OH BTW i use acoustic guitar, I love electric guitars but as a university student a good sounding acoustic was cheaper (no amplifier) and less baggage to carry
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I have been teaching my self to play guitar for about a 6 months, I know how to play a lot of songs, some difficult some relatively simple, I have read through the basics of guitar scales and nodes, I even managed to comprehend bits of useful information from some of its complexities, Lately I have been sick of playing other peoples songs, I have begun making my own, I am having trouble making licks thou. I can make some pleasant sounding licks utilizing a single string, but i am looking for advice on how to incorperate all the strings and really get the tune in my head down on a tab.
OH BTW i use acoustic guitar, I love electric guitars but as a university student a good sounding acoustic was cheaper (no amplifier) and less baggage to carry
OH BTW i use acoustic guitar, I love electric guitars but as a university student a good sounding acoustic was cheaper (no amplifier) and less baggage to carry
# 1
A quick suggestion about how to put in music what you hear in your head...
Start by trying to hum what you hear. Then try to find the melody on the guitar. What I mean by that is try to find the notes your are humming.
Once this is done WRITE THEM DOWN lol (or record them if you can)
I've lost many great melodies because of that. Sometimes it's a flash and if you don't write them down, you quickly forget them.
When you've wrote them down, look a the notes and try to play the chords of those notes. Play all chords at first, then as you play around you'll end up concentrating on the chords you like and the chord progression that speaks to you.
You could also try to find the Key the melody is using then apply some of the most common chord progression but I personally prefer going by ear at first. If I'm stuck I'll open the theory book.
This is a very good thread in which Christopher explains how to find the key of a melody or song.
http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23887
Good luck
Start by trying to hum what you hear. Then try to find the melody on the guitar. What I mean by that is try to find the notes your are humming.
Once this is done WRITE THEM DOWN lol (or record them if you can)
I've lost many great melodies because of that. Sometimes it's a flash and if you don't write them down, you quickly forget them.
When you've wrote them down, look a the notes and try to play the chords of those notes. Play all chords at first, then as you play around you'll end up concentrating on the chords you like and the chord progression that speaks to you.
You could also try to find the Key the melody is using then apply some of the most common chord progression but I personally prefer going by ear at first. If I'm stuck I'll open the theory book.
This is a very good thread in which Christopher explains how to find the key of a melody or song.
http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23887
Good luck
# 2
Hey thanks, that is diffenently a good idea, As much as i hate to ask this, Chord progression confuses me, I have a good grasp on Triads but have you any good links towards that?
# 3
Here's a good thread that discussed Chord Progression. I'm sure this will help you out.
http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23191
http://www.guitartricks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23191
# 4