do girls play guitar

Originally Posted by: Lordathestrings[font=trebuchet ms]Uhh, no. It didn't.[/font]

:( Lord...always there to lower my self-esteem.

har! Hootayah :)
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I am a 32 year old female who is married with two children. I am disabled with a few pain nerve disorders that effect my arms, hands and lower body. I have always wanted to learn how to play guitar ever since I can remember. My real father is a musician (guitar, keybords and drums). He gave my mother a Gibbson Acustic to give to me. He was never around until I was 21 years old. My step father smashed my guitar because he was jelouse of my real Dad. I grew up on welfare as a child. My step father got me a flying V when I was 15 years old for my birthday. But then he sold it for drug money. I never had a chance to learn. I now have a guitar that was given to me from my nephew. My kids want to learn to play to so I have to learn to teach them. This guitar is very uncomfortable for me to play because of my disabilities. But I am sticking with it and tuffing it out. When I am causing myself more pain than usual I take more medication so that I can keep lerning. I do not appreciate all of these coments about how women can't play. And if they can play then it is something sexual. Yes I do agree that men are stronger than women naturally. But the sexual coments are just uncalled for. Yes being a guitarist is a male dominated sean. And women are put off by it a lot because of the sexual coments we get. But we don't only get those coments from the guitar playing sean. We get those coments when ever we do anything in the world. We get those coments when we bring life into the world by rearing children. Then we also get those coments when we have already had our children and then go out into the work force. You men want to say that women can't do things like play the guitar because we aren't strong enough and that we don't have a pair so we can't play well that is just a bunch of BULL *^%$. This kind of sean just really ticks me off. I am determined to learn how to play because I have wanted to play my whole life but never got the chance because of what I had to go through growing up and now that I am disabled it is hard for me to learn but I'll be damnd if there is anything going to stop me now that I have a guitar to learn on. I am sorry for ranting like a woman but you know what I am a woman and you men are ticking me off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am also new to this group but now I don't know if I want to be a part of this group. Yes I can play a few cords the ones that a man tought me when I was a kid before my guitar was sold for drugs and I couldn't keep going on my guitar education because of that (no money, no guitar) and yes I always did say that I could play a little even though I didn't have a guitar and I never got the traditional training. But the only reason why I said that I could play a little even though I didn't have a guitar and I wasn't keeping up with the lessons because of no money or guitar is because I really wanted to start up lerning again and getting a guitar. I was looking for a way to save money, raise two children and pay all of my bills and buy a guitar at the same time. Thank god my nephew gave me a guitar so that I could start learning again and get really good. I will never be in a band or anything because of me being in a wheel chair now (since October 2004) but I can learn and then teach my children so that they could be in a band. My daughter plays keybords and the clarinet right now and she is 12 years old. My son doen't play any instrument because he has always wanted to play guitar as well. But he can sing really well. So stop putting women down when they can play. Women also probably say that they play when they only play a little and then stop playing because of what you men always do to us when we can play!!!!!! :mad:

Sharleen0146

Originally Posted by: Sharleen0146This guitar is very uncomfortable for me to play because of my disabilities. But I am sticking with it and tuffing it out. When I am causing myself more pain than usual I take more medication so that I can keep lerning.

I realize your case is a special one as you're experiencing pain to begin with, but I should warn you to take a break whenever the guitar makes you experience more pain than usual. If not you may have to stop playing entirely.

Also, don't worry, anyone who says girls can't play guitar hasn't seen Ani DiFranco, The Great Kat, or that Xue-Fei Huang classical guitarist. Those girls could rip me UP!

there's a lass i know who is propa gorgeous who plays electric, acuostic n bass.

Aren't girls great!

Don't let the immaturity of some on this board put you off. We're not all absent minded.

Your situation is unfortunate, but I believe it has given you the determination to really learn the guitar. There's a lot of helpful information here, and if you can't find what you need, I'm sure one of us here can help you out, or at least get you pointed in the right direction. And, as Jolly said, when pain is involved, don't push it too hard... you might be doing more harm than good. It's not a race either. Take your time with it, and learn good technique. I know you can do it ;)

hey sharleen, you are an inspiration to me and ive been playing 5 years.
yeah boys, she just shut us all down there.
saying girls dont have the determination... mannn THAT is determination at its best.

keep it up, sharleen. best of luck for you and your kids.

Im sure we have had many similar posts to this in the past...

sorry, i dont have time to read the whole post and everything, just the first few pages...
as for ugly girls playing guitar...what bollocks...any girls who plays guitar, gets an added million sexy points (well, girls and Cryptic...he's my sexy boy)
a guitar-playing girl can only be hot...I would love to find a girl who could really tear me apart on a fretboard...instead of just having to try and teach them all the time...tho that is also cool.I love female guitarists, I think there are way too few of them...theres no reason why girls shouldnt be taking to electric guitars these days.

me and my sister jam every now and then. But she did stop after learning powerchords and all the open chords.

and nobody ask me if shes hot or not! :p :eek:

of couse, girls don't play guitar :cool:

Originally Posted by: FireAndIce24me and my sister jam every now and then. But she did stop after learning powerchords and all the open chords.

and nobody ask me if shes hot or not! :p :eek:

hey fire n ice, is your sister hot?

