我吉他彈得不好 I do not play the guitar well
我吉他弹得不好 － 这句话其实是多余的！因为凡是会弹吉他，听过我弹吉他的人，不用说他们也知道我吉他弹得不好；但是这句话还是要说出来，因为很多不会弹吉他又不太会音乐的人，被我的外表和装出来的样式骗了，看以上的照片就知道我讲什么了，哈哈哈！
但事实上，我也没有想要骗人啦！只是我弹的时候很专注和认真（怕弹错），所以看起来才好像很会的样子。。。再看下面一张，是不是很认真？
I do not play the guitar well – this sentence is actually quite redundant! Because whoever knows how to play the guitar and has heard me play would know without being told that I do not play well. However, I must still say this out for many who do not know how to play the guitar and do not know music well have been “deceived” by my appearance and “act”. You would know what I mean by looking at the above photo. Hahaha!
But honestly I do not intend to “deceive” anyone! It is just that I look very focussed and serious when I play (scared of making mistakes), that is why I look as though I can play well…
See the photo below, do I not look very serious?
怎么说吉他弹得不好呢？原因是手指按得不够力，所以出来的声音不够清脆好听；有一些和弦是需要一根手指按住六条线的，手指不够力就要借助 capo （音像福建话“鸡婆”），就是上图靠近我左手的小道具。如果没有 capo，有些歌我就会没办法弹或会弹得很难听了！
But why do I say I do not play the guitar well? Reason being my fingers do not press hard enough, so the sound that comes out does not sound that clear and nice. Some chords need you to press all six strings with one finger, and if your finger is not strong enough, you would need the help of the capo (sounds like the Hokkien word for busybodies – “kepo”). It is that little instrument near my left hand in the above photo. Without the capo, I will not be able to play some songs, or it will not sound nice when I play!
早期“出道”或刚出来诗歌服事时很常都会自弹自唱，因为唱累了就可以缩短或尽快停，唱不上可以把调调低等等。。。可是后来要背的歌越来越多，和弦越来越复杂，技巧有限，再加上出门带把吉他也挺不方便的，渐渐的就用伴奏带比较多了。
When I first started going out to sing or serve in songs, I very often played the guitar myself because if I felt tired, I could shorten the song and stop faster, or when the song was too high, I could lower the key etc…. but towards the end, there were more and more songs to memorize, the chords were getting more and more complicated, my skill was limited, coupled with the inconvenience to bring a guitar while travelling, I began to use the minus-ones or soundtracks more.
你可能说，那为什么不要努力把吉他练好？
你以为我不想啊？有些人没天分就没天分啊，好不好？我吉他都弹了三十年了还是这个水准，你还要我怎样？
再加上，现在的我那么忙碌，可怜我一下吧。。。
You may say, why do I not work hard to practise my skill well then?
You think I do not wish too? Some people just do not have the talent, ok? I have played the guitar for thirty years and still stuck at this level, what more do you require of me?
Plus right now I am really super busy, so do have mercy on me…
那你可能又要问另一个问题：既然我吉他弹得不好，那我是怎么写歌的？
啊哈！奇妙就是奇妙在这里！
明明技巧就不好，明明只会基本的和弦，却也能创作出好几百首诗歌！这不是神的恩典是什么？这不是神迹是什么？
所以我说，我们这一生，决定你成功与否的不是你的背景或你拥有多少，而是你信靠和仰赖那全能的上帝多少～
Then you may want to ask another question:
Since I do not play the guitar well, how then do I write songs?
Ah ha! This is the amazing part!
Yes, obviously my skill is not good, and yes, obviously I only know the basic chords, and yet I could write hundreds of songs! If this is not God’s grace, tell me what is it? If this is not a miracle, tell me what is it?
So I say, in our lives, the deciding factor of our success does not lie with our background or how much we have, it depends on how much we trust and rely on the Almighty God~
