hey bab
Hi, I already have a book about guitars ... In russian which I don't understand/can't read at all honestly I don't know what a fret, fret board, Capo.. Well I saw images of capos and them placed on guitars but can somebody explain what their for please?, and all these other guitar terms :( and how do you 'tune' a guitar? Ahahha like do you twist on those knob things and tighten the strings? Loosen them? The tighter they are the higher they sound ahhH? and how do I read online guitar tabs ? ;( I don't understand at all like it says something like Bb on 5th fret or something like that and it's VERY confusing :(
Im a beginner in guitar and I would like somebody who knows alot about guitars to answer my question or give me a link to a site with guitar terms and everything about guitars :) I'd be very grateful thanks ahahha :)
Answer
Hey,
Do you have an electric or acoustic guitar? The techniques for electric and classical are a bit different. But, for right now, the basics apply to both.
www.guitarworld.com has some great lessons.
The important thing is to learn a bit of theory, to make it fun, you can learn a bit of theory and then learn a song that uses it. For example, one of the first songs I learnt to play was "Tears in Heaven" which uses mostly major and minor chords.
Do you speak Spanish, by any chance? I know of a great site in Spanish. If you don't know Spanish, no worries. They have loads of links to English speaking websites. "Enlaces en inglés, or something like that."
Total guitar is a good book for beginniners, I think it's available on Amazon right now! :) It's an old book and not too expensive.
http://www.amazon.com/Total-Guitar-Complete-Recording-Performing/dp/1402709803
A bit of introduction:
The frets are the little metal bars you see on the neck of the guitar. On a guitar, you create the notes by pressing your finger right above the fret. The fretboard is simply the piece of wood which covers the neck; frets go up and down the fretboard.
How to tune a guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6UUqR-NIsk
A guitar has six strings, Low E, A, D, G, B, high E. You twist the knobs (gently) to raise or lower the pitch. Watch the online guitar tuner all the way through and then give it a try. For example, it starts with a low E. Strike your low E string and then twist the knobs until your low E string sounds like the low E on the tuner. Some guitarists use tuning forks, some guitarists have pocket guitar tuners, some tune it with a piano. I cheated and downloaded an online one and synched it to my iPod because I travel a lot. :)
To make the notes on the guitar you put your finger right above the frets. for example, find the low E string, and put your index finger on the fifth fret. Ok, hold it. Pick that string... There, you just played an A note.
Chords are easy, the two main kind of chords are major and minor. The "bs free approach" is the way to go. Learn the chords in "chunks." First, learn the major open chords- E major, A major, D major, G major, B major, E major. Then the minor chords... then move on to barre chords (a barre chord is where you cover all the strings of the same fret with your index finger). It takes awhile to get the notes clear. Then the "weird" chords... suspended and add9.
Guitar tablature... its a code that many guitarists use instead of reading notes on a staff.
A guitar has six strings. Well, tab is six lines, and each line represents a string on the guitar. Low E at the bottom, then A D G B E. The little numbers on those lines show which fret to play. For example:
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
__5___7___9______________________
You play the fifth fret on the low E string. Then you play the seventh fret on the low E string. Then you play the ninth fret on the low E string. It goes from left to right.
Don't despair or get frustrated, just start simple and take little baby steps. What is your goal musically? Whatever it is, every tiny step you take brings you a little bit closer. I'm a hypocrite to tell you this because I'm the queen of getting frustrated with the guitar!! But don't give up. It takes at least a year, for your playing to "come together." Focus on small steps each day. Guitar playing is a lot like horseback riding... no one ever REALLY knows everything there is to know about it, we're all still learning. Practice every day, an hour if you can. Review everything you have learnt on a regular basis but focus on the stuff that is new and difficult for you. All of the guitar players that are or were great... Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Satriani, Santana, Petrucci, etc., were once students themselves. Your goal may be just to play for fun, to be professional, I don't know... but everyone is a beginner at some point in their lives :)
For now, learn the chords and scales I gave you (You Tube, guitarworld.com, and books like Total Guitar are good), a fake book with chords is good for beginners, listen to records and see if you recognize what you've learnt.
Hey,
Do you have an electric or acoustic guitar? The techniques for electric and classical are a bit different. But, for right now, the basics apply to both.
www.guitarworld.com has some great lessons.
The important thing is to learn a bit of theory, to make it fun, you can learn a bit of theory and then learn a song that uses it. For example, one of the first songs I learnt to play was "Tears in Heaven" which uses mostly major and minor chords.
Do you speak Spanish, by any chance? I know of a great site in Spanish. If you don't know Spanish, no worries. They have loads of links to English speaking websites. "Enlaces en inglés, or something like that."
Total guitar is a good book for beginniners, I think it's available on Amazon right now! :) It's an old book and not too expensive.
http://www.amazon.com/Total-Guitar-Complete-Recording-Performing/dp/1402709803
A bit of introduction:
The frets are the little metal bars you see on the neck of the guitar. On a guitar, you create the notes by pressing your finger right above the fret. The fretboard is simply the piece of wood which covers the neck; frets go up and down the fretboard.
