Playing a musical instrument..guitar
Hi. I used to play in a band many years ago and I have always played my guitar at parties etc
But now I can’t even play a chord or strum bare
What has happened to me?
Has anybody else experienced this?
Hi,
- Thanks for your post. Another member, , has mentioned his guitar playing in another thread. Jeff - Do you have any tips? - Chris, ParkinsonsDisease.net Team no Chris…Ian afraid I don’t..I have done everything to get my guitar to make some beautiful sounds but alas nothing.. I am not giving up..
I read the story of Frankie Davidson a famous Scottish singer.He had one big hit in Australia with song called Darlin’. That’s how I found out about this wonderful bloke who never gave up. I was deeply touched by his story.one of courage and I joined his fan club
Please read his life story on Google and see if you feel the same the same way I do.. never give. Up
Cheers my friend. Let me know how you feel after you have read his story.
ThorI just sent you my reply .but in my haste I got the blokes sur name mixed up with our Aussie singer
his correct name is Frankie Miller..sorry about that
Cheers
Thor
I have played guitar since I was 15 years old ( 71 now). It became a staple in life, an integral part of how I saw who I was. Since being diagnosed with PD around 2012 and the symptoms included gradual loss of muscle control in my right hand I slowly noticed less and less time playing. Now, ten years later my guitar sits unplayed as my PD has continues to rob my ability to play. 
Wow Thorvie! Another testament to the fact that you found a way around your inability to play guitar but using what you are able to do: whistle a tune to get the similar results to get your songs recorded. Kudos to you! Are you from Scotland by the way? I spent time there after college working in Stirling area near Glasgow. Beautiful place and people! Thank you again for sharing your positiveness with our community! All the Best, Suzanne T. community team member how close we are. i started playing when i was 15, now i am 71. i played in bands too. i still play a bit - an electric guitar with very low action in open tuning a mandolin with open tuning.
I've got a beautiful Epiphone Les Paul Koa guitar hanging on the wall, and nobody to play it with my PD
Hi Lauren, I never played guitar very well at all. I tried more than played LOL. I liked a lot of Eric Claptons, Jimmy Page and prrobably at lot that you never heard of, even liked a touch of classical and Flamenco. Motsly acoustic though. Thank you for replying!!! Bob 
lol! I'm sure it was equally frustrating and fun. - Lauren (ParkinsonsDisease.net Team)
Hi thorvie,unlike you my guitar playing has never been anything spectacular,but I’ve always enjoyed playing a few chords & picking the odd tune,l to find that when I,m in an off period I can’t,t even hold the guitar as it makes my pd worse however if I wait untill I,m truly in an on period I can still play in my modest style untill my wife’s had enough of spoonfull
