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Day One Hundred Seventy Three (Year Four)

After playing guitar, mostly from the couch, for the last few days, I finally took my electric and my recent theory information and got back into the studio tonight.  It just felt good to get back in there and see what sort of a mess I had left.  In a related story, some of my day off on Wednesday really needs to be spent in the studio getting things put away (again).  I can't help it if I start working in there and one thing leads to another which leads to books and magazines being strewn about, hither and yon.

Know what else felt good?  Getting back to the acoustic stuff!  Tonight's lessons out of the Acoustic Goldmine book were pretty simple ones.  One of them was about moving open position cowboy chords (C,A,D,E, and G specifically) up the neck to create different chord voicings, and the second lesson focused in on the many uses for a capo.

After getting those two crossed off, I turned the page and found a lesson that I'm going to want to devote a good chunk of time to: finger picking.  Admittedly, this is one area of my playing that has always been a bit haphazard.  I've got a system, down, mind you, but it's not without its flaws.

Did a little bit of electric work tonight, as well.  Focused a little bit on the theory stuff in that regard.

All told, it was a pretty good music day.
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