we got any guitar players out there

[yammahoppy]

i just started playing and would like to know if there are any players that post here. is so do you reccomend any computer guitar programs or should i stay away from them???????????????

[Apostle 83]

I play guitar, drums, and a very, very little piano. Take it from the voice of experience on guitar: Do two things 1)get a book of chords 2)play them! a lot!!!!!! Don't get into lead stuff at first, till you understand keys, chord theory, etc.

Don't be afraid to ask the better players around you questions. Its the only way to learn

[psyklone]

yup, another string-slinger here. i play mostly blues, but a lot of newer stuff also. i definitely recommend using the "book" method and play those chords until you know them inside-out and until you can't feel your fingers. once you get a feel for the way chords fit together, then lead stuff will make a lot more sense and come easier. i highly do not recommend guitar playing programs or "learn to play in a day" books because experience and your sound is something you develop, not something you can pop out of a can.

"no free bird"

[OuTpaTienT]

Another axeman here. I play rythm guitar, most rock/metal but am always open to anything. I play alot of 'off-the-wall' stuff that doesn't really fit into a catagory. I don't really play lead at all...intentionally. I don't know why exactly, just stringing notes together doesn't get it for me. But a really killer sounding crunch on an offbeat jazzy chord progression can make my day. Or an odd out-of-phase stereo delay/echo/flange/chorus on a classical/dark/mysterious arpeggio can just mesmerize me.

I too would advise picking up a chord book. Get familiar with them. Initially, what you need to do it get your hands/fingers limber and the caluses built up on your fingertips.

Do yourself a favor, and using a tuner, KEEP your guitar in tune. As a novice, it's a little harder to realize when it's gone out of tune, and if you keep playing it like that then you train your ears to hear it like that (out of tune). So keep it tuned up.

[Wiz]

bass player here -=]. i have to agree with outpatient, but i must add one thing, find someone else to play with, bass, drums, keyboard, something. I learned so much quicker than normal because i was constantly jamming, and now that we all have a feeling for one anothers style, we complement each other very well. good luck

[pickel]

I have a "Harmony" 12 string I annoy my neighbors with once in a while. Useta have a fine Gibson 12 string I carried into Central
Park on the weekends in the 60's. Like I said I'm about to hit the double nickel but refuse to grow up. Ask my wife HEHE. I like the old Rock and Roll songs 50's and 60's, when I was growing up. Brings back a much different world than we have today. Wish I had my 60 Chevy convertible with it's lousy radio and the top that wouldn't work when it rained.
Some of ya'll know what I mean. A simpler
existence, just hanging out, drag racing when the police had 6 cylinder engines, going to the beach. Tracy Lawrence says it best, the only thing that stays the same is the changes that take place. But I do enjoy my guitar, just another escape like this computer.

the pickel

[OuTpaTienT]

I agree completely. Playing guitar is a great release. I often find emotions just pouring out of my soul as I get into a jam. And usually they're emotions that I didn't even know I had bottled up.

IMHO, playing guitar or any musical instrument is very healthy for the soul.

[welsh wizard]

Pickel just think ( I hope your other half doesn't read posts) if you had your Chevy now all touch up with state of the art Hi Fi and being 18 again ( but you must be able to keep all the knowledge you have now + plus the money)well what would you be like now, darn her in doors has just cencored me. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
WW

[pickel]

Mr. Wizard: I doubt I'll ever reach 21 though
this body of mine keeps getting older. Why should I progress from a time in my life that I enjoy the best. Maybe I can't play soccer or hockey anymore but I can still lay down a patch of rubber all the way through first gear!But more judiciously these days to say the least, have to set an example for the younger generation, you know LOL. Your past, esspecially the goods times is your cushion from reality, a break in the daily deluge of coping and commitments. Not a fantasy world, but a safe haven to regroup and ralley, so we're able to carry on.
Cherrio and have Great Christmas. Save me some of the PLUM pudding!!!!

Yours,
the pickel

[Todd Beck]

Do NOT buy a chord book, at least not at first. You'll just get confused. Instead, go get the Fretboard Logic series of instructional books. They are, without a doubt, the best method I know of for learning to play guitar. It will be much easier for you to learn this method first than to have to unlearn a more traditional method.

[jad1097]

Iplay also . Want some software go here http://harmony-central.com They have tones of software,tabs,links,and just music stuff in general. I could give you tons of links for tabs too. http://********inyourcrib.com/tab/
This is agreat place to get guitar tabs.
Let me know what you think.
ALso have a Yamaha FGS-450s acoustic paid $100 at pawn shop, Harmony $50 @ pawn shop(cheap guitar but leaned on it) and a custom with a Bcrich nech and Kramer body @ pawn shop for $60! AMd a fender FRontman 25r @ pawnshop for $110 new in the box! AS you can see I do not buy things new. Pawns shops have great deals if you talk them down. The cust need some more work and will cost me abou $200 to do what I want with it, it also has a Floyd Rose tremolo! That cost $200 alone on a new guitar!

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[AuraEdge]

I got an old classical-type acoustic guitar last summer when my grandpa died (that man could play any instrument under the sun!)

I tried messing with it in complete failure.
I picked up the tabs to a few songs and can play parts of them, but thats about it. Id really like to learn as well..At least i have music in my blood. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[jad1097]

I think learning scales is the best way to start out. It will help to develope your fingers and ears as well. It may seem a bit diffucult at first but you will get the hang of it.
If you have a classical guitar you should go here. http://alt.venus.co.uk/weed

Weed has a ton of great classical songs tabed out. They are hard to play though. You need to learn pima, how to finger pick!

[alpha]

My sister plays the guitar, I play the piano, button accordian, melodeon, recorder and the tin whistle. No, not all at the same time.

[pickel]

Alpha: Can you record some of that "Melodeon"
music and sendit to me in an email?? I'd love to hear it. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
the pickel

[OuTpaTienT]

I wanna hear the tin whistle. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif