I’ve been back at the guitar now that my thumb began to heal (push through the pain, must stay strong) and last night I practiced all 14 songs in my “set list” twice. I was patting myself on the back for making it through “Brian Wilson” with nary a mistake, not even the A7 I flub on that song routinely. Sounded great. Really great, I tell you. I segued from “half-time ballad feel” into “full rock groove” seamlessly. I could have swung that guitar around and jumped over the headstock, except I believe that has been trademarked.
Then I moved on to the next song, which required me to adjust the capo (a cunning device that changes the pitch of your guitar). And of course I found then that during my great showstopping performance I had placed the capo a fret too low, so I had just played Brian Wilson perfectly off-pitch.
I put the capo where it should have been, got back on the horse and tried again, and naturally flubbed the A7 every. single. time.