A clarification: the reason I have to work on tone and technique is not because I love doing it but because my current tone is poor -- I have to work with every chord to stretch my left ring finger out as much as possible (it's bent from a break) in order to eliminate buzzing strings. I have made some progress, but a lot of the time nothing sounds good except a few things in dropped D. I'm not so much working on new arrangements as working to be able to play old ones again. One trick for me is finding what will absorb my attenntion at the beginning of a practice period, something I can get lost in. Sharyn
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