hi, i am a pretty much straight up classic rock and early 90's guitar player. i love hendrix, cream, pearl jam, guns n roses, pink floyd, and so on. i am self taught and am on my 3rd year. the only scale i know is the minor pentatonic with the added note for the blues scale. for some reason, i can improv, but it always sounds the same, the same notes same style, im like blocked into playing the same 4 or 5 licks, just differently. also when im trying to write songs and rythms, i cant get a good feel, its always basic chords with appregios and no special rythm. funny thing is i can play anything by the bands mentioned above, with ease. do you guys have any advice or ways to help me? thanx alot.
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id try to take a few lessons, just to maybe teach you the stuff youve missed. If youre not into that or dont have the money to pay, id google for some teaching sites, but i really think some lessons could help you learn improvising, timing, etc.
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Originally posted by Armotronid try to take a few lessons, just to maybe teach you the stuff youve missed. If youre not into that or dont have the money to pay, id google for some teaching sites, but i really think some lessons could help you learn improvising, timing, etc.
Good luck!
My advise for you is to maybe explore some different genres and styles of music that you usually don't play: Classical, latin, jazz, blues, funk, reggae, flamenco, eastern, etc...you get the idea. Exposing yourself to these styles might give you a new outlook about music and your guitar playing, and then you can incorporate that into YOUR style.
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Nothing will help you improve faster than playing with either a good teacher or a guitarist that's better than you are ...Why don't you take your little Cobra Kais and get outta here?!
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A good teacher is worth their weight in gold... unless of course they are a good largely obesse teacher, in that case, the question "how good" may be raised.
Seriously though, I don't think I'd play to half the standard I could today if I didn't have a teacher who pushed me to. If you can afford it, deffinatley get a teacher. Either that or do what Twilight said and find someone better than you.
Good luck man
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Originally posted by nuntiusA good teacher is worth their weight in gold... unless of course they are a good largely obesse teacher, in that case, the question "how good" may be raised.
Seriously though, I don't think I'd play to half the standard I could today if I didn't have a teacher who pushed me to. If you can afford it, deffinatley get a teacher. Either that or do what Twilight said and find someone better than you.
Good luck man
Ive definitly improved ALOt since i started taking lessons..Its also a great way of finding new concepts and ways of thinking than if you were just completly self taught.Marshall JVM 410C
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Hi budweiserking.
You need to step away from thinking scales for a while and start thinking chords. Great melody is all tangled up in the chords as they come and go in the time line ... follow them, follow their tones and build your lines using them as the main notes.
here's a lesson: http://www.thatllteachyou.com/chordtones/
Kirk
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