tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26337233807606880102024-03-14T02:29:53.501-07:00Guitar GabGuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633723380760688010.post-2869244784697514852014-08-15T11:29:00.003-07:002014-08-15T11:29:57.482-07:00Testimonial - by Marti J.<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I attended my first sessions and follow up classes with Bob. He taught
me several basic chords and lots of fun songs. It is amazing how many
songs you can play with just a few chords. Bob has a passion for guitar
music and is enthusiastic about passing it on to his students in as many
ways as possible. In addition I have made new friends who are playing
on my same level and we can share our enjoyment. Thanks, Bob, for
getting me started , and helping me check off another item on my "bucket
list" - playing the guitar!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b> -- Marti J.</b> </span>GuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633723380760688010.post-14135932013260055262014-08-14T12:05:00.001-07:002014-08-14T12:05:44.119-07:00Testimonial - by Marty Blackburn<br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> I am 84 and [tried] taking guitar lessons long ago, but never got too far. I'm taking lessons from Bob, [and] if it weren't for [him], my guitar would still be in the closet collecting dust. I have more time now to practice every day and, with Bob's encouragement, I hope to get better. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> <b> --- Marty Blackburn </b></span><br />
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<br />GuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633723380760688010.post-38004107782243059752014-08-09T10:09:00.000-07:002014-08-09T10:10:08.275-07:00Testimonial - by Sandi Lauzon<!--[if !mso]>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span data-measureme="1"><span class="null">I have thoroughly enjoyed my
guitar classes. I bought my guitar on the way to my very first class,
so I truly was an "absolute" beginner. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span data-measureme="1"><span class="null">You not only made all the
classes so easy to follow but oh, so much fun as well. You told us on
the first day that anyone can learn to play the guitar. Well, I'm
starting to believe you! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span data-measureme="1"><span class="null">Thanks Bob!</span></span></span>GuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633723380760688010.post-55249942049753778862014-05-15T12:55:00.003-07:002014-05-15T12:56:08.198-07:00Guitar / A Life Lesson<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Guitar Strings are a lot like our Lives</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="userContent">Playing guitar is in many ways a life lesson.
The strings of the guitar are connected to the instrument, but they
also each have to be tuned well for the instrument to play and sound
harmonically correct. If only one string is out of tune<span class="text_exposed_show">,
then it affects the sound of the whole instrument. </span></span></span></span><br />
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lives. If one area of our life is out of step or tune with the rest, it
affects the whole. I'm studying a seven-part series now on having our
lives transformed, and it integrates the physical, spiritual, mental,
emotional, as well as relational, financial <i>&</i> vocational. <br /> <br />
This is so true. If we neglect our bodies, our minds and emotions
suffer as well. If we do not open our minds to learn, we feel empty and
unfulfilled. If we harbor bad feelings of resentment or hatred in our
hearts, our whole life is affected in a negative way. </span></span></span></span><br />
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parts, connected together and functioning as a whole. That's the way
that God made us, and that's the way we have to approach our lives.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Rock first had a Guitar Group back in the early stages of the church,
around 2005. Back then, the church was a sole entity, located near Dan
Nicholas Park on Bringle Ferry Road. It was led by Barry Dyson, and
attended by Wayne Eller, both of whom have also served with me more
recently in a new Guitar Group at the Salisbury-West campus. We have had
about 25-30 people come to the class at different times. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><i>Guitar Life Group</i></b> : John Montgomery, Joe Brandt, Bob Wingate, Ethan Hedrick, and Jimmy Smith.</span></td></tr>
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Right now, we have a core group of about a dozen people, which includes
about three beginning students, 4-6 intermediate students, and two or
three teachers, including myself, Wayne, and John Montgomery. During
the fall, we were joined by High Rock pastor Tom Bartlett, who is also
an accomplished musician. Tom came in, helped us re-organize the group,
and led a piano group. We began each class as a combined group, having
a devotional thought, plus a joint music training, and then we broke
off into guitar and piano groups. This method worked very well, and
culminated with a Christmas Concert in December 2013. { see picture }
We played Christmas favorites, such as Jingle Bells, Joy to the World,
and Away in a Manger, as well as some personal favorites.</span><br />
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GuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633723380760688010.post-44728664397793601942013-09-18T12:00:00.001-07:002013-09-18T12:52:06.214-07:00Logo for our Guitar Group<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a Logo that I designed for our Guitar Life Group at church. I hope to be able to adapt it or create another one for my Senior Guitar Classes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> How do you like it ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'm thinking of creating a TEE SHIRT from this logo design.. would anyone buy them <em>??</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here's a COLOR version-- what do u think <em>?</em></span><br />
