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At 11:12am on April 27, 2012, Bad Finger (Eric) said…: Hi Keni,

I just posted a song on my page using the cross note tuning you explained. My guitar is tuned open Gmin and I play major chords and pull off for the minor note. I like my first cut at this. Thanks for sharing your videos.

At 12:35pm on April 24, 2012, MichaelS Country Boy Guitars said…: Hey Keni, thanks for the invite. For some reason I thought we were already friends. I guess its because we comment on the same things alot.

At 11:19am on April 19, 2012, Bad Finger (Eric) said…: Thanks for the comment on my video. When I started, I didn't plan on singing this song. I was practicing finger picking and trying out different notes from the G major scale. I just happened upon Shortenin Bread by accident and went with it. My tuning is GBe so, like I said, it was somewhat accidental that I tried singing along. I could have used some liquid courage. I was stone sober for that video.

Thanks again for the helpful advice.

At 8:33am on April 10, 2012, Bad Finger (Eric) said…: Thanks for the post on cross note tuning. I tuned my 6string to Dm and I'm learning how to make that darkness work. Pretty powerful. I also have a new 3-string tuned GBe making an inverted Em. So I wondered what it would sound like doing 12 bars and I was pretty pleased with the sound. For the shuffle I changed between Em and Cmaj. Then barring the 5th and 7th fret with on/off the 8th fret on the middle string. Cool stuff.

Thanks again for the lesson.

At 9:36am on April 6, 2012, Paul 'PapaHogg' Smith said…: Hi Keni, Here's the link to my video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng6DQxfHYDw

I tried to leave this as a response on youtube but was unable to. Hopefully you can lift the link from here. Best wishes Paul

At 12:55am on April 3, 2012, Paul 'PapaHogg' Smith said…: Thank you Keni, I've just posted my 'blues scale part 3' video... Thanks again.

At 4:06pm on March 31, 2012, timothy chessel jr said…: lestening to mississippi country blues by jack owens & bud spires , and its music to my ears, thanks again keni

At 3:46pm on March 31, 2012, timothy chessel jr said…: hey keni, i just lesten to some brownie mcgee, i love this guy, i like the songs , daisy, pawn shop blues, and hangmans blues, im still lestening to it and i like more songs as i go but the point is this guy is good and if you know more guys like this can you let me know , im always looking for new guys or gals to lesten to, at least new to me, you havent failed me yet and youre opinion matters to me, i love youre style and youre a great teacher, thanks for everything . timothy chessel jr

At 2:38pm on March 24, 2012, timothy chessel jr said…: whats up keni, thank for friending me, i really enjoy youre videos, they are verry informative and i like youre style, you are a verry good teacher and you explain thing in a way that i can understand and am not intimidated. are you music teacher? do you give private lessons? if you shuold. i hope that i can buy some of youre cds soon. bye for now tim

At 10:13pm on March 23, 2012, steve chunk hales said…: lessons are really good, and like the sound from using finger picks. i am off to a gathering of members of "the brits are coming" group on here tonight in sidcup. gonna take one of my builds and get some more tips. have fun in the studio

At 9:38am on March 23, 2012, steve chunk hales said…: i am doing my scales......and cracking a beer as ordered.

At 9:38am on March 11, 2012, Paul 'PapaHogg' Smith said…: 'here at the Nation' it's getting late!

At 9:37am on March 11, 2012, Paul 'PapaHogg' Smith said…: Hi Keni, I wish you lived next door my friend, there is so much I could learn from you... I'm still practicing hard with the 12 bar blues scale, I'll post another update at the end of the week. Thanks again for your support and friendshipnhete at the Nation.

At 11:45pm on February 28, 2012, steve chunk hales said…: cheers, not sure i am ready for part 2 yet.

At 8:30pm on February 26, 2012, johno said…: ya picked it kenni donmo inspired for sure,nowhere near as good a finish but great sound ,done one with an ironbark neck I think you my have seen a you tube clip of it me mate put up a while back, the left hander headstock I carved for my digitly impered mate, thanks heaps for the youtube lessons

At 6:33am on February 3, 2012, Careless John said…: Hiya Ken, Ive put up a video mate ... foot tapping, slowed down playing all the stuff you mentioned. Let me know if you think its improved my playing a little. Cheers mate.

At 12:16pm on February 1, 2012, Craig bluesbox williams said…: Well, when i checked it this morning to copy the link for you, it was disabled for some reason. if it worked for you, than thats great.

NJ, huh? i heard it is really great out there in the fall. if i ever make it out that way..........same goes if you ever venture west.

At 6:25am on February 1, 2012, Craig bluesbox williams said…: Keni, keep doing what you doing. I found this video a long time ago and posted it up on my WS bluesbox site.

http://wsbluesbox.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/instruction/

looks like the video was disabled, but it worked for a long time and i have a bunch of people tell me that they watched and used it.

Where are you in the States?

It would really cool to link up one day and share some tunes.

At 10:35pm on January 31, 2012, Troy Pierce said…: It'll never work. The turkey pot pie will get cold between Australia and the U.S. , And the dishes'll probably get dirty on the return trip...... Come to Oz,you got a date!