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One of my goals this year is to learn guitar. I play keys/piano by ear. I want to learn some r&b/funk/soul/blues & jazz. I checked prices for lessons in my area & I'm not about to pay $75 for 2 hours a month.

Anyone know of good software, sites or books that will get me started? Is guitar easy?

Thanks fam.
 
I am tryin to learn acoustic guitar myself. I got some friends of mine that play and are gonna help me but there are videos that help teach you the chords and basic stuff. If you look on the guitar center website or musciansfriend.com, they have books and videos for cheap that show the basics. Or you could check out youtube. I have seen videos of people showing how to play songs and how to play basic chords and scales.​
 
Thanks, guess I'm gonna have to pick this guitar up & learn this stuff on my own. If my 57 yr old uncle can teach himself..a monkey can learn it. :lol:
 
Theres tons of resources on the net for learning guitar, just type guitar into www.mininova.com and check the apps and videos. Theres lots of lessons on youtube, none of that shit was around when I started playing guitar back in the day. Theres good guitar websites too, as long as you have a printer to print out guitar tabs, which is tablature, the convention for writing down guitar music, and a binder to put them in you dont need to spend a penny.

The best, and only way IMO, to learn to play is print out a sheet of guitar chords like this

http://www.thecipher.com/Basic_Guitar_Chords.pdf

Then pick a couple of songs you like with relatively simple guitar, print them out from here

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com

Practice the chord fingerings and try jamming along with the track. You'll be playing in no time, then practice practice practice.

Try this with the songs "Patience" by Guns and Roses and "Polly" by Nirvana. They're 2 good simple jams that'll get you moving fluidly through the most basic and important chords, everything else is building from there. It'll be no time before you can move up to stuff like reggae, soul, rnb etc which tend to have trickier timing so you need to have the basics down pat.
 
Oh yeah, and buy a tuner and keep your shit in tune.

Guitars, even expensive ones, need to be retuned almost every time you pick them up as they're sensitive and quickly go outta tune. Thats one of the biggest faults of beginners, is trying to learn on outta tune guitars cause it takes a while to get your ear up and know if what you're playing is off. Theres guitar tuner software you can get for free on the net too that you can use with a mic but I tend to find them more fiddly and inaccurate than a little $20 joint you can cop at the store.
 
sam tailor said:
Oh yeah, and buy a tuner and keep your shit in tune.

Guitars, even expensive ones, need to be retuned almost every time you pick them up as they're sensitive and quickly go outta tune. Thats one of the biggest faults of beginners, is trying to learn on outta tune guitars cause it takes a while to get your ear up and know if what you're playing is off. Theres guitar tuner software you can get for free on the net too that you can use with a mic but I tend to find them more fiddly and inaccurate than a little $20 joint you can cop at the store.
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Yea I got a lil $15 tuner that I bought at the place I got my guitar. I aint at a point where I can tell when its out of tune.​
 
videos..... i hope this helps



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The world-famous Hal Leonard Guitar Method has taught millions of people to play. Now learning will be even easier, thanks

to this great new Digital Video Disc! Designed for anyone just learning to play electric or acoustic guitar, it covers:

tuning, identifying the parts of the guitar, reading both standard notation and tablature, playing chords, strumming and

picking, improvising basic rock solos and lots more. It features great camera angles, helpful on-screen music, guitar

diagrams, hand-position close-ups, and the navigational freedom that only a DVD can provide, so you can go straight to the

topics you want! You'll learn to play the songs: Let It Be * Wild Thing * Twist and Shout, as well as the famous intro

riffs to: Smoke on the Water * Day Tripper * Sunshine of Your Love. The DVD corresponds with all the books and supplements

in the Hal Leonard Guitar Method, and features exclusive DVD Bonus Lessons covering chord progressions, songs, licks and

jam tracks!


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idiots guide to playing guitar
http://rapidshare.com/files/80936428/PgT.rar
 
The Frank Zappa Guitar Book - Transcribed by Steve Vai


# Paperback
# Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp (January 1983)
# ISBN-10: 0793524342
# ISBN-13: 978-0793524341

FORMAT: PDF
SIZE: 15.5mb


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The Frank Zappa Guitar Book
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The Frank Zappa Guitar Book is a book of musical transcriptions of some of Frank Zappa's guitar solos. The Frank Zappa Guitar Book was distributed by The Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation in 1982, and is out of print as of now. The book was transcribed by Steve Vai. The selections in this book are not to be taken lightly, the rhythmic quality of these transcriptions are nothing short of amazing, and must have been a huge undertaking for Stevie Vai. Polyrhythms are packed chin high, and tonality makes a slight curve in this masterpiece. Vai has talked about some of his experiences while transcribing this book: "Frank gave me these two cassettes filled with wild guitar playing, some of which was released on the Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar records, and some of which has never been released. And the more I transcribed, the more he piled the stuff on. At the time, I was getting paid $10 a page, and it would take me three days to do one page!"

