...or you could drop your low E to D and proceed directly to Soundgarden 'Outshined'.
― natlawdp, Friday, 6 January 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
edit: "between your personal contacts and craigslist there should be no problem finding somebody you vibe/DIE with."
sidebar- anybody ever skype guitar lessons?
― natlawdp, Friday, 6 January 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
lol, the guitar is on a stand already but is currently in the back bedroom; I am working up the courage to move it to the living room where I expect my wife will lovingly notice that the wonderful gift she gave me is totally in the fucking way and is going to get knocked over plus it just causes clutter and why do I have to play all the time while she's trying to watch TV, anyway
or maybe I'm just inventing all of that
I did some cursory guitar teacher research and there's something undeniably off-putting about seeing a guitar school with a 20-year-old on their teaching staff, no matter how impressive her performance bio appears to be
I mean, maybe this is totally ageist of me but I do not want to take lessons from someone the age of a hypothetical child I could have had assuming my life had taken a slightly different turn
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 6 January 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
'case kryptonite' - never heard it called that before, but yes, have the guitar and amp set up so that you can pick it up and strum away for ten minutes (which will quickly become two hours but that's another thing).
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Friday, 6 January 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
is it wrong that I want to tune the entire guitar a half-step down so I have an instrument that matches my preferred singing range, before I've even learned how to play it
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
you know who tuned a half step down? weezer.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 6 January 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
Eb tuning, very 90s :)
― goole, Friday, 6 January 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the more i think about it like every fucking alt rock band used that tuning. it was really annoying.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 6 January 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.wfu.edu/~breckers/howtoplayguitar.htm
― (๑•̀⌓•́๑) (am0n), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
DJP you can learn the songs of metallica's "load"
― goole, Friday, 6 January 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the more i think about it like every fucking alt rock band used that tuning
that's because every fucking alt rock band in the 90s was fronted by a yelpy baritone
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link
you should just capo the 11th fret instead
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
Then cut the neck off immediately behind the capo.
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sure your new teacher, Mick Goodrick, author of The Advancing Guitarist will be very impressed with this instrument
― WATERMELON MAYNE aka the seed driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 6 January 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Eb = Hendrix tuning. Eddie Van Halen too. Stevie Ray too, I think...
― natlawdp, Friday, 6 January 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
Slash
― beachville, Friday, 6 January 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
Have you practiced yet this weekend yet, Dan?
― Fanfare for the History Mayne (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 January 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
haha have I practiced yet
I spent 90 minutes Saturday afternoon playing simple songs from my lesson book on strings 1 and 2, including "Jingle Bells" and "Ode To Joy" (which btw was annoying me because the version in the book was super simple and all in half and quarter notes and without the drop down a fourth at the end of the third line, so I started playing it "right" and using the third string as well).
Then, I started playing the C scale during the 2nd half of the Saints game and kept playing it and random songs until the end of SNL.
Then I started working on really incorporating string 3 yesterday for about an hour but my evening shenanigans really did a number on my fingertips and shoulder.
Need to pick a teacher this week.
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, 9 January 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
. because my new year's resolution is to learn to play the guitari need to get a guitar first.does anyone want to sell me a guitar for cheap?
― bene_gesserit, Monday, 9 January 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
talk to jjj, it's kind of like he does that for a living
no wait, it's EXACTLY like he does that for a living
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, 9 January 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
to be fair i took guitar lessons for about 6 months in high school, but my teacher was a jazz dude, and that's not the kind of guitar i want to learn to play now (plus i don't remember anything).
― bene_gesserit, Monday, 9 January 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
Which shoulder hurts, Dan? I have to admit I'm a little confused.
― beachville, Monday, 9 January 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
right shoulder
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, 9 January 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
Perhaps one of these arrangements will be more to your likinghttp://www.guitarnoise.com/topic/christmas-songs/
― TEH PNINFOX aka the veen driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 January 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
― TEH PNINFOX aka the veen driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 January 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
ha that is assuming I have a shortlist; as noted upthread, Boston is DROWNING in music teachers
oh and I moved the guitar into the corner of the living room; no fight!
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, 9 January 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
How cheap is cheap bene?
― blurgh (jjjusten), Monday, 9 January 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
Dan, I assume you acted prudently and looked on craigslist asked your opera buddies for recommendations
― TEH PNINFOX aka the veen driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 January 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
not yet I haven't, that is today's Facebook project
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Monday, 9 January 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
Too bad Peter Frampton found his guitar, bene_gesserit, or maybe you could have bought that one.
― TEH PNINFOX aka the veen driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 January 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
jjj, under a hundred
― bene_gesserit, Monday, 9 January 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
Don't tell Dick Destiny that.
― TEH PNINFOX aka the veen driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 January 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.rondomusic.com/
― beachville, Monday, 9 January 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
I have not personally played a Rondo instrument and cannot go to bat for their quality.
