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My fingers, the phalanges under the skin, don't extend as far as I wish them to be. They are just nice - not the type of fingers you would straight away notice to be too short like those attached to the mythical creatures you see in Lord of The Rings, nor too long to be humanely possible, too. Many have said, they like the shape of my nails but I like to keep them short, regardless of whether I'm going to spend some time on my guitar or not. Instead of slender womanly fingers you impregnate your mind to picture on the hands of your future bride, mine are stubby and more often than not, has some markings of a pen or something, anything on it. Even from my Chocolate Cream Chip, right in the ridges between the nail and the flesh embracing it.
I struggle with chords that requires the tip of my fingers to be on four consecutive frets, but unless they are amputated or badly deformed from some horrendous accident, I refuse to accept any excuse from myself. So, I spent many days practicing on songs that used to be so hard for me to play. If I can't today, I'll pick it up some other day.
See, I'm obsessed with this one song. I've looked up the chords on the Internet and I've found one but it's not in the arrangement that I wanted. The song is so beautiful, just strumming up and down repetitively wouldn't capture the haunting essence the song has managed to arrest me in. And I'm a bad strummer. I can't strum using my thumb because I have always had this issue with my nails. Until I find out the correct way to do that, nobody else touches my nails aside from me. And to strum using a pick is just so frustratingly hideous. The sound of it slapping the strings annoys me. So, I've decided to play it by plucking.
I started making my own. I failed at my first try. I gave in and decided that it's one of those songs that I just wish I can play on the guitar but can't. But, from the look of the tips of my fingers and the break in the middle of my index finger from pressing down on major chords, this song has proven to be even harder to forget than it was to play. Sure, it doesn't look as bad as you think, I stopped before it becomes a cut. I've positioned my capo on all frets but I can't seem to find the right key that I want it to be in. I could give it all up, but I refuse to. I know the song will come back to haunt me in no time. I could ask for help, but I think it would feed my satisfaction more if I were to figure it all out by myself.
If I ever finish this quest, I'll show you.
My fingers, the phalanges under the skin, don't extend as far as I wish them to be. They are just nice - not the type of fingers you would straight away notice to be too short like those attached to the mythical creatures you see in Lord of The Rings, nor too long to be humanely possible, too. Many have said, they like the shape of my nails but I like to keep them short, regardless of whether I'm going to spend some time on my guitar or not. Instead of slender womanly fingers you impregnate your mind to picture on the hands of your future bride, mine are stubby and more often than not, has some markings of a pen or something, anything on it. Even from my Chocolate Cream Chip, right in the ridges between the nail and the flesh embracing it.
I struggle with chords that requires the tip of my fingers to be on four consecutive frets, but unless they are amputated or badly deformed from some horrendous accident, I refuse to accept any excuse from myself. So, I spent many days practicing on songs that used to be so hard for me to play. If I can't today, I'll pick it up some other day.
See, I'm obsessed with this one song. I've looked up the chords on the Internet and I've found one but it's not in the arrangement that I wanted. The song is so beautiful, just strumming up and down repetitively wouldn't capture the haunting essence the song has managed to arrest me in. And I'm a bad strummer. I can't strum using my thumb because I have always had this issue with my nails. Until I find out the correct way to do that, nobody else touches my nails aside from me. And to strum using a pick is just so frustratingly hideous. The sound of it slapping the strings annoys me. So, I've decided to play it by plucking.
I started making my own. I failed at my first try. I gave in and decided that it's one of those songs that I just wish I can play on the guitar but can't. But, from the look of the tips of my fingers and the break in the middle of my index finger from pressing down on major chords, this song has proven to be even harder to forget than it was to play. Sure, it doesn't look as bad as you think, I stopped before it becomes a cut. I've positioned my capo on all frets but I can't seem to find the right key that I want it to be in. I could give it all up, but I refuse to. I know the song will come back to haunt me in no time. I could ask for help, but I think it would feed my satisfaction more if I were to figure it all out by myself.
If I ever finish this quest, I'll show you.
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