At any rate, it was really easy to play with single notes... I=G, IV=C, V=D. He added a swing rhythm and it sounded pretty cool I thought. ("doooo de-doooo de-doooo de-doooo..." is kinda what it sounded like.) After practicing that for a week(amongst other things), we played it together, only he went off and played a blues solo so I could hear what we were doing. I think it was the first time I felt like I was playing music for real on my guitar. It was cool.
The next week he added power chords to the mix. (I think that's what they're called. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.) I is now GDG, IV is now CGC, and V is now DAD. But he didn't stop there. He had me mute the strings at times. So it was more like "doo /rest/ de-doo /rest/ de-doo /rest/ de-doo /rest/". Honestly, this was hard for me at first. Trying to do the swing rhythm, whilst playing the new notes, AND mute the strings... my brain fumbled a bit. But I could see where we were trying to get, and I was excited. Keith told me this is great practice because the constant string muting(a big part of guitar playing) would be like finger push-ups for me. I like the analogy. =D
So I've been practicing this often this week. I have trouble moving from the I and IV to V. I need to focus on that. It's a lot of fun though... =D
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