meh best way to learn? (blues, country, bass, jazz)

~~Mamagarmr~~ · 05-16-2006, 04:29 PM

oh aye i skipped the power chords and went right into chords oh i suppose thats not good.......heh i can play neily youngs heart of golds, and led zeppelins..tangerine(sorta) but yeah my guitar teacher taught me the pentatonic scale...

thebassistX · 05-16-2006, 07:49 PM

uh i think youre supoosed to do chords 1st then power...chords hehe

~~Mamagarmr~~ · 05-16-2006, 08:47 PM

oh good them im doing happiness..but power chords are simpler..ermm yeah

thebassistX · 05-16-2006, 08:51 PM

hahah thats why you do chords 1st cuz then power chords are really easy
also power chords are not always the type or chord you wanna play depending on the song....... so learn all chords !!!!!

littleknowitall · 05-17-2006, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by thebassistX

just keep practicing ill get easier and your hands more flexible as time goes along lol it might seem impossible buts itz not.....trust me when i started bass i could barely stretch 3 frets on top of that im asian meanign i have small hands......lol soo yea

now i can almost go 7 fret s on bass

im trying to learn to use all 4 of my right hand fingers for plucking, i got 3 down easy but my little figer is just weak.

for learning i say **** scales for the moment it'll just bore you ****less if your starting off, just get off some tabs you'd enjoy playing along to that'll challenge your practical playing.

Doc.DGAF · 05-19-2006, 11:25 AM

My question be which to start with? Bass? Rhythm? Acoustic? What?

littleknowitall · 05-19-2006, 11:27 AM

well that's easy, what sorta stuff you want to learn? just go with that, unless you wanna be an electric lead guitarist, it's more expensive but i'd suggest starting off with an acoustic for that, strengthen your fingers and what not.

Doc.DGAF · 05-19-2006, 12:48 PM

That's generally what I'm told, learn acoustic and you can learn 'em all. I'm actually a vocalist so i've gotta learn to play without looking at what I'm doin'.

littleknowitall · 05-19-2006, 12:49 PM

unless your learning bass, then start off with a bass.
thought that would be a given.

boo boo · 05-20-2006, 03:58 PM

^ Nah not really, with a bass it's much simpler, what you could learn on bass you could learn on guitar instead, it's important for a guitarist to learn chords, something you can't do on bass... You ever tried strumming all the strings on a bass at once?... It sounds like crap... Plus there are a lot of techniques on guitar you can't do on bass, while most things you learn on bass you can play on guitar... And of course the strings on a bass are thicker and harder to pluck... So it's better to start on guitar.

The bass is a step down instrument, most people who play bass started with guitar, it's easier to take what you learned on guitar and apply it to bass, as opposed to vice versa... Like a friend of mine once said, there are no bassists, just failed guitarists.

That's why i have a bass now.

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05-16-2006, 04:29 PM
~~Mamagarmr~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Left of the Left Posts: 2,532	oh aye i skipped the power chords and went right into chords oh i suppose thats not good.......heh i can play neily youngs heart of golds, and led zeppelins..tangerine(sorta) but yeah my guitar teacher taught me the pentatonic scale...

05-16-2006, 07:49 PM
thebassistX Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 96	uh i think youre supoosed to do chords 1st then power...chords hehe

05-16-2006, 08:47 PM
~~Mamagarmr~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Left of the Left Posts: 2,532	oh good them im doing happiness..but power chords are simpler..ermm yeah

05-16-2006, 08:51 PM
thebassistX Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 96	hahah thats why you do chords 1st cuz then power chords are really easy also power chords are not always the type or chord you wanna play depending on the song....... so learn all chords !!!!!

05-19-2006, 11:25 AM
Doc.DGAF Uhh-I am Octiposter-huhuh Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 235	My question be which to start with? Bass? Rhythm? Acoustic? What? __________________ Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.-Confucius Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.-Friedrich Nietzsche Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.-Lord Byron Popularity's bad for you. I avoid it like the plague.-Brian Mulrooney Go f**k yourself. Thank you. Good night.-Peter Newman

05-19-2006, 11:27 AM
littleknowitall Last of the Musicologists Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: swansea, wales, uk Posts: 1,463	well that's easy, what sorta stuff you want to learn? just go with that, unless you wanna be an electric lead guitarist, it's more expensive but i'd suggest starting off with an acoustic for that, strengthen your fingers and what not. __________________ My Myspace. My Bands Myspace - Please Show Some Love Here. My Youtube. My Ultimate Guitar.

05-19-2006, 12:48 PM
Doc.DGAF Uhh-I am Octiposter-huhuh Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 235	That's generally what I'm told, learn acoustic and you can learn 'em all. I'm actually a vocalist so i've gotta learn to play without looking at what I'm doin'. __________________ Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.-Confucius Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.-Friedrich Nietzsche Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste but they detest at leisure.-Lord Byron Popularity's bad for you. I avoid it like the plague.-Brian Mulrooney Go f**k yourself. Thank you. Good night.-Peter Newman

05-19-2006, 12:49 PM
littleknowitall Last of the Musicologists Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: swansea, wales, uk Posts: 1,463	unless your learning bass, then start off with a bass. thought that would be a given. __________________ My Myspace. My Bands Myspace - Please Show Some Love Here. My Youtube. My Ultimate Guitar.

05-20-2006, 03:58 PM
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 6,239	^ Nah not really, with a bass it's much simpler, what you could learn on bass you could learn on guitar instead, it's important for a guitarist to learn chords, something you can't do on bass... You ever tried strumming all the strings on a bass at once?... It sounds like crap... Plus there are a lot of techniques on guitar you can't do on bass, while most things you learn on bass you can play on guitar... And of course the strings on a bass are thicker and harder to pluck... So it's better to start on guitar. The bass is a step down instrument, most people who play bass started with guitar, it's easier to take what you learned on guitar and apply it to bass, as opposed to vice versa... Like a friend of mine once said, there are no bassists, just failed guitarists. That's why i have a bass now. __________________ http://www.progarchives.com/ http://www.gepr.net/geprfram.htm Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets ^ Currently listening to.