As someone who is not exactly musically inclined would it be better/easier for me to learn to play from a friend that plays or from a licensed guitar instructor? I hear it’s always harder to learn as you get older. I’m 46.
It’s never to late to start. I to have the desire to learn and I’m 53, currently in Iraq, bought a ukulele( I know. Hardly a guitar) and a beginners book. Six weeks into it, I am just now getting the finger positions for chord transitions and the strumming techniques down. I practice for at least 45 mins. a nite. I can see the benefit of advice from an experienced player and know I will not soon play lead.
If you think your serious then by all means take lessons from a pro. Your lesson is scheduled. He is an instructor payed to teach you and can probably help you progress faster then your friend by concentrating on the fundamentals.
I can strum a few songs now but can see that if I want to be better then I need a Pro to help me.
Spend the $20 per lesson and then you can show your friend what you’ve learned and compare notes. Two for the price of one.
Good luck, Old Dog
Please google "guitar refinishing" – you will find lots of pages with instructions on how to do it yourself, and lots of shops offering their services. I wouldn’t recommend doing this yourself unless you are extremely good at painting and woodworking and have access to professional grade tools – it will be worth it to pay a professional.
* Remember that having a guitar (especially an acoustic) repainted or refinished can dramatically alter the sound, even when done right. If the guitar is an original, repainting will destroy the resale value. Frankley, its often better to just leave a hole in the guitar. For an example look at Willie Nelson’s guitar – big ‘ol hole, looks like crap and sounds great! Varnish cracks are normal on old guitars.
http://www.absolutelyunderstandguitar.com/ To truly master guitar you’ll learn that music is a LANGUAGE and you have to understand the alphabet before you can do the fun and creative stuff.
Is the Guitar Grimore series a good reference? For someone who is beyond beginner a level, but needs a good guide to get to the next level of playing by use of scales, modes, and arpeggios.
i wouldn’t recommend the guitar grimore…it’s so laiden with facts you lose focus…I mean it has like every single iteration of note and how each scale…blah blah…charts and graphs and this and that…
The best book I saw on scales and modes was 60 pages with CD covered all scales and modes..arpeggios are something you kind of figure out on your own once you know the fret board and chord structure…but I guess you could look at some pictures for those.
Guitar grimore is in excess of 200 pages and although thorough not really a help for learning the scales…..intermediate to advanced students wanting to how to learn guitar by really submerging themselves into every single nuance of the scales (even crazy exotic ones) then that’s the book for you.
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http://myspace.com/sonicclangmusic
Download the soundtrack here http://doom3.filefront.com/file/Classic_DOOM_3_Original_Mod_Soundtrack;52796
This is Sonic Clang, the person who made the music for the Doom 3 mod “Classic Doom 3″. A lot of people have been asking me for the tab on these songs and I hate writing tab. So I’m going to make videos instead.
Tab is posted here http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=18832
This was from my remake for the Doom 3 mod called “Classic Doom 3″. If you own Doom 3, this mod is a must have because it’s about 10 times more fun than Doom 3 itself. Some people have told me they bought the game just to play this mod. It really is a fun time.
I’m using Sonar 6 currently to make my music. In 2005 when I was actually recording the music for this mod I was still using version 4.
the Guitar by Frederick Noad – an excellent introduction to classical guitar playing, teaches music theory as well as playing technique and is clear and understandable.
http://www.guitarforeveryone.com
http://www.absolutelyunderstandguitar.com/ To truly master guitar you’ll learn that music is a LANGUAGE and you have to understand the alphabet before you can do the fun and creative stuff.
http://myspace.com/sonicclangmusic
http://www.nextlevelguitar.com