someone offer a newbie some advice?
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loldude333
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That's why i maintain that guitar and tone is still more an art that a science; you can add all the technical aspects but its the feel and creativity, things that science can NEVER recreate (although some computers are frightfully close), that really makes a musician. You can make a robot that can play 320 bpm solos but it'll never sound as good as a human who can do the same.
explain please? o.o
loldude333
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He means that you cannot feel as if you and the guitar are seperate when you play, the guitar has to be like an extension of your body, something that's so familiar to you.
Likui
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ya lah something like that lah, u can close your eyes and play can move all around also no need to see because the guitar is so familiar to you.
Haha, I'm a total newbie too and I don't know what to practice so I just try to memorize scales, the notes on fretboard, songs that I find easy or a bit of challenge to me. =] (I'm a bassist so I skipped chords lol. =X )
Maybe try 21 guns by green day?
That's the first song my brother's friend learn when he's a beginner.
As for the speed, if you can't catch up, play it slow first and get used to the chords that you have to play.
You know, after a while you might feel that practicing is boring.
I'm sure many people feels the same too, haha.
I usually motivate myself by telling myself that 'Hey, I've actually improve since when I've just started and don't know anything. At least I have improved abit, and not nothing at all.' =]
Maybe try 21 guns by green day?
That's the first song my brother's friend learn when he's a beginner.
As for the speed, if you can't catch up, play it slow first and get used to the chords that you have to play.
You know, after a while you might feel that practicing is boring.
I'm sure many people feels the same too, haha.
I usually motivate myself by telling myself that 'Hey, I've actually improve since when I've just started and don't know anything. At least I have improved abit, and not nothing at all.' =]
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guess i'll have to see first if the 21 guns is really so easy. but then i thought classics like smoke on the water/sharp dressed man/godfather theme are good for a start.
@bf i didn't leave it out on purpose, it wasn't on that piece of paper i was referring LOL. just printed out some chords and started trying.
@bf i didn't leave it out on purpose, it wasn't on that piece of paper i was referring LOL. just printed out some chords and started trying.
hmmm u can play smoke on the water...but usually at the start all u can play is the rhythm. leave the lead for next time.
well anyway now u know there is a B, u then have all the natural notes. and once u have the chords in memory, 21 guns should be do-able (both lead and rhythm)
i saw the the 21 guns chords already. there are Dm and A# notes, which i suppose i never practiced them before.. but will still go ahead and try.
and one more thing, i just noticed that there's a thin layer of protection plastic covering the guitar body. am i supposed to peel it off or what lol.
and one more thing, i just noticed that there's a thin layer of protection plastic covering the guitar body. am i supposed to peel it off or what lol.
*sorry to bump*
printed out a few scores, including 21 Guns - Green Day as someone recommended me here on the forum.
however most of the notes are not natural notes (or at least not the notes that i've learnt), and this one note i feel that its impossible for my hand to play it lol.
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i realized my fingers could not bend into that note no matter how hard i try, not sure whether too stiff or finger is short ( middle finger 7.8cm)...
printed out a few scores, including 21 Guns - Green Day as someone recommended me here on the forum.
however most of the notes are not natural notes (or at least not the notes that i've learnt), and this one note i feel that its impossible for my hand to play it lol.
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i realized my fingers could not bend into that note no matter how hard i try, not sure whether too stiff or finger is short ( middle finger 7.8cm)...
ur fingers too stiff...cfm