Binki Wrote:Hello, all. This is my first post here. First, I have been a Pink Floyd fan since the mid-70s (I listened to it in the 60s, but was too young to start to try to understand it (I still don't "understand" all of it)).

Anyway, I started playing guitar 2 years ago. I can play many songs now. For beginners, try Welcome to the Machine. It is really just 3 chords and you start to learn strumming patterns. Put on the CD, loop the track and just play along.

Another good one to start with doing some picking is Brain Damage. Pretty simple, just find a tab for it. Chords are easy to form.

Playing guitar is entirely based on learning fundamentals and methods, then applying them. I am often surprised at the beauty of David and Rogers simple playing style. It is not over complicated, but it so well executed. The key to Pink Floyd is that they ALL worked so well in creating the music. That said, Davids later playing it awesome and inspires me.

Gary