Learning Guitar
I've been wanting to learn to play guitar for a while, but don't really know where to start. Some say to start with an acoustic to get the proper technique down, some say if you want to play electric, then learn on electric.
I believe there are a few players in here. Was it hard? What do you suggest for a starter guitar. I don't want to buy something that is way overkill for a beginner, but i also don't want to buy something thats junk. Should i maybe hit the local pawn shops and see what they have to offer before laying out any real money on something? |
Midlife crisis?
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No..just always wanted to learn. My uncle is a really good player, self taught, i have a lot of friends that play. I'd just like to give it a shot
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Play Salieri
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stick to what you're good at
i.e. nothing |
electric guitars are a hell of a lot more forgiving on your fingers and of mistakes (at least with distortion lol)
you really should learn on an acoustic so that you don't pick up bad habits, plus it's a lot more portable. also be sure to get a tuner. |
did juggs read that article about how learning instruments when ur old can help prevent dementia
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Go get an electric guitar - cheap whatever.
Get a Pocket Rockit (Mini headphone amp + effects). Learn to string + tune Rock the ****er. If you feel like you are getting it - add more/better ****. Have fun |
justinguitar on youtube has a great youtube series that teaches you pretty much everything you need to know about starting out
good luck, dont give up and u can learn to play |
Don't buy a tuner, there are tons of apps for a smartphone that work just fine. I started on acoustic first, and then messed around on an electric; the difference was like taking off leg weights you've had on for a year. The songs I started learning first were "Aerials" by System of a Down, and "wish you were here" from Pink Floyd. Easy enough to pick up and satisfying when you can make it thru the whole song.
Biggest suggestions i can offer: *slow and accurate = fast and accurate. practice things slowed way down until you can actually make it thru the song. *make sure to start off with PROPER finger and wrist placement when depressing the strings. learning guitar the wrong way is a shortcut to arthritis and tendon damage, especially if you're older. Getting used to playing sloppy is something you will take years trying to get rid of. |
also i say buy the nicest thing u can afford
dont get a piece of **** guitar cuz u will never want to play it. you will want to play a nice guitar tho. if you stick with it (which you want to if you actually want to play good enough to impress yourself) then you just added nice guitar to your eventual growing collection of them |
i am of the mindset of get whatever guitar lends itself to the kind of music you enjoy and try to play, dont get an accoustic because everyone says u need to
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Would you say that learning to read music is super important?
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You don't want something super expensive to start, but you also don't want a piece of **** because staying motivated as a beginner is hard enough that you don't want to be fighting with the instrument.
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Learning music theory is important but reading sheet music isn't super important until you get to a pretty intermediate/advanced level
Even then unless you want to play jazz or something it's not super essential. I would recommend learning to read real music over tabs tho |
No. But - learning tab can help. Can you play anything else? Besides pocket pool?
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Just play Guitar Hero
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Just watch a YouTube video on how to play something it's way better than using tabs
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skin flute?
I am an accomplished air drummer |
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I know what style im interested in learning. Im not trying to be a speed metal player or anything super technical. My favorite style of guitar playing is just casual blues. Im watching youtube videos and these guys aren't reading anything, they are just playing by ear more or less. Granted they have about a million hours of practice...but thats more or less what I'd like to learn to play. Im not interested in picking up anyone else's sheet music and learning to copy them
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXodgdDIbhk
This is what i'd like to be able to do. Just download a backing track and wing it |
get a made in mexico strat, get it setup properly, and watch justinguitar until you get to scales. then learn the blues scale (very similar to minor penatonic, you will see this one in most rock). then put on a **** load of reverb, put your pickup switch on #2 and channel your inner stevie
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Acoustic is hard as **** on your fingers. I bought one for Laurie. She took a few lessons and never continued. We eventually gave away the guitar to a girl she knew from church. It's hard because the strings are heavy and farther away from the fret board.
Don't over pay, there's pawn shops, guitar forums, and people selling on CL. YouTube has a ton of instructional videos. I'm subscribed to a bunch of channels for keyboards and general music. Learning to read music will help. There's apps for that as well you can load on your phone. Then you'll have to learn scales and arpeggios if you want to get good. You can learn the basic pentatonic scale if you want to play the blues, it's a 5 note scale everyone learns. |
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If you want to play electric and have no interest in acoustic then get an electric. The main thing is get something you will practice. No practice = no learn.
Adults have more trouble with timing and less trouble with dexterity. So if you just want some cowboy chords and basic songs you will be up and running in no time. I recommend learning how to read, hal leonard book 1 and play the dumb songs but learn the instrument. Don't become an out of date jukebox. |
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Wait until guitar center does a black friday sale and pick one up then. By all means, get electric if thats your dig, but its going to be alot easier to root-in sloppy hand posture.
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i play the heaviest gauge d'adarios for the full sound
start off on nylon strings and then smaller gauge acoustic strings you can get a decent acoustic for $100-200 learn basic chords and with YouTube you can easily learn basic songs acdc is basically e chords out the ass |
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the very thing he does on a daily basis gg |
I started with a classical guitar because the what my teacher was really good at. Afater my grandmother died she left me aot of money so I bought a nice electric but learning how to finger pick is really key. You should pm gigs.
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If you are learning to read music or something.. stay away. If you are just ****ing around for your own enjoyment.. then it is worth 50 bucks. PC version though so you can add music that isn't available to buy CustomsForge Need to sign in to access downloadable songs I play by ear sort of and tabs.. I did learn the bass from rocksmith but I had guitar down pretty well prior to learning bass |
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