In other news, yesterday evening, Bede and I had a date-night, and I bought a new guitar:
It's a Hohner HW-300, and it has a smaller fretboard than my first guitar. Of all the guitars I tried out, including the higher-end ones, the Hohner seemed right for me for my current skill-level. The guitar seller acknowledged that it was a good first or second guitar, and I assured him that when I turned 40, I would go for the big ticket item. In six years' time, I hope to be pretty good.
Here is the guitar case (purchased originally for my first guitar):
Note the "q" on the tag. Ask me what the "q" stands for. Please, ask me!
(It stands for "queen.")
I've given my guitar a name, too: Pipistrella. In Italian, "pipistrello" is the word for bat. Now you know one of my secrets: I love bats. The reason it's a secret is not because I'm embarassed about bats, but because when people find out I like bats, they give me ugly bat-related items. Please don't give me bat-related items, unless the bats are really, really cute.
And now, I'm off to play "Leatherwing Bat" on Pipistrella. I shall use my red capo.
6 comments:
nice. I love the color.
That bat necklace really IS cute!!!
That is the most beautiful guitar I have ever seen and I love the name. I don't know what that capo thing is.
I recently purchased black heart guitar pick earrings.
A capo presses down upon the strings at your chosen fret so that you can play in a different (higher) key without changing your fingering patterns. I.e. A song may be in the key of A, but I want to play it in C. I would put my capo on the third fret, and play my (easy) key of A chords. Right now, my comfortable singing range is in the key of C. A is a bit too low, and D is a bit too high.
Lying there on your sofa, the guitar looks like a lover waiting for his betrothed. Pluck as if you mean it.
I mean it! I mean it!
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