Please be as detailed as possible. Thank you
What is the detailed pathway of learning guitar?
I am trying to self-taught but currently losing my direction so really need some advice what to do first and what to do next.
Please be as detailed as possible. Thank you
Please be as detailed as possible. Thank you
# 1
Nice man, I'm teaching myself too and I know the lost feeling that you have. What usually works for me is watching other players or something along those lines. If you just dont know where to go, books, tapes, new gear anything can help to revive the guitarists spirit. Sometimes I just start from the ground up again going over basic techniques and stuff. I hope that helped..probably not but keep truckin, you'll find your way!
# 2
All depends on what type of music you would like to play. But, it's always good to practice chord progressions so your fingers get used to changing. You might also want to buy a metronome and work on changing chords to the beat - its not how fast - but how well each note sounds in the chord.
I would encourage you to do finger excercises and definitely learn the pentatonic scale. Play the scale and the excercises all over the fretboard to the beat of a metronome if possible
Above all else - it takes time and effort. Practice often. Good luck and have fun.
Chris
I would encourage you to do finger excercises and definitely learn the pentatonic scale. Play the scale and the excercises all over the fretboard to the beat of a metronome if possible
Above all else - it takes time and effort. Practice often. Good luck and have fun.
Chris
# 3
i taught myself how to play quite a few years ago now and after a while felt like you. my advice is dont stop!
it does depend what you're playing, but i always just learnt solos that i like by using tabs and listening to the tracks. i think you're far more likely to stick it out if you're playing stuff you want to learn and not just chords and scales (which can be extreamely boring). as you learn solos and riffs you soon pick up chords.
you might want to start with something you know really well so you can sorta follow it in your head as you read the tab (if that makes sense), but dont try to do things like "eruption" (like i did in the second week of learning) because you'll probably just end up frustrated.
the first thing i learnt was the Bo Rhap and Killer Queen solos (hence the name), and i might suggest KQ as it is not that hard but sounds good and will hopefully give you a bit more confidence.
i don't know whether you're into that kinda music, so i could just be p*ssing you off with rather unhelpful advice :p
hope some of that rambling has been of help... if not feel free to say "bah! useless", but stick with your guitar! :D
keep on practicing and strummin! good luck!
it does depend what you're playing, but i always just learnt solos that i like by using tabs and listening to the tracks. i think you're far more likely to stick it out if you're playing stuff you want to learn and not just chords and scales (which can be extreamely boring). as you learn solos and riffs you soon pick up chords.
you might want to start with something you know really well so you can sorta follow it in your head as you read the tab (if that makes sense), but dont try to do things like "eruption" (like i did in the second week of learning) because you'll probably just end up frustrated.
the first thing i learnt was the Bo Rhap and Killer Queen solos (hence the name), and i might suggest KQ as it is not that hard but sounds good and will hopefully give you a bit more confidence.
i don't know whether you're into that kinda music, so i could just be p*ssing you off with rather unhelpful advice :p
hope some of that rambling has been of help... if not feel free to say "bah! useless", but stick with your guitar! :D
keep on practicing and strummin! good luck!
Elvis Lives (in my basement)
# 4
Break out your records (CD's to you young whippersnapppers) and learn, learn learn.
Learn the bass parts, the guitar parts, do air drums, put headphones on an listen to the mix and how it's put together.
Then spend time learning the basic scales and rock scales so you know how the leads are strung together.
There's no detailed path to learning.... everybody does it differently.
I spent the first 5 years playing with only 4 strings tuned to an open G and even after learning how to tune properly I didn't stick to any practice schedule.
When I was a teen I just left my guitar out and plugged in all the time and got my practice whenever my dad would should 'GO TO YOUR ROOM'
He figured it was some kinda punishment but there was nothin else to do so I learned guitar.
(I also recorded myself so that I could play it back and sneak out the bedroom window and he'd think I was still in there, but that's another story :)
Learn the bass parts, the guitar parts, do air drums, put headphones on an listen to the mix and how it's put together.
Then spend time learning the basic scales and rock scales so you know how the leads are strung together.
There's no detailed path to learning.... everybody does it differently.
I spent the first 5 years playing with only 4 strings tuned to an open G and even after learning how to tune properly I didn't stick to any practice schedule.
When I was a teen I just left my guitar out and plugged in all the time and got my practice whenever my dad would should 'GO TO YOUR ROOM'
He figured it was some kinda punishment but there was nothin else to do so I learned guitar.
(I also recorded myself so that I could play it back and sneak out the bedroom window and he'd think I was still in there, but that's another story :)
# 5
This method trains your ear also, very handy !!
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# 6