[Parkypicker]

I played guitar for 60 years before my PD DX 5 years ago. I played well enough to do session work and perform with orchestras,

theater pit bands,Big Bands and church orchestras. My PD has significantly weakend my left hand (critical for playing). I have partially compensated for this by playing nylon strings. However, the multitasking requirements of playing (e.g. coordinating hands and fingers to respond to the written music notes) results in the PD weakened system lacking enough resources to cope with basic tremor control. Also, my upper body strength has significantly deteriorated to where I can hardly lift most guitars. I am now doing music with my PC using music writing software to control MIDI and samples to construct melodies and backing tracks.