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HeirofSalvation

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I'll watch this on Monday. I'm at a coffee shop with the family and forgot my headphones.

Never heard of Khaki King. Sorry! I'll check her out, though. I'm still back in the '60's & '70's--Roy Clark, Chet Atkins, Glen Campbell, John Denver, folk guitar, some classical guitarists--Maleguena, Classical Gas. (Ever hear Jim Stafford on those two?) I can admit, though, that there are some awesome guitarists in genres I don't like.
She would definitely be a virtuosic guitarist in a genre you wouldn't like. I don't particularly care for her style either, but she's innovative. Glenn Campbell used Ovations, as I'm sure you know, and Melissa Ethridge. They're not for me, but I appreciate what Ovations are made for
 

KenH

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Here is what I am using to start my learning - 25 disks and a 100 page workbook. It is a quite thorough course. Could easily take a year and a half, maybe even 2 years, to complete. I bought this in 2007.

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HeirofSalvation

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Maybe I can learn to play “What Child Is This?” by Christmas. I love that “Greensleeves” melody.
Hmmm...I'm a beginner too, I'll try as well.
Also, great song choice! Greensleeves, an ancient (I think Pre-Norman Saxon) Melody :)
 

John of Japan

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Why are allowing this thread to string along......

In fact, I wonder if Dr John R Rice ever
wrote a book about the evils of guitars.....
Ha! Actually, he had an old guitar in the house while I was growing up, but no one ever played it. I actually have a songbook for guitar that he owned, probably going back to the 1930's. So he must have tried playing guitar when he was young. He wrote his songs playing the piano with two fingers, then his son-in-law would do the arrangements. The guitar was something like this Gretsch archtop: Gretsch G9555 New Yorker Archtop - Semi-gloss Vintage Sunburst

And now, shocking news: John R. Rice liked old time country music (not the new rock type stuff, since he had grown up as a Texas cowboy. In the John R. Rice Papers at Southwestern Seminary is a letter saying he liked Johnny Cash (gasp!).
 
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John of Japan

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I started playing to follow my brother--who then quit playing. But I took 4 months of lessons from his guitar-playing friend, who asked me to join his rock band and play bass guitar. Who knows where my life would be if I had said yes. :confused:

I then joined a group called "Up With People" and had to learn to play better real fast. My first church solo with my guitar was "I've Got a Mansion" at age 16--a good song for you beginners.
 

KenH

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Hmmm...I'm a beginner too, I'll try as well.
Also, great song choice! Greensleeves, an ancient (I think Pre-Norman Saxon) Melody :)

Here is one way to flatpick it. Unfortunately, part II of the instructional part requires a membership of $10/month.

 
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KenH

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There are lots of beginner courses so I am going to stick to the Krenz course and when I finish it, then I figure the world will be my oyster and I can go foraging for whatever I want to learn. By the way, over the years I have purchased this stack of additional DVDs - so I don’t think I will run out of stuff to learn. :Biggrin

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HeirofSalvation

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In the John R. Rice Papers at Southwestern Seminary is a letter saying he liked Johnny Cash (gasp!).
EVERYONE who loves American guitar appreciates Johnny Cash.
I'm 40 years removed from his generation (at least) and a few decades from yours (I'm a gen-xer)
Johnny Cash was the real deal, his method and style doesn't go away.
Good music is good music.
Every generation can appreciate good music. That's why I love music, and also good art.

It's also the reason that Peter Paul Reubens, Jacques Louis David and Rembrandt are meaningful and Jackson Pollock is a poseur and cad.

There is an objective reality to that which is beautiful. (I actually believe that that is a Theologically significant point.) Those who appreciate real artistry, be it musical, architectural, in paintings, or in sculpture appreciate good art (or music) and it is timeless.....The generation which crafted it is irrelevant. Beauty, in all it's forms, is an attribute of, and gift of God, and only by drawing closer to Him can we appreciate genuine beauty.

The arts, in all forms, either celebrate his beauty, or the beauty of the creation he made. There's a Theological significance to the arts in all their forms, music included.
 
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