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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: an0n on January 09, 2005, 08:47:42 pm

Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: an0n on January 09, 2005, 08:47:42 pm
...and, being poor, I can't pay for actual lessons.

I need links - lots of 'em.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: Bobboau on January 09, 2005, 08:54:08 pm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Guitar+Learn&btnG=Google+Search

:)
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: Night Hammer on January 09, 2005, 08:54:37 pm
apparently it helps you get laid, what my friends tell me at least....

far too lazy to try
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: phreak on January 09, 2005, 08:55:35 pm
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: Corsair on January 09, 2005, 08:56:31 pm
Yes, being a rock star does help with the ladies.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: an0n on January 09, 2005, 09:02:54 pm
It's not just being able to play guitar that does it. It's the implied partying and/or sexual experience that reels in the cheap sluts.

You don't get the good women till you start doing all that touchy-feely writing bull**** and 'expressing yourself' through your music.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: phreak on January 09, 2005, 09:05:24 pm
either that or you could just play really fast and say you're good with your fingers.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: an0n on January 09, 2005, 09:09:01 pm
And if they reject you, you've got 6 handy little lengths of metal wire.......
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: FireCrack on January 09, 2005, 09:13:12 pm
6?


wait i'm stupid...


Actualy only 3 are very usefull mabye, the coiled ones might suck.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: Shekaenah on January 09, 2005, 09:34:05 pm
http://www.cyberfret.com/ has some really helpful lessons. And http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ has the best lessons. Join the forums there, too. They're really helpful as long as you don't go be n00bish. If that NAME GOES HERE guy shows up, that'd be me. Once you start learning, it will get even better. :)
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: Knight Templar on January 09, 2005, 10:18:14 pm
How... out of character of you an0n.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: Setekh on January 10, 2005, 12:49:26 am
So, acoustic or electric?

Best tip ever: never rush. Get your moves right, build up speed later. You try any other way, and your technique is going to be pretty messed up no matter how good you are.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: Sandwich on January 10, 2005, 01:09:19 am
Use the elbow, not the wrist!


*doesn't even play*
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: Rictor on January 10, 2005, 02:23:01 am
Its all in the follow-through!

*doesn't play either*
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: vyper on January 10, 2005, 02:51:29 am
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Originally posted by Setekh


Best tip ever: never rush. Get your moves right, build up speed later. You try any other way, and your technique is going to be pretty messed up no matter how good you are.


Very true.


It might even apply to playing guitars too! ;)
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: aldo_14 on January 10, 2005, 03:09:02 am
ba-da-da-boom!
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: vyper on January 10, 2005, 03:22:36 am
In 5 hours I may die of stress, that was the best I could come up with!
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: icespeed on January 10, 2005, 03:27:15 am
guitar? hey cool. have you got one yet? have you got a piccy?

(*music* "girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money... and guitars?" *music*)
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: vyper on January 10, 2005, 03:31:24 am
While I'm sure someone here will string you up for quoting GC, tis a very good song.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: pyro-manic on January 10, 2005, 12:13:33 pm
Ngkkkkkk.....

*cringes*

Heathens. It's a bloody awful song. Good Charlotte are a nasty, foul-smelling, crusty splatter of a stain on "alternative" music. They're supposedly "punk" but have no ****ing idea what punk even is. Go and listen to some Bad Religion. That's ****ing punk. :blah:

/RANT

Anyhoo - anon - you really won't get very good without some lessons of some sort. You can learn all the chord shapes and scales in the world, but you need to have someone with experience who can tell you how to do stuff, what you're doing well and what you're doing badly. Even if you just know someone else who plays, get 'em to help you. You'll improve much faster that way...
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: aldo_14 on January 10, 2005, 12:21:14 pm
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Originally posted by pyro-manic
Ngkkkkkk.....

*cringes*

Heathens. It's a bloody awful song. Good Charlotte are a nasty, foul-smelling, crusty splatter of a stain on "alternative" music. They're supposedly "punk" but have no ****ing idea what punk even is. Go and listen to some Bad Religion. That's ****ing punk. :blah:

/RANT

pyro, mate, I think you're totally wrong there.











They're much worse than that.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: vyper on January 10, 2005, 12:42:51 pm
This is all just musical snobbery!



And I aced that exam. So :p.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: an0n on January 10, 2005, 07:07:35 pm
In regards to various questions asked: I have a piece of crap, £150 Electric Guitar + Amp set from Argos. I got it like 2-3 years back for Christmas and never bothered with it because everytime I strummed a note, my annoying **** of a brother would come wandering in going "Woooo! Look at you - Eric ****ing Clapton".

And I've resigned myself to the fact that he's too stupid to ever change and that caving his head in with a big ****ing rock would be counter-productive. Just once I'd like to be able to snap without my brain going "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Think about the prison time...."

So I'm 'learning' (*shudders*) while he's out at work.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: Flipside on January 10, 2005, 07:10:14 pm
Just learn the Basic major and minor chords, and next time he does it, play something like 'Wonderful Tonight', it's about 5 chords, and despite being crap, will at least shut your brother up ;)
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: an0n on January 10, 2005, 07:23:10 pm
I still prefer the 'bludgeoned to death' idea.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: adwight on January 10, 2005, 10:17:01 pm
I got a new guitar for christmas and let me tell you, it is hard to learn all of the cords and all the fretting movements and stuff, but it sure is fun when you can finally play a song.  I can play one offspring song, as well as the white stripes, but they are probably the easiest songs ever.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: demon442 on January 10, 2005, 10:44:09 pm
Im trying to learn myself, and from what I've gathered from my little experience, the key really is practice.  Miss a day and you probably wount notice it, miss a week and I guarentee you will.


http://www.musiciansfriend.com/
Thats where I get all my supplies, gear, and accessories.  Good prices since it's just after christmas.


Im currently playing this package: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/search/detail/base_pid/519456/
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: an0n on January 11, 2005, 09:16:00 am
I have just remembered how damn hard this **** is.

*bangs head against desk*
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: demon442 on January 11, 2005, 10:27:23 pm
It takes a long time to get to the point that you can stand to hear yourself play.  I dont have the time anymore, but I assume that you do, so try to find something to keep you interested in practicing.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: Knight Templar on January 12, 2005, 12:41:57 am
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Originally posted by an0n
I have just remembered how damn hard this **** is.

*bangs head against desk*


IMO you should really stick to the harmonica.
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: aldo_14 on January 12, 2005, 03:08:09 am
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Originally posted by vyper
This is all just musical snobbery!



And I aced that exam. So :p.


so it wasn't an exam on musical taste then?

:p
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: Flipside on January 12, 2005, 04:05:15 am
hehehehe You need to get to the point where you think 'G' and your fingers automatically fret it, that's when guitar playing becomes fun ;)
Title: So I've Decided To Learn The Guitar....
Post by: an0n on January 12, 2005, 05:19:50 am
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
IMO you should really stick to the harmonica.

If I ever get bored enough to go road-tripping across America, I'll definitely learn the Harmonica. It'll help pass the time while I'm in the local jails for public nudity and such.