Hello! I'm Paul (the eternal beginner) from France

After many years of spinning my wheels and getting nowhere, I decided to finally get serious and follow a coherent plan. Had 3 years of formal lessons as a youngster, strummed for 10 years, then put the guitar in the closet.

Fast forward 40 years: Decided to pick up the guitar again. Took a few months of classical guitar lessons via Skype. But it was getting expensive, so I let it go. Then a few years ago I studied with the Classical Guitar Academy online for a year. Although it was an excellent program, I decided it wasn’t for me.

Then recently I was searching for tutorials on blues and fingerpicking and stumbled on Justin’s youtube channel. I’d watched some of his videos before, as well as a ton of other videos from many teachers.

I was really impressed with Justin’s approach and decided to look at his web site. When I saw all the goodies, I signed up pronto. So here I am. Started at grade 1 and now just into grade 3. I’m interested in blues, fingerstyle, folk, country, ballads.

Happy to be here, look forward to meeting you all !

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Hi Paul

Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Greetings,Rogier

Thanks, Roger!

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Welcome Paul, I’m sure you’ll enjoy you time in the JG Community👍

Thanks!

Hi and welcome, Paul. Warmest greetings from Warsaw, Poland. I’m sure you’ll enjoy the time spent on this great website.

Fantastic! Do you also sing?
All the best
Tomasz

welcome to this great guitar community, we are all goodies here :smiley:
Greetings from Germany
Cheers Withold

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Bienvenue parmis nous :slight_smile:

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Hi Tomasz! Do I sing? Not unless I’m forced to :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
I visited your country a few years ago. Went to Krakow for a week. Lovely. I especially like the historic center and the parks. Had a guided tour of the former ghetto.
Cheers,
Paul

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Thanks for the welcome!

Merci, je vis en France depuis longtemps, mais je suis américain. Thanks, although I’ve been living in France for many years, I’m American. Fell in love with the country as a student. More than a decade after my studies, I moved here permanently.

Welcome to the forum Paul

Thanks!

Salut Paul!

same here :slight_smile:
was less into Blues before guitar, but I really like the frame you can start in - having quite a few contraints that make it simpler.

I’m confident you’ll have a nice time and make good progress here!

PS. Ah, now I see… american :slight_smile:

ah it was a trap ! :rofl:

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Hi domi,

Yeah, blues is very cool. So earthy. I can play some on the piano, but I think blues sounds best on the guitar. It’s gonna be fun.

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Bienvenue, welcome!

Guilty as charged :innocent:

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Thanks, Richiel !

Bienvenue, Starman :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:
I’d like to come and meet you, but I think I’d blow your mind :musical_notes: :rofl:
You stumbled into the right place :wink: