Happy New Year !!

Well the holidays have come and gone.

Friends , Family and far too much food and drink  really made it hard to pick up my guitar.

I did manage a few unplugged sessions and during those 10 - 15 minute periods I stuck to practicing my chords and some slow accurate changes and the odd run through of the Minor Pentatonic shapes.

My 12 Riffs of Christmas is finished and this is where I got to -

1)   The Trooper - Into    pretty slow but recognisable
2)   Crazy Train - Inro     This one is quite good on a good day and my fingers behave.

3)   He's a Pirate  I can play it through from the sheet but not yet from memory
4)   Star Wars Main theme - Again I can play it from sheet but not from memory

5)   I Walk The Line -  Base and Strum - This too is coming along nicely
6)   Common People - Pumping 8ths This one I can play to the record
8)   Bad Moon Rising -  Chord changes ok but so far I cant get the strumming right

9)   Seven Nation Army - Co-ordination test but very fun to play
10) Three Little Birds - Another play-along song. Fun but Reggae rhythm is off still

11) You Give Love a Bad Name - Riff and Rythm   Another recognisable tune - Bending practice !
12) Powerslave - Intro Riff  - Slow - practice for string damping

In all I'm quite chuffed - I have a long way to go with all these but I set out to dust off and learn 12 tunes and I managed them. Now I need to level them all up !!