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im an ispiring guitarist...ive been playing a year now(self taught) and i know several easy songs...im a big elliott smith fan and find his stuff impossible to play...does anyone want to be kind enough to give me some hints without telling me to get lessons cause im 16 and im not willin to pay
Hi!
One thing that helped me alot is the video lessons on the net. Just google "guitar lessons free" or something like that. Don't know if you can find your favourites there but maybe you can work on your playing to get on.
My favourite sites are:
http://www.freeguitarvideolessons.com/index.html
http://www.nextlevelguitar.com/index.ph … p;Itemid=1
Good luck!
/Missen
Some tips
Learn about chord construction (both the theory and the shapes). This will make your feel confident about playing diminished and 7th chords. Despite their names they are often quite simple
buy yourself a chord book or find a web page (like this one) which shows different fingerings for chords
if you end up in with songs in odd keys which don't have many open chords (eg the key has lots of sharps). consider transposing. if you transpose too much you will need a capo to make sure that the register is not too wrong
Yes I highly reccomend
I have been on his site every day for the last couple of weeks, he is a great teacher, have learnt loads off him, and gives it all for free, brilliant, and by the way he taught Katie Melua all she knows.
Yes I highly reccomend
I have been on his site every day for the last couple of weeks, he is a great teacher, have learnt loads off him, and gives it all for free, brilliant, and by the way he taught Katie Melua all she knows.
Couldn't agree more Boxer. This guy's excellent and if I lived in London I'd definitely fork out the ££'s to get some proper lessons from him. His web lessons are brilliant and free though....you should definitely check them out.
ok.... some things u just have to learn with a teacher. sry.... once u've been playin for 3-5 yrs w/a teacher then u can quit lessons and teach urself. I'm 13 and i pay 4 my lessons....
Hi backinpink65,
Well done to you! Paying for your own lessons at 13? Some one is equiping you well for life!
Goodluck.
Old Doll.
I agree justinguitar.com is a great place to start. If you're looking for more structured lessons, check us out at www.JamPlay.com (not a free service...but well worth the money).
You can see what we teach here: http://www.jamplay.com/what-we-teach.html. If you have any specific questions, let us know & we'll be happy to help you out (members receive video responses to questions).
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