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I recently quit taking guitar lessons. I hope to resume them when finances are better. But I am very grateful to my instructor (Normal Rockwell in Clearwater, Florida). He has given me enough understanding of music and the guitar for me to know what to practice. I understand music far better than I ever did and this has only sharpened my enjoyment of both listening to and playing music.

I play all the time because I love to do it. I sometimes have difficulty in putting the instrument down and doing what I am supposed to do. When I listen, I hear things in terms of what I might be able to play myself and the emotion is still there. Nothing has been lost.

I have two goals for my guitar playing:

1. To be able to play well enough that other musicians would want me to join them.

2. To interest others in playing music with understanding and enjoyment.