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Old 05-14-2006, 05:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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yerr..im learning the guitar..i dont even know...eh i know a couple chords, and i can make some crap up with power chords, but im finding it very hard to do solos, and do things fast, any suggestions..besides practice,,,duh....like finger exercises?
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Old 05-14-2006, 08:05 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well...Practice is really the only way you're going to get better...and yes i know a lot of Finger exersizes ... one day ill scan some tablature and post it on here...just practice doing pentotonics up and down the neck over and over again...progressivly getting faster
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Old 05-14-2006, 08:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
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uh scales scales and more scales and arpeggios
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Old 05-14-2006, 11:12 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Start with the basics, try to mix it up, learn to play by ear, at the same time take advice from other musicians that you know, like LesPaul said work on your finger exersizes, experiement with different techniques, learn power chords, and then actual chords... Practice your finger picking and fretting equally... Work with riffs before moving on to more complex stuff, play a CD and play along with it... Simple stuff like Nirvana and what not is great to start with.

And have someone to practice with you, for example when my brother plays guitar, i'll play guitar, bass or keyboard right along with him, it's a great way to learn how to react with other musicians, how to keep your rhythm and how to work with time signatures.
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RHCP -Otherside is a great song to learn first. And I've practically just picked the guitar up right now.

I'm in the same boat as tdoc so I'll keep a lookout in this thread.

Lespaul whats a pentotonic?
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Well...a pentotonic is like a scale..the pentotonic scale is...
Here it is in tablature

E||-----------------|-----------------|----------5---8-||
B||-----------------|-----------------|--5---8---------||
G||-----------------|----------5---7--|----------------||
D||-----------------|--5---7----------|----------------||
A||----------5---7--|-----------------|----------------||
E||--5---8----------|-----------------|----------------||
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RHCP -Otherside is a great song to learn first. And I've practically just picked the guitar up right now.

I'm in the same boat as tdoc so I'll keep a lookout in this thread.

Lespaul whats a pentotonic?
Pentatonic*

It's the most common scale used in rock music... It's also very common in blues, gospel, jazz, country, bluegrass and different kinds of folk music from around the world... It's considered to be the most basic scale in the world, in other words, it's the perfect scale for beginners and it can be applied to almost any instrument.

It's origins can be traced back to english folk music and even earlier to traditional chinese and japanese music.
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Tell me, who here can get fingers on chords G7,A8 and E(the thick one)5 at the same time, with ease?

My fingers don't stretch that far!
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Mine dont either.... And i have long fingers, i struggle hard enough as it is just to keep my fingers positioned on the fretboard... It takes a good deal of practice to get it all figured out, and also some finger muscle.
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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
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