric guitar and a 3.5mm↔️1/4" adapter/cable-jack, checkout Fee[dB]ack.

    Also obligatory fuk Ubisoft lol.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago

    Playing music is very therapeutic!

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Same brother, 2 months ago I picked up a pawn shop guitar after 15 years of not playing. It feels good to suck cause at least I'm trying. Keep it up that creative outlet is good for you

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 months ago

    That's great to hear! Yeah, creativity is good, but I sucks ass when depression hits you straight in the face, and all (and I mean fucking ALL) of my artistic side went straight out the window. I'm very happy I got some of it back, just hope my other hobbies also get back on track.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    this week marks the first time my drum kit (and specifically my double pedal hardware) has been assembled (and all on the same property) in 20 years!!!

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    I picked up mine, and hung it back on the wall. To collect dust again, next to the ukelele. Wish I had made myself learn music.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    I found that rather than 'learning music', it's more fun and engaging to learn songs. When it's fun, you're more likely to stick with it than learning scales or whatever. You can do that later if you want.

    Grab that Uke. Get the Uchord app. Go to Ultimate-Guitar.com (you can switch between guitar and uke tabs), pick a song you know and like, play the track in the background and practice playing the chords. Pause when you encounter a tricky chord change, stop the track and practice going back and forth between those two chords until it's fluent. Continue and repeat until you can play the whole song without the background music. Note UG will show you chord patterns, but Uchord will show you all the inversions as well. Sometimes a different inversion makes for an easier chord change.

    Each time you learn a new song, the next one gets easier and faster to learn.

    That's how I did it, anyway, when I picked up ukulele as an aging adult.

    Hope that gives you a bit of inspiration to try.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Laughing at "aging adult" . I'm retired. Very very close to 70. Thanks for the suggestions! Will do!

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Congrats on picking back up your old skill and finding some joy in it brother! I've been trying to learn how to play for around 30 years or so and never even got smoke on the water, just keep on strumming man!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago*

    My nylon has been out of use a while since I decided to try fixing the top finish a bit. Did the final polish last night and I guess it's time to put some strings on again.

    Keep on playing.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I bought a (used) guitar years ago and finally took a few lessons some months. I can hit a few chords, no complete songs (yet) and learned that over 60 maybe isn't the best time to start (My fingers just won't get up to speed or my brain is slower or the two of them have some plot going.) Anyhow, It's like my welding. I'm no good at it. Sometimes I succeed. However, i'm having so much fun doing it that I keep on doing it.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Excellent. Classical is fantastic for the string’s forgiveness - steel-string acoustics are like playing a cheese grater if you don’t already have the calluses.

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