Does Anyone Here Play Guitar?

I just started a few weeks ago, and I must admit, I've been a quick learner so far, but I am trying to pick up on each little bit of advice and tips I can, so if anyone here plays, help me out. haha I'm just looking for any beginner's tricks or methods and all that. Thanks guys.

 

yeh.

The way I started off was pretty simple. If I heard a song I liked, I would try to learn to play it. Eventually, you'll come across all different kinds of techniques and knowledge this way.

 

yeah man, been playing for 9 years now, check out this website

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...hJxEdpFxqM9vR2whw&sig2=dtaj8_CsqAAegoEqdHGThg

chords, scales, tuner, etc.

if you wan to learn how to play a song

just google the song name like

"hendrix red house TABS"

tabs will teach you how to play any song

that's how I learned how to play.

by listening to the songs, and looking at the tabs

after a few years I was able to do my own shit

peace

 

Aaaah, well.

Learn some theory. Learn about the way chords and harmonies work. Learn about keys. Thats if you really want...but it will change the way you play. It will give you a better ear and a greater understanding of music in general. Of course, I was lucky to get taught all of that, and I wouldn't know whether its really necessary.

Practice, a lot. Try to challenge yourself. Don't go for easy songs all the time. Try to swap between easy songs, for fun, and hard songs to develop your skills. This way you'll be inspired and challenged at the same time.

You on electric or acoustic?

Try to learn all the chords. That way, you can basically play any pop song around a campfire, and people will love you for it.

 

i think a more appropriate question would be "does anyone here not play guitar?"

i'm one of the few people on earth who smokes pot and still doesn't consider himself a musician... i actually did try guitar once. i hated it with a passion.

i used to be able to play piano, and i would absolutely love to relearn that if i had the time and the piano.

 

Thanks. I'm on electric, I've been trying some pretty moderate to hard songs so far, and a few simple ones just for fun. I've been watching a bunch of videos on Youtube, which are surprisingly helpful. I have just started working with tabs too, and I am trying to get a feel for moving around the fretboard without watching my fingers all the time. My cousin is in a band which plays professionally, and she told me this is totally natural and every beginner takes some time before they are able to ignore their own fingers.

 

Practice, practice and then practice some more. I don't really have much else to add to this thread that wasn't already said.

I wish I was a better guitar player, I've been playing for a while, but I just don't really have an ear for it as some people do.

I'd say fuck around as much as possible... get a feel for the instrument, start writing your own stuff even if you only know three chords... (worked for the White Stripes)
I'm still decent though.

 

If you are on electric you are going to want to focus on your right hand.

There's all kinds of different styles of picking, if you can master them, your musical horizon will open way way up, as to the things you can do and play.

 

Haha, I did learn Iron Man a while ago just because I hear it's like a rite of passage for all guitar players. That and it is the easiest damn song to learn. lol But to make up for it, I also learned a few difficultASS Red Hot Chili Peppers riffs. John Frusciante is a fucking hard player to emulate.

 

Get yourself a distortion pedal and anything you play will sound good.

 

Oh, I'm left handed by the way, but I am learning in standard form.

 

Hell, just put the microphone as close to the amp as possible and turn all the effects up all the way.

It will sound like heaven.

 

Good idea.

 

Frusciante plays mostly fenders
and pentatonic scales

learn that scale...you'll hear it everywhere...

 

I also suggest getting a boss gt-6
it has a shitload of effects you can program.

nowadays I have individual pedals, but when I was learning I loved having all those sound banks and options. just another idea.

 

Well, left hand* then.

Research some techniques and try them out.

Alternative Picking
Economy Picking
Sweep Picking
Tapping (every guitar noob loves this one )
Palm Muting
Harmonics
Pinch Harmonics
Hybrid Picking (not for the faint of heart)
Bends, Slides, Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs.


Also, if you really want to grow as a guitarist, sooner or later you should probably branch into new musical genres that you don't necessarily like or are familiar with. Become acquainted with all different types of music.

 

Thanks man, I will check all that out! I have got my hammers, slides and pull-offs down pat. I have been experimenting with (note, I wish I was good at it) fingerpicking style arrangements, but most of the songs I've tried are in a different level of difficulty that I cannot even begin to touch yet.

 

I got stuck in finger picking for like a year lol. Finger Picking is best done on an acoustic though. The first finger picking song I learned was "3 Libras" by A Perfect Circle, it is very easy and should be a good stepping stone for a beginner.

After you figure some stuff out about finger picking, PM me or something, because I have a whole slew of recommendations for songs to learn.

 

experiment.

slap the strings with your thumb

take a glass and replace your finger with the glass and slide around

 

Thanks, yeah, I've been playing around wit a few little tricks just to get comfortable with the basics.