Bob himself’s three thousand, three hundred and eighty comments

@Al “I was once told by a musician in New Orleans that jazz is the result of a collision of Irish and African music.” more…

Nicholas: “gam, can you explain what you understand as traditional?, traditions, by their very nature change and evolve.” more…

Weejie: more…

NAIDS? Do you mean NSAID - non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs? more…

Little Mountain’s Big Mountain? more…

A friend and I noticed this as teenagers many, many years ago. We both started playing lots of guitar at an early age and both noticed the longer fretting hand fingers after several years of (intensive) playing. It’s not just the fingertips. more…

I played tunes on the guitar with the three-finger grip for many years, but I eventually changed to a more “normal” two-finger grip with occasional support from the other finger. The three-finger grip was causing a bit of extra tension in the wrist. more…

education is generally something you *do* for yourself… more…

I’ve come late to this discusssion and apologize if I’m repeating something I missed above. “Maniac” Danny made a major point in his first reply above: “Most of your learning is self-taught - or should be. It’s called practice. more…

I’ve done a bit of it, including some tremolo borrowed from classical guitar. It was fun and it can certainly be a charming sound, but without amplification it’s very quiet. I didn’t pursue it because it was damaging my nails. more…