about to give up on this

jessie · February 2006

*given*to*fly* wrote:

ever since i can remember i wanted to play guitar ....finaly my roomate is trying to teach me but im getting soooo frusterated ....can any one suggest a good song to start with thats easy ? or maybe a book that could help me .....i know the tabs but my problem now is getting my fingers to move to where they are supposed to be without taking like 5 mins. to get them to the right spot....any suggestions?
PLEASE HELP ME
lol
thanx

don't have a suggestion,but i'm in the same way, if i come across something, i'll lt you know, appeciate the same. thanks

*given*to*fly* · February 2006

jessie wrote:

don't have a suggestion,but i'm in the same way, if i come across something, i'll lt you know, appeciate the same. thanks

i posted that a while ago iv been practicing for a few months and its getting easier every day
i basicly just used books and dvds to learn chords and if theres one i have troubble with i write on the side of my guitar with a dry erace marker where my fingers are supposed to be untill i can remember it sounds silly i knwo but it works

elstongunn · February 2006

repetition. find a 3 chord song like GG CC DD 'wild thing'
just go from G to C don't worry about D until you have the first part. G C GC GC
then try the next chord D. if you play an hour a day in 3 months or so it'll just hit. something happens where you don't have to think and muscle memory takes over. then it gets easier and easier.

rrivers · February 2006

I have a friend who has been playing for five or six years. I bought a guitar in 2001 (acoustic) and just doodled with it from a book then put it aside. In late 2003 he moved close to me and in 2004 we started getting together about once a week. I didn't practice much in between meetings and we gradually stopped getting together.

My mother in law gave me a guitar case for my birthday (July) and a guitar stand for Christmas and an acoustic guitar ornament. I felt like a total poser since I had this nice Fender acoustic and this equipment but could not play anything! One of my resolutions this year was to learn to play.

I asked my friend if he would mind teaching me again. He was totally down for it so we have been meeting once a week since early January. I can tell you by putting in just a little effort it really is one of the most rewarding things I have done! Obviously I still have a lot of work but I am loving it! I have this book called (I think) Guitar 1 which has some cool songs in it, that are pretty easy to play. "Wild Thing", "You really Got Me", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", and "Wonderful Tonight". Those are the songs I have been working on. "Wonderful Tonight" is a dumbed-down version but it sounds like the song and when you have only been playing a month and a half to even play part of a Clapton song is a great feeling!

I try to practice at least once a day even if it is only for ten minutes. When I first started, sometimes I had to make myself sit there and practice but now I look forward to it and will practice multiple times a day, stopping only when my fingers and hands hurt. I would just say stick it with. The feeling you get when your fingers start doing what you want them to without thinking about it is really worth it! It will be frustrating at times and exhilarating at other times.

brain of c · February 2006

never give up.
never surrender.

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