stewartbass
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same way you taught yourself how to masturbate!
how to i self teach myself?
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detroit_red
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HAHAHA it's like he comes once in a blue moon to post funny stuff and then disappear....
Crawldaddy
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Hmm.
like 3notesAbar said.. try diff types of music. I would personally urge you to start off with acoustic first (very impt IMO) because training up in rhythm and timing is crucial to future development esp when you want to move on to stuff like lead playing.
Dun just jump into the deep end of the pool!
I dunno.. but in my experience, people who started off with acoustic and progressed on to electric seemed to be more versatile. What's more... when you're versatile, I'm sure many people will come and find you in the future to be their guitar guy.
work hard at it, and of course.. if you're still studying... know where your priorities lie.
like 3notesAbar said.. try diff types of music. I would personally urge you to start off with acoustic first (very impt IMO) because training up in rhythm and timing is crucial to future development esp when you want to move on to stuff like lead playing.
Dun just jump into the deep end of the pool!
I dunno.. but in my experience, people who started off with acoustic and progressed on to electric seemed to be more versatile. What's more... when you're versatile, I'm sure many people will come and find you in the future to be their guitar guy.
work hard at it, and of course.. if you're still studying... know where your priorities lie.
killinghall
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mrteddybear said:
I'm self-taught and remember going to the library just to borrow tons of Guitar Player/Guitar World every week - that's an instructional aspect.
Listening and learning what you heard around me also counted a lot.
Finally...train your ears with lots and lots of improvisation over what has been instructed to you!
8O
MikePhilippov
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If you are just starting out you NEED a teacher. Having one willl speed up your progress dramatically.
Think about it: in EVERY other field in order to be qualified you MUST have some kind of education from an instructor over the course of several years usually. Guitar playing has greatly advanced and in order to be considered a competent player you usually have to learn from a teacher. A teacher will guide you step by step organizing the material you need to learn that will get you to your goals.
Don't try to learn on your own, a teacher will make it A LOT easier for you.
Check out this article:
http://www.tomhess.net/articles.php?article=1
Hope this helps.
Mike.
Think about it: in EVERY other field in order to be qualified you MUST have some kind of education from an instructor over the course of several years usually. Guitar playing has greatly advanced and in order to be considered a competent player you usually have to learn from a teacher. A teacher will guide you step by step organizing the material you need to learn that will get you to your goals.
Don't try to learn on your own, a teacher will make it A LOT easier for you.
Check out this article:
http://www.tomhess.net/articles.php?article=1
Hope this helps.
Mike.
shaizful09
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internet is the best...
Thanks for the link Mike, but here is a much better one for people
http://tomhess.net/HowToChooseAGuitarTeacherGuide.aspx
superpotato_30
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Hmm.. Ive learned most of my stuff from the net..
Tab and chord reading is important..
But foremost comes your technique : Alternate picking / downstrokes only/ upstrokes alone / harmonics / string bending etc..
Also the ability to keep in beat is v v necessary. ( Rhythm )
Finally when you get better and better and more experienced enough, try pushing yourself to play by ear.
Playing by ear puts you at a level above alot of people.. cause any musician can read notes/tabs and practice for long hours if they have the time.
Tab and chord reading is important..
But foremost comes your technique : Alternate picking / downstrokes only/ upstrokes alone / harmonics / string bending etc..
Also the ability to keep in beat is v v necessary. ( Rhythm )
Finally when you get better and better and more experienced enough, try pushing yourself to play by ear.
Playing by ear puts you at a level above alot of people.. cause any musician can read notes/tabs and practice for long hours if they have the time.
petersantreen
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Is your guitar teacher qualified? Are you having trouble finding a qualified guitar instructor? There are many great guitar players out there. Some will absolutely amaze you, but the truth is that not all good players make good teachers. I don’t know how may times that I have signed up to take lessons, only to find out that I knew more about guitar playing than the teacher or that they were just plain lousy as an instructor. Finding a good guitar teacher can be challenging to say the least. Most guitar learning software that is available on the market have good instructors and are time tested, otherwise they would not be in business for very long. I say most, because I obviously have not evaluated every guitar learning software on the market, but the many that I have, have been of good quality.
For more details:
totallyguitars.com
For more details:
totallyguitars.com
Get a teacher.
I just started playing about a month back, I can alternate pick, sweep pick...blah blah in less than a month...but then...am I doing it correctly? Took me 3 weeks to figure it take 2 or more finger to bend a string. 4 weeks to learn to mute, 2 weeks to figure the way I hold my pick slowed my picking ability...can list a whole lot more.
Best to get a teacher, I'm getting one and if I have gotten one from the start, I won't have to relearn and undo my bad technique and habits.
I just started playing about a month back, I can alternate pick, sweep pick...blah blah in less than a month...but then...am I doing it correctly? Took me 3 weeks to figure it take 2 or more finger to bend a string. 4 weeks to learn to mute, 2 weeks to figure the way I hold my pick slowed my picking ability...can list a whole lot more.
