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Hello everyone,

The last time I posted on a Monthly Recording Challenge thread it was to tell you that I could not play guitar because of my trigger finger. Well I gave it 6 weeks rest from playing guitar but sadly it was not improved so I went to see a Dr for a steroid injection. The Dr was brilliant, after examining my hands and feeling how difficult is was to bend my fingers she recommended that I got a physiotherapy exercise ball and she gave me the steroid injection.

Well the physiotherapy balls (I bought 3 different strengths Cando Digi Squeeze starting with the very easy strength). Perhaps one day I will be able to close my fingers on my picking hand to actually hold the pick properly when strumming one day! 

Anyhow, I am back playing guitar again and I have recorded this, it is "Can you feel the love tonight?" by Elton John from Walt Disney Pictures' The Lion King.

Cover of "Can you feel the love tonight?" by Elton John

As I can not change chords quick enough I did all the C chords in one track and all the F chords in another etc. This gave me lots of tracks to play with regarding panning so it is an experiment in mixing. The melody was an easy one for me to play on the same acoustic guitar. The strings in the background are MIDI.

Mandy

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Well done Mandy.  I wish you luck with your physiotherapy.

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Very  nice Mandy, so glad you are making progress in recovery. Stay positive, I always reference tincture of time...sometimes a lot of time for oldsters like me. I have been dealing with cramping in my fretting hand lately after extended play, the pointer finger curling up like a pretzel. Been thinking about your situation...

 

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15 hours ago, WATSON43 said:

Well done Mandy.  I wish you luck with your physiotherapy.

Thank you WATSON43, a bit of luck will come in handy!

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14 hours ago, gotto said:

Very  nice Mandy, so glad you are making progress in recovery. Stay positive, I always reference tincture of time...sometimes a lot of time for oldsters like me. I have been dealing with cramping in my fretting hand lately after extended play, the pointer finger curling up like a pretzel. Been thinking about your situation...

 

Greg

Thank you Greg. I am so sorry to hear about your cramping hand and curling finger. The middle finger on my fretting hand has an up-bow too. This is something that is causing me problems as it was behaving like a trigger finger (i.e. catching a bit) the Dr also recommended the physiotherapy for that too. 

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Well played, Mandy.

I admire your perseverance and wish you all the best with your recovery.

Wim.

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Well played, Mandy.

I admire your perseverance and wish you all the best with your recovery.

Wim.

Thank you Wim, you are very kind.

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Nicely done Mandy.

 

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Thank you UncleHammy.

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On 28/04/2018 at 2:59 PM, Nutty1 said:

Hello everyone,

The last time I posted on a Monthly Recording Challenge thread it was to tell you that I could not play guitar because of my trigger finger. Well I gave it 6 weeks rest from playing guitar but sadly it was not improved so I went to see a Dr for a steroid injection. The Dr was brilliant, after examining my hands and feeling how difficult is was to bend my fingers she recommended that I got a physiotherapy exercise ball and she gave me the steroid injection.

Well the physiotherapy balls (I bought 3 different strengths Cando Digi Squeeze starting with the very easy strength). Perhaps one day I will be able to close my fingers on my picking hand to actually hold the pick properly when strumming one day! 

Anyhow, I am back playing guitar again and I have recorded this, it is "Can you feel the love tonight?" by Elton John from Walt Disney Pictures' The Lion King.

Cover of "Can you feel the love tonight?" by Elton John

As I can not change chords quick enough I did all the C chords in one track and all the F chords in another etc. This gave me lots of tracks to play with regarding panning so it is an experiment in mixing. The melody was an easy one for me to play on the same acoustic guitar. The strings in the background are MIDI.

Mandy

Welcome back Mandy, ???

This is beautiful, well done! ???????  It’s a great idea to play around with recording techniques. You’ve managed to make something wonderful out of your (temporary) physical limitation.  Bravo.  

There really is great potential for improvements with the right physio. Stick with it and I’m sure you’ll reach your goal. Good luck.

mark

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22 hours ago, mark_h said:

Welcome back Mandy, ???

This is beautiful, well done! ???????  It’s a great idea to play around with recording techniques. You’ve managed to make something wonderful out of your (temporary) physical limitation.  Bravo.  

There really is great potential for improvements with the right physio. Stick with it and I’m sure you’ll reach your goal. Good luck.

mark

Thank you Mark, for your kindness and encouragement.

Yes I have tried to use my time to delve into recording and mixing techniques and to learn more about GarageBand, but I have found out that I have only just begun to scratch the surface. ? 

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