halftempted
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I want to be amazing. so what should i learn and work up to. Or what will get me good.
Post tips on how to get amazing on guitar\!!
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SpiderVenom
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Practice.
Practice.
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Jeff Dunne
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Practice.
Practice.
halftempted
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I know that. but what should i practice first?
I know that. but what should i practice first?
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Jeff Dunne
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Precision. Accuracy. Intonation. Phrasing.
Everything, really. Start slowly, get it perfectly, then build up.
Precision. Accuracy. Intonation. Phrasing.
Everything, really. Start slowly, get it perfectly, then build up.
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the first thing to practice is patience!
the first thing to practice is patience!
Jackson Distortion
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Agreed.
Also, open your ears to all music styles... and to life in general. You'd be amazed at how amazing music and life can be when applied to your own guitar playing. That I believe truly makes a player amazing... I mean, there's all the guitar pyrotechnics you can blaze through that are garaunteed to amaze, but to have a well of amazing talent, you must absorb knowledge.
Agreed.
Also, open your ears to all music styles... and to life in general. You'd be amazed at how amazing music and life can be when applied to your own guitar playing. That I believe truly makes a player amazing... I mean, there's all the guitar pyrotechnics you can blaze through that are garaunteed to amaze, but to have a well of amazing talent, you must absorb knowledge.
halftempted
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That was good advice i must add
That was good advice i must add
halftempted
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Mostly punk. But i want to be playing more than power chords and interludes
Mostly punk. But i want to be playing more than power chords and interludes
Marinblues
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Listen before playing
Listen during practising
Listen during playing.
People get too concerned about practising and playing so that they forget to listen.
Listening is an essential part of the positive learning feedback loop.
Marin
Listen before playing
Listen during practising
Listen during playing.
People get too concerned about practising and playing so that they forget to listen.
Listening is an essential part of the positive learning feedback loop.
Marin
CGord
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I'd say play along to bands you like, work on figuring out their songs. You'll pick up a lot from how to play to song construction.
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Pick a scale, E major or Am penatonic scale for example, learn that scale inside and out, up and down the neck. Learn chord construction. Know what tones make major chords, minor chords, 7th chords, diminished chords. Practice those scales, notes, and chords daily. Learn songs, play with songs. Become one with your guitar. Play in a band.
Figure out how to make as may differnet sounds as you can with a single note.
EDIT: I'm still working on all the above.
Pick a scale, E major or Am penatonic scale for example, learn that scale inside and out, up and down the neck. Learn chord construction. Know what tones make major chords, minor chords, 7th chords, diminished chords. Practice those scales, notes, and chords daily. Learn songs, play with songs. Become one with your guitar. Play in a band.
Figure out how to make as may differnet sounds as you can with a single note.
EDIT: I'm still working on all the above.
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Jackson Distortion
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JohnnyGuitar
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Get great tone... and then play long sustained notes for the whole solo... and a flare of fast note to end it... it worked for Gilmour, Gary Moore...
Really noone is impressed by too much shreding anymore... they might say, wow these guy is good after the first two licks and then the audience will yawn and do something else...
Get great tone... and then play long sustained notes for the whole solo... and a flare of fast note to end it... it worked for Gilmour, Gary Moore...
Really noone is impressed by too much shreding anymore... they might say, wow these guy is good after the first two licks and then the audience will yawn and do something else...
halftempted
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This is all great advice. I will try scales. i can play all my favourite bands, except gnr. I find them pretty hard. Well i can play welcome to the jungle by gnr.
This is all great advice. I will try scales. i can play all my favourite bands, except gnr. I find them pretty hard. Well i can play welcome to the jungle by gnr.
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Learning to play any instrument is multi-faceted. If you start out as a self learner then it's difficult to prioritize what's the most important thing. Secondly, few self taught musicians have the discipline to listen to and practice stuff they don't like. These guys usually end up being 1 trick ponies! There's more to it than trying to play like you're favorite shredder/wanker! Every afternoon music/guitar stores are filled all over the country w/ guys thinking that they know how to shred who are there trying out amps and guitars. :chairfall So if everyone can do it then how special are you!? Really?
I promise you that if some guy walked into that shop and started playing like Carlton or Metheny then every wannabe shredder would drop his axe and go over to watch with their jaws agape. I've seen it happen more then once! So don't deny it! Instead, train your focus on being a complete musician.
1. Like an athlete you must do exercises each day. Don't just pick up your axe and try to play songs. Playing tunes should be done when you're finishing up for the day. Start you're day out with a regimine of finger excercises. Naturally, Picking technique goes hand-in-hand with your finger exercises.
Use chromatic scales and intervalic patterns to stengthen all four fingers on the fretting hand. Practice changing to adjacent strings as well as skipping strings. Us alternate picking on the picking hand. Or, learn to play finger style on your strumming hand if that sort of thing grooves you.
