Well I appreciate your encouragement thats what I will choose to take it as, I also think you may be slightly under estimating my ability to pick things up quickly. Or perhaps I am over estimating my ability that is also entirely possible. Either way, a bit a of a story, I managed to almost figure out the opening to Enter sandman when I was 12 on the guitar my uncle gave me. I listened to it over and over and tried to replicate it. Now I never had a large amount of success but I figured at least a bit of it out without any chords or music or instruction of any kind. My point being when I set my mind to something I usually can get it done(poal is an example of this). I guess what I am saying is, I will and can learn to play this instrument in the right way. Maybe it'll take a while but I will do it.
Yeah, there's a big difference between picking out a few similar notes and actually playing what the music calls for.
And this is encouragement - I just don't want you to believe you'll pick it up quickly and then give up when you don't. It can be insanely complicated, and even just replicating what's on the paper isn't easy. It's a journey that will last the rest of your life. I'm nearing five decades and I still learn new things and still work on the same drills I've been mastering for a lifetime.
That said, I eagerly await you sharing your first tune. I will be judging you - harshly. ;-)
You are right. Perhaps I’m being a bit over confident, compensating for being nervous I guess. As far as judging me harshly I would have it any other way.
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