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A new session of guitar classes began today at Rufty-Holmes Senior Center. There was a great turnout of about<em> <strong>fifteen (15) students in the Beginners Class</strong></em>-- and <strong><em>ten (10) students in the Intermediate Class.</em></strong></div>
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In the Beginners Class, we covered "<strong>How to Tune the Guitar" </strong>and <strong>"Playing Notes"</strong> with a Single-Note Exercise. We took time to hear from each students, who introduced themselves, and we got to know each other a bit for the first time. Students were also encouraged to devote practice time every day in learning to play the guitar.</div>
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In the Intermediate Class, we studied <strong>"Learning New Keys" </strong>from a handout entitled <strong>"Plus One".</strong> We learned how <strong>learning one new chord </strong>at a time can help you learn Brand New Keys. We looked at the 1-4-5 Chords in each key, and also saw how each Major chord is made up of the 1-3-5 notes of the scale. We studied the key of C and the key of E, learning some two-string <strong>"Power Chords", </strong>and saw how these chords are used over and over in popular music.</div>
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Looking forward to these next weeks and seeing how our classes and students develop<em>!</em></div>
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GuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633723380760688010.post-75271493800621573842013-08-13T09:43:00.002-07:002013-08-26T14:19:13.476-07:00Muriel Anderson- Concert Review<br />
Do Half-Angels Play the Harp Guitar,<br />
Where Does Muriel Anderson Hide Her Wings?<br />
[Review of Muriel Anderson concert, August 4, 2013, Mooresville, N.C.]<br />
<strong><em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">by Dane Hartgrove</span></em></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Muriel Anderson is a diminutive master guitarist whose repertoire includes many songs </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">played on the harp guitar, an instrument that was moderately popular before World War I but has </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">since gone the way of the flugelhorn. Harp guitars have additional strings in both bass and upper </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">registers, more than 20 in all. In the hands of an artiste like Ms. Anderson, who has added her </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">own tuning method, the end result is a fuller sound than that of a guitar. Among the songs played </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">on harp guitar in this concert were the ethereal “View from Space” (dedicated to an astronaut </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">who took Ms. Anderson’s Heartstrings album to the International Space Station), plus covers of </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“Starry Night” and “Vincent.” If angels play harps, wouldn’t playing a harp guitar the way she </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">does make Muriel Anderson at least a half-angel?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> The concert apparently came about in part because Ms. Anderson was an instructor at </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">this year’s Swannanoa Gathering, which took place during the previous week, and drew her to </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">our area. How could anyone who plays the guitar not want to take instruction from someone </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">whose abilities with that instrument make her the equivalent of a guru? This reviewer had the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">good fortune to sit not more than ten feet from the performer, and literally could not take his </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">eyes off her flying fingers. The music she brought out of both guitar and harp guitar was </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">incredible, and lends credence to my only slightly tongue-in-cheek contention that Muriel </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Anderson is at least a half-angel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Some of the songs that stood out were the old favorite “Nola,” the Japanese-based </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“Sakura” for which Ms. Anderson made her guitar sound like an Oriental instrument, “Fantasia </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">de Fuego” with its classical guitar influences, the fine “Lady Pamela,” and a tribute to a departed </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">musician titled “Bells for Marcel.” There was much, much more, but why read about it when </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">you can look up Muriel Anderson online and listen to clips of her work for yourself! As for me, </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’m looking forward to her next concert in our area. Hey, there’s at least half a chance she can </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">fly in for it all by herself!</span><br />
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GuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633723380760688010.post-22080650185489899382013-08-09T10:45:00.003-07:002013-08-09T10:49:02.780-07:00Catawba Chiefs Club- Auction<div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
I just participated in the 2013 Catawba Chiefs Club auction at Goodman Gym on the Catawba College campus last night. There were probably 200 people there, mostly alumni and staff of Catawba College, supporting the athletic department with a <em>Silent </em>Auction of various gifts and prizes. </div>
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It was a crazy time, people mulling over all of the merchandise and offers, things like autographed posters, books, and sports memorabilia. They had an Arnold Palmer autographed poster, Dick Vitale autographed collection of book, poster, and basketball, a Catawba College football helmet lamp, all kinds of local and chain restaurants, tickets to the Panthers, Bobcats, and others.</div>