An example of a good exercise is to play the first and second finger on each string in a single position both ascending and descending while alternate picking. Then do 1st and 3rd finger. The 1st and 4th. Do the same excercise in every position to get a feel for different finger spacing.
2. Learn all of you're scales and modes. First learn them vertically in each position. Then learn them horizontally over then length of the fretboard. Do this in every key. When you have them tight enough you should be able to call out any random scale/mode and play it immediately. Practice all of them daily for the rest of your life.
3. Complete you're chord vocabulary. Learn all of the chord forms. Not only major and minor chords but all of the following forms: Aug, Dim, Maj 7, Dom 7, Dim 7, Aug 7, Dom 7b5, Maj 7b5, Maj 7(+5), Dom 9th, +9th, 11th, 13th and so on. In other words every chord possible whether you use them or not!
4. Once you've learned every chord then learn to arpeggiate them in every position vertically as well as horizontally over the length of the fretboard.
5. After technique and theory is finished for the day. Then practice your cover tune for the day. Listen for the phrasing and tone used by your favorite artist. Electronics (Amps, tubes, circuitry, EQ) all play into dialing in a sweet tone. But you'll find through experience that tone ultimately comes from you. Touch and feel are just as important tonewise as pickups, amps, EQ settings and such. Learning to acquire your own touch and feel will lead to the development of your own unique guitar tone/sound/style.
6. Learn phrasing and dynamics. Phrasing is just plain sweet. Without good phrasing you may as well be a robot with a guitar in your hands! :chairfall Phrasing teaches you to organize your solo's/playing into rythmic sentences. In this way we learn that rythmic statement is just as important as pitch. Hammer ons, Pull offs, staccatto, glissandos, slides, slurs and such all come into play here. Also use variances in volume. This is what I mean by dynamics. There is no rule that says every note has to be 1000 db! Dynamics help to convey emotion!
Learning to play any instrument is multi-faceted. If you start out as a self learner then it's difficult to prioritize what's the most important thing. Secondly, few self taught musicians have the discipline to listen to and practice stuff they don't like. These guys usually end up being 1 trick ponies! There's more to it than trying to play like you're favorite shredder/wanker! Every afternoon music/guitar stores are filled all over the country w/ guys thinking that they know how to shred who are there trying out amps and guitars. :chairfall So if everyone can do it then how special are you!? Really?
I promise you that if some guy walked into that shop and started playing like Carlton or Metheny then every wannabe shredder would drop his axe and go over to watch with their jaws agape. I've seen it happen more then once! So don't deny it! Instead, train your focus on being a complete musician.
1. Like an athlete you must do exercises each day. Don't just pick up your axe and try to play songs. Playing tunes should be done when you're finishing up for the day. Start you're day out with a regimine of finger excercises. Naturally, Picking technique goes hand-in-hand with your finger exercises.
Use chromatic scales and intervalic patterns to stengthen all four fingers on the fretting hand. Practice changing to adjacent strings as well as skipping strings. Us alternate picking on the picking hand. Or, learn to play finger style on your strumming hand if that sort of thing grooves you.
An example of a good exercise is to play the first and second finger on each string in a single position both ascending and descending while alternate picking. Then do 1st and 3rd finger. The 1st and 4th. Do the same excercise in every position to get a feel for different finger spacing.
2. Learn all of you're scales and modes. First learn them vertically in each position. Then learn them horizontally over then length of the fretboard. Do this in every key. When you have them tight enough you should be able to call out any random scale/mode and play it immediately. Practice all of them daily for the rest of your life.
3. Complete you're chord vocabulary. Learn all of the chord forms. Not only major and minor chords but all of the following forms: Aug, Dim, Maj 7, Dom 7, Dim 7, Aug 7, Dom 7b5, Maj 7b5, Maj 7(+5), Dom 9th, +9th, 11th, 13th and so on. In other words every chord possible whether you use them or not!
4. Once you've learned every chord then learn to arpeggiate them in every position vertically as well as horizontally over the length of the fretboard.
5. After technique and theory is finished for the day. Then practice your cover tune for the day. Listen for the phrasing and tone used by your favorite artist. Electronics (Amps, tubes, circuitry, EQ) all play into dialing in a sweet tone. But you'll find through experience that tone ultimately comes from you. Touch and feel are just as important tonewise as pickups, amps, EQ settings and such. Learning to acquire your own touch and feel will lead to the development of your own unique guitar tone/sound/style.
6. Learn phrasing and dynamics. Phrasing is just plain sweet. Without good phrasing you may as well be a robot with a guitar in your hands! :chairfall Phrasing teaches you to organize your solo's/playing into rythmic sentences. In this way we learn that rythmic statement is just as important as pitch. Hammer ons, Pull offs, staccatto, glissandos, slides, slurs and such all come into play here. Also use variances in volume. This is what I mean by dynamics. There is no rule that says every note has to be 1000 db! Dynamics help to convey emotion!
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