Got myself a shiny new guitar (nylon stringed with cutaway and pickup) today. And went to learn Xing Qing and Hui Dao Guo Qu right away. What I really want to play though is Joe Pass' slinkily nuanced chords, next to Ella's aged mellow throttle of a voice. I've lost the magic touch. My fingers stumble, stubbily, curl and contort only if I harrass them hard enough. Still got the ear for aberrant chords, though.

How many Chinese pop songs use this progression? C, G/B, Am7, G or C/G, F or Fmaj7, C/E, Dm7, G(sus4)? A lot. To name three: Hong Dou, Liu Xing Shen Ling Yu, Hui Dao Guo Qu.