"gtr" > wrote in message news:20130201160858292-xxx@yyyzzz...
> On 2013-02-01 21:39:43 +0000, Julie Bove said:
>
>> I used to play the violin and played it very well. But then I bored of
>> it and wanted to play guitar. I figured it was a stringed instrument so
>> thought I would pick it up very quickly. An older person recommended
>> that I just buy a cheap one from K Mart, which I did. Mistake. Frets
>> were so sharp as to cause damage to my fingers. So I rarely used it. I
>> did once pick up my friend's brother's Epiphone and it didn't hurt my
>> fingers at all. But... I also have short, fat fingers. Even when I was
>> underweight I had those same fingers. So clearly the guitar is just not
>> for me. Makes me wonder how I even played the violin with those strings
>> being so close together and all.
>
> Oh Julie. Short fat fingers means nothing. I've known a lot of guitarists
> with short fat fingers, a few were virtuosos. But it does take a skosh of
> motivation. Everything does.

Well, I must admit that I didn't try very hard. It didn't seem to come
naturally to me as the violin did. I can also play the piano fairly well
but didn't have a lot of interest in that.
>
>> I am not a person who likes all the bells and whistles and such. In
>> fact, any male who has ever put on the radio in my vehicle or my stereo
>> when I had one, complained that something or other wasn't right. Husband
>> just did it. Said that my "fade" was off. Whatever that means. I'm just
>> like... I turn it on. Music comes out. That's fine with me.
>
> I know a lot of people who feel the same way about food. You eat it, then
> it's gone, who cares how it tasted?

Yeah. My dad used to say... It all goes to the same place anyway!