(I've also been trying to teach myself the banjo, but I've been doing so poorly with that I've put mine up for sale [among a variety of other reasons. Like money. And admitting I don't commit well.]).
I came across a basic tutorial/lesson plan for theory/the crucial beginning shit that I thought I'd actually attempt to learn.
One of the tips was to memorize the open strings first. This is importaint (haha taint typo).
Lo and behold, I didn't actually know them other than "E blah blah blah blah E."
(My 'fake it till you make it' mantra isn't always great! Sometimes I actually have to learn things!)
It was kind of embarrassing. "I don't know shit" kind of embarrassing.
Well, as the insomniac/weirdo that I am, I decided to do something about that. At least, the part where I needed to learn a measly six fucking strings.
Lately I've been pushing myself to create more art, so I decided that was what I needed to do.
As a means of helping myself out, I also thought I'd turn to the proven technique of mnemonics.
According to the (amazing) book Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer, as humans, we remember best both the funny, and the really really dirty. That's kind of me in a nutshell (HAHA nut), and this is what happened. It is 7am. DON'T GIVE A FUCKKKKKKK
Enjoy.
Needless to say, I have 'em all down now.
xoxo,
a
