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Day 9 Guitar Lesson
Day 9 Guitar Lesson
jonfrommk


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Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Stevington Village
Date: Jul 9, 2007
Aperture: 2.7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Performance, Children
Date Uploaded: Jul 9, 2007

Viewed: 340
Comments: 12
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 OK this is the photo that you should have got last week but didnt because I forgot my memory card.

I work from home on a Monday and get to take Daisy to and pick her up from school. At 4:40 we leave the house and cross Milton Keynes for Daisy's guitar lesson with the wonderful Emily

Daisy has been taking guitar for a couple of years now (it was her who decided both to take lesson and that she wanted an electric guitar) and while she may not be the worlds next Hendrix she does have a talent. I dont have a musical bone in my body and it just amazes me how she translates the crochets and minims and turns them into beautiful sounds.

Emily is very cool, she looks about 18 but is much older (as a gentleman I refuse to divulge her age, but I nearly fell off my chair when she told me) and plays in a couple of bands as well as being a teacher. She mixes the theory and the fun well and I think one of the greatest sentances I have ever heard was a few weeks back when she said to Daisy, well for the first half of the lesson I thought we would do major pentatonic scales and after that we can do the opening riff to Highway to Hell

I get to sit at the back of the lesson and it is one of my favourite half hours of the week (though I do occasionally get told off for being disruptive, if I make too many stupid jokes). The shot is of Emily and Daisy going through 'Head On' which is a very cool jangly guitar track from the Rockschool series. Its coming along well!!!

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 07/20/2007 08:24:02 PM
Makes me want to pick my guitar up again... great story, glad to hear you enjoy these times! I think I must have given my family 101 reasons to smash my guitar while I was learning!
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 07/18/2007 06:36:11 PM
Nice i need to practice my guitar more
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 07/11/2007 03:19:38 AM
Oh, that is such a cool story. What a great experience for Daisy. Nice storytelling photo, too.
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 07/10/2007 08:05:31 AM
What i love about this photo is that it looks like a commercial piece - something that you might find in an educational catalog. You have kind of snuck into the scene, as if they are not aware of you taking the photo. Great lighting and the border adds power to the photo. Too bad Daisy's hair wasn't green in the photo - that would have added to the Rock Star aura that she is ready to portray. ;)
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 07/10/2007 12:36:07 AM
I love your notes. Too bad you couldn't capture the Major pentatonic scales and the riff to Highway to Hell on film/memory card. That would have been great for the dichotomy challenge... 8P
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 07/09/2007 11:10:18 PM
oh what fun! you have the coolest kid! (well second only to my cool kid, of course) i love the "fly on the wall" feeing of this shot. rock on dude.
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 07/09/2007 07:56:22 PM
She's very lucky to have such talent and drive. Who knows where it will take her?
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 07/09/2007 07:50:02 PM
What an awesome shot Jon!! Oh and such a fantastic story! Pentatonic scales and Highway to Hell!, Love it! I can say for certain that she has good taste in music. Very cool also that Daisy is sticking with it, that rocks! Pun intended! lol.
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 07/09/2007 07:11:21 PM
Everything about this is very nice. I wish I could read music like that. It is wonderful that your daughter is indulged in this manner. It will last a lifetime :) (only 10?!)
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 07/09/2007 05:44:35 PM
What a great story, Daisy sounds like a very cool kid. I always wished I could play an instrument. That's really aweosme that you get to experience this with her every week.
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 07/09/2007 05:37:10 PM
Wonderful background story, Jon. You ARE quite the gentleman if you think the teacher looks like she's 18. I'm sure women love you to pieces for being so delightfully eye-impaired. :oD

This is the best photo I think I've seen of yours. The composition is beautiful, the colors are clear and perfect, as is the focus. Very, very good!!!
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 07/09/2007 05:00:30 PM
Great shot. I hope she continues to take lessons and learn. If if she doesn't 'do' something wiht it, it is a skill that is nice to have throughout life.
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