― beachville, Monday, 9 January 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Any progress? IMM wants to know.
― TEH PNINFOX aka the veen driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
I've started playing the C scale up and down across all 6 strings. I've also solicited friends on Facebook for guitar teacher recommendations and have gotten a couple of good leads; one is a Berklee prof and the other is an NEC grad. Self-instruction wise, I'm up to doing "songs" on the third string but I don't want to go too much further than what I'm doing now without seeing a teacher.
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
Which Berklee prof? Freddie?
― TEH PNINFOX aka the veen driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
this dude: http://www.berklee.edu/faculty/detail/eric-byers
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
To think I learned by playing along with records :(
― Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
How old were you when you started?
― TEH PNINFOX aka the veen driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
I admit it was tricky having to get up every so often to wind up the gramophone
― Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
Doesn't work for everyone though - I learned by playing along to records as well and I'm a lousy guitarist!
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
What makes you think I'm not!
― Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
question: does it make sense to bring examples of the types of things I'm most interested in doing with a guitar into an initial lesson or is that jumping the gun/potentially prejudicing the teacher's ability to show me the fundamentals?
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
I don't see what harm it would do
― Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
Definitely do that.
― TEH PNINFOX aka the veen driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
xxxpost cos I've heard you play on an ILX comp and you're pretty good?
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
Shucks, I'd forgotten about that
― Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
zomg I just realized that I had completely forgotten to try playing Siouxsie songs
"Night Shift" here I come FUCK THE MOTHERS KILL THE OTHERS
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
Do you have any books with chords in them? As a permanent guitar NOOB myself, I recommend Chords and Progressions for Jazz and Popular Guitar, by Arne Berle for the chords and then one of Rikky Rooksby's guitar books for chords plus arrangements of songs.
― TEH PNINFOX aka the veen driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
my fingers hurt
― gbx, Sunday, 14 December 2014 01:17 (nine years ago) link
went through a bunch of this guy's youtubes, too, the website is v organized: www.justinguitar.com
― gbx, Sunday, 14 December 2014 01:18 (nine years ago) link
Came across that website whilst looking for something else. Seems like it might be useful.
― Pigbag Wanderer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 December 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
you know, I never got a teacher
I should change that, especially since I picked the guitar back up this week after a LOOOOOOOOONG hiatus
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Wednesday, 19 August 2020 14:24 (three years ago) link
btw I'm learning the lead guitar part to "Ana" by the Pixies, which is fun
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Thursday, 20 August 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
I can recommend a couple of good teachers who Zoom. They’re west coast based but that may not be a bad thing if you’re looking for post-work hours.As a crap player who has settled comfortably into the “friend’s older brother who used to play a little” skill level i’m also happy to hop on Zoom 4 u
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 27 August 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
ooh I am interested
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Thursday, 27 August 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
I am bumping this thread because rogermexico totally hooked me up with a teacher who rules and I can now get through/legitimately play the following songs:
Blackbird - The BeatlesBoys Don't Cry - The CureJust Like Heaven - The CureTrue Faith - New OrderGet The Message - ElectronicNever Let Me Down Again - Depeche ModeI Feel You - Depeche ModeLovesong - The CureThe Blood - The CureLullaby - The CureHere At The Home - TribeAna - Pixies
― a gentle push against my Wonder Bread face (DJP), Friday, 13 August 2021 13:08 (two years ago) link
<3 this makes me so happy. i've been in the black hole of work and totally dropped the ball on seeing if you guys even connected and I DIEEEE
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 03:40 (two years ago) link
He's teaching me how to play The Rain Song by Zepplin! I never would have been able to imagine this a year ago
― a gentle push against my Wonder Bread face (DJP), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 12:48 (two years ago) link
That's awesome DJP!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 12:49 (two years ago) link
also after retuning my guitar to DGCGCD I want to keep it that way and buy another one, lol
― a gentle push against my Wonder Bread face (DJP), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 13:51 (two years ago) link
yessss…you can have one good acoustic for life but electric guitars breed like rabbits
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 19 August 2021 04:41 (two years ago) link
i am not a guitar newb but years and years ago someone on this board recommended a guitar "instruction" book that was not about technique but more about philosophy/attitude towards playing guitar. i had it on my to-read list for years but never got around to it and now i can't remember what it was or how to search for it on here. does that ring any bells for anyone?
― na (NA), Tuesday, 27 September 2022 15:18 (one year ago) link
it totally does ring a bell but i don't think i have any more leads for you unfortunately
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
oh i think it was "the advancing guitarist" by mick goodrick. the description doesn't sound exactly like what I'm remembering but the cover looks right
― na (NA), Tuesday, 27 September 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
Wow, I started this thread 10 years ago
Imagine if I'd gotten a teacher then, I'd be a lot better now
― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, 27 September 2022 16:37 (one year ago) link
Also I did end up buying a d'Angelico guitar from jjjusten
― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, 27 September 2022 16:38 (one year ago) link