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wildwoman1313
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wildwoman1313
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02/02/2013 1:53 am
Thanks so much for your comments eddarbonne, pauletterees, drolander, and G1619T. So glad you got something from the piece. You must have one impressive repertoire, G1619T, seeing as you've been building it for nearly 45 years!

Keep working those songs that are almost there, Condor_tmc. Work the bugs out until you bring the tunes up to performance level as noted in the article. But if by “mistake-free” you mean perfect, know that most musicians can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times they have played a song at what they would consider to be perfection.

As john of MT suggests, check out some of the songs on the GT site. Under the SONGS tab you’ll find various genres to choose from as well as a link to songs meant especially for beginners. Poke around there for numbers that need no accompaniment. For instance, Bobby Howe has a sweet version of “Scarborough Fair” in the Acoustic genre you may want to check out. Most people know that song, so it may be a good place to start. Also be sure to check out the promotion GT's currently running. Lots of new songs have been added. Hope this helps. ;) And thanks for your comments.