Guitars and Powah Chords

Sometimes the universe rains on you. And sometimes...you reign over the universe.

You may have heard, but if not, I received my Christmas gift a bit early. Santa brought ol' Dave a real purty Ibanez acoustic-electric guitar. Shiny black. Cutaway. Fishman electronics.

But while the guitar is nice, the more important aspect of it all, is that during a session of practice one evening (which never happened with the electric), the whole concepts of power chords nearly fried my noodle! I don't know why it didn't hit me sooner, but for whatever reason, it all made sense now.

I'm not going to say that it's an excuse to not learn the chords proper, but it is helping with laying my index finger correctly across the fret and with my overall finger speed. My song book has exponentially opened with this new found epiphany.

A bit over a year into guitar playing and it's going well. Basically moving beyond first position chords and the picking is getting better. A better rhythm player, but nowhere near a soloist. Yet...

Cheers!