Author Topic: Guitar (Read 11355 times)

EllToPay · « **Reply #25 on:** March 31, 2011, 09:07:15 AM »

Quote from: AppleJack on March 31, 2011, 09:02:02 AM

Can't top this solo

Probably the funniest thing I have ever seen.

relax, relax, relax....

lol

michigancat · « **Reply #26 on:** March 31, 2011, 09:11:59 AM »

Quote from: AppleJack on March 31, 2011, 09:02:02 AM

Can't top this solo

Probably the funniest thing I have ever seen.

That is awesome.

Reminded me of this for some reason:

ew2x4 · « **Reply #27 on:** March 31, 2011, 09:34:10 AM »

Learn your chords. Learn your scales. Learn good finger exercises. Then learn simple songs to play along with.

O-town Kat · « **Reply #28 on:** March 31, 2011, 11:40:29 AM »

Baptism by ramones

KSU187 · « **Reply #29 on:** March 31, 2011, 11:42:24 AM »

Learn the pentatonic scales, and have a buddy learn a few cords, then endless blues jam sessions can ensue.

Benja · « **Reply #30 on:** March 31, 2011, 02:35:55 PM »

My experience with guitar in the five or six times I've been really rough ridin' serious about learning to be awesome at it,

Step one: Learn some chords, play some songs, feeling pretty good.

Step two: Learn some more complicated junk, tough but i'm getting better, still fun.

Step three: Everything I want to play has power chords, my hands won't play rough ridin' power chords, can't play any cool songs, guitar sucks, I quit.

KSU_foo · « **Reply #31 on:** March 31, 2011, 05:01:05 PM »

Definitely learn the chords and how to read music first. Maybe take some piano lessons, too. Learning to play the bass first is always easy. A good bass player is worth his (or her) weight in gold.

More importantly...what kind of guitar do you have?

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #32 on:** March 31, 2011, 06:58:23 PM »

Quote from: KSU_foo on March 31, 2011, 05:01:05 PM

Learning to play the bass first is always easy.

This is the route I took. Learned to play bass so I can play in a band, then using that knowledge, learned guitar so I can play on my own.

Tobias · « **Reply #33 on:** April 01, 2011, 01:12:13 AM »

Quote from: KSU_foo on March 31, 2011, 05:01:05 PM

Definitely learn the chords and how to read music first. Maybe take some piano lessons, too. Learning to play the bass first is always easy. A good bass player is worth his (or her) weight in gold.

More importantly...what kind of guitar do you have?

learning music is for people who are wsu alums or want to show up on espn when everyone else grabs a beer from the fridge. bass advice is pretty good though.

pissclams · « **Reply #34 on:** April 01, 2011, 10:47:39 AM »

started a similar thread about me wanting to learn guitar. got great advice. then realized if i wanted to hear a guitar being played i could just download a song from a really good guitar player and realized what a dumbass i was.

boom, crock pot.

stunted · « **Reply #35 on:** April 17, 2011, 03:56:29 AM »

How long does it take to learn a new song? I haven't played much since the first post. Learning Drive by Incubus, and I can find my way around the main part, but its been slow. Also, I did not bother to learn chords, basics, etc. Naturals don't need that crap.

felix rex · « **Reply #36 on:** April 17, 2011, 08:42:18 AM »

Quote from: stunted on April 17, 2011, 03:56:29 AM

How long does it take to learn a new song? I haven't played much since the first post. Learning Drive by Incubus, and I can find my way around the main part, but its been slow. Also, I did not bother to learn chords, basics, etc. Naturals don't need that crap.

As a natural, I'm guessing it won't take you long.

asava · « **Reply #37 on:** April 17, 2011, 09:10:36 AM »

as a natural, i'm sure it will take you much longer.

KITNfury · « **Reply #38 on:** April 17, 2011, 11:54:56 AM »

Practicing scales will help with your finger memory and timing (if you do them correctly). They are boring, but they help. There are plenty of other string skip exercises that help, but you're probably not ready for that kind of stuff.

stunted · « **Reply #39 on:** June 16, 2011, 03:13:49 PM »

So I took none of the advice in the thread, and have most of this song down:

Some people just "get it"...I guess I'm one of them.

felix rex · « **Reply #40 on:** June 16, 2011, 03:19:09 PM »

Quote from: stunted on June 16, 2011, 03:13:49 PM

So I took none of the advice in the thread, and have most of this song down:

Some people just "get it"...I guess I'm one of them.

Nice. Can you imagine it with a trumpet!?

stunted · « **Reply #41 on:** October 21, 2011, 06:10:15 AM »

How does this work?

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #42 on:** October 21, 2011, 06:12:36 AM »

Bottom string is the low E, second to bottom is A, Then D, G, B, E. Put your fingers on the fret that it says. So the first one you would play a note with your fingers on the second fret of the low E and A string.

steve dave · « **Reply #43 on:** October 21, 2011, 06:19:09 AM »

Why aren't they in alphabetical order?

stunted · « **Reply #44 on:** October 21, 2011, 06:22:14 AM »

Quote from: Stevesie60 on October 21, 2011, 06:12:36 AM

Bottom string is the low E, second to bottom is A, Then D, G, B, E. Put your fingers on the fret that it says. So the first one you would play a note with your fingers on the second fret of the low E and A string.

Works fine until the slur.

asava · « **Reply #45 on:** October 21, 2011, 08:51:15 AM »

Quote from: stunted on October 21, 2011, 06:22:14 AM

Quote from: Stevesie60 on October 21, 2011, 06:12:36 AM
Bottom string is the low E, second to bottom is A, Then D, G, B, E. Put your fingers on the fret that it says. So the first one you would play a note with your fingers on the second fret of the low E and A string.

Works fine until the slur.

slur?

stunted · « **Reply #46 on:** October 21, 2011, 09:22:05 AM »

I'm not sure what the curved line is. Remember, I'm a natural. I just play, make up terms and crap. I still don't know the string names and order

asava · « **Reply #47 on:** October 21, 2011, 09:44:34 AM »

Quote from: stunted on October 21, 2011, 09:22:05 AM

I'm not sure what the curved line is. Remember, I'm a natural. I just play, make up terms and crap. I still don't know the string names and order

i don't know what the curved line is either because its going from one string to the next, sometimes to an open string. I just assume that the curved line is off though and its asking for a hammer-on or pull-off to whatever note is on the same string.

mocat · « **Reply #48 on:** October 21, 2011, 09:58:39 AM »

the curved lines are weird there.

but yeah, wtf is a slur?

stunted · « **Reply #49 on:** October 21, 2011, 01:41:54 PM »

Slur in sheet music is a curved line, smooth transition between notes.