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First Guitar Lesson Tonight!!

Thumbing My WayThumbing My Way Posts: 1,073
edited January 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
I've been playing for over a year now but got a few lessons for Christmas.

I'm pretty pumped just to get that extra step :)

Anyway, thought i'd share.
"I Miss You Already!!!!!"

"Sorry is the fool who trades his love for high-rise rent, Seems the more you make equals the loneliness you get"

.NJD.
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,557
    ok cool, i never played but guitar,

    good luck to you in the future!

    i just play piano and drums
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    Enjoy. Soak up as much info as you can!
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    awesome.
    you should be able to knock out the solo to Freebird now, no problems!

    congrats!
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    Thumbing My Way wrote:
    I've been playing for over a year now but got a few lessons for Christmas.

    I'm pretty pumped just to get that extra step :)

    Anyway, thought i'd share.


    do they come to your house or do you head off somewhere? i need to find one where i go somewhere else but i don't really want to end up in some group lesson with a bunch of 12 year olds that can shred my ass into the ground or anything.
  • Dirty_FrankDirty_Frank Posts: 957
    I took lessons for about a month 5 years ago. I had a pretty good instructor and he taught me the rudiments of the blues scale and how to use my ear. That's all I needed for lessons.
  • Thumbing My WayThumbing My Way Posts: 1,073
    exhausted wrote:
    do they come to your house or do you head off somewhere? i need to find one where i go somewhere else but i don't really want to end up in some group lesson with a bunch of 12 year olds that can shred my ass into the ground or anything.

    No just a place in town, but it's one on one. :)
    "I Miss You Already!!!!!"

    "Sorry is the fool who trades his love for high-rise rent, Seems the more you make equals the loneliness you get"

    .NJD.
  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    exhausted wrote:
    do they come to your house or do you head off somewhere? i need to find one where i go somewhere else but i don't really want to end up in some group lesson with a bunch of 12 year olds that can shred my ass into the ground or anything.

    When I was looking for lessons I just looked in the online yellow pages and called the first place that said guitars. Luck of the draw, found a great teacher and I go to him. Most places wouldn't do group lessons, I don't think.
  • LostdogsinthegardenLostdogsinthegarden Posts: 844
    lessons were ok, but i feel working on my own has payed off a lot more. enjoy the lessons, play hard
  • LostdogsinthegardenLostdogsinthegarden Posts: 844
    lessons were ok, but i feel working on my own has payed off a lot more. enjoy the lessons, play hard
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Lostdogsinthegarden wrote:
    lessons were ok, but i feel working on my own has payed off a lot more. enjoy the lessons, play hard
    same here...learned on my own, 7 years ago

    all4
  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    i took lessons, and a few years later i was a teacher at the same music school

    its great to have someone there to ask questions of (not that the teacher has all the answers!)
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  • CaptainSpaz91CaptainSpaz91 Posts: 266
    well how was the lesson?
    "i wanna rock and roll **all night**, and part of everyday"
  • sj_2150sj_2150 Posts: 275
    i took weekly half hour bass lessons at my school, never practiced and turned up to only half of those lessons :( i was a bad student
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  • Spook FishSpook Fish Posts: 241
    The one 2 one thing is going to be so much better than group theory shite.
    hope it goes well dude.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    I'm going to go against what a few people have said. I have been playing for 11 years but just started taking lessons in October of 2004. It was the best decision I ever made and I am kicking myself for not having started them earlier. Taking lessons doesn't mean you'll lose your style. Sure, you have to practice chords and scales that get a little old, but it's worth it. I am 10X the guitarist I was previous to taking lessons.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • Spook FishSpook Fish Posts: 241
    i heartily agree Binfrog, I've been musing with the idea myself recently. i would like to learn some of the complpex blues runs i never really got to grips with.

    you're bang on there: you wont lose your cool or style, i think it will only increase your awareness of the neck, and hopefully boost your style!
    Dont take drugs and be a loser
    wear a pink shirt and go down the boozer
  • Thumbing My WayThumbing My Way Posts: 1,073
    It went really well!! :)

    We played Last Kiss and when i told him that Pearl Jam was my favourite band he busted into Alive :)
    "I Miss You Already!!!!!"

    "Sorry is the fool who trades his love for high-rise rent, Seems the more you make equals the loneliness you get"

    .NJD.
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