Learning to play to guitar!
Discussion
I'm the most ham fisted person you're likely to meet, but I was hoping that my musical ineptitude might have skipped a generation and little Dave has expressed an Interest in learning to play the guitar (he's 9)
I'm thinking of getting a pair of cheapo electric guitars so we can have little father-son-jam sessions!
Would it be feasible to get some DVDs / Books and teach ourselves a few chords and start the next oasis?
Any recommendations?
Cheers
I'm thinking of getting a pair of cheapo electric guitars so we can have little father-son-jam sessions!
Would it be feasible to get some DVDs / Books and teach ourselves a few chords and start the next oasis?
Any recommendations?
Cheers
Urban_Ninja said:
yes, very quite easy really.
get something like an encore if you dont want to fork out atlot of money for a guitar (begginers guitar) and get some TAB books, try learning tab then if yo get on with that try going onto cords.
Wow, that made a coool noise as it went straight over my head but at least I have some stuff to google for now! get something like an encore if you dont want to fork out atlot of money for a guitar (begginers guitar) and get some TAB books, try learning tab then if yo get on with that try going onto cords.
Thanks!
I thought "Guitar Hero" meant no-one had to learn the guitar anymore!
Edit: I'd start him out on an acoustic nylon string guitar to learn chords first. Electric is a whole world of its own with a different technique (vibrato, controlled distortion, sustain etc) and you can end up sounding a lot worse than you really are as a beginner. Steel string acoustic may be a bit tough for him unless the action is really low.
Edit II: oh - and get him practicing with a metronome
Edit: I'd start him out on an acoustic nylon string guitar to learn chords first. Electric is a whole world of its own with a different technique (vibrato, controlled distortion, sustain etc) and you can end up sounding a lot worse than you really are as a beginner. Steel string acoustic may be a bit tough for him unless the action is really low.
Edit II: oh - and get him practicing with a metronome
Edited by audidoody on Tuesday 20th January 12:37
www.ultimate-guitar.com has loads of tabs. Helps you stay interested when you're playing something that you like rather than tunes from a book. Tabs are really easy to read aswell.
An encore would be ok, I think they do 3/4 size versions.
If you read tabs you can practically teach yourself, I did. Only if you get serious do you have to learn any theory.
An encore would be ok, I think they do 3/4 size versions.
If you read tabs you can practically teach yourself, I did. Only if you get serious do you have to learn any theory.
Edited by Bradders23 on Tuesday 20th January 12:34
If someone mentioning TAB confused you, tab is a way of writing music for guitar that is very simple and it's also all over the internet.
Instead of having 5 lines as you do with proper musical notation, there's 6, each representing a string on the guitar. Instead of a dot like you'd normally expect, there's a number, which tells you which fret to play.
As far as instruments go, within the field of electric guitar I'd steer clear of VERY budget brands, as they're usually rubbish (Some people would argue that Squer isn't as good as some make out, but I'm a big fan)
It's like tools, you're nowhere near good enough to tell the difference between a decent £100 starter guitar (Yamaha Pacifica is very popular) and a £5000 original sixties stratocaster. But an actually bad guitar will just be plain old s
t. Of course you may want to start your lad on a nylon stringed acoustic (Classical Guitar) which some find easier to play. But strumming along to "Smoke on the water" won't sound as good.
Instead of having 5 lines as you do with proper musical notation, there's 6, each representing a string on the guitar. Instead of a dot like you'd normally expect, there's a number, which tells you which fret to play.
As far as instruments go, within the field of electric guitar I'd steer clear of VERY budget brands, as they're usually rubbish (Some people would argue that Squer isn't as good as some make out, but I'm a big fan)
It's like tools, you're nowhere near good enough to tell the difference between a decent £100 starter guitar (Yamaha Pacifica is very popular) and a £5000 original sixties stratocaster. But an actually bad guitar will just be plain old s
t. Of course you may want to start your lad on a nylon stringed acoustic (Classical Guitar) which some find easier to play. But strumming along to "Smoke on the water" won't sound as good.crofty1984 said:
If someone mentioning TAB confused you, tab is a way of writing music for guitar that is very simple and it's also all over the internet.
Instead of having 5 lines as you do with proper musical notation, there's 6, each representing a string on the guitar. Instead of a dot like you'd normally expect, there's a number, which tells you which fret to play.
As far as instruments go, within the field of electric guitar I'd steer clear of VERY budget brands, as they're usually rubbish (Some people would argue that Squer isn't as good as some make out, but I'm a big fan)
It's like tools, you're nowhere near good enough to tell the difference between a decent £100 starter guitar (Yamaha Pacifica is very popular) and a £5000 original sixties stratocaster. But an actually bad guitar will just be plain old st. Of course you may want to start your lad on a nylon stringed acoustic (Classical Guitar) which some find easier to play. But strumming along to "Smoke on the water" won't sound as good.
Thanks! I was thinking around £100 each for the geeeetars, and some little cheapo-baby amps would do the trick, dont want to annoy the neighbours too much! Instead of having 5 lines as you do with proper musical notation, there's 6, each representing a string on the guitar. Instead of a dot like you'd normally expect, there's a number, which tells you which fret to play.
As far as instruments go, within the field of electric guitar I'd steer clear of VERY budget brands, as they're usually rubbish (Some people would argue that Squer isn't as good as some make out, but I'm a big fan)
It's like tools, you're nowhere near good enough to tell the difference between a decent £100 starter guitar (Yamaha Pacifica is very popular) and a £5000 original sixties stratocaster. But an actually bad guitar will just be plain old s
t. Of course you may want to start your lad on a nylon stringed acoustic (Classical Guitar) which some find easier to play. But strumming along to "Smoke on the water" won't sound as good.I think we'll probably bite the bullet and get electric, they are just soooo much cooler, acoustic is for hippies and tree huggers, oh and tenacious D!
Maxf said:
Don't bother with books - everything you need is online. Try justinguitar.com
+ a lot.books are fine for learning tab or looking at chord diagrams, but video tutorials are so plentiful these days that its hardly worth bothering with.
i haven't used justinguitar's site but he does have some tutorials on youtube which are great. the structure of the vids is what impresses me, he is a much better teacher than most, very clear.
Not sure where you are in hampshire but sticks and strings in thatcham will sort you out with some starter set ups. A mate has a yamaha pacifica which wouldn't be expensive and is a nice guitar. My brother just bought a roland microcube amp which sounds ok. I wouldn't skimp on the amp too much though as even if you buy a decent guitar it'll sound terrible.
Can't go wrong with a pacifica, lovely guitars and good for beginners.
Also, make sure you get several leads, they're generally ste unless you pay a fair bit for them and will cease to function without notice.
Also, get a load of different thickness / stiffness plectrums as they make quite a bit of difference and cost pence.
Also, make sure you get several leads, they're generally s
te unless you pay a fair bit for them and will cease to function without notice. Also, get a load of different thickness / stiffness plectrums as they make quite a bit of difference and cost pence.
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