I could play from sheet music 50 years ago when I was taking music theory in school. Now I can see that the notes are on different lines but I’ve forgotten completely how the marks on the page correlate to the fretboard. Nowadays it’s pretty much just getting my fingers to find the notes I’m hearing in my head. What is your approach to playing these days and how did you get to this point?

Can we post mp3 files of our playing?

My neighbor lives on SS alone. And it’s not much. He had to sell his fender acoustic last year and can’t afford another. I gave him my old resonator today. Told him not to pawn it and that it was strung left handed. He was happy. Said he would restring it and then we could pick together.

I was at a friend’s wedding last evening and met a great couple. We talked about all kinds of things, but one particular topic was that he had just returned from his brother’s funeral in Texas. (I’m in Virginia) Then he told me that his brother had been a crafter of custom guitars and showed me some pictures of some that hung in his brother’s home. One of them is being shipped here to Virginia this week and I’ll be going over to see it next week. Can’t wait.

Who has big plans for the weekend? Anyone playing a show?