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The guitar has been a friend – and a refuge – to me for many years.
When I was stricken last year with a severely painful pinched nerve that took away my ability to play guitar, I wasn’t sure if I’d ever be able to play again. There was residual nerve damage to my left hand and fingers, with no guarantee that it wasn’t permanent.
Rather than surrender to that depressing thought, I set out to work on my long-neglected keyboard skills... to make the best of a bad situation. Playing keyboards doesn’t require the same hand strength guitar does. It was still difficult, because there was a loss of agility, speed and dexterity in my left hand and digits, but I persisted.
I wrote this piece as an etude for myself and the exercise seems to have helped restore me to about 85% of my previous functionality.
This is a LIVE performance, warts and all... no edits. I ran a direct feed from my Yamaha PSR-530’s sound out jack to GB for this recording, as well as a MIDI out, to give the illusion of an ensemble. But it is all really just one take – one performance.
I played it as a guitar piece, hoping it would serve to create a mindset for me, to stay focused on my recovery... and my goal to play guitar again. It seems to be working. ;)
When I was stricken last year with a severely painful pinched nerve that took away my ability to play guitar, I wasn’t sure if I’d ever be able to play again. There was residual nerve damage to my left hand and fingers, with no guarantee that it wasn’t permanent.
Rather than surrender to that depressing thought, I set out to work on my long-neglected keyboard skills... to make the best of a bad situation. Playing keyboards doesn’t require the same hand strength guitar does. It was still difficult, because there was a loss of agility, speed and dexterity in my left hand and digits, but I persisted.
I wrote this piece as an etude for myself and the exercise seems to have helped restore me to about 85% of my previous functionality.
This is a LIVE performance, warts and all... no edits. I ran a direct feed from my Yamaha PSR-530’s sound out jack to GB for this recording, as well as a MIDI out, to give the illusion of an ensemble. But it is all really just one take – one performance.
I played it as a guitar piece, hoping it would serve to create a mindset for me, to stay focused on my recovery... and my goal to play guitar again. It seems to be working. ;)
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HOKEY POKEY
This piece sounds real fine - outstanding as it is a first take. I hope you can fully recover from your injury.