I bought an electric guitar last month, and I have not really had regular lessons. I have a book to teach myself, but it is the most boring thing ever, and when i do it I don't feel like I'm learning at all. So I just find music online to play, and I am mainly playing muse songs. Has anyone got any ideas on what I should do to progress, and what music is easy but interesting to play (There are a couple of songs where its the same two notes again and again and again - so boring!)
Well, the first thing you should do as an aspiring guitarist is to learn the basic chords... here is a link to all the major ones, and it even lets you listen to them to make sure you got it right. http://www.8notes.com/guitar_chord_chart/C.asp
Yeah, on my phone it has that sort of thing, with the proper fingering (sounds wrong!) too. I can't play B and F, though.
Also - my friend who has been playing for a while tuned it for me, and he said he had to tune it two scales too low, because the strings are too tight - the lowest buzz a lot too- is this normal? When I take my finger off the fret, it makes a buzzing noise - is this a problem with the way I do it?
I don't think the buzzing would be entirely your fault. IF you friend knows how to check/adjust the action (how high the strings are above the fretboard) then get him to do so.
Killing in the name of by Rage against the machine looks hard but its actually really easy and really fun to play ( apart from the solo :P ) Was the first song i learnt on bass ( Guitar is almost the same )
Yeah, I looked at Smoke on the Water and managed to play the intro, but I'll have to do it more seriously - I often only play the intro and then get bored.
Yeah, on my phone it has that sort of thing, with the proper fingering (sounds wrong!) too. I can't play B and F, though.
Also - my friend who has been playing for a while tuned it for me, and he said he had to tune it two scales too low, because the strings are too tight - the lowest buzz a lot too- is this normal? When I take my finger off the fret, it makes a buzzing noise - is this a problem with the way I do it?
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Had that too, I replaced my strings with different ones and the problem dissapeared. I'd suggest either that or go see the person who sold you it and ask for help.
Killing in the name of by Rage against the machine looks hard but its actually really easy and really fun to play ( apart from the solo :P ) Was the first song i learnt on bass ( Guitar is almost the same )
Well, the first thing you should do as an aspiring guitarist is to learn the basic chords... here is a link to all the major ones, and it even lets you listen to them to make sure you got it right. http://www.8notes.com/guitar_chord_chart/C.aspbobstos
that depends on him though. For me when I started, chords and stuff like that actually pushed me away from wanting to learn. So I just didn't learn them. After time went on i got better and chords aren't a problem anymore. I still don't like playing them much at all though. That is why I taught my self most of the stuff so I could play the way I wanted to play. People kept telling me to start on the acoustic too and I didn't. It really all depends on you topic creator. Just let go and have fun.
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