I play Guitar 1 on Boccerini's "Introduction and Fandango" for the Essex Guitar Orchestra - I have to change chord mid-rasgueado and keep the pattern ...

In regard to this question, in addition to what the pattern actually is, it's also a matter of "where" on the beat the chord change falls. For instanc...

I don't have a guitar in my lap to try that with but it looks really complicated on my screen. If you're doing that smoothly then you don't need any o...

Ah, ok, thanks Unimogbert. I think it'll be easier to restart the pattern but will have to listen closely to the song to see if that's what he does. ...

Thanks for the advice and encouragement, guys! I did work on Delilah last night, it's a fun song and David wrote a great lesson for it. I am practic...

Techniques and knowlege are great when they support making music. Your girlfriend represents the majority view that techniques and knowlege doesn't do...

Great, thanks David! I'll give that song a try, I really like it so it would be nice to be able to play it. I'll have to teach my fingers that Bm sh...

I'm a new player too, and noticed the same thing that you are describing. A guitar playing friend helped me out a bit with this advice: He had me ve...

I am getting the message how important it is to practice with a metronome. I'd tried it a couple of times with an online metronome, but found that I ...

Thanks :) I haven't been really tapping my foot yet. I think that will help me keep time, that's an area where I'm kind of struggling :oops: Have ...

Great, thanks Noteboat, that makes perfect sense. :)

Ahh, thanks Ricochet, I'll give that a try when I get home :)

Ahh, that makes sense, thanks for the replies. I'll check out that podcast when I get home tonight, thanks Jase. Thanks for the example also, Noteboa...

Brilliant! Thanks Dave, that makes perfect sense. I'll tinker around with it a bit when I get home this evening. It sounds like it's in the realm o...