Here’s a picture of my guitar and my right hand. ^.^
(wew! Kita rin pala ung weights ko! nagreflect sa gitara… malinis? haha!)
Well… that’s my guitar… Actually it’s my dad’s ’cause he bought it ^.^. But he doesn’t use it anymore and I always play it so it kinda became mine ^.^
I started playing around 2 years ago way back when I was still a 2nd year student.
I remember it clearly… when I first held a guitar… Jordan (my childhood buddy) was the one who taught me the basics about the guitar (chords and basic strumming pattern). maybe your wondering why my dad didn’t teach me, right? it’s ’cause he believes in self studying. Since he learned how to play the guitar all by himself.
It was around mid day, music class. Since we were so many, (47 ata) our MAPEH teacher asked all those that know how to play the guitar to instruct us. Jordan was assigned to our group. He taught us the song "crazy for you". I got it easily but my group mates can’t seem to understand what Dan was saying.
We had a practical test after that. First we had to play chords… from A to G (major) or we could also play a chorus of any song. I did both and I passed with high marks! weeeee!
After that I self studied and learned lots of easy songs. When I really felt comfortable I tried out for the mc(squared) group. I played crazy for you… they asked me "how long have you been playing?" "Six months, sir" I answered… they let me go after that ’cause there was a long line for the wanna bees. After a week they posted out everyone that passed the try out in the bulletin board… VIOLA!
I f***in failed…
darn…
But I didn’t give up on my guitar skills… I practiced from that day until now…
Now I can say that that year of practicing really paid off… I can play decently now! ^.^ Even if it’s just some silly covers of some crazy songs… I can play well! I can also tune a guitar by ear which is a real achievement! nung january lang kac ako natutu mag-tune. haha!
ciao!