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| Thread ID: 111459 | 2010-07-28 04:12:00 | learning guitar | GameJunkie (72) | PC World Chat |
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| 1123076 | 2010-07-28 04:12:00 | i've had a guitar for quite a while now but have never really tried to learn anything. all the songs i like , the tabs look too hard so i'd thought i'd start again with something simple(?).:rolleyes: anyway, what was the first/easiest song when you began playing guitar? i'd hope i'd be able to play half as good as my 15 year old brother:punk lessons i may look at when i can afford the time/money to do that :thanks GJ |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1123077 | 2010-07-28 04:26:00 | girl, you really got me sunshine of your love most acdc |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 1123078 | 2010-07-28 04:56:00 | House of the Rising Sun... Couldn't play to save myself these days, though - way out of practice... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1123079 | 2010-07-28 05:08:00 | House of the Rising Sun... Couldn't play to save myself these days, though - way out of practice... cool thanks |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1123080 | 2010-07-28 05:08:00 | Slightly sideways, but if you can mug a youngster who is getting lessons at school, the books they are working off look excellent. Some tunes teach picking, and others teach strumming, and build up really well in complexity. My granddaughter is making massive progress through her lessons at primary school. Her books look so straightforward to a klutz like me (who cannot read music), I am thinking of getting a guitar with my first NZ Superannuation payment. I am a bit unsure about trying because in the late 1990's I suffered a significant mush up of my left wrist in a motor bike accident (Orthopod quote "it looks like you have put a meringue on a table and bashed it with a hammer"). I'm a bit unsure of my ability to manipulate the guitar with my left hand, so am thinking of borrowing a guitar first. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1123081 | 2010-07-28 06:49:00 | I also have about a thousand backing tracks with no guitar in them if you want something to play along to. | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 1123082 | 2010-07-28 07:05:00 | Anything by these guys !! www.youtube.com | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1123083 | 2010-07-28 07:09:00 | i've had a guitar for quite a while now but have never really tried to learn anything. all the songs i like , the tabs look too hard so i'd thought i'd start again with something simple(?).:rolleyes: anyway, what was the first/easiest song when you began playing guitar? i'd hope i'd be able to play half as good as my 15 year old brother:punk lessons i may look at when i can afford the time/money to do that :thanks GJ You don't need lessons - learn some basics like how to tune (!), open-position cords etc, and then start jamming along with simple strumming to some music you know well and really like. From there you can gradually increase the complexity as your ear for rhythm/melody, and playing technique improves. First song I ever learned to play along to was War Pigs (the Faith No More version) :punk Off the top of my head, Every Rose Has It's Thorn by Poison is a great beginner song - it's in G Major, and uses all the common chord progressions you'd find around that key. It's also quite a slow tempo, and has a kind of metronomic rhythm that is useful to learn. Has a sweet little solo too, when you're ready for that kind of thing. |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 1123084 | 2010-07-28 07:09:00 | I also have about a thousand backing tracks with no guitar in them if you want something to play along to. i may take you up on that offer cheers |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1123085 | 2010-07-28 07:17:00 | My Dog Has Fleas on a uke is easy enough. Otherwise I'm with Johcar as in "The House of the Rising Sun" |
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