2009年7月アーカイブ

子供たちは夏休みが始まりましたね。私の夏休みは大体秋頃訪れます。こんばんわ、Hossyです。

皆様のおかげで、Arc Communicationsは無事設立4周年を迎えました。実は2年前にも似たような記事を本Blogで書いたのでした。早いもんですなー。というわけで恒例の設立パーティ。

例年仕事しつつ物を食べつつで、なかなかびったり参加できないのですが、今年はいつもにも増してひたすら仕事をしてました。このご時勢仕事があることを幸せに思いたいもんですが、居残り感があってやや辛いっすな。なにはともあれ無事4才。めでたい。

ケーキの数字も年々着々とカウントアップしてますが、これ二桁になったらどうなるんでしょうか？倍々ゲームなんでしょうか？

Hi all! Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm JUSCO, a new employee here at Arc. For my first blog entry on this site I thought that I'd share a personal struggle that I'm dealing with. That is...

TRYING TO TRAIN MY FINGER MUSCLES TO PLAY THE DREADED A-SHAPE BARRE CHORD!!

But firstly, a little introduction.. I've been learning the guitar for a little over a year now and with the help of a great little website (www.justinguitar.com) I've been struggling my way through all the guitar roadstops that usually get in a beginner guitarist's way.

Until now...

The A-shape barre chord is damned impossible for me to play. This particular guitar chord involves the use of your index finger to hold down the string second from the top (the A-string) while also using the same finger to slightly touch the uppermost string (the E-string) to mute it. This part isn't the problem. The real problem is that you need to use your ring finger to hold down strings the three strings below the second string (the D, G and B strings) two frets up from your index finger position at the same time. Sound confusing? Here's a couple of images that might help clear things up..

Here's the finger layout



And here's a real life picture




Looks simple enough right? Well it causes your ring finger more pain than the seven fires of hell if you can't flex the finger backwards at all like me! Any advice more than welcome!

And to think that Jimi Hendrix could play the guitar with his teeth!