@MAT1953 Thank you, Michael! I like the course a lot. Iāve been mostly a pick strummer in the beginning, but the more I play, the more I love finger strumming. Definitely worth to have a look at the later lessons, if you already started.
We all know: rhythm is king!
@domi7
Havenāt heard it in a while too, but I like the carefree sound of late 80ies and early 90ies, reminds me of a very nice time of my life
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Thatās also a good approach! I see myself getting more confident to play around with the way I strum and that is what itās all about. My goal is being able to transfer āfeelā into the strings some time and therefore doing the courses and forcing myself to be precise in my technique helps a lot.
@roger_holland Thank you so much for all your nice comments and thanks also to your nice wife!

That reminds me, that I should learn the riff and the picking eventually. Jolene is such a great song! I had a nice moment with this song⦠at the end of the winter 24, we had a last ski day and at one of the chairlift stations they had turned up the music on full volume. When we entered the lock gate, Jolene started to play and instantly me and the service guys started to sing together as loud as we could. Such a crazy, but really funny moment!
So sorry for that, but I only recorded the audio
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Uuuuh, you both are too kind. My vocal actually range is quite limited (see Jolene), but this one fitted quite well. But unfortunately, Iām no born singer!
Thanks a lot, but I wonāt anyway, the cours is worth every penny
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@brianlarsen
Ok, then I was a step further, at least I knew, that there was a battery inside
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I love that āBrianesqueā comment
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. But I see, what you mean⦠I admit, Jolene is a bit at the limits for my voice (another proof, that I have 0,0000000% in common with Dolly
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Right! Itās interesting how much the strumming and accents we add impacts the vocal expression. And Iām really surprised on the other hand, how much orientation singing gives me for a song. So I sing, although Iām not good at all, but who caresā¦
@beejay56 Thanks so much for the nice words! I totally agree with the advice for my singing on Jolene. I simply donāt find a suitable pitch for that one. Itās definitely something to work on!
@sairfingers Thanks Gordon for taking the time to waste some precious holiday time on my humble recordings!
Just ask a Scotsman and you will get a different perspective! Love that, we should turn our weaknesses into strenghts
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Definitely right, but as said obove, I donāt seem to find the right pitch!