Finger Pickin' Good

Today I started Classical Guitar lessons! This is a big thing for me, as I have been wanting to do this for over a year now. In fact, I bought my first classical guitar around that same time (a year ago) and so far, it has seen a lot of the inside of its guitar case.

I am really looking forward to these lessons. My guitar teacher seems quite knowledgeable and plays often, he has chops! We spent the first lesson getting to know each other and determining my goals - which involve classical training, reading notation and more music theory. Afterward, we rocked out on some blues riffs. Unfortunately, I'm not accustom to the inlay-free, larger classical neck and I ended up just falling apart - I fear that I looked like a novice player (which is the case for classical guitar); stupid pride - or would it be ego? Who cares, anyway? It was still a good time!

I have two assignments to do before next week. The first is to acquire this book: "Solo Guitar Playing, Book 1" by Frederick Noad. The second is to re-string my classical guitar, which is a night and day difference from the way an electric guitar is strung!! It'll be a daunting task until I get used to it. I'm estimating 2-3 hours for this first venture, I just hope I don't screw it up.

Song of the day: "Cliffs of Rock City" - Brad Paisley