You've seen me hold a guitar about a hundred times. And you can leave your feet up, might make it easier at first.
[he shifts the instrument around a little, getting off the couch to nudge isaac's other arm around.]
Okay, first thing, strumming. It sounds like shit hitting all the open strings, but whatever.
[once he gets isaac's arm in the right place he shows him how to hold his hand, strums a few times himself (at a slightly awkward angle) to let him see what it looks like from the player perspective.]
Your turn.
[he sits back down, twisted toward isaac so that he can bring his left hand up to the frets to hit chords while isaac strums.]
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[he shifts the instrument around a little, getting off the couch to nudge isaac's other arm around.]
Okay, first thing, strumming. It sounds like shit hitting all the open strings, but whatever.
[once he gets isaac's arm in the right place he shows him how to hold his hand, strums a few times himself (at a slightly awkward angle) to let him see what it looks like from the player perspective.]
Your turn.
[he sits back down, twisted toward isaac so that he can bring his left hand up to the frets to hit chords while isaac strums.]