How to tune a guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6UUqR-NIsk
A guitar has six strings, Low E, A, D, G, B, high E. You twist the knobs (gently) to raise or lower the pitch. Watch the online guitar tuner all the way through and then give it a try. For example, it starts with a low E. Strike your low E string and then twist the knobs until your low E string sounds like the low E on the tuner. Some guitarists use tuning forks, some guitarists have pocket guitar tuners, some tune it with a piano. I cheated and downloaded an online one and synched it to my iPod because I travel a lot. :)
To make the notes on the guitar you put your finger right above the frets. for example, find the low E string, and put your index finger on the fifth fret. Ok, hold it. Pick that string... There, you just played an A note.
Chords are easy, the two main kind of chords are major and minor. The "bs free approach" is the way to go. Learn the chords in "chunks." First, learn the major open chords- E major, A major, D major, G major, B major, E major. Then the minor chords... then move on to barre chords (a barre chord is where you cover all the strings of the same fret with your index finger). It takes awhile to get the notes clear. Then the "weird" chords... suspended and add9.
Guitar tablature... its a code that many guitarists use instead of reading notes on a staff.
A guitar has six strings. Well, tab is six lines, and each line represents a string on the guitar. Low E at the bottom, then A D G B E. The little numbers on those lines show which fret to play. For example:
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
__5___7___9______________________
You play the fifth fret on the low E string. Then you play the seventh fret on the low E string. Then you play the ninth fret on the low E string. It goes from left to right.
Don't despair or get frustrated, just start simple and take little baby steps. What is your goal musically? Whatever it is, every tiny step you take brings you a little bit closer. I'm a hypocrite to tell you this because I'm the queen of getting frustrated with the guitar!! But don't give up. It takes at least a year, for your playing to "come together." Focus on small steps each day. Guitar playing is a lot like horseback riding... no one ever REALLY knows everything there is to know about it, we're all still learning. Practice every day, an hour if you can. Review everything you have learnt on a regular basis but focus on the stuff that is new and difficult for you. All of the guitar players that are or were great... Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Satriani, Santana, Petrucci, etc., were once students themselves. Your goal may be just to play for fun, to be professional, I don't know... but everyone is a beginner at some point in their lives :)
For now, learn the chords and scales I gave you (You Tube, guitarworld.com, and books like Total Guitar are good), a fake book with chords is good for beginners, listen to records and see if you recognize what you've learnt.
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Ms. Witake
I bought a guitar because I've always wanted to learn and very dedicated to following this through. I can't seem to understand the finger positioning or exactly how it all comes together. I have a book "idiots guide to playing guitar" but I'm wondering if i should take a couple "in person" lessons with a teacher. Has anyone actually learned on their own? How long until you got the hang of it? I'm not expecting a fast transition into being amazing, just some helpful thoughts. Is it too hard once you get the hang of it? Lessons?
Answer
Hi there,
I started learning guitar in Feburary 2006 and I started with an acoustic. I was self taught pretty much until I started taking lessons in May. First, I learned the basic chords (can be found at http://www.learnguitarmusic.com/images/g... ) Then I found this great website, www.nextlevelguitar.com , They taught me popular songs but they got shut down from teaching people songs due to copyright reasons. They have a youtube page too where they teach songs inspired by popular artists. That page is http://youtube.com/rockongoodpeople...... .
A site that I use ALL the time is www.ultimate-guitar.com , this is a website that provides tabulatures (tabs ) and chords for popular songs ABSOLUTELY free. I got a lot better once I started playing popular songs.
At first my fingers hurt SO BAD but once you play for a month or too, you will start to notice that you're developing callouses on your fingers (hard patches of skin) you won't feel it at all. If you don't practice for a week or so the callouses will go away then you're back to square one.
Once I started playing, I thought it was really hard. As
Hi there,
I started learning guitar in Feburary 2006 and I started with an acoustic. I was self taught pretty much until I started taking lessons in May. First, I learned the basic chords (can be found at http://www.learnguitarmusic.com/images/g... ) Then I found this great website, www.nextlevelguitar.com , They taught me popular songs but they got shut down from teaching people songs due to copyright reasons. They have a youtube page too where they teach songs inspired by popular artists. That page is http://youtube.com/rockongoodpeople...... .
A site that I use ALL the time is www.ultimate-guitar.com , this is a website that provides tabulatures (tabs ) and chords for popular songs ABSOLUTELY free. I got a lot better once I started playing popular songs.
At first my fingers hurt SO BAD but once you play for a month or too, you will start to notice that you're developing callouses on your fingers (hard patches of skin) you won't feel it at all. If you don't practice for a week or so the callouses will go away then you're back to square one.
Once I started playing, I thought it was really hard. As
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