Hello musicians from Glyn in Middlesbrough, England

Hi, Glyn 41 north east England (Middlesbrough). Got 1st guitar when i was 21. Every time iv tried, iv stopped straight away. Finally giving it a propper go. Near end of first stage of justins course

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welcome :slight_smile:

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Iv posted a vid somewhere but no idea where i put it

[mod edit … here it is: Stage 1 tune ]

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Hi Glyn,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun :sunglasses:

Once you have found this course there is no excuse for not learning to play beyond the beginner level :smiley:, it doesn’t get any better with online teachers :sunglasses:

Greetings,Rogier

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Yes im loving playing now. I get bored fast. When iv tried before, I wasnt enjoying it. Lesrning a couple of chords but kept lossing intrested. I wanted to play house of rising sun (bob Dylan version) I started practising that amd was seeing it devlope into something. This give me some enthusiasm to learn properly. Practicing that and making on tunes up to keep me motivated

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Good to read :sunglasses:
House of the Rising Sun… :smiley:
That was my first video…well not exactly like how that song goes :roll_eyes:, but completely taken apart and without vocals and…but I played the chords on my looper and had a lot of fun with it…I wish you the same :sunglasses:

Greetings

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Welcome to the forum Glyn

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Thank u

Welcome Glyn

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Welcome to the community Glyn, good luck on your journey and have fun.
Also good song to lean the house of the rising sun although I learnt the Animals version for the sweep picking :+1:
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Ivtried learning bith picking and stumming. Would say it was great but i wouldnt say was terrible. Having an F chird was challenging, im starting to prcagice it again as i know F chord is coming up on course

Hello Glyn & Welcome!

If you haven’t already, get yourself a stand or wall hanger so your guitar is always ready to play… I like to play for the few minutes that my coffee’s brewing in the mornings - that extra few minutes a day seems to make a difference in how fast things progress!!!
By the way, what do you play, acoustic or electric? Or both? Gear pics are nice… as a group, we here in this Community are a bit “over the top” about gear & everything related to guitar!!!

House of the Rising Sun is a good fingerstyle song too, it’s a nice PIMA piece to start working on using the fingers instead of a pick!

Good luck with your learning Journey… remember that you gotta keep it FUN so you always want to pick up that guitar & PLAY!!!

Tod from New Mexico USA

P.S. In case you don’t know “PIMA”…
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Welcome to the community, Glyn! :smiley:

Have fun on your guitar journey! :slight_smile:

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I currently have acustic, i think in the future my style will be more focused on finger picking,.especially for wroting my own songs. Arm im at uni and money is tight so for bits of kit, il have to wait. My guitar sits next to me on settea during week and it goes on to other settea on weekends when my son ia here. I did that more through lazyness than anything but have found its been beneficial as im constantly picking it up amd playing.

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Hello! :blush: and welcome to this awesome community.

Hi Glyn
Welcome to the Community forum :smiley: It’s a very helpful and supportive place
And I agree with Rogier, I think you’re in the best place for learning guitar online with JustinGuitar :sunglasses: :guitar: It’s such an amazing resource and Justin is so generous with sharing his knowledge :sunflower:

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Welcome to the forum, congratulations on your progress

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Glyn @Borobean
Welcome from a fellow North Eastener.
I had a good idea where you came from based on your User name.
Michael

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Yes im enjoying the course

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Hi Glyn - from a fellow north-easterner. Born Darlington, raised Eston, now in Stockton.

Congratulations on returning to music and making your first steps of progress! :slight_smile:
Welcome to JustinGuitar and this fantastic community. Please take your time to look around and get to know the wider space.
https://community.justinguitar.com/categories

We are a supportive and encouraging group of students and guitarists from across the world. Essentially, we are all here for music and to improve as players. We truly are a ‘community’. Members help and support one another and a friendly, positive attitude underpins this. We hope that all - young or old, experienced or new players - adopt and foster the pay-it-forward ethos that Justin personifies and embedded all those years ago when he started the website and forum.

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Richard
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