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This thread really resounds redolently. When you're a beginner, people often tell you to chill out and not worry about nomenclature...

The seasons changed. We turned off our gas hearths and connected the swamp cooler. And you know what that means: it is now time for...

I made some Cuban fried rice. At work someone's mother made congri (black rice) and pork. The pork was an uncured ham. I took home...

With my refund I paid off my credit card, so that when my custom baritone is completed I can pay off the remainder of the bill.

Picking up life lessons in the kitchen. Sometimes, despite your care, you still get sucky avocadoes. Or you screw up an egg flip...

Yep, you're going to have to get used to employing individual fingers. Fortunately, every classical or campanella book I've seen has...

I drove to the Inland Empire in my wife's car and we drove over 90 the whole way because that's what the flow of traffic dictated...

On an unrelated note, farming looks too hard. Around here fresh basil is expensive. I looked into making my own. The first step is...

I don't know which camp I am in. I certainly am strategically polite but I don't know if I'd be impolite if violence and weapons...

I live in the old Wild West, so same thing here. Although I will say that I take perverse pleasure in being sedulous about speed...

I noticed a difference in listening patterns today. When I was growing up we mowed lawns so that we could buy the year's album when it...

Returning to the central question of the thread: no, the thumb isn't essential. But what is essential is progressing. Once you learn...

Another unappreciated variable in this equation is the personality of the player. When I strum 0222 on a sycamore uke versus a spruce...

I too do not like using the thumb for downstrokes. It seems really awkward. I use a loose finger pistol when strumming. My index...

I like the Smokytones. I was driving on route 38 which connects mountain resorts like Big Bear Lake to the flatlands of Redlands. I...