Hi from Nina in North West of England

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Hi!
I’m from Slovenia and live in the UK. I am a complete beginner at playing the guitar. I hope I can, I have small hands with shortish fingers that don’t really want to stretch. Already struggling with the D.
But anyway, I’m a vet and I thought that keeping my mind busy doing something else than doing veterinary things and communicating with people is a great idea. Learning to play should keep me busy but distracted.
So, I hope old dogs (50 yo vets) can learn new tricks :slight_smile:

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Welcome! Lots of short fingered people around and doing well with guitar. Hope you have fun and ask for help when you need it, we all do.

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Welcome to the forum Nina

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Welcome to the community Nina :slightly_smiling_face: This is a great place with lots of helpful people.

Of course you will learn :slightly_smiling_face: It’s just a matter of your fingers, hands and arms learning something new :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hi Nina and welcome to the forum :wave::smiley: All the best with your journey! Just keep picking up your guitar everyday and rest will pretty much take care of itself, you’ll be making good progress in no time :sunglasses::+1:

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Hi and welcome! Used to be NW England myself but left…! :smiley:

Learning takes time and effort, people always feel like their hands are holding them back, in general thats not true though so dont sweat it.

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Welcome Nina, Welcome to the group. :wave:

R.

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Hi Nina,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun :sunglasses:
and I hope never to have to use your professional knowledge but only talk to you a lot about guitar :smiley:
Greetings,Rogier

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Hi Nina :wave: welcome among us…,a lot of new tricks you’ll learn…age is just a number here! A couple of months ago I learnt a Slovenian Melody on my Classical Guitar, Vsi so venci vejli…such a sweet little thing! I just couldn’t help playing it over and over again! :heart_eyes::blush: But I couldn’t find the lyrics on the Internet…what is it about?

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Hi Nina, welcome! Hope you are enjoying life in the UK :slight_smile:
Old dogs definitely can learn new tricks, especially with JustinGuitar :wink: Have alot of fun!

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Welcome to the community, Nina!

Some short fingered person here, too! It will work out, I promise. :smiley: Have lots of fun and enjoy the journey, it will be rewarding! :slight_smile:

Cheers - Lisa

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Hi Nina, and a warm welcome to the community :hugs:.
With Justin you’ve found a fantastic teacher and this community is the perfect place if you need some help, feedback, or motivating words :smiley:.
I wish you lots of fun along your guitar journey :guitar::slightly_smiling_face:.

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Welcome Nina, enjoy your time here. Many knowledgeable people here who help us all along!

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Hi, Silvia!

I’m glad you like the song. It’s a sad song about a girl watering a wreath with her tears, so her’s is green while all the others are whittered and if her tears were to fall on a rock, it would crack open into two or three shards.
I have no idea why she’s so sad.

I can try and translate it for you?

Nina

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found the original and translated lyrics :slight_smile:

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Hey Nina, welcome to the community. short hands, large hands, they all fit the guitar, just takes time to adjust. Keep at it, you’ll not regret it.

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Hi Nina, Welcome to the community.
I worked as a Vet Tech here in Canada for 36 years, retiring last December. I picked up the guitar June 2022 and yes, it is definitely a great distraction from work. I wish you a wonderful guitar journey.

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Nina, welcome to the community. Guitar is a great distraction from the cares of work and a great form of relaxation. I am one of the short fingered guitar players on the site and an old dog as well. You can look ahead to the discussion section for Grade 1, Module 4, Beginner Finger Stretches lesson on the website and you will find an extensive list of tips for guitar players with short fingers and tips for placing your fingers on the frets of your guitar. Have fun as you learn new skills and new songs in each module.

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That is soo beautiful!! :heart_eyes: It’s not that sad after all, I find it quite powerful! Now I understand why this melody is so appealing to me :heart_eyes:
Many thanks for replying and the translation and meaning of the lyrics! Now when I’ll play it again it’ll feel somehow different I think :blush::heart_eyes::blush:

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Hello and welcome to our community Nina. :slight_smile:

Surely being in your 50s is the best time to learn. :smiley:

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