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come along
Meaning: To join or accompany someone.
Example: Why don’t you come along to the guitar group?
note something down
Meaning: To write something so you don’t forget it.
Example: Let me note that down — Gary Matheson.
equally hopeless
Meaning: All at the same low skill level; all equally bad at something.
Example: We were all equally hopeless at first.
go round
Meaning: To move from person to person in a group.
Example: Gary goes round helping people tune their guitars.
get used to
Meaning: To become comfortable with something unfamiliar.
Example: I’ve got used to playing alone in front of the group.
coordinator
IPA (UK): /kəʊˈɔː.dɪ.neɪ.tər/
IPA (US): /koʊˈɔːr.də.neɪ.t̬ɚ/
Meaning: A person who organises and manages a group or activity.
Meaning: A person who organises and manages a group or activity.
Example: The guitar group is run by a coordinator named Gary.
second-hand
IPA (UK): /ˌsek.əndˈhænd/
IPA (US): /ˌsek.əndˈhænd/
Meaning: Previously owned; not new.
Meaning: Previously owned; not new.
Example: You can buy a second-hand guitar online.
plectrum
IPA (UK): /ˈplek.trəm/
IPA (US): /ˈplek.trəm/
Meaning: A small flat tool used to pluck guitar strings.
Meaning: A small flat tool used to pluck guitar strings.
Example: They don’t use plectrums — just their thumbs.
strumming
IPA (UK): /ˈstrʌm.ɪŋ/
IPA (US): /ˈstrʌm.ɪŋ/
Meaning: Playing a guitar by brushing fingers across the strings.
Meaning: Playing a guitar by brushing fingers across the strings.
Example: They spend ten minutes strumming at the start of each lesson.
finger-picking
IPA (UK): /ˈfɪŋ.ɡəˌpɪk.ɪŋ/
IPA (US): /ˈfɪŋ.ɡɚˌpɪk.ɪŋ/
Meaning: Playing individual notes on a guitar using the fingers.
Meaning: Playing individual notes on a guitar using the fingers.
Example: The last ten minutes are spent doing finger-picking exercises.
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