Thanks. I worked my ass off to get here.
You can absolutely improve. You're probably not going to get to be a virtuoso, as it's too late.
If you studied music as a kid, you'd have a node on the rear-left part of your brain. The more you studied, the more pronounced it would be.
While we don't know much about the brain, we're still learning. As an adult, you can't really grow that area of the brain - but you can draw new neural connections.
Oh yeah, I'm fascinated about the plasticity of the brain and re-growing neural pathways, it's incredible.
You know, all I really wanted to do, since I mainly like to sing, is fingerpick. And I think maybe indeed that that is something I COULD get good at, nothing special, just something like Dolly Parton for example.
If I disappear I'll be back, gonna go eat, but I believe next Friday I could post something (if I can make it un-cringeworthy lol).
Seems like on voat more people participated but can't really remember. The whole thing is pretty neat. The thread I mean, and people get to interact with someone so accomplished.
What you're looking for is 'arpeggios'. That's a fancy term, but all it means is 'broken chords'.
So, take your G chord and don't strum it. Pick the low E with your thumb, then pick your G string with your ring finger, then pick the A string with your pointer, and finally pick the high E with your pinky. Congrats, you've just appregiated a G chord.
I'll practice that, thanks. Gonna try to find a youtube clip on it too.
>What you're looking for is 'arpeggios'. That's a fancy term, but all it means is 'broken chords'.
Funny, never even looked the term up though I've heard it all my life. Well I had to take care of a lot of things over the years, over 5 homeschooled kids, a business, etc.
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