DianeB

Ed knows where to find a good beach. ? I have a collection of shells from my own visits to Chincoteague and Assateague. Just had a look. None is suitably pick-shaped for testing, but I’m pretty sure that any one of them would saw through at least my top two strings by the time I got home to see my kin ?

Here is the Answer Key to the Learn & Master Guitar Lesson Book (PDF, 111 K, 7 pages). L&M Guitar Lesson Book Answer Key.pdf

Hi, Bruce! Welcome to our little guitar family! I can relate to what you're experiencing. The lower tension on an electric is really seductive. I see you are in Session 2, so I presume you are just starting out. Unless you want to play electric exclusively, my advice is to do the bulk (80%) of your practice on your acoustic for now. Strengthen those hands. But before you play another note on it, make sure that it has been professionally set up. It is money well spent. I always start my practice with my warmups, exercises, and scales with my steel string acoustic. After a rest, I work on fingerstyle, which requires some tough stretches, on my nylon. Only when I've done all that do I pick up my electric. Then it feels like a reward of sorts for my left hand!

Welcome, Ian! You will have a great time!

Hi, @ozy! Welcome to our guitar family. I collected several resources that I found helpful in this list. As you start out, you might find something helpful there.

Mike, if we follow the pattern of the last two years, things will begin unofficially at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, June 11 with early registration and a meet and greet. We adjourned around 5:00 to head into town for dinner and shows on our own. You can expect official opening at 8:00 am Wednesday for registration, and the program starting at 9:00 am. Hope to see you there!

Wow. We are approaching 1,500 members, our one year anniversary with the new forum, and I have exactly 16 fellow students with me still following Steve's course.

@IanD, Greyhound has bus service to Memphis. Here is the Memphis web site for visitors. TripAdvisor had information -- that may be out of date -- indicating no train service.

@Texaspackerfan Wow! Danny, what a showcase of talent! That is simply fantastic guitar playing! Congratulations on completing the course! Take your bows! ?

Who is next, Thalia? After Andrew, Barbara, Greg, Gregg with two gammas, Darin, Dave, and — Diane is next. Is she asleep? She should be, it’s midnight below. Oh, no, you see? She’s with her guitar. Let us descend, dear Euterpe. This way. Ohhh, how delightful, this place is all for music. Did you see the inscriptions on the door? I think she knows of us. Gaze upon her face, Thalia. These mortals can be so expressive. What is this music she makes? It is called “All Over the World”. It pleases her, as you can see. And that pleases me, as well. How long have you watched over her? Six of their mortal years. To them, many heartbeats. Is she faithful? Yes, my sister, and she respects her tutors. Has she weaknesses? She is a mortal. She has many failings, and is prone to sorrow. As she sleeps, I sing to her of compassion. I know not if she hears. She will hear. She will grow in this. Sorrow, you say. Have you sent anyone? Yes, the ones on our list. They take joy in one another. Behold the guitar gifted to her. You have done well, sweet Thalia. This is as it should be. Then we are done here. Before we go, we shall bless this place. And who is next? Alpha, beta, gamma, delta — Doug, Dwayne. But shall we first attend to Paul? Arise, daughters of Zeus, to our — pbllllt! — to our duty. You are amused? Forgive me, sister. But did you see her stockings?

@Park Ranger, you might be thinking of a pair of Live Lessons Steve did in 2016. They are on the old Ustream site. Click on "Show More" until you get to them. A quick test revealed that they would play for me in Safari and Firefox. I don't exactly recall the book that Steve featured at the time, but it might have been this one.

47/49, thanks to a few lucky guesses, and lots of late nights in the lab in the 70s with the stereo cranked up.

Hi, Dan! It's great to hear from you again -- that's all good news! ?‍♀️