I know I shouldn't weigh in on this but I can't help myself.

Personally, I find this entire debate (with the exception of the working out posts....) to be a bit ridiculous. I'm going to share a little something with you all here. When I was a young(er) man, I thought a lot about the superficial qualities in the women that I would date. Heck, I even married a beautiful woman who was TOTALLY wrong for me. I thought that as long as she was stunning, I could learn to live with those few other things that maybe I didn't agree with.

WRONG!

Truth be told, when I am looking for someone to spend time with now, it's WHO she is and not WHAT she is that matters most. And I truly hope that she is thinking the same thing about me. I was told by a very smart person that when seeking a mate, find someone who you love talking to because you'll be doing more of that than anything else.

As far as do 'hot' women play guitar?? Of course there are beautiful women out there who play guitar. That's like asking the question, are there bald guys who play the harp? I'm sure if you look hard enough, you can find one or two. The problem with the question that started the debate is this; you can't quantify 'beautiful' or 'hot'. I am sure that there are women you find attractive that I would not and vice versa. And I am positive that there are women out there who may see me as a decent enough looking guy and others may shriek and run. It happens.

Try to push yourself to be better than that. Try not to objectify anyone. People are people. Guitarist are guitarists.

Sorry for the preachy tone of this response but you want to call yourself a man? Then be a man. Be the very best man you can be. THAT is what women find attractive in a man.

My Girlfriend plays guitar quiet good, and shes not ugly, in fact shes hot. i think theres a lot less girls that are ego fueled enough to try to shred, or have a desire too, but there are some out there.

Check out Susan Tedeschi...That chick can straight rip!

Originally Posted by: orangebloodCheck out Susan Tedeschi...That chick can straight rip!

GREAT guitarist! I should have mentioned her earlier!

I have to thank this man for posting this. I have posted in this thread. I am the disabled woman who is diligantly learning how to play her electric guitar no matter how much pain I am in. I know that when it comes to pain I shouldn't be causing myself any additonal pain just to learn how to play. But concidering the fact that I have wanted to learn my whole life but things kept getting in the way like my step dad smashing my guitar and then when he got me a new one he sold it for drugs and then now my two nerve disorders I am willing to deal with this new pain. I will never get better health wise. There are no doctors that can cure what is wrong with me or even treat it properly for that matter. I am married with two children who also want to learn to play. (One of those children just so happen to be a little girl who looks just like me only blonde and blue eyes.) I consider myself a hot woman and I have had that confirmed as well by many men. And yes you should pick your woman or man first and foremost by weather or not you can and like to talk to the person. I have been married for almost 14 years and yes that is the one thing that you do most in a relashionship. My husband was my best friend first. And it didn't take long to become best friends either. We were best friends for 3 months before we started dating. Then after a month of dating we moved in together and then 3 months after that we got married and have been married for almost 14 years now. How I knew that he was my best friend after only 3 months was because I was able to talk to him about anything. I talked with him about things I had never told any of my best female friends that is how I knew he was the one after only 3 months of knowing him. I was lucky. I was also 18 years old when I met him too and he was 27 years old when we met each other and we met at work.

I thank everyone who told me that I inspire them with my determination but not to cause my self anymore pain than what I am in because it isn't good for me. I know that it isn't good for me. The thing is if I don't practice because it is causing me more pain then I wouldn't even be able to pick it up because that right there causes me more pain too. I personally have to do this for myself because I have always wanted to. My husband totally understands where I am coming from too because he knows what my pain is like on a daily business. If I don't practice the way that I have been because it causes me more pain or if I don't even pick the guitar up because it causes me more pain then I might as well not even get out of bed because it causes me more pain. I appreciate everyone being concerned about my pain but now I have explained why I have to do it no matter how much pain it causes. It is something that I promised myself a long time ago that I would do and I always keep my promises weather the promise is to myself or to someone else.

Thank you
Sharleen

Originally Posted by: guitarjockey111hey im just wondering do girls play guitar and take it seriously.cause i dont know any girls like that.just wondering

The original message from guitarjockey111 never asked if the girls were hot. He just asked if girls played. So the fact of the girls being hot was only implied in the first place. Can you see how you men think on a constant basis here?

Originally Posted by: HootayahOnly the ugly ones. :p

You see here is were it was implied that only ugly girls take playing a guitar seriously. This offends me! But I am willing to overlook some men's behavior because I know for a fact that not all men are like this and the fact that this person could be a teen ager or young adult.

[QUOTE=Digit]Last time I called a girl a "woman" she got pissed with me and said "I'm not a woman, I'm only 25 years old", so I never did that again.[/QUOTE/]

I know from experiance since I am a woman that most women don't like being called a girl. There might be some that don't like being called a woman but oh well. I know that the younger women from 18 to about 60-65 years old hate to be called "mam". I know that I hate being called "mam". I am 32 years old. Most females I would say 9 out of 10 of us hate being called a girl. Shoot my daughter is 12 years old and she hates being called a girl but she has to deal with it because she is a girl. She wants to be called a woman or a lady. When she does become a woman (Puberty) then I will call her a lady but not a woman because she is my daughter.