It's been too long! Are you out of practice too?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205767)
Walnut Creek, California
January 16, 2019 4:42pm CST
I took out my Larrivee LS-05 yesterday, a really nice guitar that I hadn't played in awhile. I keep that guitar in an unusual alternative tuning. I practiced some songs I hadn't played in months, and realized it had been way too long since I'd practiced in that tuning. I was making more mistakes than I'm used to and didn't feel confident as I was playing.
I'm going to take my LS-05 out again tonight. Band practice is cancelled, both because it's raining cats and dogs an because of one our band mates is sick. I wonder if I'll get my mojo in that alternative tuning back quickly.
Can you think of something you haven't done in too long--something around which you might be out of practice? I also haven't cooked my aphrodisiac beef stroganoff in years. I could probably think of other things.
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@wolfgirl569 (95190)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Jan 19
When it warms up I am hoping to get back to horseback riding. They have been slackers for too long now. 
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@wolfgirl569 (95190)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Jan 19
@TheHorse Yes, those lazy hay burners
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@TheHorse (205767)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Jan 19
@wolfgirl569 One of my band mates is from Ohio (not sure which town, but it's a "rust belt" town). Next time I visit him and his family there, I'll give those lazy hay burners a workout.
@FourWalls (62147)
• United States
17 Jan 19
Listen, I can barely do anything on a guitar in "standard" tuning, so don't go throwing alternative tunings at me!!!
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@TheHorse (205767)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Jan 19
Heh. Just to torture you, I'll throw a good one out by Alex DeGrassi. It's in drop-D tuning, capoed up.
Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment Children's Dance · Alex de Grassi A Windham Hill Retrospective ? 1978 Sony Music Entertainment Producer: Will...
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 Jan 19
I miss doing battle re-enactments - not done one for about 6 years now
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
17 Jan 19
@TheHorse English Civil War 1642-49 - the pike battles were what I took part in
Sealed Knot at the York Race Course to re-create the Battle of Marston Moor
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 Jan 19
I miss doing battle re-enactments - not done one for about 6 years now
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Jan 19
Yes, I own a banjo and its been years since I practiced.I have not painted in a good while either, while I am not a famous artist, I do like to do it.
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@xander6464 (40883)
• Wapello, Iowa
17 Jan 19
Does aphrodisiac beef stroganoff really work? Um..I'm asking for a friend because I have no trouble getting girls in the mood on my own, of course.
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@xander6464 (40883)
• Wapello, Iowa
17 Jan 19
@TheHorse That's just the kind of thing my friend needs. His good looks and great sense of humor just don't seem to work all that often.
@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
16 Jan 19
I don't know anything about guitars but that one is a beauty.
If have to say I'd be very rusty if I attempted to use my sewing machine.
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
17 Jan 19
@TheHorse I'm sure it would come back quickly. Back in the day I used to sew quite often but haven't made anything in a long time. It's probably like riding a bike!
@TheHorse (205767)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Jan 19
Jean Larrivee was actually a classical guitarist before he started building guitars. So some of his steel-string guitars have an almost classical guitar look. When I went to Larrivee's newer plant in Oxnard California to get my D-03 (which had been broken on a trip to Austria by United) fixed, I was given a tour of the facility by...Jean Larrivee! I got to meet one of my idols. He had a Canadian French accent, which is very different from the gentle French accent we think of when we hear people from France itself.
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@TheHorse (205767)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Jan 19
@JudyEv Psychology is full of fancy terms for the semi-obvious. If we've learned something, and we try to re-learn it, it comes back quickly. Time to go practice on my Larrivee LS-05 in that unusual tuning. I actually already did earlier today, and I played much better than I did last night.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Jan 19
With alternative tuning, maybe you can reform Sonic Youth!
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@TheHorse (205767)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jan 19
@teamfreak16 Send me a link or two! What are some of their best songs?
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Jan 19
@TheHorse - Alternative band from New York. Guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Renaldo used alternate tuning on all the songs.
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@TheHorse (205767)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jan 19
@didinedhia I wanna go back!
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
18 Jan 19
yea,i got so sick of band drama i put down my bass for awhile.
..and then i worked for another band for 9 years and quickly remembered why i got sick of it.
plus i could use a new 15' cabinet.
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 Jan 19
I miss doing battle re-enactments - not done one for about 6 years now
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