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Okay in all the years I've been here (Aug 2011) I don't think I've ever done this challenge. So this is NEW for me. I used an Older guitar and I haven't really been playing too much guitar due to arthritis so playing guitar feels new to me. Also I decided to do something a little different and I only used the open D chord for the backing picking part and then only the 5th and 7th fret for the "lead" if you will. I plugged my older Godin 2013 into Logic Pro X and hit record.I used the Godin nylon for 3 tracks! I also used for one track a "new" Baritone Ukulele. I call it Repentance on a D chord because today's Mass was in honor of my mom Angelica who will be gone 3 years on Valentine's Day and my dad had a mass today (and for the next year or so every month) and the homily was about repentance and of course it's all on the D chord... Thanks for the challenge and thanks for listening~~ Maria https://soundcloud.com/mariacalfa-depaul/repentence-on-a-d-chord-guitar

To celebrate our new home, if anyone is interested in submitting a song (or more than one) that will be recorded onto a disc, please consider joining in. The disc will be sent to Steve to commemorate this fantastic Guitar Gathering Forum. For those who are new GG members, here is a link to the old forum with previously submitted songs. This should give you an idea of what we've been doing: https://community.learnandmaster.com/index.php?/topic/35101-songs-from-2016-birthday-cd/ No one needs to play perfectly. This isn't a contest. It's simply a way for us to give back to Steve for what he's been doing. Since there are bots that search online for email addresses, I am going to write out the address this way. Be sure to write it correctly when submitting your songs. Please email MP3's (not wav or other formats) to: Gathering mp3 at comcast dot net Thanks for any consideration! And @Steve Krenz please feel free to submit your own recording. No reason why Steve shouldn't get to join in on the fun! EDIT: The cutoff date for submissions is Saturday, April 21, 2018. Here in the USA, our income tax day is April 15th, so the submission date is after that in hopes of getting as much participation as possible.

Tuesday January 23rd, 2018 Topic: Guitar Care with Greg Voros 7pm Central Time US You can watch the lesson HERE. It's the first Live Lesson of the year and I cant think of a better way to start off than with Greg Voros (head of the legendary repair department at Gruhn Guitars) to start us off. Greg will be discussion how you can take the best care of your instrument and maintain it so that it is at it's best playability. If you have any questions for Greg about guitar care, maintenance, or building, please ask them in this thread and we'll try to get to as many of them as we can. There will be music, laughs, giveaways and more. I look forward to seeing you there! Our Ustream channel is here... http://www.ustream.tv/gibson-learn-and-master-live-lessons - Steve

The only thing that helps me is sitting with the guitar and practicing, practicing, practicing. I have completed hundreds of worksheets, but they don't help my fingers!

@NeilES335 I’m sure Greg will have some words of wisdom on that, but you may find the following videos helpful as well:

What a great idea, Cindy. I know that you have directed this before. But to do it now to commemorate is just a great idea. I sure hope people participate.

Thank you so much Cindy! That was so nice of you to say! I’m so glad you felt the feeling I had doing this! Maria

Thanks so much for the kind words. I’m happy that I saw this challenge as it got me to try that guitar again. Hopefully I can work more and more Guitar into my practice routine !! thanks again Maria

The site you posted is a great place to start Robert. I would also consider an older 1980s Yamaha - like the one that Steve regularly plays (I believe Steve's is a G-245S). Those guitars came in a variety of versions (G-235S, G-245S, G-255S, etc.). They are solid guitars and pop up frequently on eBay, Reverb, and Craigslist at reasonable prices. I picked up a G-245S a couple years ago for $150.

Oh my gosh! You jogged my memory! When I initially read the first post, I completely forgot about Capo's Rule of Seven (Capo was an active member of LMG many years ago). I found the PDF on Mike's site which I uploaded almost 9 years ago! Major brain freeze here because I totally forgot about it! It really helps with learning the key signatures but should also help people construct scales once they learn the keys with up to 3 sharps and 3 flats. The rest is very easy. Capo's Rule of Seven.pdf