Songs include:

five-five-FIVE
Hog Heaven
Shut UP 'n Play Yer Guitar
While You Were Out
Treacherous Cretins
Heavy Duty Judy
Soup 'n Old Clothes
Variations on The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression
Gee, I Like Your Pants
The Deathless Horsie
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More
Pink Napkins
Stucco Homes
Theme from the 3rd movement of Sinister Footwear
Watermelon in Easter Hay
Packard Goose
Outside Now
He Used To Cut The Grass
Sheik Yerbouti Tango
Rat Tomago
Mo' Mama (unreleased song)
Black Napkins



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The Complete Jazz Guitar Method by Jody Fisher: Beginning


Alfred Publishing | 2006 | ISBN 0882847929 | 96 pages | PDF & MP3 | 18 & 51 MB

Anyone with a knowledge of basic chords and guitar scale fingerings can dig right in and start learning to play jazz right away. Spanning from the major scale and basic triad theory all the way up to extended chords and the modes, this book features a full-length etude or song to go with every new concept introduced.

Beginning Jazz Guitar breaks the age-old tradition of dry, intimidating and confusing jazz books, and provides an actual step-by-step and enjoyable method for learning to play in this style. All music is shown in standard notation and TAB, and the CD demonstrates the examples in the book.

Code: 
http://rapidshare.com/files/62972196/JodyFisher-TheCompleteJazzGuitarMethod-Beginning.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/62968175/JodyFisher-TheCompleteJazzGuitarMethod-Beginning-Audio.rar.rar
 
eric clapton - wonderful tonite instructional video
http://rs129tl2.rapidshare.com/files/32032758/Eric_Clapton_-_Wonderful_Tonight.rar

same link just parsed
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i saw a shitload of videos like this. if this is your thing i can dump what i found on rapidshare there are tons to grab. im not a guitar head but i watched THIS particular eric clapton tutorial and i liked it.
 
videos

Beginner

Acoustic Finger Picking lesson
http://rapidshare.com/files/70391696/Acoustic_Finger_Picking_lesson.rar



Guitar Chords-lesson1
http://rapidshare.com/files/70402877/guitar-chords-lesson1.rar


Guitar Method For The Beginning Electric Or Acoustic Guitarist (DVDrip)
The world-famous Hal Leonard Guitar Method has taught millions of people to play. Now learning will be even easier, thanks to this great Digital Video Disc! Designed for anyone just learning to play electric or acoustic guitar, it covers: tuning, identifying the parts of the guitar, reading both standard notation and tablature, playing chords, strumming and picking, improvising basic rock solos and lots more. It features great camera angles, helpful on-screen music, guitar diagrams, hand-position close-ups, and the navigational freedom that only a DVD can provide, so you can go straight to the topics you want!
You'll learn to play the songs: Let It Be • Wild Thing • Twist and Shout, as well as the famous intro riffs to: Smoke on the Water • Day Tripper • Sunshine of Your Love.

Code: 
http://rapidshare.com/files/40351351/lrntoplygitar.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/40353366/lrntoplygitar.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/40355805/lrntoplygitar.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/40358175/lrntoplygitar.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/40360892/lrntoplygitar.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/40365247/lrntoplygitar.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/40368358/lrntoplygitar.part7.rar





Introduction To Acoustic Guitar
The course is designed for the beginning acoustic guitar student and contains all the information needed to learn how to play guitar. It covers all the basics (proper hand positions, tuning, scales, and rhythm using chords & strumming, bass notes, and bass note runs). It utilizes many closeups to show proper hand position and technique. Our unique split screens show both hands in detail and utilizes onscreen tablature for all of the music, with a bouncing ball type pointer showing each note as it is being played. There are 14 familiar songs you can play and sing along with. This course has proved to be immensely popular.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/68857176/IntroAG.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/68852431/IntroAG.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/68847366/IntroAG.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/68841460/IntroAG.part4.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/68829866/IntroAG.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/68823863/IntroAG.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/68817923/IntroAG.part8.rar
 
All of what everbody say'in is cool but consider taking some lesson's, you need a kat to slap your hand ever now and then when you mess up also one kat in the thread talked about hanging out with other kats that play(if u want to be a plumer u hang with plumers if u want to be a stock broker u hang with stock brokers ect ect)
 
Yeah, I am in the same boat as the OP. Been practicing for about 4 months now. But, anyway here is some of the resources that I found helpful

Instruction:
http://guitar.about.com/library/blguitarlessonarchive.htm
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/
http://www.susancanthony.com/resources/Guitar/guitar.html
http://guitaralliance.com/guitar_lessons/

Chords:
http://guitar.about.com/library/blchordlibrary.htm

I found this program that plays out the tabs so you can get your timing down:
Install file - http://www.sendspace.com/file/37zykw
Serial - http://www.sendspace.com/file/wqp62l

Here is a site where you can download the Tabs for the above program:
http://www.guitarprotabs.org/guitar-pro-tabs.php

My wife brought me this for Christmas it was pretty helpful worth checking out:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1402732171/?tag=vp314-20
 
first of all you need to learn how to read music. Yes it is good to learn to play by ear but you should always know how to read the music. Go to you local sam ash or any other music store and check the board in the lobbies there are always people giving lessons at resonable prices. If you are series about learning the money and time spent will be worth it.
 
doggish_098 said:
first of all you need to learn how to read music. Yes it is good to learn to play by ear but you should always know how to read the music. Go to you local sam ash or any other music store and check the board in the lobbies there are always people giving lessons at resonable prices. If you are series about learning the money and time spent will be worth it.
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but if you cant afford lessons ,dont let that stop you
stick with it & have fun
 
Guitarists don't have to read notes sheet music as much as tabs. Its important to understand how to read tabs because most guitar parts that are written are tabs and chord charts. Learn your chords and tabs and you should be okay.
First off, learn to play before you get to all of that. You can be a great guitarist without being able to read music but not without knowing how to relax your fingers and where to put them on the fretboard.
 
