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Learning to play the guitar

Started by Indigo, Jul 24 2006 09:06 AM

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#1 Indigo

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 09:06 AM

So, I've been trying to learn how to play the guitar by myself for a while now, but the progress is really slow.
Does anybody have any tips, some good (and free) online lessons or some nice e-books?

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#2 Mr. Matt

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 09:34 AM

moved to general help area.

I would say use ultimate-guitar.com - really good resource, lots of free guitar tabs and lessions available.

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#3 Tubby

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 10:15 AM

Yeh definatley. I learnt by just learning how to do a power chord, and then learning stuff I listen to (e.g Green Day etc), and built on from there.

Sites like ultimate-guitar.com are definatley worth checking out. Mxtabs.net got taken down, otherwise I would of recommended that.

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 11:09 AM

yea green day have some nice easy songs to learn. Wake me up when september ends, holiday oh and Photograph by Nickelback is a great song to play.

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 12:20 PM

gah...im doing the same..i really think u shud check ultimate guitar..good resource and good luck

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#6 Erik Bernskiold

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 12:56 PM

ultimate-guitar.com is the best when you want Tabs and Chords, I suggest you pick up some guitar book easy thing in a store, that's how I learned the chords, then it all comes with playing more and more.

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#7 P1x3l

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 02:28 PM

Start with simple chord proggressions, such as, blink 182 - miss you, taking back sunday - divine intervention, etc. Than listen to the songs enough so that you figure out the strumming pattern, slowly move on to harder chords, bar chords, power chords, etc.

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#8 Indigo

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 04:29 PM

I've used Ultimate-Guitar for quite a while, but didn't fint it that useful, for some reason. Oh well, I guess I'll just read the stuff once more.
Any other good resources?

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#9 Dirk Black

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 07:02 PM

depends what you want to do, when i first started playing guitar 15 years ago like everyone i learned some greenday and nirvana, stairway blah blah blah, but i never really wanted to play other peoples stuff, i started writing and singing my own songs, and thats when guitar really became fulfilling, I am completely self taught, grabbed a guitar chord chart and went from there, if you want to play better theres only one thing to do and its not a site or a trick or something you can get for free (or buy) just practice, it takes time.