Hey all.

Hey everyone,
Just a little about me.

My name- Ben
Age- 15

howlong I have been playing guitar- 5 months
Gear- Behringer electric guitar, behringer 15 watt practice amp, destortion pedal, and thats about it.

songs i know-
Metallica- Some Kind of Monster,
Blink 182- All the small things,
Deep Purple- Smoke on the water,
Black Sabbath- Iron Man,
Led Zeppelin- Some little thingie on the high E string,
Guns N Roses- some thing that goes from high E to B, and last but not least G, Sweet Chile O' Mine,
Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train/\
Pink floyd- Goodbye blue Skys, Corporal Klegg,
Cream- Not sure what it is called,
Heart- you know the popular one,
AC/DC- Thunderstruck, back in black, and one more thingie.
I know some scales also,
I know all of the chords,
I know power chords as well,
I can make things easily,
and I know America the Beautiful.

I'm asking for any tips someone can possible give me. ^_^

so, if anyone has any tips I'm up for knowing them.

I hope someon has some tips for me.

Originally Posted by: KetsuekiMetallica- Some Kind of Monster,

Tip #1- unlearn this song and learn Master of Puppets instead.

I know all of the chords,

Tip #2- Not yet you don't. Pick up some information on jazz chords, voicings, and inversions.

Tip #3- Learn more scales and modes, as many as you possibly can.

Tip #4- The Cream song you know is "Sunshine of your Love"

Tip #5- Heart has more than one popular song, but I'm going to assume you mean "Barracuda."

Tip #6- Push your limits by learning songs slightly too hard for you to sightread, but not so hard that you won't be able to play them with practice.

Try and variey your styles a bit more for instance why dont you try learning somethign like Mr Bojangles by Mr chet atkins. Try and learn 11 more songs which soley consists or fingerpicking not a bad way, and will improve your playing a whole lot.... And also just out of intrest Can you play all the solo's in the songs you have listed?!!!!!

Originally Posted by: jk_647Try and variey your styles a bit more for instance why dont you try learning somethign like Mr Bojangles by Mr chet atkins. Try and learn 11 more songs which soley consists or fingerpicking not a bad way, and will improve your playing a whole lot.... And also just out of intrest Can you play all the solo's in the songs you have listed?!!!!!

Not after only five months, I'm willing to bet.

heres the deal. dont start lead from songs, usually a downer when you practice a solo for a week and it still sounds like dog****. get a begginers book on lead guitar, i had one when i started playing, got it from my dad, and i still have it sitting with a stack of otehr books i still use. books like that can teach you easy lead parts that start from beginners roots and work themselves up.


get good and play guitar in a school jazzband or something. thats what i did. fun, but you gotta put up with band nerds. thats just the facts.

Originally Posted by: JollyTip #1- unlearn this song and learn Master of Puppets instead.[/Quote] I know some of "Master of puppets".

Originally Posted by: JollyTip #2- Not yet you don't. Pick up some information on jazz chords, voicings, and inversions.

Tip #3- Learn more scales and modes, as many as you possibly can.

Tip #4- The Cream song you know is "Sunshine of your Love"

Tip #5- Heart has more than one popular song, but I'm going to assume you mean "Barracuda."

Tip #6- Push your limits by learning songs slightly too hard for you to sightread, but not so hard that you won't be able to play them with practice.[/Quote] Tip number two comment= Umm, Will do. I dunno what voicing and inversions are though. *Is sad*
tip number three comment= I have been learning scales lately. Not sure what modes are. *I said, I'm sad*
tip number four comment= That is right.
tip number five comment= The Heart songe I know is, "Cure" Or is it "Remedy" I'm not to sure right now.
tip number six comment= i like that one a lot. lol
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[Quote=JK]Try and variey your styles a bit more for instance why dont you try learning somethign like Mr Bojangles by Mr chet atkins. Try and learn 11 more songs which soley consists or fingerpicking not a bad way, and will improve your playing a whole lot.... And also just out of intrest Can you play all the solo's in the songs you have listed?!!!!!

Never heard of Mister Bojangles by Mister Atkins.
I do need to get a better finger picking pattern. lol

I wish I could play the solos.
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[Quote=Fingers]heres the deal. dont start lead from songs, usually a downer when you practice a solo for a week and it still sounds like dog****. get a begginers book on lead guitar, i had one when i started playing, got it from my dad, and i still have it sitting with a stack of otehr books i still use. books like that can teach you easy lead parts that start from beginners roots and work themselves up.


get good and play guitar in a school jazzband or something. thats what i did. fun, but you gotta put up with band nerds. thats just the facts.

Beginners book on lead guitar *Writes it down in his head* i think I may have one laying around. *Ish excited now.*

And my school band/ Jazz abnd does not like guitar players I guess. I've asked they odnt like guitar players. lol
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I lied by the way *looks at calander* If this month numver is 8 I've been playing for six months now. So I lied, I really didn't lie on poupose though. I'm only a kid. lol
Oh well. I srted to play on febuary. So I think that is the second month. nope I'm wrong. I've been playing forsix months I guess. lol
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Okay, now I just have to read a lot and stick to it.

Thank you all. i'll be reading that book first, then doing what Jolly said to do.

I hope this Ketsueki works out better than that last one :D

Originally Posted by: LeedoggI hope this Ketsueki works out better than that last one :D

Last Ketsueki?
lol

Now heres an update for all of you.
^_^
I've been getting lessons for the past month and my playing has enhanced quite a bit.
Still don't know those jazz chords, but my teacher is going to start talking about them when I ask him to. :D

CW14- they hate us to much. ^_^

Sounds as though you have a great start going. Good luck!!! :)