Category: Guitar Journal

I wanted to write a few things down commemorating March 5, 2024. It’s been 5 months since I began studying, practicing, and playing guitar. I am retired. And, playing guitar has brought me joy in my 70’s in retirement. (The above photo is the first day I bought a guitar. I found it in a…

My Guitar Learning Notes for One Week This is another weekly KaizenGuitarist journal entry. I hope that someone finds this on the Internet and finds it useful. I think that over time I may discontinue this journal and just focus on the guitar learning nuggets on my guitar journey. But for now, I will continue…

My Guitar Learning Notes for One Week This is my second weekly KaizenGuitarist journal entry. I hope that someone finds this on the Internet and finds it useful. Thursday: 2/8/2024: Practice without and with My Guitar Today I spent 8 hours involved in getting my car repaired. There are no guitar practice rooms at car…

My Guitar Learning Notes for One Week This is my first weekly KaizenGuitarist journal entry. Last week I stopped doing daily blog posts because the time requirement was too high. My blogging time was exceeding my guitar time: not optimal. So this is a collection of Learning Notes for the past week. I hope parts…

Let’s see if I can blog meaningfully in 30 minutes or less. (I failed. This blog post took 40 minutes.) Three big things today: What did I learn today? I am a Justin Guitar online student. Today I studied 10 minutes of a 20 minute learning module. I am on his Grade 1, Module 8…

Let’s see if I can write a shorter journal entry tonight. Yesterday I purchased the very nice Bristol BM-16 guitar so why would I practice on the 7 year old Journey JF410 and the 54 year old Sears Roebuck student guitar? Because they are my guitars 🙂 Also, I knew the Bristol BM-16 is very…

Today was revelatory. I “discovered” Elixir Nanoweb strings and a fine used guitar, the Bristol BM-16. Drove 32 Miles in Chicago Traffic for a Bristol BM-16 Guitar Would you drive 32 miles round trip through Chicago traffic to buy a used guitar from a stranger? I did and it worked out great. I met Erin…

Busy day. I’ll try to be brief. (OK, this isn’t terribly brief.) A Few Points to Begin: Chat with Steve O. Steve called. An old friend moving away from Chicago. He was surprised/pleased to hear that I was playing/practicing guitar. I think Steve was surprised at the number of songs I told him I was…

Yes, it’s NFL playoffs time. I watched the 49’ers beat Detroit and the K.C. Chiefs beat the Ravens. I was hoping the Detroit Lions would make the Super Bowl. And yet, I still found time to play guitar at the end of the day for 60 minutes. What did I Learn Today? E Minor Pentatonic…