TheNotrap
08.12.11 | Start with Smoke on the Water riff. Go from there dude |
Trebor.
08.12.11 | www.ultimate-guitar.com for tabs
Learn power chords first, then regular chords
Practice alternate picking from the start and use your pinky |
Paradiso
08.12.11 | mxtabs.net |
l3urkles
08.12.11 | So pretty much just read tabs and practice? Is there a spot where I can learn regular and power chords |
l3urkles
08.12.11 | btw thanks for the imput |
Paradiso
08.12.11 | go into any random dorm room and you'll find a guy playing the worst songs ever on guitar, learn from them |
Trebor.
08.12.11 | I forgot about Songsterr.com
It's tabs that play themselves that you can follow along too
Here's a really easy chord song, and a power chord song
http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/neutral-milk-hotel-in-the-aeroplane-over-the-sea-guitar-tab-s48391t0
http://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/ramones-blitzkrieg-bop-guitar-tab-s212t0 |
Athom
08.12.11 | i just started with tabs. look up songs you enjoy, chances are you can find a lot of stuff that you'll enjoy that isn't all that hard. |
auberginedreams
08.12.11 | i taught myself guitar. just look up tabs of songs you like and eventually you should be able get the hang of it. it worked for me. |
Relinquished
08.12.11 | http://www.guitar-warrior.com/images/guitar%20chord%20chart.jpg |
Trebor.
08.12.11 | ^ Get a poster of that |
JJwins
08.12.11 | I'm self taught, been playing for about 4 years, and am good enough to fill in for a lot of local bands in my area. Check out the lessons on ultimate-guitar.com. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/for_beginners/ is a great place to start. Also start learning songs you like that are pretty basic. I was big into Nirvana and 311 when I was learning guitar, so I basically learned every song from those bands that I liked. the most important thing is that YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET BETTER IF YOU DON'T PRACTICE. Try to dedicate at least an hour a day to practice. Build a practice schedule. I used to warm up with finger stretching and playing basic scales for about 15-20 minutes, then playing scales to a metronome for about 10-15 minutes, then learning a new technique (pinch harmonics, hammer ons and pull-offs, alternative picking, economy picking, building chords, improvising over backing tracks, sweep picking, bends, applying theory, etc.) for about 30 minutes, and then learned songs for about 30 minutes. About 6 months in most of my friends who had been playing for years were amazed at the skill I was playing at. About 3/4ths of a year in I was playing Metallica solos and TFOT songs pretty cleanly. Basically you get what you put in. If you put in a good amount of time (an hour or two a day) for 5-6 months, you'll really be impressed with how much progress you'll make. If you play like once a week, you won't progress that fast and will get discouraged. Good luck to you though man! I was in the same place you were in when I started and had people point me in the right direction...and it really changed my life. I can't imagine my life without playing guitar. DEDICATE yourself to PRACTICE and you'll love it. |
FatChickIrl
08.12.11 | "Start with Smoke on the Water riff. Go from there dude"
Thats pretty much what ive done. Also I look up lessons on youtube, helps alot.
http://www.youtube.com/user/martyzsongs
This guy is awesome. |
Trebor.
08.12.11 | Play at least 4 hours a day, and one day you will shred like Scoot |
North0House2
08.12.11 | I'm self teaching myself at the moment. I pretty much play the guitar any time I have a spare second lol. I'm not 'good' yet, I'm just alright, lol. I can play some White Stripes songs, East Hastings by GY!BE, some This Will Destroy You songs, and then a song by Opeth... They were all somewhat simple, though, so I just use them to warm up now. Also, if helps a great deal if learn the notes (at least it did for me). They're not all too hard to figure out, luckily. Also, use Ultimate Guitar, practice chords and tabs over and over again. You'll eventually get it.
Again though, I've only been playing for about a month. |
bloc
08.12.11 | Definitely learn a few songs you enjoy, but not crazy technical ones.
They'll help strengthen your guitar techniques, timing, and even songwriting. |
HaydenDyson
08.12.11 | Get a friend who knows guitar... fuck chords and stuff just learn a bunch of songs with tabs. I learned the chords and complicated stuff later. |
Trebor.
08.12.11 | I regret not learning chords earlier
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FromDaHood
08.12.11 | Listen to Emmure, play Emmure, feel accomplished |
DominionMM1
08.12.11 | Always ALWAYS play with a metronome. |
paxman
08.12.11 | You won't be able to play chords until after a couple weeks of practice. You'll need your callouses to develop, otherwise you'll pretty much just be mutiny the strings. |
Idnuf
08.12.11 | I'd recommend starting without an amp (if you're using an electric). Using one can mask technique errors and it's better to get technique down from the beginning instead of getting used to a flawed style. |
DoubtGin
08.12.11 | i try to self-teach guitar, too
my first goal is Space Cadet by Kyuss |
taylormemer
08.12.11 | YouTube's got plenty of people willing to offer free advice; there are quite a few teachers on there. |
foreverendeared
08.12.11 | ^I was getting ready to say just that. YouTube is sure to have beginner lessons you can watch for free. |
OneMoreRoland
08.12.11 | Don't play breakdowns. It will ruin you. |
iFghtffyrdmns
08.13.11 | The following is the ONLY advice you'll need:
1.) Don't know what you've got already, but if it's not acoustic, get one. You can get decent cheap acoustics between $100-$150, and they're much more relevant especially considering you're in college.
2.) Learn power chords, learn your basic open chords, majors and minors.
3.) When you're ready to try and learn your first actual song, pick a song you know well - the strumming patterns and changes are easier to pick up this way. Also, pick a song that's something simple, something like a 4 chord or 3 powerchord progression or something similar. Then play the fuck out of it alone in your room.
4.) Hopefully, before long, you should be able to play for people - namely all your drunk friends, and hopefully girls too, sounds corny but at the end of a long friday night, people are pretty entranced by the kid who can lead everyone in the most sloppy, revelrous singalong of "What's up?" by 4 Non Blondes.
5.) If you wanna further your guitar playing from there to more technical stuff, then yeah ultimate-guitar.com is great for tabs. It's good for the simple stuff too.
Any questions, feel free to ask. |
OneMoreRoland
08.13.11 | ^ that is the weirdest advice ever. Who has 4 non blondes sing-a-longs? hahhaa |
iFghtffyrdmns
08.13.11 | every fucking weekend dude.
4 Non Blondes and Goo Goo Dolls
don't ask me why, they were requested and then they caught on and then they became tradition |
OneMoreRoland
08.13.11 | Hahaha that's hilarious. You hang out with some odd people lol |
iFghtffyrdmns
08.13.11 | yeah we've got some interesting ones in our group.
our apartment was located right on this big party street where I go to school, so on any given thursday/friday/saturday night we'd always end up with about half a dozen random kids in our living room just hammered and drinking our liquor (which is why we buy $12 handles haha), so one of the last nights of sophomore year, my buddy kyle and I are shit-tanked and playing requests for people and for whatever reason I was hit by a fit of musical passion during an Against Me! song, and we smashed my guitar over my head and across my chest.
awesome at the time. big regrets by morning. haha |
Uranium
08.13.11 | learn all the basic chords and then use them in variation. |
