Getting Through the Bleeding Blisters

Yes Jimi Hendrix kindled a spark for me to be more interested  to play the six string guitar. First off I would need a better guitar and ideally it should be a fender stratocaster like Jimi's guitar. My reality arrived in the way of knowing I would not have the Fender too soon so I made due with the crappy "Zim Gar" guitar Uncle Joe paid for. After all, just with that I began realizing I was grateful just having a guitar so the new passion and fresh inspiration from Hendrix I began blistering my fingers until they bled. First thing was learning a few chords and already having a rhythm in me I began strumming.

"Jimi looking very happy!"

1st song I learned was of course none other than Louie Louie by the Kingsmen. Followed by Hang on Sloopy by the McCoys and Decembers Children by the Stones. Of course what I thought sounded OK actually sounded bad when I plugged into a friends amplifier. Now I needed an amplifier so I could hear how crappy I sounded and begin "listening to the sound and the notes". I began to notice that I could listen to a note and find it fairly quick thus began my ear training. It was astounding to me also to take the note and figure the stack of notes to go with it to form a chord. I was now at the point of getting through the bleeding blisters and developing permanent callouses on the fingers The pain was now an everyday experience but it had to be done. That is the initiation of wanting to play an instrument. Especially if it was a stringed instrument.   To Be Continued... Coming up next....Hey Joe.