hello

[@@.]

i have been strumming around on steel strung guitars for years and years . but only last year bought my first classical guitar through the persuasion of a friend who plays classical.
i feel like ive wasted all those years, what a marvellous hobby, im completely in love with it.

[brian richardson]

@@-
cool 'name'
you've found a nice home here.
what 'cha working on?
what guitar ya playing.

welcome to the wonderful world of the
classical guitar!!!

[@@.]

hi brian, i always seem to be working on 3 or 4 pieces at once. right now im almost complete on, prelude no 5 villa lobos, choro no1 villa lobos, and still have a long way to go on granada albinez

[belle111]

I am a newb..
and i can see that i will be enjoying my stay here;;;

http://www.aboutplayingguitar.com

[brian richardson]

welcome belle111!!!
things are a bit quiet here lately.
wait until winter when every-one's inside
protecting their digits from the cold.
then it should heat up a little round here.;)

anyway, tell us about yerself.
what 'cha working on, playing, etc............:cool:

[Francisco Vega]

Hi Brian:
You could easily be the official monitor of the forum. You are doing a great job so far.

[Rio]

i have been strumming around on steel strung guitars for years and years ... i feel like ive wasted all those years...

Nah. Nothing ever goes to waste.

I spent a couple of decades playing harp, and when I came back to classical guitar, I discovered that the harp had taught me focus and musicality...as well as opening me up to different kinds of music. My practice sessions are much more profitable now, and I'm less likely to tell myself that something is "good enough" and more likely to take the problem passage apart and figure out what's not working so I can make it better.

Welcome, and keep playing, strumming, twiddling, blowing, banging, and whatever else makes music!

Rio

[Sandra]

welcome belle111!!!
things are a bit quiet here lately.
wait until winter when every-one's inside
protecting their digits from the cold.
then it should heat up a little round here.;)

anyway, tell us about yerself.
what 'cha working on, playing, etc............:cool:
Jeez, you sound typical of a guy on the intarwebnet who thinks he's talking to a real live girl. :roll:

google "her" nick and the domain she's promoting and you'll see she's joined forums far and wide lately just to link drop and try to get backlinks to gain page rank.

[Francisco Vega]

Plus, it may be a guy! :(:mad:

[brian richardson]

Jeez, you sound typical of a guy on the intarwebnet who thinks he's talking to a real live girl.

google "her" nick and the domain she's promoting and you'll see she's joined forums far and wide lately just to link drop and try to get backlinks to gain page rank.

WTH Sandra??(bow included)
i was merely welcoming (what i thought was) a new member.
whether this person was a girl or not, never even crossed my mind(until now)
i don't do background checks on everyone.
next time i'll clear it with you, your majesty.
you are sounding like a typical know it all forum addict.
nice catch on a post i made a week ago.

also, no thanks for the insult of lumping me with internet weirdos
with ulterior motives.


btw-digits are fingers, get it, too cold to be outside.
warm them up typing, before playing....
do you even play the guitar??

[Sandra]

...snip...
It's called sarcasm. Sorry if it didn't come across right, there was no intent to insult you.

[Francisco Vega]

Dios los cria y ellos se juntan! Time for a group hug, anyone?

[brian richardson]

It's called sarcasm. Sorry if it didn't come across right, there was no intent to insult you.

your attempts at sarcasm have been quite lame lately.
thanks for clearing that up.

[@@.]

will you lot shut up! this is my post and your only supposed to say "hello" and other little niceities to me, its not a bloody piley on y know :roll:

[Francisco Vega]

I refuse to say hello to people who comes using those words and that uses @@ for a name. But off! Vade retro Satana!!

[brian richardson]

will you lot shut up! this is my post and your only supposed to say "hello" and other little niceities to me, its not a bloody piley on y know

you are right @@,
sorry for the thread hi-jack.

[@@.]

francisco vega....... how sad for you, i weep for your malnourished soul :cry:

brian....... so polite! beauty is everywhere, you just need to look ;)

[Francisco Vega]

francisco vega....... how sad for you, i weep for your malnourished soul :cry:

brian....... so polite! beauty is everywhere, you just need to look ;)

Brian: Lucky you!


..malnourished soul?.......are you a poet? what is malnourished? what is soul?

Group hug anyone?

[@@.]

OK group hug :-P

[HoustonSy]

Hello from Houston, Texas. My name is Sy Liebergot. This looks like a great forum. What a meandering path some of take to get back to our “first love”, the classical guitar. I studied CG for five years when I was in my 30’s, but gave it up completely a few years later. At the age of 52, when I had the itch to begin CG, again, I sustained the loss of my RH fingernail, so I began voice lessons, which continue today. Three months ago, I realized that my finger nail had grown back and that once more I had the itch to begin studying the classical guitar, now at the age of 71. I committed with the purchase of a Francisco Navarro Special Grand Concert CG (cocobolo sides and back, Canadian cedar top). So, here I am, struggling again through Vicente Gomez’s version of Romance de Amor, and loving it. I am studying with a patient teacher. I've discovered the Guitar Chair which has lived up to its claims. I’m sure that I’ll find this Forum an invaluable resource. For example, I am on the hunt for a CG compositions by Alvaro Dalmar.
Sy

[sanderdude]

Hi Si: Welcome! I too have begun to play again. Me after about 30 yrs off. Romancia was the first thing I learned and the only thing I remembered after all that time. yes it is great fun to begin to play again. Keep it up and keep posting here. Thanks. robert

[brian richardson]

welcome sy!!

[campbell]

welcome Sy, nice to see that the fire is still burning at 71, I just turned 60, and I really feel my best playing is ahead of me.

[HoustonSy]

Thanks for the welcome. Yes, I have unfinished business with CG.
Sy