Hi Paul,I enjoyed your playing and singing, and also your theme that not knowing might beat knowing.I haven't watched the TV news for years, and as I ...

As others have said, I think that experience help a lot with memorising music. The longer you've played for, the better you get at knowing what's like...

Hi Fleeaa, great topic. :) I struggled to get a handle on how to learn music for quite a while. I come from a background in engineering - a field whi...

I heard that Jack White claimed people learning guitar should cut three strings of their guitar!What did he mean? My guess is that he meant keep it...

Vic, I'm so sorry to hear about Marilyn. I didn't see the previous references so had no idea what had happened. As Greybeard said, words are inadequa...

...at least take individual photos of each...with an index card showing Make/Model/Serial for each item.The insurance company will want them...and so ...

WOOHOO! Congratulations, that's great news. :D My only real suggestion would be to stay flexible and not try to get the perfect layout first off. Th...

Hi Fleaaaaaa,I'm not a jazz player, but I've always thought that jazz was primarily about an attitude to playing rather than particular songs or sets ...

As one who has not done the homework but has tried this method before, I'd agree with the statements....not fun....tedious....and worthwhile. As it i...

There's a guy I work with...and he certainly fits the term "guitar virtuoso". He's done a few orchestral scores and I'd love to just read it and play ...

For a long time I thought people with that gift should not learn how to read, as if learning to read would kill the gift. And as a reader I felt the ...

She finishes playing, without making any mistakes. But she's done the entire thing from memory, after hearing it just once. What a tremendous gift f...

Chris, your tenacity impresses and amazes me. I'd have definitely blown a gasket and offended most of them with some pithy descriptions of their short...

So I'm sitting there practicing and the kids are watching something on Disney Chanel. So I started strumming along to some of the songs and it clicked...