Damn I didn't even know this post was continued. haven't been on bgol in a minute so I'd like to give a big thanks to all esp Grey Goose for all that value info. I've been playing for a few weeks & have learned 3 chords (A, E & D). Right now I'm just working with those 3 chords trying to get faster switching between the 3. I bought The Readers Digest Complete Guitar Course which starts you off with those 3 chords but the book is thick & great so far. :dance:
 
TechnoPimp said:
One of my goals this year is to learn guitar. I play keys/piano by ear. I want to learn some r&b/funk/soul/blues & jazz. I checked prices for lessons in my area & I'm not about to pay $75 for 2 hours a month.

Anyone know of good software, sites or books that will get me started? Is guitar easy?

Thanks fam.
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If you want to play Jazz guitar, then you will have to know lots of music theory, and you will need to know the fret board like the back of your hand. Jazz guitarists are virtuosos. It's not like rock music, where you can get by with three chords. To that end: Chord Wizard Gold & Absolute Fretboard Trainer.

http://www.chordwizard.com/gold.asp

http://www.soft3k.com/Absolute-Fretboard-Trainer-p223.htm

You can find both of these programs for free if you look around.

Also, someone said that notes are all over the place on the guitar. This isn't true. They are logically laid out, and any jazz cat knows exactly which notes he's playing at all times. True, notes do repeat. However, an E2, E3 and E4 (using scientific pitch notation) are three difference notes. Also, since the guitar is a transposing instrument, everything is played an octave lower than it is written.

If jazz guitar is your goal, invest in learning music theory. Niggas will always say that you don't have to know this and you don't have to know that. But, as Chris Rock astutely pointed out, "Niggas love not knowing shit."
 
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TechnoPimp said:
Damn I didn't even know this post was continued. haven't been on bgol in a minute so I'd like to give a big thanks to all esp Grey Goose for all that value info. I've been playing for a few weeks & have learned 3 chords (A, E & D). Right now I'm just working with those 3 chords trying to get faster switching between the 3. I bought The Readers Digest Complete Guitar Course which starts you off with those 3 chords but the book is thick & great so far. :dance:
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whenever you log onto bgol, go to the search option. then hit ADVANCED SEARCH. then do a "search by username" and put your name in the box. it will show all the posts you've recently posted in. or just subscribe to the important threads so you get an email everytime someone responds.


as for the overall thread, i agree with the fact that you need music theory at least basic reading/understand how to read notes. that's for any musician really. it will help your improv skills too
 
Alfred's Teach yourself to play guitar-Deluxe editionis a great cd to learn from...sites like fretplay.com have tabs of almost every artist and type of music (lots of pop-ups). Have fun and never quit!!:)
 
black-n-tan said:
When I started out, I would go to stores that had sheet music. The song books usually had the guitar chord fingerings right there on the music. Yes, those fingerings are at the top of the neck but if you're playing acoustic, you will probably be playing there for a while anyway. Pick some songs you like or one of those books with 500 songs and work on songs that you recognize. This will get your finger strength up and give you a chance to figure out if you are serious before spending a fortune on lessons. Also, get a good guitar. Get one with good action, that will keep you interested longer and allow you to play longer before getting tired.
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preach

youtube is a good resource too
 
I've been playing for about 7 years so far.

I realized that im more facsinated by sounds that could be produced by guitar , more so than actual chords/grooves. SO for the last 4 years, its all about creating ambient tones .

So my favorite guitarist doesnt even play much shit like jazz , they just make loud drones and ambience . Which are simple in theory , but diffucult to execute without pronouced creativity .

To hear it live , liberates emotions . Its a pure religous experience . It may sound weird to some, but without droney/ambient music - i would be a wreck .

Growing - Into the prism

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black-n-tan said:
No matter what system you are using for sight reading on the guitar, you still have to re-arrange the positions of those notes to get the speed you want, if you need it... And as far as "Niggas love not knowing shit", you don't teach calculus in kindergarten.
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What the hell are you talking about? There are plenty of lightning fast guitarists who play in the standard tuning.

As to teaching calculus to young children, that's just more ignorant nigga shit. I have seen a quite a few famous musicians who can't read music. (Someone has to figure out what they mean and then transcribe it for them so other musicians can play it) However, I've never heard even one of them who didn't say that they wished that they had learned to read music from day-one.

There is simply no good reason not to learn how to read music, and every reason to do so.
 
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damn you guys came through ...i'll have to download all of this stuff later.

go bgol!!
 

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