Life in Harmony

Went over to pondside  's to practice and gear up for Confluence next month.  Playing alone at my house, I felt as though I had made no progress in my skills.

Playing with J, I discovered that I was doing far better than I thought.  We also logged onto the Internet, and looked up a few alternate fingerings for tenor banjo chords than the mandolin chords I'd been using.  The new chords were much, much easier, and I could start playing dynamically on Burton.   The Confluence set appears to be more banjo-heavy than the Marcon set was.  One "new" song (new to me, old for her) I was very excited to play through well the first time through!

Next up, I need to work out more harmonies.  I was doing some for "Oregon Trail," and J said that they were coming along nicely.  One comment a musician friend of mine had made at Marcon was that our harmonies sounded very nice when we did them, why did I not sing on more?

Went out to a nice Indian restaurant with pondside and rms_butterfly  .  Oh, my, I ate too much, but it was so, so good!  Thank you, J!

At home, Irish wanted a guitar lesson, so we played together.  He remembered the names of the strings because he liked the mnemonic:  "Every Adult Dragon Grows Big Ears."  (Dino prefers "Elvis Ate Drugs:  Good-Bye Elvis.")  

I ended up practicing Burton some more, too, and now my left fingertips are bright red.  (So worth it, though.  Playing Burton makes me so happy!)