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I was privileged to donate three one-hour guitar lessons to some worthy person who won my auction bidding. I will soon find out the identity of this "lucky" person. (<em>!</em>) Thanks to Jackie Harris of United Way of Rowan County for contacting me and allowing me to participate in this wonderful event. I look forward to doing it again next year ! <br />
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GuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633723380760688010.post-72271886850897937772013-08-06T10:08:00.004-07:002013-08-08T09:57:34.267-07:00Guitar Teacher's Gab<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> I thought we had a pretty good start to our newest classes on Monday <i>{ July 8 }. </i>We had several new students and some returning ones. A total of <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">about 20 students in two classes</span></i></b>. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">About fifteen <i>{15}</i> in the Beginners class and five <i>{5}</i> in the Intermediate class. I went over basics such as tuning and how to finger notes on the fretboard, and first chords <i>{ G, C & D } </i>with the Beginners, and we looked at</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><b>How to Transpose Notes & Keys</b> </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">and picking out a tune called </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><b><i>Bass Boogie Blues </i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">in the Intermediate class. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> I'm beginning to see what I feel is some really good progress with the Intermediate students. I think it's always a </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i>"leap of faith" </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">to say { <i>even with my encouragement </i>} </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i>"Yes, I can do this. I'm ready to progress farther." </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Just the very acknowledgment of that step is to me a great big encouragement. We're going to practice really hard for the next couple of weeks, and then I plan for the Intermediate students to come visit the Beginners class and both perform for them and mentor them. I hope they will be an encouragement to those who are not yet ready to fully believe in themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> I realize that playing the guitar involves some physical realities { <i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">having flexibility and strength, etc. </span></i>},</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">but I believe it also encompasses a lot of mental and emotional things as well </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i>{ belief, determination, perseverance.. just to name a few}. </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">There are so many little </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i>"baby steps" </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">between walking in as a<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Brand New Beginner</b></span></i> on the guitar, and advancing to the realm of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i><b>enjoyment and expertise</b>. </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">There is definitely a learning curve, but also a very large emotional growth as well. Often, it's hard to discern </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><i>{ as a teacher, and also by the students themselves}</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> these steps as they are occurring. And oftentimes it's tempting, if you don't actually recognize the small steps of progress you're making, to just <i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">give up and quit</span></i>. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">It's </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">DEFINITELY</span> </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a lot easier. But in the long run, at some point, we will second-guess ourselves.. and have to admit that we gave in-- probably right before our breakthrough.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> I'm looking forward to what the next two months bring in the way of teaching and developing my guitar students. Hopefully, some of them will emerge, if not as skillful players, at least as ones that believe that one day, with some time and effort, becoming a <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>better guitarist</i></span> is within their reach.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Practicing is a story. Sitting down with your instrument, you imagine yourself into the future, <i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u>better than you are now</u></span></i>, having passed through a limbo of work that changes you... each day's small step adds up to a journey. As long as you keep practicing,<u><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> almost any goal seems attainable, a matter of time and effort</span></i></u>."</span></b></blockquote>
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GuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633723380760688010.post-60793502132067117052013-08-05T15:08:00.000-07:002013-08-06T10:26:27.816-07:00Muriel Anderson - Concert Reviews<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>She played a harp guitar next, which I had never seen, much less heard and it was phenomenal! At the very least, she is an eye-opener and a great entertainer. At the most, she is extremely exceptional at what she does. She played a new song for the audience to listen to and come back with a title of what it reminded them of. I listened to the responses, but never said that it reminded me of falling leaves and old memories floating in the wind, after all, what kind of title is that? Then she revealed she was calling it "Dandelions" and I thought how unfitting it was. Then I remembered that they turn into cream puffs and blow away in the wind...so how fitting it was after all, I smiled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>I would like to brag and say that I had such a good ear, that I could pick out her off notes, but to tell the truth she gave it away herself with a wry look every time. She may want to practice her poker face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Anyway, YES!! She is human and a very lovable one at that.</span></div>
