Helle everyone, my name is Christian and I am 47, and I just discovered your site....Wonderfull, I have a 6 string YAMAHA F-450 that I just picked up 2 months ago and with that guitar lessons. my fingers are getting better and harder..lol
My first tune that I learned was "Stand By Me", but my all time favorite that I spend at least 1 hr a day practicing is "The House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals.
Iam relay enjoying it, wanted to do this for so long and now i am doing it, Iam hoping to learn a lot by browsing this website and pick up little tricks.
thank you :D
Welcome to the wonderful world of guitar Christian! 8) Hope to see you around the boards.
Dan
"The only way I know that guarantees no mistakes is not to play and that's simply not an option". David Hodge
Welcome to GN, Christian! Strange how many people on this site took up guitar in their 40's.....quite a few of us! Funny, Stand By Me and House Of The Rising Sun were the first two songs I could play.....
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Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
Welcome Christian! I've been to Nova Scotia before, and from what I saw of it its a nice place. Good luck with your endevors!
P.S - How do you like your Yamaha? I have the FG700S, which isn't a bad guitar for the price. Just wondering if others a satisfied.
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Hi Christian. Welcome to GN. I think 'House of the Rising Sun' was one of the first "must learn" songs for a lot of us.
Denny
Welcome to GN, Christian.
Bish
"I play live as playing dead is harder than it sounds!"
welcome to GN Christian. Yep, you found your "school of fish" here. Lots of us around you age, musical taste, and almost everyone love guitar most days. :lol:
Jim
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
Welcome to GuitarNoise, Christian! We look forward to seeing you around the forums! :D
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Welcome to GN, Christian! 8)
Learn to chords of 'House of the rising sun' and also try with the fingerpicking lesson by David. I did last summer and it is very funny!
Welcome to GN, Christian.
Look forward to seeing you round the forums.
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Welcome to GN, Christian. I am happy to report that you are older than I. HA! Not by much (i'm 44) but at least I don't feel like the old guy anymore. I started on the guitar about 10 months ago. Congrats on learning the songs. Looking forward to seeing you around!
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Welcome. I started at 35, so I'm not far behind.
Welcome Christian from Nova Scotia.
The House of the Rising Sun was also one of the first songs I learned how to play. I am learning how to play it in a blues style now with lots of fingering and neat little slides with my little finger. I just got a new Takamini 12 string and House sounds great on it.
I started at 59 ...
Rob
Manitoba - East of NS
Have a safe and pleasant day.
Rob
Canada
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Hey Christian:
Nice to see a fellow Nova Scotian - put yourself on the map if you haven't already. I've bought a lot of books over the years but this site beats them all as I'm finally starting to understand something about music.
You're going to enjoy this site
Richard
Welcome Christian! Ya, House of the rising sun is a great song, I have played and sang Amazing Grace to the same tune in a couple of differant places before.
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