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I got my first real six string

MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
edited January 2007 in Musicians and Gearheads
brought it at the five n dime (guitar center)
played it till my fingers bled (my fingers are sore)
was the summer of 69 (:))...........................



yup I got a fender acoustic today...it is the start up pack with all the accessories....I'm working on the catapillar, my fingers are a little sore:)
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    I HAVE THE SAME PACK!!!! I love that guitar too, I think it sounds lovely..(I didn't actually just say that...I meant to say 'It sounds great')
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  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    I HAVE THE SAME PACK!!!! I love that guitar too, I think it sounds lovely..(I didn't actually just say that...I meant to say 'It sounds great')


    can you play...me I'm learning.....:)
  • AnjjAnjj Posts: 4
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    brought it at the five n dime (guitar center)
    played it till my fingers bled (my fingers are sore)
    was the summer of 69 (:))...........................



    yup I got a fender acoustic today...it is the start up pack with all the accessories....I'm working on the catapillar, my fingers are a little sore:)

    Wow, Is it hard to play? I always wondered? Whats the catapiller?
  • imspinninimspinnin Posts: 933
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    brought it at the five n dime (guitar center)
    played it till my fingers bled (my fingers are sore)
    was the summer of 69 (:))...........................



    yup I got a fender acoustic today...it is the start up pack with all the accessories....I'm working on the catapillar, my fingers are a little sore:)
    Congrats...:D
    First time I layed hands on a six string, I played without a pick, and had NO fingernails left:eek:
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  • satansbedbugssatansbedbugs Posts: 2,412
    stick with it is all I can say. Sore fingers or not. The calases you build up are your friends. DO NOT BITE THEM OFF, youll be playing I am mine before you know it. sbb
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  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    brought it at the five n dime (guitar center)
    played it till my fingers bled (my fingers are sore)
    was the summer of 69 (:))...........................



    yup I got a fender acoustic today...it is the start up pack with all the accessories....I'm working on the catapillar, my fingers are a little sore:)

    Please no Bryan Adams in the pit. It's cutting me like a knife, but it doesn't feel so right.
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  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    Anjj wrote:
    Wow, Is it hard to play? I always wondered? Whats the catapiller?


    its like a warm up exercise, it teaches you how to move your fingers properly along the neck of the guitar
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    satansbedbugs wrote:
    Sore fingers or not. The calases you build up are your friends.

    ewww...I hope they don't get too thick..... do band aides or tape work....
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    Please no Bryan Adams in the pit. It's cutting me like a knife, but it doesn't feel so right.


    but it was so appropriate:) I liked Brian Adams' music...
  • JP2026766JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    satansbedbugs wrote:
    stick with it is all I can say. Sore fingers or not. The calases you build up are your friends. DO NOT BITE THEM OFF, youll be playing I am mine before you know it. sbb

    I am mine is a very good song for beginners.

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  • satansbedbugssatansbedbugs Posts: 2,412
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    ewww...I hope they don't get too thick..... do band aides or tape work....


    Trust me you want the calasses. Every guitar player has them. its the same thing with mechanics, they have really tough hands because they fix cars all day. If you dont allow them to form, youll be done playing after 2 songs...sbb...
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  • bacchanalbacchanal Posts: 149
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    brought it at the five n dime (guitar center)
    played it till my fingers bled (my fingers are sore)
    was the summer of 69 (:))...........................



    ME AND SOME GUYS FROM SCHOOL.....
    had a band and we tried real hard....
    timmy quit...jonie got married.....
    should HAVE KNOWN WE'D NEVER GET FAR.......
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I think the caterpillar is also known as the '1-2-3-4' excersise.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    keeponrockin wrote:
    I think the caterpillar is also known as the '1-2-3-4' excersise.

