| Twice now, in the past year, I have
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| | In each of the two cases a few minutes of
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| packed my Martin acoustic guitar, headed
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| | commonality would pop out. In one case I
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| over to two different friends houses
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| | asked the young lady with her Strat, to
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| where, in each house, there was a 14 year
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| | play a few simple chores, Am, F, D and G.
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| old guitar player. In one case it was a
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| | I showed her the sequence, I started it
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| 14 year old girl, the other a 14 year old
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| | out on my guitar, she picked up the
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| boy. The girl was still wearing braces,
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| | rhythm, and when she seemed to fall into
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| the boy was about 6 feet, a thick head of
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| | the groove I took off playing the lead to
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| long hair, curly at the ends and very
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| | Apache, one of my favorite guitar
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| sultry looking. One house housed, in
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| | instrumentals from the early 1960s.
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| addition to the teenager, a Fender
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| | Funnily, after about 90 seconds of
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| Stratocaster, in the other house, in
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| | sounding really good together, she could
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| addition to the teenager, was an Ibanez
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| | not maintain her interest or
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| electric guitar.
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| | concentration and lapsed into a power
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| I discovered early on in the attempt to
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| | chord sequence from a Green Day tune.
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| jam with a person more than 40 years my
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| | With the young man and his Ibanez
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| junior, that the Generation Gap was a
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| | electric, the moment came when, after
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| very large gap. There I was playing nice
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| | watching him wince in pain at this
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| open chords in the key of G or D and
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| | attempt to play together, I asked if I
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| there were my jamming partners playing
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| | could show him some of my original songs
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| grungy power chords on out of tune
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| | on my Martin. He and his friend readily
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| guitars and playing them loudly! I would
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| | agreed and I took a few minutes to retune
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| listen for a while and when they ran out
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| | the guitar to dadgad tuning. He said he
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| of momentum (only for the moment!) I
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| | had heard of it but was not quite sure
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| would suggest they play something a bit
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| | what it was. So, I proceeded to play the
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| more melodic and then I would try to
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| | two instrumental tunes I had written and
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| follow along and provide some type of
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| | in the end, there was a few minutes of
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| rhythmic accompaniment. This would draw a
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| | genuine musical appreciation. We had
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| type of blank stare, one that had an edge
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| | crossed the gap and appreciated each
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| of teenage angst associated with it. But,
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| | other for the music. And even later that
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| because in each case there was a parent
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| | evening, this fine young man made several
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| present, they would attempt to cooperate
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| | references to dadgad tuning and I'm sure
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| and eventually, within a few minutes, the
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| | it's something he will fool around with
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| momentum would once again die down and
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| | on his own.
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| there was an awkward silence.
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| | If the opportunity presents itself to
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| Eventually I would put my own guitar down
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| | make music, and to make music with
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| realizing that this was not going to work
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| | someone across the chasm of musical
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| out. And, little by little the respective
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| | tastes, I highly recommend working at
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| teens would start playing stuff they had
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| | bridging this gap. Musical appreciation
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| practiced really well and felt
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| | can definitely bring the generations
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| comfortable with and I would offer my
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| | together.
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| compliments on fine guitar playing.
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