Best to get a teacher, I'm getting one and if I have gotten one from the start, I won't have to relearn and undo my bad technique and habits.
NachociousD
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There only 3 types of people who should try self teach
1. People with alot of spare time
2. People with IQ of 150++(you wont be asking questions about how to selfteach if you were under this criteria)
3. Super Talented people(you probably figured out how to play by now)
Alternatively for normal people get guitar lessons.
159
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If you're aware that you're a slow learner, get a teacher.
If you're aware that you're a fast learner, follow these DIY steps.
1.Get a chord book
2.Practice some of the most basic chords eg: C,Am,F,G
3.Done practicing your chords, go on to playing your fav songs on the radio by playing the chords. Doesn't matter whether its pop or rock, as long as it keeps you in the mood to continue strumming.
4.By now you should have learnt all you major chords, C,D,E,F,G,A,B and a few minor chords, Em,Am,Bm,Dm
5.Continue strumming to songs, but this time, take songs which have a larger variety of chords and with slightly faster chord changes
6.By now you should be able to tackle barre(bar) chords, so go and learn them. If you're dam smart, you should be able to see a pattern between the position of chords, basically, music theory.
7.From here, you can start on different styles of playing the guitar, finger picking, picking, strumming patterns, or maybe a little shredding(I doubt so)
8.Anyway, by now you would have mastered all the minor and major open chords and memorised the positions of your barre chords. So, what do you do? You learn all dem kick-S solos! So learn to read tabs(shouldn't be a prob, I figured out in a few minutes)
9.From here on, you would venture into the realm of true guitar playing. Refer to internet, ultimateguitar, youtube, for stuff you don't know about. Try playing solos by listening and figuring them out. Don't always refer to google for tabs everytime you want to tackle a new song. Videos really help alot but that doesn't mean tabs are useless.
10.Never stop strumming! If you're bored of playing when you reach a higher level, maybe about 6 or 7 months, go back to basics. Sing along to your strumming, discover new strumming paterns. Create acoustic or unplugged versions of songs that have already been created. Just keep the spirit of strumming going on..
Well that's all to it I guess. That's probably a synopsis of my whole life as a guitarist and probably you'll learn a thing or two from it.
PS: Avoid bad habits like always down picking, or learning tears in heaven as your first finger picking song. It will really really really will annoy you like hell in the near future. And boy do I hate it.
If you're aware that you're a fast learner, follow these DIY steps.
1.Get a chord book
2.Practice some of the most basic chords eg: C,Am,F,G
3.Done practicing your chords, go on to playing your fav songs on the radio by playing the chords. Doesn't matter whether its pop or rock, as long as it keeps you in the mood to continue strumming.
4.By now you should have learnt all you major chords, C,D,E,F,G,A,B and a few minor chords, Em,Am,Bm,Dm
5.Continue strumming to songs, but this time, take songs which have a larger variety of chords and with slightly faster chord changes
6.By now you should be able to tackle barre(bar) chords, so go and learn them. If you're dam smart, you should be able to see a pattern between the position of chords, basically, music theory.
7.From here, you can start on different styles of playing the guitar, finger picking, picking, strumming patterns, or maybe a little shredding(I doubt so)
8.Anyway, by now you would have mastered all the minor and major open chords and memorised the positions of your barre chords. So, what do you do? You learn all dem kick-S solos! So learn to read tabs(shouldn't be a prob, I figured out in a few minutes)
9.From here on, you would venture into the realm of true guitar playing. Refer to internet, ultimateguitar, youtube, for stuff you don't know about. Try playing solos by listening and figuring them out. Don't always refer to google for tabs everytime you want to tackle a new song. Videos really help alot but that doesn't mean tabs are useless.
10.Never stop strumming! If you're bored of playing when you reach a higher level, maybe about 6 or 7 months, go back to basics. Sing along to your strumming, discover new strumming paterns. Create acoustic or unplugged versions of songs that have already been created. Just keep the spirit of strumming going on..
Well that's all to it I guess. That's probably a synopsis of my whole life as a guitarist and probably you'll learn a thing or two from it.
PS: Avoid bad habits like always down picking, or learning tears in heaven as your first finger picking song. It will really really really will annoy you like hell in the near future. And boy do I hate it.
superjet335
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Self-teaching possible
Online e-courses are good! But what we need to realise is that if we ourselves lack the discipline to follow these e-courses, it is pointless. Hiring a teacher and going for his or her lessons on a week basis would be far better. Of course, there again, you must practice. But I feel that hiring a teacher would require less discipline. Unless you got a fierce teacher
Cheers!
Check out my blog at http://dabunny-electricguitarfreaks.blogspot.com/ for discussions, reviews and tips now!
Online e-courses are good! But what we need to realise is that if we ourselves lack the discipline to follow these e-courses, it is pointless. Hiring a teacher and going for his or her lessons on a week basis would be far better. Of course, there again, you must practice. But I feel that hiring a teacher would require less discipline. Unless you got a fierce teacher
Cheers!
Check out my blog at http://dabunny-electricguitarfreaks.blogspot.com/ for discussions, reviews and tips now!