    Also otherwise known as the chromatic scale, which I repeatedly reccomend to the point of being a boring windbag as THE best exercise for learning to drive fingers and co-ordinate left and right hands.
    Music is not a competetion.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I don't think its completly chromatic, unless of course you move down a fret every string, other then the B.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    from the looks of it, I'll be trying to figure it out for a long while..cause sometimes when I move one finger another moves and it is not always the same one...and doing it feels ackward......

    I certainly haven't quite got the hang of it yet.....but its only been a day:) give it a week or two and I'll be slithering all up and gown the neck:D
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    keeponrockin wrote:
    I don't think its completly chromatic, unless of course you move down a fret every string, other then the B.

    what do you mean by chromatic???
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    keeponrockin wrote:
    I don't think its completly chromatic, unless of course you move down a fret every string, other then the B.

    WEll, yeah, you are probably right, but then there are so many variations of the exercise, including moving a fret each time, skipping a string, then going back to the one you missed, changing position of your outside fingree, tehn the inside ones etc etc etc. I wass just kinda trying to give teh general gist.
    Music is not a competetion.
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    what do you mean by chromatic???

    Chromatic means every semitone, ie every fret, or every key on teh piano, including all teh sharps.
    When playing a scale or solo etc, a chromatic note is one that strictly does not belong in the scale you are playing, but works anyway. They are also referred to as passing notes, cos they are often played over quickly on the way to a "correct" note, but sometimes are destinations in themselves to produce a particular feel. Chromatic means "coloured", and these notes add colour to your solos. It's one reason why jamming a scale doesn't always produce as good a result as copying a great player note for note.
    BTW, that problem you are having with the wrong finger moving, it happens to us all,esp in complex chord positions, and it is EXACTLY the reason why the caterpillar is such a great starting exercise. Most people think it is too basic to be useful , but you are putting yourself way ahead of the game by persevering with it.
    Music is not a competetion.
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    lucylespian wrote:
    Chromatic means every semitone, ie every fret, or every key on teh piano, including all teh sharps.
    When playing a scale or solo etc, a chromatic note is one that strictly does not belong in the scale you are playing, but works anyway. They are also referred to as passing notes, cos they are often played over quickly on the way to a "correct" note, but sometimes are destinations in themselves to produce a particular feel. Chromatic means "coloured", and these notes add colour to your solos. It's one reason why jamming a scale doesn't always produce as good a result as copying a great player note for note.


    that's way to advanced for me...I've never played an instrument. nor can I read music.....Yet....
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    that's way to advanced for me...I've never played an instrument. nor can I read music.....Yet....

    Don't sweat it. Just keeping caterpillering, it will make sense in time.
    Music is not a competetion.
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,282
    satansbedbugs wrote:
    Trust me you want the calasses. Every guitar player has them. its the same thing with mechanics, they have really tough hands because they fix cars all day. If you dont allow them to form, youll be done playing after 2 songs...sbb...

    Yep. My fingertips hurt like hell for a while then they just get used to it.

    I went through a stretch were I didn't play my guitar for a while and I was amazed how quickly my calluses went away. Not gonna let that happen again! :)
  • satansbedbugssatansbedbugs Posts: 2,412
    mca47 wrote:
    Yep. My fingertips hurt like hell for a while then they just get used to it.

    I went through a stretch were I didn't play my guitar for a while and I was amazed how quickly my calluses went away. Not gonna let that happen again! :)


    keep on pluggin....the key is to play an hour a day.....if you play an hour a day, youll be all good....sbb...by the way, scottsdale is a fun place...
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,282
    satansbedbugs wrote:
    keep on pluggin....the key is to play an hour a day.....if you play an hour a day, youll be all good....sbb...by the way, scottsdale is a fun place...

    Yeah, it sure is.
    Next time your in town let me know. We can jam.
  • MyHandsBoundMyHandsBound Posts: 698
    mca47 wrote:
    Yeah, it sure is.
    Next time your in town let me know. We can jam.


    can I jam with you guys....
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,282
    MyHandsBound wrote:
    can I jam with you guys....

    Absolutely!
    Just head out to Scottsdale and we're good to go! :D
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