https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:27:55 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386804 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 05:42:53 +0000 http://www.topguitar.us/how-learn-guitar-fast/ Hope it helps!]]> Guitar Players Discussion cawlzezr https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386804 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386588 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 15:19:00 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Kister91 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386588 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386524 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:05:31 +0000
Get a decent guitar and a good beginners book. START at page 1, do every exercise and learn power chords and scales. RECORD YOURSELF 1 X A WEEK AND LISTEN TO THEM EVERY 2 MONTHS TO SEE YOUR PROGRESS. If you don't you will be more likely to give it up, thinking you aren't making progress. Work on picking clean and accurate while building your left hand dexterity. Pick other players brains and get feedback on your playing from them. Most of all DON'T STOP! Building chops takes a lot of time and dedication.]]> Guitar Players Discussion bottomender https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386524 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386505 Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:56:57 +0000
Then when a rental became available, I switched to sax and learned standard music notation.

I got in various rock bands and since not every songwriter has the wisdom to put a sax part in every song, the guitarist in the band showed me barre chords and I learned to play rhythm on a song by song basis. I sincerely think guitarists should learn barre chords before open string chords.

Then when saxes fell out of favor during the psychedelic years, I learned bass. 4 strings and the same interval between strings.

As time passed I picked up flute, wind synthesizer and keyboard synthesizer (I don't play piano as my left hand can work the joystick and wheels of a synth, but is pretty dumb on the black-and-whites).

A few years ago, I got serious about the guitar, bought a Mel Bay book and started to read music. Now I play very decent lead guitar for rock, blues, country and light jazz songs. I'm still learning and getting better all the time too.

While reading music and learning music theory is not necessary to learn how to play the guitar, this is the way I feel about it.

1) Learning to read and music theory slow down your learning at first, but give you a better understanding of music and how to make it

2) After the initial slow period, knowing to read music will catch you up to where you would have been had you not taken the time and from then on you will learn much faster than you would have if you didn't learn to read and music theory.

Insights and incites by Notes]]> Guitar Players Discussion notes_norton https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386505 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386500 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:08:30 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion 4514 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386500 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386269 Mon, 06 Jul 2015 08:05:16 +0000
You learn all of the basics, chords, slides, drills, whole songs, and yes, there is a variety of actual games. It has great lesson videos, graphics, and you use a real guitar, not some cheap video game controller shaped like a guitar. The feedback is what I like the best.

...and the price is not so bad... about $60. :wink:

:note2: :note1: :note2: :note1:

]]> Guitar Players Discussion Isom https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386269 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386268 Sun, 05 Jul 2015 17:38:22 +0000
That's the first I've heard of Rocksmith :shock: . It looks fun..but I dunno feels weird playing a video game to learn Chords. It'd be awesome if you progress well into it just with a video game.]]> Guitar Players Discussion The7thCirren https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386268 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386266 Sat, 04 Jul 2015 03:07:23 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Isom https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386266 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386264 Sat, 04 Jul 2015 01:06:26 +0000
For my degree a few years later: Assignment 1, question 1 - listen to these rhythms and write them out. Three weeks after that: Assignment 2, question 1 - listen to these tunes and write them out. It ain't difficult to learn to read or write music.

Yes, the guitar is a difficult instrument to learn if you try and play Dream Theatre before you can play The Shadows - don't try to run before you can walk, basically.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Alan Green https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386264 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386262 Fri, 03 Jul 2015 15:22:02 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion The7thCirren https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/how-did-you-learn-guitar-2/#post-386262