Beginner help

ScavonePJ
ScavonePJ Posts: 94
edited July 2004 in Musicians and Gearheads
I need some major help. I quit my school band and just got myself an acoustic guitar. I need some help with my left handed fingering on the neck of the guitar, mainly HOW TO DO IT.
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  • 2italy
    2italy Posts: 39
    You might want to buy a dvd or video that explains it or search online for photos. Good luck.
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  • mojorison_75
    mojorison_75 Posts: 157
    You best bet, short of lessons, is a good beginners book or video. Maybe both.

    If there's someone in your town that gives lessons I would suggest that.
  • ScavonePJ
    ScavonePJ Posts: 94
    Yeah I got a lesson set up that I have to go to in about 2 hrs.
    "The true measure of a man is not where stands in times of comfort and convienence, But where he stands in moments of conflict and controversy."

    -Martin Luther King Jr.

    "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens"

    -Jimi Hendrix
  • 2italy
    2italy Posts: 39
    Originally posted by ScavonePJ
    Yeah I got a lesson set up that I have to go to in about 2 hrs.

    Good luck. Guitar is fun and a good creative outlet too. :)
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    BE CAREFUL WITH LESSONS

    i know a lot of people who took lessons (theory lessons especially) and they killed whatever passion they had to play the guitar.

    get a friend who plays to help you get started then go at it by yourself, pick harder and harder songs, etc.
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  • ScavonePJ
    ScavonePJ Posts: 94
    Originally posted by Pearl Jam and toast
    BE CAREFUL WITH LESSONS

    i know a lot of people who took lessons (theory lessons especially) and they killed whatever passion they had to play the guitar.

    get a friend who plays to help you get started then go at it by yourself, pick harder and harder songs, etc.

    I'm taking 4 lessons with a guy who likes PJ, and than I'm done. I don't think I have to worry.
    "The true measure of a man is not where stands in times of comfort and convienence, But where he stands in moments of conflict and controversy."

    -Martin Luther King Jr.

    "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens"

    -Jimi Hendrix
  • OceansJenny
    OceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,410
    I used "Guitar for Dummies" to figure out how to finger stuff and whatnot, and went strait to PJ tabs and chords. I still suck, but I look forward to playing every day :)
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  • nailz100
    nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    Buy a guitar chord book and stick to all the basic open chords. A, C, D, E, F & G. Start with the finger positioning for these chords and practice them until you have them down pat and can change from one to the other very quickly. After that you can move onto bar chords and possibly some lead guitar.
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  • mojorison_75
    mojorison_75 Posts: 157
    Originally posted by Pearl Jam and toast
    BE CAREFUL WITH LESSONS

    i know a lot of people who took lessons (theory lessons especially) and they killed whatever passion they had to play the guitar.

    get a friend who plays to help you get started then go at it by yourself, pick harder and harder songs, etc.

    A valid point, but in my experience you'll need lessons at some point. Unless you've got some of Mozart's or Hendrix's DNA, self teaching can only get so far. I was self taught for quite awhile, but then I got majorly stuck - for a long time. I broke down and got some lessons and they really made a difference. Looking back, he didn't really tell me anything I didn't already know, but he gave me the direction I was needing to further my playing. I can forsee need lessons again, someday.

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