Beginners blues/boogie/rock discussion
Oh yes. The total beginner state will be there for a long long time. Especially if I spend time learning pieces instead of attending the course. On the other hand, a successful 40 pieces a year challenge will be graduate me one level higher as well. 
Wait - you aren't a total beginner anymore. You are already beyond. 
Whooo hooo! I am error free with just the left hand. Just before I had to take a break, I started to add the right hand, nothing but the blues scale.
Today I went back to that briefly, but the left hand loses track quickly. I can't wait to add actual smooth licks because the blues scale isn't very pretty with the pattern.... but first I need to cement it a little further before moving on with more complicated stuff.
Right. On that LH, the BS sounds like BS.
It might be not useful now. But I don't wanna be alone with that:
I just jammed along the good ol' Blues shuffle LH in C, and then a melody appeared in my head,
I tried it - wrong.
......I tried again - better.
.............Tried again - perfect!
.....................And it sounds!!!
Okay, it is just a small line, but I feel like 
<Hoping, I remember tomorrow>
And the recital pieces are calling!
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Oohh that's fantastic! WieWaldi, the famous composer. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
Edit: wow, beaten by Nightowl by mere seconds 
WieWaldi that's amazing 
. Thanks for sharing. You may not realise but you guys are a big motivation source to me.
On the blues course, I think I will count my lesson two done. I am giving up the strange slide thing for now:
Because swing and the syncopation is hard enough. And my fat fingers end up pressing extra keys when I attempt to slide.
hebele Sliding is fun. And it makes the sound so living.
The down-slides are easy - don't skip it. Get used to it.
But the power slides (up-slides, or side-slides from white to white key) are a skill that needs a lot of practice.
Btw - we use this thread as motivational source, too. And for entertainment of course. 
If you record your lessons and share them here, it is even more motivating. Go back to original post and you find all lessons of Sophia as YouTube! So nice being able to see, where she was half a year ago.
Awwww - back then everything was so relaxed, but now she's on my heels like a fire-red Ferrari in the mirrors.
Nightowl So have you begun improvising now WieWie?!? Impressive! That means that you're now a composer!
Sophia Oohh that's fantastic! WieWaldi, the famous composer. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
Oh - you are so darn right, my lovely friends!
That is absolutely brilliant WieWie! 
You and Sophia are both so clever with all the tech stuff. Mind you, I have recently overcome a tech challenge myself - I have managed to connect my laptop to my dumb TV, using a cable, so I can now watch all sorts of stuff on my TV - including this message board and any videos you upload! I feel very proud of myself for this achievement!
"Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)
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WieWaldi Awwww - back then everything was so relaxed, but now she's on my heels like a fire-red Ferrari in the mirrors.
Haha, not so much now. I am still only 2 licks into lesson 1. The Ferrari is a little more relaxed at the moment!
hebele On the blues course, I think I will count my lesson two done.
Congrats @hebele - can't wait to hear the result someday 
Edit: I struggled with the sliding too. At first it feels weird, it even hurt a little. But then suddenly you will "get it", so I agree with WieWaldi: just stick with it and soon it'll feel very natural!
Hehe... well... gotta keep you on your toes...
No worries - I am doing as fast as I can
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Well........ I learned another lick in the blues course. And then Christian finally went to teach us an actual part of Hit the Road Jack Chris... ok, only two bars, but still, kinda fun to play. Addictive in fact! So that means I'm about 1/3 into the lesson. The Ferrari is warming up again...
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Nightowl I know, It can be frustrating from time to time. It really feels like you are driving a beige family estate wagon, listening to Bob Marley and enjoying the landscape slowly passing by. And then you hear a load rooooooaaaaarrrr. A red dot appears in the mirrors and under usage of the headlamp flashlights, this point gets bigger and bigger until it becomes the shape of a fire-red Ferrari and then you can read the numbers plate: "Move away - Sophia is coming!"...!!! 
Maybe you can be a bit more relaxed. From your perspective, you see a red dot in front of you. This dot is already near the horizon. And it gets smaller and smaller, the roar gets more and more subtle. And after a while you forget about that tiny red dot that starts to fade away. Out of your vision, out of your mind. 
