Hi, i saw this thing about how to learn guitars relly easy. Its called fret2fret. Can anyone please post me a link of where to download it for free or can someone send it to me at i'manidiot.net edited by ddp please.
Hi thanetkid...why don't you PM me; I'm a music teacher and might be able to help you but I have to ask a few questions. Need to know your objectivesbefore making a suggestion....Gerry
@LOCONEG...Howdy guy! Believe it or not, I paint and draw and can turn a pretty decent sentence when I have a mind to. You know what they say about the starving artist though...it's absolutely true! Gotta do something for a regular income!
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/f/p/fpm108/glw/lessons/ This is where I learned to play... http://www.guitarshredshow.com/
@LOCOENG: Took a quick look at those web sites, will have to take a closer look later. I always wanted to play guitar; perhaps I will get one one of these days. Most R&R, blues and much jazz guitar riffs are variences of "pentatonic scales". There is a rather astonishing improv book for guitar based entirely on pentatonic scales; it's called "Styles for the Studio" by a guy names Leon White. Check it out next time you're in a music store (assuming its still in print).
I saw huge amount of stuff for guitar by doing a simple google search under "pentatonic scales" Gotta get beck to work! (What kind of guitar do you have?"
Fender Strat and a Takamine acoustic, G-50 I think. Haven't played seriously in about 7 years or so, but still fiddle with them every now and then.
I actually owned an original Gibson Firebird from 1963 which I got from my older brother. Sold it somewhere around 1978 or so...HUGE MISTAKE!!!
My dad has an old Firebird and many others, coupled with my uncles collection there are probably around 100 to choose from...you could say music runs in the family.
Awesome! I didn't know what I had when I sold that but it wasn't worth nearly so much at the time. Let me have your opinion, if you don't mind, if I had say 800 - 1,000 bucks to spend on a guitar, which models would you think are best for the buck. I did start to learn guitar once and did sort of get into it. My performance training is all in classical piano and organ; I've got this mental block for improv...big sin in classical circles but I was coming along with the guitar because the rules weren't set in stone, if you know what I mean. I've already got some pretty fast and powerful fingers, a lot of knowledge of theory etc which doesn't change with instruments...I progressed rather quickly but it was too much with my other things. Now, with more time, might be fun to give it another go. What would be your suggestions if I had say up to $1000 to spend on a guitar...either hardbody electric or semi acoustic. Thanks buddy!
check out the link in my sig, bill lonero is a friend of afterdawn and a damn good guitar player. instrumental rock with groove, at it's finest. i've played for almost 25 years now and i'm nothing compared to bill, i'd put him up against vai, satriani, or malmsteem any day of the week. i do some promotion work for him here in the midwest, PM me and i'd be happy to hook you up with a mega sampler of the first cd called Slather. should be a new cd done any time now, just waiting on the drummer to redo some stuff.
Thanks for the link, Darth, your buddy is indeed talented...versatile too which is everything to me. He doesn't use effects to cover sloppy playing either ... my pet pieve! I may teach classical piano and organ but the urge to use effects to cover sloppy fingering is no different there. I will PM you, I would like to hear more. I started studying music (piano)in 1957 when I was five years old and if you'll forgive the conceit, I've gotten pretty damned good over the years. When I started studying theory and velocity many years later, I was quite the natural at picking up every little bit of it because, to me, there was nothing the least bit "theoretical" about it...I'd been applying it for years. What I really enjoyed when I first picked up a guitar was that it afforded me a certain freedom that classical piano and organ did not ... decades of a certain disciplinary practice makes you a hell of a pianist but also ties your hands in a difference sense. I wish I had stuck with guitar, I was really enjoy myself and I was progressing very rapidly ... I wasn't a guitarist, but I was hardly a musical novice either. Now that I have more time, I really think I'm going to give it another try; I think I could be quite good and I've already got a wealth of knowledge which is applicable to any instrument. Will PM you. Thanks....Gerry
@gerry If you want an acoustic, you might as well get the best: http://www.mguitar.com/guitars/choosing/price.html http://www.taylorguitars.com/ If you want an electric there are several options: http://www.fender.com/ http://www.gibson.com/ And just for shits and giggles, have a look at these beautiful guitars...but I doubt you'll ever find one for under a grand. http://www.prsguitars.com/ Check out pawn shops, you'd be suprised what kind of musical instruments you can find there. Also the classified ads are good to, people just don't know what they have sometimes. @darth I've listened to lonero a little and I like him alot, very satrianiesque, although being a proud musician I doubt he likes that comparison.
@LOCOENG:...Many years ago, I won one of the most beautiful hand crafted leather guitar stap you could imagine...time I buy something to connect it to LOL! For someone who really doesn't play guitar, I actually know quite a bit about them having known so many guitarists and their little quirks (and Lord Almighty guitarists have more quirks than any other musicians I've ever met!! though I've learnt a lot from them). I'd go with a solid body electric I think; that way I can use my amplified headphones and practice at work...I've got my own steinway sampled Yamaha digital piano set up in the stock room where I go practice at lunch; I get a rather long lunch with nowhere to go and nothing to do. I've wanted to do this for the longest time ...about time I do it! THanks for all the info!
