Yeah, that looks good! You're right-handed, right?
[This is a little odd - he's never actually taught anybody this before, and he doesn't even have lessons of his own to draw on. But he's watched John try and learn the guitar for ages. There's a lot of little tips he banked up and never said, out of...disinterest, or maybe just spite.
The Balladeer stands, still with the guitar, and moves to circle around so that he's sort of leaning over Varian.]
Now, I already tuned all of these, so you don't have to worry about that right now. Here, take a pick... [He digs in his pocket for a moment before producing another. Always keep those around!] ...hold that sort of sideways, so it points at the guitar. Go ahead and strum it a little, see how it feels! You wanna use just the wrist, you don't need to bring your whole arm into it. [He'll demonstrate, just up and down the strings.]
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[This is a little odd - he's never actually taught anybody this before, and he doesn't even have lessons of his own to draw on. But he's watched John try and learn the guitar for ages. There's a lot of little tips he banked up and never said, out of...disinterest, or maybe just spite.
The Balladeer stands, still with the guitar, and moves to circle around so that he's sort of leaning over Varian.]
Now, I already tuned all of these, so you don't have to worry about that right now. Here, take a pick... [He digs in his pocket for a moment before producing another. Always keep those around!] ...hold that sort of sideways, so it points at the guitar. Go ahead and strum it a little, see how it feels! You wanna use just the wrist, you don't need to bring your whole arm into it. [He'll demonstrate, just up and down the strings.]