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Day One Hundred Two (Year Three)

Started in on "Stairway" again today.  With everything I learned the last time I tried it, I can already feel that the song is easier underneath my fingers.  The transitions on the chord changes are smoother, and the chords up the neck in the bridge are quicker as well.  I'm really feeling confident about this, and I didn't even spend that much time with it. 

(If I really wanted to feel dumb right now, I'd go back and look at my posts from the month I tried to learn it before, just to see if I made the same sorts of remarks then.  I bet I did).

I know my primary goal is going to be getting the solo down pat, but it never hurts to get those chord shapes underneath your fingers at least a few times.

I picked up a few magazine files today when we were out shopping.  Now that I've found some of the resources I'd spent the last month plus wondering about, I don't want to misplace a main piece of the lesson plan I'm creating.  It just made sense to me that I gather up those bits and have them right next to the practice binder.  Slowly but surely I'm getting smarter about this.

One of the cool (and musical) things about having DirecTV that I discovered (and promptly recorded) is a show called "Guitar Center Sessions," where they have a band in, interview them, and have them play songs in between the interview segments.  It reminds me an awful lot of what "Sessions At West 54th" used to be when it ran on PBS.  So far we've recorded one with Bush, one with Slash, and one with Seether.  Not sure how many episodes there are, but it'll be fun viewing at some point.

That's really all for today.  More tomorrow.

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