Any self learned guitarists out there.??

Nothing too constructive to offer you OP except..

Play 'til your fingers bleed!!

Good luck

Just pick it up and play it every day. Use books, tapes, classes, play along to your favorite songs... it probably doesn't matter as long as you pick it up and play it every day.

key of E. play the blues throw them fancy chords away...tho learnin the B that goes with E is a bit trying, but worth it. get the beat. get the beat. dont try to play lead too fast or you will be hollow. i knows, i guitar player for decades.

yup.

sing and play your heart. i can make 3 notes bring a grown man to his knees.
dalak.

In other words.. Practice, and lots of it...

Got it

Good start is to learn all you're basic open chords. majors. minors, sevenths. Then try and learn the blues scale in all positions. Its movable and can cover minor and major keys as well.
If you want to play lead you need to slowly develop technique, so pick a few phrases and repeat ad nauseum until they occur without thinking. You start building your bag of riffs.

If you want to play classical, jazz or good finger picking get a teacher. Also find others and jam as much as possible. You'll learn and discover lots.
Have a good journey. Once your finger tips harden and you get a bit of hand strength to make clean chords you're cruisin.

If one of the Borg learned to play guitar could all of the Borg play guitar?

I've been playing for 20 years with nary a lesson. You just need to start with the simple chords using open strings (the 'root' chords at the nut) - A, E, C, D, G and F. Then learn how to 'barre', or drape you index finger across all six strings, and form the same 'root' chords ahead of the index finger using your other three fingers. Now you can slide these 'shapes' all over the fretboard and play any chord in any key. You're off and running! Get books, read, and play til your fingers bleed (more appropriate for someone like me who learned on a fender strat, but I agree with that notion). I have a good ear and could always play along to my favorite songs. You'll be surprised, if you have a good ear too, at how simple some of these hit songs really are in terms of the guitar lines. Soloing will take you a while, and you need to get an electric for that, but you'll progress there eventually. For now, play chords on that acoustic, I still pull mine out and play along to CMT all the time. Country and acoustics go great together, cause all they really play are the basic chords. Have fun with it, you've got a lifetime of enjoyment ahead of you!

if you got all that experience you'll learn the guit easily. try to create something, not copy. (unless you're japanese)

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Learn to torrent, research and download the real masters.
man-kind has so much power.

Use piratebay.org

Get these bands

DREAM THEATER (awake and train of thought)

PAGANS MIND (Celestial Entrance) and (Gods_Equation) are good cds.

Symphony X is a must. (the new mythology)

Start there to learn what we are doing.

You must use the net to explore space and time.

[link to classtab.org] Start with bach. < Very good site.

THE NET IS THE KEY, think about it. EVERYTHING you need to know is there for you to find.

You must also find some pot. Its not #1 on your to do list, but you need it.

Youtube is also good to find vids of music above.

Build your own computer. get an ele. guitar and killer amp.

This is the path, its not about getting rich. its about your soul and god.

you still here op? or did you ditch your thread..

bet you Stevie will chime in ..that self righteous fuck cant help himslef

stevie actually does know a little bout guitar.

*L*

get in a dark room and PLAY.

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I can't read music and just play by ear. No real personal method for me. I suppose just play what's in your soul. It's where all music originated from in the first place.

Before music was written it was played and before it was played it was felt.

Ok, I know that's a little cheesy, but it's seriously my own musical philosophy and my own way of comforting myself because I can't read music.

wow...nobody understands.

go off and be noobs now. nothing to see here.

yea well..he wont share his music unless you pay for it!

..as long as you go off and be a pompous ass. Bye now!

don't feel bad about it..reading music inst everything..there are those who 'listen' very well to there heart ..Iv met allot of real class musicians dont read but caught on to 'listening' and making some of the most awesome music..

personally I prefer the ones who are less educated and 'free' from tradition, they seem to be tapping into 'it' with more conviction

The key of D is a lot of fun.

Just Tune the low E down to a D and have a ball!

oh yeah...Learn the Circle of Fifths, it'll get you through anything dang near.

I play with plenty of amazing musicians who don't read music. I learned to read when I was very young but am rarely in a situation where I have to. But I have come across people who are so drawn to music, so focused on it, that they took the time to learn.

I say this because I have also come across wanna-bees who feel that music schools teach it right out of you. I.e., they squash out the joy of music. That's pure BS though. It's like anything you might get interested in - if you're REALLy, TRULY interested, you will make time to learn it thoroughly.

Im still here.. Practicing.. : :tomato:

This Aussie guy has a bunch of lessons on youtube.. can't hurt to skim through them.. There are tons of others out there also, but he had so many all in one place.. begginer/intermediate..

[link to www.youtube.com]

Beginner Acoustic Guitar Part 3 for example

just simply play your favourite songs on the stereo or sing or whatever and go ahead and try to make the guitar-play sound good to it, you cannot fail

dont be harsh on yourself, think of it like learning to walk or bicycle etc

practice makes perfect.

Practice practice practice practice well you get the idea

basic c chord first. took me and my little hands months to get there,i was 12 years old. now 6 years later, i can play
paganini's 5th. Am arps and everything.

a very good thing to keep in mind is practice and learn both chords and single notes together.

i picked up the guitar when i was about 14 and taught myself how to play... but i hit a roadblock after a year or so because i had only learned single notes and power chords.

i could play solos and riffs quickly, coherently, and smoothly... but couldn't strum chords for shit.

took a few months to reteach my fingers how to position for chords and what chords were in which key etc (i can't read music, but can play by ear or seeing someone play)



i'm sure i could list a lot of better advice, but for some reason i can't seem to form a coherent sentencs, lol... luckily my dyslexia isn't acting up or you would have an even harder time understanding me

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