Video: Inara Guitar Lessons (Patreon)

I had SUCH an amazing time with Inara yesterday, both with guitar practice and a "band" rehearsal.

Every day, we spend about 15 minutes playing guitar. My goal is ultimately for her to have fun and get used to strumming and messing with the strings. There are not many rules. We only spend a couple minutes where I have her work on technique. Yesterday, it actually seemed to click. So I shot a video.

It might not look like much. But I taught her this part of a scale of notes and then she played her first chord, the E minor chord.

In the middle of this practice session, she realized that the scale we were playing was almost the same melody as a song she loves. So we both got a bit excited about that.

After guitar practice, we practiced singing together. She's gonna come out to my show at The Lost Druid Brewery on Thursday. She loves to sing with me. But we haven't actually PRACTICED playing music together for an actual performance. That's a different thing all together.

So we worked on two songs together. We played them over and over again. It was the first time in years I felt like I got to practice in a "band". It was so much fun. 

Inara had an amazing time. We practiced for at least 30-45 minutes. Just two songs. Each time, she got better and better. It was fantastic!

It's great to see her improving!