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<br><div><div>On Jan 29, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Kaiti Shelton wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Kelsey,<br><br>I'm assuming that since this is a requirement for your major that the<br>class will be available for you to take in another semester or two,<br>right?<br>As Chris said it's your choice and you know your program best, but as<br>long as you are early enough in your semester that you can drop<br>without getting a W on your transcript it shouldn't be a problem. It<br>might actually give you a chance to work with the guitar in the free<br>time you have or take some lessons over the summer with someone in<br>your hometown.<br><br>Another thing to consider if you do drop and have to take guitar at<br>some other point is going for private instruction. I know this was<br>already suggested and don't really remember what the answer to this<br>suggestion was so sorry if I'm being repetitious, but it really does<br>help. I learned guitar on my own and from random people showing me<br>things here and there for years and now my prof is in the process of<br>getting rid of my bad habits and reorienting me to the guitar the<br>right way (holding it in the classical style, wrist position, the<br>correct way to finger pick, etc). He would be able to give you<br>individualized attention without the pressure of going on for the<br>other students in the class. You tried it their way and it wasn't<br>ideal, so you could even use that to make a reasonable case.<br><br>HTH.<br><br>On 1/29/13, Chris Smart <<a href="mailto:csmart8@cogeco.ca">csmart8@cogeco.ca</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">well it's your choice. we can't tell you if it's a good or bad idea.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">You know better than us what the requirements of your program are.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">As a guitarist, I would just say that every instrument has its<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">particular challenges. Guitar it might be finding your way around<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the neck. Trumpet, it's developing an ombachure and learning how to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">buzz. Drummers need to be able to count to four. Oops sorry, didn't<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">mean to throw a drummer joke in there. *grin*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">At 12:42 PM 1/29/2013, you wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hello,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I have been posting a lot of guitar related questions lately.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">However, here's the latest update on my class. I am no longer<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">taking it. It's just that I can't juggle all the practicing with<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">all my other 300 academic classes that are worth more credit and<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">are my major classes. Do you think that's a good decision? The<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">professor does not want me to drop. The other reason I am<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">dropping is because I'm really struggling with finding my way<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">around the instrument. I actually had to have my disability<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">coordinator put fret markers in Braille on the frets, that's how<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">bad it is. 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