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Just beginning guitar
I've been playing guitar for about 2-3 weeks now, self-teaching and what not. I've been relying on tabs a lot, but I want to push it to the next level. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Other info about me:
My hand is relatively small, about 3.75 in wide (closed hand) with short fingers, so I have a hard time playing chords that stretch across the fretboard.
I've played piano for a significant period of time, but my theory sucks and I'm still getting familiar strings.
I'm playing an acoustic guitar right now, and I eventually want to learn fingerstyle/fingerpicking, but I know that it's going to take a long time with lots of practice.
I'm into anything from classical to rock to modern. I hate metal, but it doesn't matter since they play too fast for me anyways ;).
Other info about me:
My hand is relatively small, about 3.75 in wide (closed hand) with short fingers, so I have a hard time playing chords that stretch across the fretboard.
I've played piano for a significant period of time, but my theory sucks and I'm still getting familiar strings.
I'm playing an acoustic guitar right now, and I eventually want to learn fingerstyle/fingerpicking, but I know that it's going to take a long time with lots of practice.
I'm into anything from classical to rock to modern. I hate metal, but it doesn't matter since they play too fast for me anyways ;).
I would suggest that you learn some chords, and then practice those chords with a simple song. Do that until you have learnt all the basics. Proceed to learn the pentatonic scales.
Learn some songs that you like, do some improvisation once in a while. Remember that to play good you have to practice a lot, and do things like they should be done.
Learn some songs that you like, do some improvisation once in a while. Remember that to play good you have to practice a lot, and do things like they should be done.
Originally Posted by SocKeTe
I would suggest that you learn some chords, and then practice those chords with a simple song. Do that until you have learnt all the basics.
I'm familiar with the basic major and minor chords like C, D, G, Am, etc. However, I have lots of trouble with bar chords and chords that stretch across 4-5 frets. How would you suggest improving those?
Originally Posted by SocKeTe
Proceed to learn the pentatonic scales.
kay.
Originally Posted by SocKeTe
Learn some songs that you like, do some improvisation once in a while. Remember that to play good you have to practice a lot, and do things like they should be done.
I find that improvising on the guitar is much more fun (and doable) on the guitar than it is on the piano... maybe I just suck at piano then xD?
Also, I found this video that I thought was pretty interesting:
