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Post subject: How Long Did It Take You?
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:47 am
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how long did it take yall 2 learn 2 play a six-string???i just started and im tryin 2 figure out how long itll take me 2 learn... :D


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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:30 am
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I don't think that there is a set amount of time that you learn. You are always learning something new about playing guitar. I've been playing for 13 years and I am still learning.


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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:06 pm
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I'm almost 51 and playing guitar 34 years and still learning.

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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:28 pm
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I guess it depends on how good you wanna be. If your intentions are strumming away at an acoustic, you should be doing pretty good in no time.

But if you play electric and wanna be the next great legend, you've got a long road to hoe.

It actually comes quicker to some than others.


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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:58 pm
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I'd say about a year before non-guitar-playing-people can look at you and say that you can play.


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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:20 am
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you never are done learning :wink:

i've been playing guitar (acoustic untill i got my gibson les paul a week or so ago) for 4 months and i guess i'm pretty adequate to some (i'll never be to myself though) i can sight read a song and be pretty good at it quickly depending on the song. so it all depends on the person.


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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:26 pm
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Chords, chord changes and progressions you can get comfortable with in a few months from zero, and you'll want to work on keeping time. If your learning to read music and play notes at the same time, within a year you can be good enough to play notes and chords, keep time, and play a lot of songs. You'll want to expand your playing with legato - hammerons, pulloffs, slides the whole bit. You'll want to practice and get comfortable with blues progressions and learn blues scales so you can play blues and the rock and roll wild child. You'll want to learn your favorite songs from your favorite artists and get a kick out of playing "Cocaine" or whatever you like to do. You'll want to get deeper into understanding what they're doing, so that you can understand and perform your own solos even while playing a Hendrix song or a BB King song, learning to use a theme as a jumping off point for improvisation, where to play to stay in the scale for the key you're in . . . it's a neverending beautiful road, from playing a few notes on high e to playing guitar.


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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:37 pm
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I just made the jump from keyboard (synth blew up) to guitar

Time depends a lot on how much you are putting into it.
Couple-o-three hours practice a day should get you up and adequate in a year or so :D
Work on fingering, scales, cords, and your technique first, then work on speeding things up.
Don't overlook working on timing (I like to us an ancient wind up metronome to set and hold the tempo for practice time ).

One of the worst things I think people can do is to try to learn songs that are beyond their current skill level right off the bat. It is a recipe for failure.

Try to look up a book of the requirements for taking a grade 1 music exam :) Lot of stuff in there yet it is still a rudimentary level.


I think the best thing is to get a guitar, practice and have fun :!:
Don't worry about getting good. One day when you go to practice you'll be surprised and it will just happen.

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Post subject: Even the greats are still learning...
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:08 pm
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In interviews with the likes of Gilmour, Vai and Petrucci they have all said that they are still learning.
One of the amazing/annoying (depends which way you look at it!) things about guitar and many instruments is that you can ALWAYS improve, you can never truly 'complete' it.
It doesn't take very long to gain a basic knowledge of guitar chords/scales etc and from there the only way is up :)

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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:18 pm
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You never stop learning. I've been at it 36 years and counting.

The key is practice, practice, practice.

You have to practice to get good. Then you have to practice to stay good.


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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:14 pm
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I've been playing for 25 years off and on, and for 9 or so years pretty much every day, and I still suck, but I have a lot of fun with it and it's a great part of my life. Never give up music. Play and make a joyful noise. Music is with you come what may.


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I've been playing for about 4 years now, but I really didn't start putting great amounts of effort into until the 3rd. A year ago I bought a decent acoustic, started learning scales and various picking excersices. I can't emphasize how important those boring excersices are to getting better at guitar. And if you really want to improve you NEED a metronome and you NEED to use it and keep track of your progress. Setting goals and keeping track of how well you do keeps up your drive to practice. Depending on how much you practice everyday, you should be getting significantly better within a month. After that, try and learn songs you had trouble with a long time ago. You'll be surprised how much easier they are to learn. Anyways, that's my amazing experience with guitar so far. Lessons don't hurt either, especially if the instructor knows his way around a fretboard like the back of his hand.


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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:42 pm
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I have a ways to go before I finally reach the level I wanna be at :?
Oh well That's why it's a hobby :D you aspire for these things to happen!

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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:27 pm
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Well apparently I'm wayy too good for my age at guitar according to some, I'm 14 now.

If you wanna check out my stuff then go to: www.youtube.com/454james454

Tell me what you think too. But I learn at least one new thing about music/guitars every day of the week. And it helps me improve a heck of a lot!

James.


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Post subject: How Long Did It Take You
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:31 pm
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Well, i've been playing for about 3 years, and i could still learn things.

And............ i went 2 that youtube thing that the guy b4 me posted, and thats pretty kik@ss!


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