If it seems my guitar is a bit out of tune, it probably is. After last week’s unfortunate incident with the broken string, I decided not to try to tune it just before filming for the blog! You might remember that last week I had to play ukulele instead. Today I’m back with new strings and I’m playing the same 4 chords I’ve been doing, a song recommended to beginners “You Raise me Up”. BUT – I’ve been working on other chords and hopefully I’ll share a song with 5 or 6 chords next time! I’m practicing an easier version of the dreaded F chord. I have small hands and might not ever be able to do the advanced F chord. That’s OK, I’m playing for fun.
So, I’m making progress, both on learning guitar and on working through a difficult time I’m going through right now. By the way, you might have noticed that my guitar oil painting is coming along, as it is visible in the background of my guitar video. Here’s a current photo of it (still unfinished, planning to do more to it):
I’m also getting ready to paint on my first instrument, a ukulele (I’ll try a guitar in the near future, but I want to start on the smaller surface of a less expensive uke first). I’ve decided to look at one of my own bluebird paintings (this is a copy of it printed on a very small canvas compared to the original oil painting, to the right of the ukulele), as reference inspiration for the uke painting, which will also feature bluebirds, similar to these but probably not exactly. Here’s the ukulele project laid out, all ready to paint on:
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