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Post subject: I'm in a rut
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:28 pm
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I live in a small town and there are two guitar teachers. One teaches strickly acoustic and the other teaches electric. The electric guitar teacher is totally booked for a LONG time and i have no idea where to begin


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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:32 pm
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There are lots of places to learn, you can either search the internet for a website, or use it to search for different books, videos/DVDs, and other items that can teach you how to play. I'd even check the local library for some books to check out, and that might at least give you the basics. Lots of the great players were never formally taught how to play guitar, so don't let that hold you back either...

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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:29 pm
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learn from the acoustic. the acoustic is just like the electric except different names i just switched from the acoustic.


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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:49 pm
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i would but then id have to fork out another few hundred bucks


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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:19 pm
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you can get some decent beginner lessons on the internet.... just search around..... well all skill levels actually

www.ultimate-guitar.com is a good site which has video and written lessons which can help you get some decent techniques down.... many people give their own lessons on youtube now as well which could be useful


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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 8:16 pm
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Check out www.fenderplayersclub.com, I found a bunch of material there. I also found a bunch of books at the ol' library.


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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:06 am
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Huggybear wrote:
learn from the acoustic. the acoustic is just like the electric except different names i just switched from the acoustic.


I think "Strictly Acoustic" would suggest he teaches classical guitar rather than more modern techniques. Of course having a grounding in classical guitar would be fantastic and improve your playing no end but it's quite different to what most people want to be able to do on guitar.

Tell you something though you'd be beastly at chords and scales if you took it up for a few years.

On a similar note I've always wanted to learn upright bass but it's just so expensive :(


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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:47 am
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Check out www.fenderplayersclub.com, I found a bunch of material there. I also found a bunch of books at the ol' library.



Ditto, I've referred many beginner's to the FPC. :wink:

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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:27 am
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Yeah I forgot about online lessos but they're not as good as learning form person to person. :? It's always good to know both instraments. I'm 13 and i already have a Alveras acoustic and a Squire Sunburst. I started learning in July of 07'

If all comes to worst, then take online lessons. Because you can't get teached what you get with person-to-person lessons.

I would stay away from the books. I tried learning from them and when you get to a problem... who can you turn to ask for help?

Either way, have fun trying.


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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:35 am
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This is the site that I used

http://www.justinguitar.com/


I started with the acoustic and found that it really did make the transition to lectric easier.


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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:35 am
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I would recommend that you start on a acoustic like mr feathers said. I was self taught until i went to college. I strted with a mel bay begginers book. I think the more you know the more you will get out of lessons!!


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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:43 pm
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Here's my thought on music teachers.

I suggest you try and learn on your own while using the internet for resources. You'll become a better "natural player". I feel that teachers do nothing but hold you back and keep your style from developing. They try to teach you "their way" and all this crap about what's the right way and the wrong way of doing something, when it comes to music this is just wrong. I'm not saying all teachers are like this, but it's best to be careful who you pick for a teacher, because a teacher will always think their way is the best. Teachers are good for learning other things, like theory and all that stuff, things that definetly have a right way.

That's the way I feel about it. I'm self taught myself and proud of it. I wish I had a nickel for everytime someone told me I was doing something wrong, I'd be rich.

The whole point is people have their own way of doing things. In music, this is where it shines and legends are born.


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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:45 pm
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Don't worry about a music teacher. Buy the Ernie Ball books How to Play Guitar Part 1 and How To Play Guitar Part 2. Get tab books of songs that are easy to play and work on keeping time. Play every day unless something really unusual is happening and you can't. Work your way up slowly into books about Blues techniques such as pull-offs, hammer-ons, slides. Listen to blues records, not rock, but blues includes Clapton, Allman, much of Zeppellin, Santana . . .. Learn the blues chord progressions and the blues scales. Never quit. You will know rock better than rock people, because the great rock is blues.


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Lots of advice here. Every guitar player I know has been in a rut, it'll happen many times over your playing career.

But sometimes all you need to do is step back. Take a week off from playing to let that frustration fade off some. I've done this many times over the years. I know lots of guitar players who have too.

Another option is to tune your guitar to DADGAD or Open G and learn some chords there. It's totally different from what you're doing now and might give you the break you need while still playing and learning some new skills. There's chord charts all over the net for alternate tunings.

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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:06 am
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Guitar_Hurricane wrote:
Here's my thought on music teachers.

I suggest you try and learn on your own while using the internet for resources. You'll become a better "natural player". I feel that teachers do nothing but hold you back and keep your style from developing. They try to teach you "their way" and all this crap about what's the right way and the wrong way of doing something, when it comes to music this is just wrong. I'm not saying all teachers are like this, but it's best to be careful who you pick for a teacher, because a teacher will always think their way is the best. Teachers are good for learning other things, like theory and all that stuff, things that definetly have a right way.

That's the way I feel about it. I'm self taught myself and proud of it. I wish I had a nickel for everytime someone told me I was doing something wrong, I'd be rich.

The whole point is people have their own way of doing things. In music, this is where it shines and legends are born.


It depends on your teacher!!!
My teacher asks me what I want to play and he teaches me that. The only thing I was forced to learn was the basics. When I got past that, he told me to see what I want to learn and come back and he'll show me and teach me. With what I've learned from the songs, bands and the basics, I wrote my own song. He is awesome. If you get a teacher that tells you what to play (besides the basics.) then quit and learn from somone else.

That is stupid. Teachers are the best way to learn. You can learn better than any other method, but like I said,if worst comes to worst, then go with online.


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