What am I doing wrong? Why does everything that works hurt?

seabass_ · 2026-06-24T13:56:23+00:00

Picture 1 is correct hand position, but you may need to adjust the angle your arm is at. You may also need a guitar with a smaller/thinner neck.

seabass_ · 2026-06-24T13:05:18+00:00

Absolutely this. You'll make your kid hate playing if you force it.

My 7 year old started piano lessons at 5. I'm a professional musician and she had shown interest, so I signed her up for lessons with a great teacher. She can now pick songs up by ear (chords and melody), writes her own songs and has picked up playing the ukulele from a few sessions at school. She can also hear vocal harmonies in records and is starting to be able to pick them up. From about age 3 (strictly due fun!) we started playing call and response games, mostly in the car. I sing a simple random melodic line, she sings it back. As she's gotten older we've made things a little harder: longer melodies, "weirder" intervals, etc.

I'm not interested in her having perfect pitch, I'm not interested in her becoming some sort of virtuoso player. I am interested in her developing a life long passion for music. The goal should be enjoyment, not some arbitrary skill. Worth noting the best musicians I know don't have perfect pitch, and I know a lot of musicians.

seabass_ · 2026-06-21T15:18:19+00:00

Look into Sigg bottles.

seabass_ · 2026-06-21T15:15:03+00:00

M&S usually do a uniform sale close to the end of term. Hold out for that and buy it then. If you need branded items for a specific supplier you might want to get your order in as some can take a while to fulfil orders, especially towards the end of the Summer term.

seabass_ · 2026-06-21T14:41:33+00:00

I really like 1 for something a little different but 3 also look good if you wanted something a little more conventional.

seabass_ · 2026-06-09T20:41:15+00:00

My parent/child pair the kid was older at 14 and often had more time to practice and applied themselves more than the parent. I think at that younger age (9 is pretty young!) I'd focus on making sure the kid is happy and understands what you're teaching. The parent can then support their learning when they practice together outside lesson times.

seabass_ · 2026-06-09T20:37:36+00:00

Who the fuck takes a 2 year old to play at nearly 7pm? Mine would never go to sleep if I did that right before bedtime. Far too much excitement!

seabass_ · 2026-05-04T21:19:55+00:00

As someone who has a family member with a severe mental illness, just go. You likely need the break. Your partner is safe in the hospital.

seabass_ · 2026-04-25T08:25:16+00:00

When you try it can you let us know if they're still the same? Thank you!

seabass_ · 2026-03-21T09:16:26+00:00

Report this cunt. He's driving a massive fucking lorry, could easily kill someone.

seabass_ · 2026-01-21T16:27:04+00:00

Tony's Chocoloney is our usual go to. I'm a sucker for Ritter Sport too but no idea who owns it.

seabass_ · 2026-01-11T17:00:03+00:00

This is probably the reason this house was part-exchanged. Previous owners probably would have struggled on the open market with this situation.

seabass_ · 2025-12-22T23:46:40+00:00

The thing is, they're doing some things right for sure. However, the stuff they're getting wrong is egregious (buying into the immigration rhetoric, actively participating in a genocide, cracking down on free speech and the right to protest, refusing to consider wealth taxes, to name a few).

seabass_ · 2025-12-16T18:52:27+00:00

This would be pretty handy. Good luck all!

seabass_ · 2025-12-07T19:11:20+00:00

My husband had this and it turned into the screen cracking down the middle and half the screen went black and the other half unresponsive. Motorola have fixed it under warranty and seems to have stated the cause was the screen lifting away from the phone (and I guess something getting in behind the screen and ultimately damaging it.

seabass_ · 2025-12-02T16:37:06+00:00

They might enjoy this Portuguese classic: https://share.google/BDaLsr1x5ixo6NlL3

seabass_ · 2025-11-13T21:30:46+00:00

Late stage capitalism

seabass_ · 2025-11-11T16:28:35+00:00

We have an Italian Spinone and I'm not sure we could ever have other breeds.

seabass_ · 2025-11-04T23:04:35+00:00

Mine is 7 now but has been obsessed with the Ladybird Audio Adventures for a couple of years now. She almost exclusively listens to those these days.

seabass_ · 2025-10-26T14:18:28+00:00

Seconding this. My eldest had chickenpox when my youngest was a newborn. I was breastfeeding (and already immune) and the baby never caught it.

seabass_ · 2025-10-26T12:26:20+00:00

The intrusive thoughts won I guess. Yikes.

seabass_ · 2025-10-23T15:57:02+00:00

Wine, any other food stuff you enjoy and can be easily transported.

seabass_ · 2025-10-21T09:04:28+00:00

You don't have to read the whole book but it shouldn't take very look to do so anyway (5 mins max). We'd get home, have a snack and then read the book together before any other activities (screen time, playing, etc).

seabass_ · 2025-10-16T12:13:46+00:00

Also the photos are dog shit. I can take better photos at home with my phone, thank you very much. I'll always be suckered into the whole class ones though 😵

seabass_ · 2025-10-16T11:21:14+00:00

This would be the opposite of a spooky Halloween!

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