Learning the Guitar

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Learning the Guitar

Postby Makachop^^128 » Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:13 pm

So I'm learning the guitar, I was wondering if anyone knew of any good free tabs for a starter :D
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Re: Learning the Guitar

Postby Warrior4Christ » Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:06 am

I'm kind of in the same boat. Although, it's more a lack of time for me than a lack of resources.
Are you wanting to learn to play chords and such? Or finger picking/solo-y stuff? For chords, just grab some chord song sheets of worship music and play along... but start with songs with the easy chords: A, Am, C, D, E, Em, G.
I've got an incredibly useful app on my Android phone called Chord! Free. It's a very comprehensive app that shows multiple fingerings of all sorts of chord variants that you choose. Highly recommended for any guitar player. So just look up and practise any unknown chord you come across.
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Re: Learning the Guitar

Postby Tigerchu » Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:50 pm

I think C,D, and E were the easy chords. Using only 2-3 fingers. You might try learning to "play by ear". You can pluck each string one at a time to learn it and use youtube to learn songs. Or CDs. (To learn songs)
This link I found seems to be good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkAImciJiF4 Mary had a little lamb on one string.
And Twinke Twinkle little star on two strings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQNcADrD_kc
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Re: Learning the Guitar

Postby Warrior4Christ » Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:11 pm

Yes, the easy chords I suggested above do use only 2-3 fingers. Learning to play by ear is a skill I've developed, and it's quite useful.. it makes you appear to kind of be able to play a song that you've never played before. Just pick a song that you like that has clear and sufficiently slow picked notes, and try to learn what they are.
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Re: Learning the Guitar

Postby Tigerchu » Sat Dec 15, 2012 1:12 am

Yay
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