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AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
edited August 2004 in Musicians and Gearheads
okay, so i'm kind of stuck with what to do now...... have been playing for the past 6 months or so, and am now at the stage where i am comfortable with a few chords (A,C,D,E,G,Cadd9,Em,Am,Dm) and can smoothly change between all of them...... but what now. have just started with bar chords (E, A) but not so good yet. is there anything in particular i should be focusing on at this stage that will help me develop my playing a bit faster???? Any suggestions would be great!
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Keep working on barre chords, and start in on scales and fingerpicking...
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Originally posted by mccreadyisgod
    Keep working on barre chords, and start in on scales and fingerpicking...

    is there some trick to barre chords, or just keep practising...... keep getting that buzzing noise on either the A string or the B and high E......... started a little bit of fingerpicking, just stuff like Release and Burn One Down.... getting there slowly. Scales??? please explain!
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Well, barre chords really do just come with time. Start with power chords (bottom 2 or 3 strings) and add the rest when you get comfortable. Really, it's just training your fingers how to work with the chords. Once you learn the 6-string and 5-string major and minor barre chord shapes, you just move them up and down the fretboard to play any barre chord.

    Now, scales are a bit different, and do require some theory. But the major and minor-pentatonic scales are the biggies.

    E-major scale:

    e
    0--2--4--
    B
    0--2--4
    G
    1--2
    D
    1--2--4
    A
    0--2--4
    E--0--2--4

    A-minor pentatonic:

    e
    5--8---
    B
    5--8
    G
    5--7--8
    D
    5--7
    A
    5--6--7
    E--5--8

    Try practicing these scales going up, then coming down, then up and back down. Then you can move these around and use the shapes in different keys and improvise within them, to make a good solo structure. Minor-pentatonic scales are pretty key ingredients to blues playing...
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Awesome, thankyou so much..... this should give me a bit to work on. Am happy with just basic power chords, and can get thru songs like God's Dice and Mankind with no probs, just having trouble with my index finger on the barre chords...... just a bit tender at the moment!!!
  • djyman15djyman15 Posts: 181
    thats not the Am pentatonic!!

    Am Pentatonic:

    E
    5----8
    B
    5----8
    G
    5----7
    D
    5----7
    A
    5----7
    E--5----8
    "Even if your heart would listen, I doubt I could explain"-Jimmy Eat World
  • djyman15djyman15 Posts: 181
    Standard major scale (in G for the hell of it)

    E
    2---3
    B
    3---5
    G
    2---4---5
    D
    2---4---5
    A
    2---3---5
    E---3---5
    "Even if your heart would listen, I doubt I could explain"-Jimmy Eat World
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Originally posted by djyman15
    thats not the Am pentatonic!!

    Okay, technically that was a blues pentatonic scale, not a straight pentatonic.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    of you dont know it already, love boat captain would be a great song for you to learn. (uses a few barre chords)
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Originally posted by djyman15


    Am Pentatonic:

    E
    5----8
    B
    5----8
    G
    5----7
    D
    5----7
    A
    5----7
    E--5----8
    this is THE SCALE for solo's. learn it well :)
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    once again, thanks guys....... now just have to find some extra time to practice in between work and uni...
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