Has anyone here self taght themselves guitar?
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ParsonsMatt
Alas, Tyranny
BlackMetalWhiteGuy
Manly Man!
Well that's just convinced me.
I got the Alas, Tyranny album for free off of Matt. The entire thing is fucking amazing.
I got the Alas, Tyranny album for free off of Matt. The entire thing is fucking amazing.
ParsonsMatt
Alas, Tyranny
I wouldn't say, "DON'T GET LESSONS", they definitely work for some people and they're definitely good for some people. For others, like me, lessons don't do anything, and that counts for school, guitar, drums, etc.
If you plan on teaching yourself, get a copy of Guitar Pro 4 ( 5 is shit, I don't recommend it... I can help you find GP4 ). Get a lesson book like Petrucci's rock discipline. LISTEN to great guitarists, like Malmsteen, Becker, Friedman, etc. Experiment, and practice your ass off!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.
PS Buy my T-shirt, please?
If you plan on teaching yourself, get a copy of Guitar Pro 4 ( 5 is shit, I don't recommend it... I can help you find GP4 ). Get a lesson book like Petrucci's rock discipline. LISTEN to great guitarists, like Malmsteen, Becker, Friedman, etc. Experiment, and practice your ass off!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.
PS Buy my T-shirt, please?
Actually I checked out your myspace earlier and saw that. Meant to send off an email at the time but didn't get round to it.Pming now.
WeAreTheLastMen
Metacom
technical skill can be achieved without lessons.
If you want to learn music theory or something, that's a different story.
If you want to learn music theory or something, that's a different story.
.Read this and listen to his album and you'll see why lessons are unnecessary
You have a t-shirt?PS Buy my T-shirt, please?
Demonic viscera
sludge thrall
ParsonsMatt
Alas, Tyranny
exactly what this guy said...i taught myself to play and have been playing for 8 or 9 years now.
disschord
New Metal Member
I'm self taught. Get someone to explain tab and practice till your fingers bleed.
And as soon as you can play a few riffs.
find a Drunmmer or Bass player who is starting out as well and start jamming cos thats were the real lessons are.
good luck
And as soon as you can play a few riffs.
find a Drunmmer or Bass player who is starting out as well and start jamming cos thats were the real lessons are.
good luck
marfal66
Member
start some basic techniques like chords, scales, sweep picking
and learn some easy stuff, i started with nirvana, nirvana is perfect for beginning
but you don't need lessons
and learn some easy stuff, i started with nirvana, nirvana is perfect for beginning
but you don't need lessons
Lessons are only as good as the teacher who teaches them. Besides, all a teacher does is provide direction; he won't learn guitar for you. Either way you're going to have to put the hours in on your own.
If you have a good teacher, you'll progress much faster and much easier than you will on your own. Unfortunately, the vast majority of guitar (especially 'rock guitar') teachers don't really cut it. But then when most of your money comes from teaching kids greenday songs, why would you?
The best book I've seen is 'Rock Guitar Secrets' by Peter Fischer. This book will give you a grounding in the most important techniques for rock and metal as well as giving approaches to applying theory to the guitar.
If you have a good teacher, you'll progress much faster and much easier than you will on your own. Unfortunately, the vast majority of guitar (especially 'rock guitar') teachers don't really cut it. But then when most of your money comes from teaching kids greenday songs, why would you?
The best book I've seen is 'Rock Guitar Secrets' by Peter Fischer. This book will give you a grounding in the most important techniques for rock and metal as well as giving approaches to applying theory to the guitar.
BlackMetalWhiteGuy
Manly Man!
I just remembered that one of my friends began learning to play guitar on his own, by downloading tabs and playing them. About a year and a half later, he was proficient with most Metallica solos, but didn't even know how to play a major or minor scale, or what keys were. I eventually taught him this stuff and it improved his song writing ability only slightly, since he already had a pretty good ear for melody. Eventually, he took an intro guitar course at school and he learned a lot about how to improve his playing.
Shadow Of Opeth
Opeth Saved Me From Death
my guitar player in my band stated alone, he pays petrucci, eldi meola, malmesteein, ...
Tell who gave lesson to malmsteen or Satriani??????????
Tell who gave lesson to malmsteen or Satriani??????????
