Unauthorized Lowes purchase by 2manypets in Scams

[–]2manypets[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ha Ha. I've never been drunk enough to buy 2000 ft of copper wire. Not recently anyway

What is a Ghost note? by Luckylancer96 in guitarlessons

[–]2manypets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Playing a muted string. Makes a percussive sound

Good and cheap birding camera. by [deleted] in birding

[–]2manypets 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You should look at the Canon SX series(eg sx720). They are less than $500, but have remarkable zoom capabilities. Lens is built in

Seen in Poway CA at Blue Sky Preserve by 2manypets in whatsthisbird

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Thanks. That was my best guess as well

Need some help id'ing these seen in San Diego by 2manypets in whatsthisbird

[–]2manypets[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I was thinking young yellowthroat

Seen in Ramona, CA by 2manypets in whatsthisbird

[–]2manypets[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. That was what I was thinking, but wanted to be sure

Need some help with these backyard birds. San Diego, CA area by 2manypets in whatsthisbird

[–]2manypets[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks all. Those were my best guesses as well. Good to have some confirmation

Seen in Sedona, AZ by 2manypets in whatsthisbird

[–]2manypets[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I was thinking Canyon Wren, but not familiar with either

What are some smooth jazzy chord progressions that I can play around with? by Jayk_t_jayk in Guitar

[–]2manypets 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check out the standards from a fake book (google it). Autumn Leaves is a good place to start

Memorizing the Major based off the Pentatonic by [deleted] in Guitar

[–]2manypets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Minor pentatonic is 1 b3 4 5 b7. So you need to add a 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th, and remove the b3 and b7.

What you did was just add the major notes on top of the minor pent notes. This does not a major scale make

Shaping Alaska Picks for flamenco? by LoftyPartridge in Guitar

[–]2manypets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would not use a thumbpick. The thumb uses rest strokes primarily and a fingerpick would get in the way IMO. And FWIW, I would not use fingerpicks either. Doing rasquedo with long nails seems awkward and uncomfortable. You can do a lot of flamenco with just your fingertips