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Original message:296 days 12 hours 6 minutes ago

Member: complete Noob I need help

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Got my electric guitar today, a mini amp, several pics, and i got a Digitech rp50 processor with it. My friend tought me some basics like holding the guitar, and pic. Any tips on what i should learn, what not to learn, what to buy, what not to buy. I kinda know how to use the processor but any tips on anything will help me. Thank you

Reply:296 days 12 hours 3 minutes ago
Member: dcunning30

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My recommendation: Invest in a couple months of lessons with a good teacher. That will be the fastet route to get you started in the right direction.

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Reply:296 days 10 hours 38 minutes ago
Member: RuiOlasBrandon 's

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Get the Guitar Pro 5 software, and someonw to teach you.
(a teacher or a friend either, but get the GP5)

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Hey, I'm stupid!

Reply:296 days 10 hours 36 minutes ago
Member: johnny cox

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The RP150 has a tuner in it. Keep your guitar in tune. The first thing you should learn are chords. Open chords like A...B7....C...D...E...Am...Em..ect. There are many websites that show you haw to make these chords. Tacking lessons is a good idea.

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Plug in, turn up and spank the plank

Reply:296 days 10 hours 4 minutes ago
Member: The Rocker

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I always give this recommendation, buy the Guitar Handbook by Ralph Denyer, its the only book I would recomend to a beginner. Honest!!!!....

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Does Humour Belong in Music.

Reply:296 days 9 hours 38 minutes ago
Member: Joe

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What I would do is learn some very basic song riffs to get your technique sounding good. Then if you're up to it, it is very important to memorize every note on the fretboard. This will take a long time and will be hard but will pay off big time when you want to start writing your own songs. But always trust your teacher and do EVERYTHING he tells you to.

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Reply:296 days 7 hours 54 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG

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Memorizing every note on the fretboard is an important step in getting comfortable playing the guitar. But it DOESN"T have to take long.

http://www.guitar.com/kimonf/blog/learn_your_fretboard_finding_the_notes

It should take you only a few hours starting from zero to be able to name any note pointed to you on a fretboard. Then it might take another hour for you to be able to tell every position a certain note is located at. If you then refresh your memory once in a while (a 5min drill once a week then once a month) you'll eventually stop forgetting it.

The software I recommend in that link will also help you a lot with chords and scales.

A free alternative to Guitar Pro and Power Tab is the following one:
www.tuxguitar.com.ar/

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Reply:296 days 3 hours 30 minutes ago
Member: JTC

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-Keep your learning fun. Don't make a chore out of learning to play.
-Listen to music that focuses on the style of guitar playing you want to learn.
-Visit your local music store and talk to people, play various guitars, and checkout various equipment. Learn the norms of being a guitar player.
-When you play for friends ask them to tell you the truth about how you are doing and learn to accept the truth and use it to improve.
-Never dis a substandard player because you think you are better than they are. Guitar is a difficult instrument to learn and everyone needs encouragement.

Enough from me... I feel like Morpheus giving advice to Neo....

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My recordings can be found here.

Reply:295 days 18 hours 55 minutes ago
Member: Cargen

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I got a bit of advice for you.

Always Try working Towards a goal, which also make it achievable. such as maybe you want to play a gig with a few of your friends or whatever. This will help you be in you guitar skill. To be a good guitarists, you must live guitar, not just play it.

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Reply:295 days 15 hours 46 minutes ago
Member: Xarkzila

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Above all else...

Practice, practice, practice...

All the lessons, instructors, books and good advice in the world don't mean a thing unless you practicel

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"The music industry is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where theives and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side..."
http://www.cleargravy.com

Reply:295 days 8 hours 19 minutes ago
Member: scaryterry

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I just got my guitar yesterday too!

Reply:293 days 23 hours 54 minutes ago
Member: GoldenEye005

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hey learn the basic chords first ok. don't try to start of playing riffs...they are useless unless you know the base chord in which they are being played. Learn the trinities. G,C,D, & D,A,G & C,F,G. Learn these and you'll have a pretty solid foundation in guitar after that you can get into more complicated stuff like minor's, sharps, and flats. but stick to the basics until you feel comfortable changing and you can do them with you eyes closed. remember keep a good pressure on all the the strings and don't listen to anyone who tells you that you have a to play a chord a certain way...bc they obviously aren't very bright. good luck to you

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axes cut...songs are played on axes...so music really does make and impact.

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