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Guitarfanatic
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02/14/2005 10:42 pm
My very firts time here.

I get the feeling I'm gonna be around for a while (At least I hope so :) )

I am trying to learn the guitar. I love the instrument but it seems that there is so much to learn and comprehend about it. I've been learning the very very basic chords thus far. Now, could any one tell me what material I would need to get in order to improve my abilities?

I bougnt the "Idiots guide to playing guitar" but i think I need more material to learn from.I'd like to learn how to play songs like "Stairway to heaven" and some awesome accoustic stuff, but some of the songs out there seem to complicated yet.

Thanks again.

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02/14/2005 11:16 pm
well im a beginner myself, so hi ^_^ well i would recommend to try to play Deep Purple-Smoke On The Water or atleast the intro of it. just my two cents i wanted to put in :P
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02/14/2005 11:49 pm
hey hey! Welcome aboard! This site is bar none, one of the most useful sites I have seen, and I spend lots of time at work trying to subvert "the man" by screwing off on the internet as often as I can. lol

anyway, hopefully this site will be helpful- if you are looking for some good acoustic tunes that are fairly easy but fun, I would suggest the following:

Mother: Pink Floyd

Wish you were Here: Pink Floyd

Where'd You sleep last night: originally Leadbelly but Nirvana's version is cool and fairly simple.

or my favorite easy but good tune: Ball and Chain by Social Distortion.
D A G D

good luck
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02/15/2005 12:55 am
Originally Posted by: AkiraStairway to Heaven and Smoke on the Water are so overplayed.

"The Complete Guitarist", by Richard Chapman. The bible of guitaring.

Welcome to the boards btw! :)



I hate to agree, but they are... if you want some updated songs that are simpler, try any Everlast tune.

Actually, in hindsight, I would not suggest learning songs because they are simple- only let yourself be limited by your own ambition- if you want to learn it, the resources are there, and it takes only discipline and desire.

If that doesn't work, play in a punk rock band! That's what I did for many years and it was a blast!
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02/15/2005 1:27 am
Any song can be easy with enough practice and determination.

For beginner songs on the acoustic try:

Take it Easy - Eagles

Hotel California - Eagles

Some Beatles tunes are good to learn as well.

Good luck and keep on working at it.
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02/15/2005 2:17 am
wow.i learn something everyday.never knew that smoke on the water/stairway was over played >< i guess i gotta learn new songs my self :P
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02/15/2005 5:59 am
I think I will just play both of them right now. Maybe a medley!

"There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is smoke on the water"

[U]Kung Foo Fighting[/U] from that Geico commercial, now that's overplayed!

I just sent someone else to
http://hyperrust.org/Music/?Tab

For all the Neil Young tabs. Great stuff!
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02/15/2005 4:30 pm
Originally Posted by: Akira..."The Complete Guitarist", by Richard Chapman. The bible of guitaring...

I beg to differ!!!
I have the book.
The graphics are cool. The history of guitar is pretty nice too. So is all the informastion about recording, amps and so on.
But as a book to use as a beginner to learn? Hell No!!
I even wrote to that Chapman dude (through his publishers) to air my disappointment with the book as a source of guitar instruction. He never wrote back, though.
It starts off like it's for a novice (what with all the stuff about how to tune and your first chords and everything), but the information gaps are too large/the learning curve too inclined. More often than not, it seems to me the author assumes you're using the book like some sort of encyclopaedia, or you have a reasonable amount of other material, or you have a teacher, or that sort of thing.
If like many kids you learned something like a recorder or a clarinet (I played a recorder) and you used, like I did, a good recorder book to learn, you'll understand why I find The complete Guitarist wanting. My recorder book taught you one note. Just one. Simple 4/4 beat. Then adds a semiquaver somewhere. A second note. A coupla more rhythms. Another note. After three notes, you could play "Three blind mice". My point is it takes you from absolute complete beginner, and teaches you the instrument. It even teaches you how to reasd music, coz you learn notes a note at a time.
The Complete Guitarist is definately a good book to have. And I'm sure once you have it, you will learn something from it. But it can't be your primary text.
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