Little Neo--

From your last post, I'd say you've found "your" instrument. I have been wrestling with the guitar since I was 10, because I had one given to me as a gift. What I've wanted to play was the flute. I finally got a flute in July this year, and I'm already creating melodies with it. I've never had this kind of fluency on the guitar, or piano, or any other instrument I've attempted through the years. The flute feels "natural" to me, and even though I've had only 6 lessons, I'm playing by ear, finding notes by your "ouija" method. Somehow, magically, the are there and my fingers find them. The fingerings or breath control can be problematic, but I "know" where the note is on the instrument. What is delighting me even more than my newfound "musicianship" is that what I'm discovering on flute is actually "translating" onto the guitar, so my guitar skills have had a major improvement in the last 5 months.

Stick with it--you're going in the right direction, and probably at the right speed. Congratulations!!!

V