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GuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633723380760688010.post-45658339005529952902013-08-05T15:04:00.002-07:002013-08-06T10:20:21.014-07:00Testimonial - by Libby Owens<div style="text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Testimonial - by Libby Owens</span></strong> </div>
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<span style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" iya="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQolppnYBs9y5qIMZewLT-z58VyvZ0Kr3nBsyQPbakkbqCRkFp_89mStHcG7V7Naa3VA4zCUREZNU1l1LxyYG2kam-TizjsC0_XfwIqfhSgO1QkVjkCmMXwMOd-pnn-8LXgMS-JtOA431/s200/libby.jpg" width="150" /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My dad taught himself to play guitar when he was in the Coast Guard in the 1950's. As a child, my brother, sisters, and I would come running in the evenings when Daddy pulled out his guitar. We'd sit on the floor at his feet and listen as he played and sometimes sang. Good old songs like "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain", "The Old Gray Mare", as well as songs made popular by the likes of Johnny Cash, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, and many old favorite hymns. If you're old enough you remember the TV show "Hee Haw." In our minds our daddy was every bit as good as anyone who ever sang and played on that show and we told him often he ought to appear on it. Still, I never thought much about playing guitar myself as I wasn't naturally gifted in music. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> After we became adults, my younger sister took some guitar lessons, mostly from friends, and learned the basics. I picked up her guitar a couple of times, but strumming hurt my fingers so I never pursued it. Several years ago after I'd made an off-hand remark about wishing I could play guitar, my husband gave me one for Christmas. I realized pretty quickly that I didn't know the first thing about the guitar. I didn't have any idea how to make separate notes, nothing more than a quick strum across the strings. So, the guitar stayed in its case for about 3 years. I thought occasionally about taking lessons, but couldn't really afford to do so. I did ask my dad to teach me, but somehow what he told me never made sense. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Then one day I saw the new Small Group class listings for church, and someone named Bob was going to lead a Beginner Guitar small group. I figured, "Hey, I have nothing to lose if I still can't play after taking lessons, and maybe I can make my daddy proud of me." The first night of class, I came away feeling completely inadequate. Not only did my fingers hurt after just a few strums of the strings, but nothing that was said made any sense to me. The teachers (Bob and Barry) promised me that if I practiced strumming every day, my fingers would quickly toughen up. I did, and they were right. I was amazed at the difference it made so quickly. So the next week I felt ready to go, ready to learn! But after that class I still felt overwhelmed. I was the only one who didn't know at least a little about a guitar, and most had done some playing in the past. I didn't even know enough vocabulary to talk about a guitar! I was the only woman in class, and felt intimidated by that also. I almost quit several times. Bob was so patient with me, he knew I was totally clueless from the first night. <br /><br /> I told my dad I was taking lessons. I'd wanted to surprise him, but I couldn't wait. Most nights after class I would call him on the way home and tell him what we'd discussed. He was so encouraging, he kept me going when I felt totally overwhelmed and wanted to quit several times. I'll never forget the first night in class that we all strummed through a song while Bob played and sang the melody. It was mostly using only G, and maybe a C, but it was exhilarating when we ended the song and I realized I had pretty much kept up and we had completed a song! That night I called my dad and told him I had played a song, and it was cool to hear his chuckle of approval! <br /><br /> My very favorite class was when Bob taught us how to read tab notes. It felt like a light bulb went on in my head. I had picked around on a piano years before, and I knew a little about reading notes. So tab notes made sense to me, and I could finally pick up my guitar and hear a tune, a real song, coming from it. <br /><br /> These days, I'd love to say that I practice and play my guitar often and entertain others with it. But lying is a sin, so I won't do that! I do pick it up and remind myself of the basics every so often, then sit and pick out a few songs. I have played with my dad a few times, and my sister. I'm ashamed to admit that the last time I did, my dad could tell right away that I had NOT been practicing! Daddy doesn't get out much anymore, and spending time with him and my guitar is one way I can bring him happiness. <br /><br /> Taking lessons from Bob gave me the basics of guitar playing and one day I may be ready to play more and use it for others. Right now though I am content to know how to pick a tune out of it and enjoy it in my own home and occasionally with my dad and sister. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Thank you, Bob, for your patience and for never ever making me feel that playing was out of my league and above my head (because I sure felt that way). You always assured me that I was capable of learning, and helped me to believe in myself. I appreciate the opportunity you gave me and am so glad you were open to using a talent you have to glorify God and benefit others. You have proven that you CAN teach an old dog new tricks! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Gratefully, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Libby Owens</span> </div>
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