Cheers
Mau
Hi Guys
Just new to the forum, I'm 33 and I never learned to play any instrument, so very excited with this new journey. Any tips for someone new like me? I'm the kind of person who can get bore pretty easy if not seeing any progress, so how you managed this when you started learning?
Cheers
Mau
Cheers
Mau
# 1
Hey Mau,
Welcome to GuitarTricks. Have a guitar with good set up. Being brand new, your best bet would be to start with the Fundamentals 1. Set up a good practice and study area. Expect the finger tip pain for the first few weeks. Short practice sessions alternating with study to rest the finger tips until calluses are formed.
Good luck and enjoy the trip..
Welcome to GuitarTricks. Have a guitar with good set up. Being brand new, your best bet would be to start with the Fundamentals 1. Set up a good practice and study area. Expect the finger tip pain for the first few weeks. Short practice sessions alternating with study to rest the finger tips until calluses are formed.
Good luck and enjoy the trip..
# 2
I got bored easily when I was in my thirties, so I never really made any kind of progress, in spite of buying different styles of guitar over the years, thinking that the right one would make a difference. It didn't!
Two years ago it started to come together, and now I can hardly bear to put the guitar down. I've built the callouses to a tortoise shell-like crust, but a 64 bar solo I'm working on has brought back the pain! :eek:
Two years ago it started to come together, and now I can hardly bear to put the guitar down. I've built the callouses to a tortoise shell-like crust, but a 64 bar solo I'm working on has brought back the pain! :eek:
Samick Greg Bennett Royale, Epiphone SG, Tanglewood LP HV58 and Strat copy, Hondo II Professional, Hofner Shorty.
Peavey Vypyr 30 Modeling amp.
Peavey Vypyr 30 Modeling amp.
# 3
Hi Mau,
It does take some patience, I'm sure rumbled's experience (below) is not an isolated case. But, to keep the flow going, I think it's good once you learn some of the foundation chords in Guitar Fundamentals to try out a "made easy" song. Playing songs can really keep you motivated to move forward.
It does take some patience, I'm sure rumbled's experience (below) is not an isolated case. But, to keep the flow going, I think it's good once you learn some of the foundation chords in Guitar Fundamentals to try out a "made easy" song. Playing songs can really keep you motivated to move forward.
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# 4
Hello Mau; Your fingers will bleed. You'll find out the guitar has more scales than most fish. You'll figure out why they call the F chord ... the "F" chord. You'll practice runs until it gives you the runs. You'll wake up in a cold sweat screaming "it CAN'T be done!" . Just when you think you're getting a grasp of scales ... someone will hip you to "modes" ( sad day indeed).
Then all of a sudden, one day, you'll knock out a little tune and go " that wasn't half bad", and you will be hooked. You'll be SO glad you rode out the learning curve. Plus you will never LISTEN to music the same way again. When you find yourself in an insatiable quest for that one guitar, that one amp, that one pedal will surely break you free ... you'll know you've made it - you're a guitar player.
Here's to hoping you'll be joining us. Stick to it. Commit. If you really try - it will come. You will be happy you did.
Then all of a sudden, one day, you'll knock out a little tune and go " that wasn't half bad", and you will be hooked. You'll be SO glad you rode out the learning curve. Plus you will never LISTEN to music the same way again. When you find yourself in an insatiable quest for that one guitar, that one amp, that one pedal will surely break you free ... you'll know you've made it - you're a guitar player.
Here's to hoping you'll be joining us. Stick to it. Commit. If you really try - it will come. You will be happy you did.
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