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Online Guitar Lessons

Just thought I’d share this. I’ve been practicing my guitar for the past weekend or two now (and am I so rusty!). I’ve been following these online beginner guitar lessons by Dan Cross at About.com. It’s pretty good. It’s helping me unlearn bad habits and learning lots of new stuff.

Practice Scales:
Chromatic Scale
E Phrygian Scale
Blues Scale

Practice Songs:
Leaving On A Jet Plane (Lesson 1)
Brown Eyed Girl (Lesson 1 and 2)
House Of The Rising Sun (Lesson 3)
Last Kiss (Lesson 3)

Other Practice Songs:
214
Crazy Love
Cryin’
I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
Patience
Your Love

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Crazy Love

by Poco
Verse 1
Fmaj7
 C                 Fmaj7
Tonight I'm gonna break away
G        Fmaj7    C
Just you wait and see.
                 Fmaj7
I'll never be imprisoned by
  G     Fmaj7 C
a faded memory.

Verse 2
                      Fmaj7
Just when I think I'm over her,
     G      Fmaj7      C
this broken heart will mend.
                     Fmaj7
I hear her name and I have to cry,
    G          Fmaj7  C
the tears come down again.

Chorus:
                   Fmaj7
It happens all the time.
     G          C
This crazy love of mine,
              Fmaj7
wraps around my heart
  G        C
refusing to unwind.
Fmaj7 G   Fmaj7  C
Ooo   Ooo Crazy Love
Fmaj7  G   Fmaj7  C
Ahh    ahh

Verse 3
Count the stars in a summer sky,
that fall without a sound.
And then pretend that you can't hear
these tear drops coming down.

Chorus

Verse 4:
Tonight I'm gonna break away
Just you wait and see
I'll never be imprisoned by
a faded memory.

Chorus
C                          Fmaj7 (strum sustain)
Tonight I'm gonna break away...
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Guitar vs Violin

I was playing the guitar, between watching Heroes episodes, this weekend and I was thinking whether I should continue practicing the guitar or learn the violin.

Guitar Pros: I already know some of the basics; The guitar as well as lessons are relatively inexpensive; You can get by even with basic skills; You can sing along (not that I can sing).

Guitar Cons: It’s too common.

Violin Pros: It’s something new; Lefties supposedly have an advantage; It is relatively unique :P

Violin Cons: The violin as well as lessons are expensive; It’s supposedly hard to learn (e.g. it is fretless). You have to start early and it takes longer to learn, much more master; You’ll sound horrible with just basic skills; You can’t sing along.

Considering all those, I thought it’d be better to go for the guitar. Not much of a choice was it? Haha.