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re: Resolved to learning to play guitar: advice wanted
Posted on 1/30/20 at 10:13 pm to Kvothe
Posted on 1/30/20 at 10:13 pm to Kvothe
Lessons and be sure you have time to practice.
2,500 hours practice over a few years, with a good teacher once a week should do it.
You can decide later about composition courses near you.
2,500 hours practice over a few years, with a good teacher once a week should do it.
You can decide later about composition courses near you.
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Posted on 1/30/20 at 10:35 pm to Kvothe
Make sure you start off with a guitar that's action is not super high. Most cheaper guitars will be this way. Invest in a fairly good guitar and then bring it to a luthier and get them to set it up for you. Helps a ton!!
I started off with a cheap Johnson JG 610 N. I later bought a Takamine knockoff (Jasmine) off of Amazon for $99.
I learned open chord from Justinguitar youtube videos and used the GuitarTuner app on my phone to keep in tune. as mentioned before the light bronze (D'Addario) strings help ease finger pain but you can still expect blisters.
Most important thing is to practice every single chance you get.
I started off with a cheap Johnson JG 610 N. I later bought a Takamine knockoff (Jasmine) off of Amazon for $99.
I learned open chord from Justinguitar youtube videos and used the GuitarTuner app on my phone to keep in tune. as mentioned before the light bronze (D'Addario) strings help ease finger pain but you can still expect blisters.
Most important thing is to practice every single chance you get.
Posted on 1/30/20 at 10:37 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
If you’re in college take some rudimentary music classes as your gen ed requirement. Helped me out a ton.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 5:24 am to Kvothe
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If you can, keep your guitar in a place you are in the most (living room, bedroom, bonus room). Just having it close by will make it easier to grab and play a few chords or songs
I agree that's great advice.I have two of electrics hung up next to my tv, so even when I'm watching tv, my guitar is in my line of sight. I do need to get an accoustic soon because most of the time I don't even plug my guitars in when I'm noodling.
This post was edited on 1/31/20 at 5:26 am
Posted on 1/31/20 at 5:39 am to Sweltering Chill
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There are lots of chord apps, but the one i use is Ultimate Guitar, and i really like it.
Another GREAT one is chrodify.net. LINK
You play along with the actual song and it shows you the chord shapes.
Posted on 1/31/20 at 6:00 am to Kvothe
You want to play others stuff or write your own?
Posted on 1/31/20 at 7:12 am to fr33manator
If you want to play either of those Guys you better really practice c, f, g, bm, and dm bc that’s about all the chords Isbell plays. He has a ton of songs that’s d minor c f g chord progression
Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:57 pm to fr33manator
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You want to play others stuff or write your own?
I’m not of the opinion that I’m even close to knowing enough theory to write my own stuff. As of now I’ve got all basic major and minor chords memorized and am practicing getting faster at switching btwn them. The goal is to play songs I know and love by popular artists
Posted on 2/3/20 at 3:58 pm to Kvothe
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As of now I’ve got all basic major and minor chords memorized
only three are needed, just sayin'
Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:15 pm to 777Tiger
Which three, and why?
Also, I bought a capo. Cool, I know.
Also, I bought a capo. Cool, I know.
This post was edited on 2/3/20 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:17 pm to Kvothe
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Which three?
sort of kidding but you'll find that the majority of rock/pop/country songs use three chords as a basis for the rhythm, and usually 1-4-5 or 1-5-4 as a progression
ETA: g,c,d are real common, a lot of e and a too
This post was edited on 2/3/20 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:31 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
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I learned open chord from Justinguitar youtube videos and used the GuitarTuner app on my phone to keep in tune. as mentioned before the light bronze (D'Addario) strings help ease finger pain but you can still expect blisters.
Most important thing is to practice every single chance you get.
This is the route I've been taking. I don't know anything about the strings that are currently on my lender tho
Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:33 pm to 777Tiger
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and usually 1-4-5 or 1-5-4 as a progression
Lost me here. Can you explain?
Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:34 pm to Kvothe
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This is the route I've been taking.
keep your guitar(s) out laying around your house, almost to where it's in the way, that way you're forced to pick it up, maybe do a little noodling several times a day
Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:36 pm to 777Tiger
It sits in a stand on the edge of my couch, blocking the tv, so I have to move it to see the tv. This mostly results in me picking it up to move it, then its in my hands and I play instead of watching tv. So far, has been a good strategy.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:38 pm to Kvothe
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Lost me here. Can you explain?
Just a progression in scale. If you are in C, you would play C major, F major and G major. If you are in a minor scale, such as A minor, you would play A minor, D minor and E minor.
Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:40 pm to Kvothe
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Lost me here. Can you explain?
root chord is 1, next chord, 4 or 5, is its place on the scale, i.e., let's use g,c,d as an example, g would be the root(1,) c would be 4 chords up on a major scale, then d would be 5, hence, 1-4-5
Posted on 2/3/20 at 4:43 pm to 777Tiger
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root chord is 1, next chord, 4 or 5, is its place on the scale, i.e., let's use g,c,d as an example, g would be the root(1,) c would be 4 chords up on a major scale, then d would be 5, hence, 1-4-5
Appreciate that!
You guys have any super recognizable, popular songs that are easy to play that I could practice?
This post was edited on 2/3/20 at 4:45 pm
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