Justiful Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I had my first guitar leason on Thursday. For those that don't know I bought a gibson les paul robot to learn on. Anyway It went well, my instructor is from florida has taught players in many big bands, like The outlaws (only one i really knew well, but I dont listen to older music.) He also worked for disney for 20 years in florida. He looks about 60 something, and has been playing proffesionaly since he was 11. He retired to Idaho 2 years ago when his wife died from a drunk driver, to be closer to his daughter. Ron apengar or apengan or something like that is his name. Anyway, Basicly first leason started out with him giving me 13 chords to work on, and the pentatonic scale. In addition to a modified chromatic scale. Kinda alot, So far its saturday and I can play all the chords, easily enough, but switching from one to another is kinda hard to do. The pentatonic scale I can do position one in 100 bpm, But haven't worked on the others, Modified chromatic he gave me I can do in 100bpm. The 13 chords I can play include 6 majors, C F G D A E. and 3 minor Dm Am and Em. four 7th chords C7 F7 G7 B7 My next leason is on monday. I am gonna ask more quistions on theory it was all kinda much for the 1hr on thursday. Don't understand what makes chords major, minor, or 7th. Right now until thursday im trying to memorize all the positions without looking at the book. Monday is more or less a 1hr lesson on theory and making sure im playing everything correctly. So I have quite a few days still to get it all. He modified some of the chords fingerings from the basic ones the book outlined so i have to practive both ways. Like the G chord, he wants fingers 213 and 324 fingerings used. Says its important latter. Anyway, It is ok, but the chords don't sound like music persay all by themselves, I like the pentatonic scale because it at least sounds like something. Anyone know any easy songs using those chords i named above, like just 2-3 of em used. nice and SLOW? Practicing them by themselves is kinda boring. Ill make another post after my leason on monday. oh and my guitar is in my comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 good job man now skip eating, sleeping, drinking, school, work, haninging out time, and family guy-watching time, so you can practise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixr1984 Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 "Last kiss" the one Pearl Jam covered. 4 chords, em, c, d, g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justiful Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 good job mannow skip eating' date=' sleeping, drinking, school, work, haninging out time, and family guy-watching time, so you can practise[/quote'] I have a sleep disorder, I don't have school or work im 24 medicaly retired from army. I saw all family guy episodes already, and I am combining eating drinking hangingout time into 1 slot. Oh and thanks for those chords. fixr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash94 Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I have a sleep disorder' date=' I don't have school or work im 24 medicaly retired from army. I saw all family guy episodes already, and I am combining eating drinking hangingout time into 1 slot. Oh and thanks for those chords. fixr[/quote'] sleep apnea? (excuse me if I spelled it wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justiful Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 sleep apnea? (excuse me if I spelled it wrong) no, its related to stress caused by ptsd. I don't Snore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I'm told every Garth Brooks song can be played using D, C and G... I think "Margaritaville" is pretty simple... starts in D then goes to A... "Turn the Page" is easy... like 4 chords... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I have a sleep disorder' date=' I don't have school or work im 24 medicaly retired from army. I saw all family guy episodes already, and I am combining eating drinking hangingout time into 1 slot. [/quote'] hahaha damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Congrats on the guitar and on finding a good teacher. I have a sleep desorder too... comes in very handy when you havent had time to play during the day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Keep it up. You already know more than most of us! I thought there were only three chords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 "Last kiss" the one Pearl Jam covered.4 chords' date=' em, c, d, g[/quote'] I want to butcher people when I hear Eddie Sing!...It grates on me almost as much as Axl Rose. Who told these clowns they could sing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richiejb Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Dude keep it up. Honestly just search a song you like online for the tab, you think sounds easy. With those chords you know you can play hundred's of songs trust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I want to butcher people when I hear Eddie Sing!...It grates on me almost as much as Axl Rose. Who told these clowns they could sing? Even if you don't like his voice, you can't say that he can't sing. He is a beast.......WAS a beast. greatest front-man of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooperoni Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Even if you don't like his voice' date=' you can't say that he can't sing. He is a beast.......WAS a beast. [b']greatest front-man of all time.[/b] Hardly, Roger Daltrey, Mick Jagger, David Lee Roth are all superior to EV. Maybe if dude took the marbles out of his mouth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Hardly' date=' Roger Daltrey, Mick Jagger, David Lee Roth are all superior to EV. Maybe if dude took the marbles out of his mouth...[/quote'] NOOOOOOO, I wasn't talking about eddie. I was talking about Axl, HE is the best. Err maybe second best, behind jagger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Deadhead Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Like the avatar Thunder. That attitude is what gets me through the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingarmadillo Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 If you want to find chords for songs it's easy. Go to any search, type the name of the song and the word "tablature" after it and you can find more stuff than you'll ever be able to remember. Some of it's good and some of it sounds bad but at least you'll have a starting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlekenny Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 congrats on getting started. Maybe you should try Sweet Home alabama, for the most part it just goes D, C, G and is pretty fun to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 This is a pretty good site. Lots of videos and a whole section on easy songs. http://www.justinguitar.com/ Enjoy, and thanks for writing back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKlunchbox Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 NOOOOOOO' date=' I wasn't talking about eddie. I was talking about Axl, HE is the best. Err maybe second best, behind jagger.[/quote'] whoa, whoa, WHOA!! Axl is faaaar from the best frontman ever. I won't go so far as to definitely say who is, but my vote is for Mr. Robert Plant. And so as not to hijack the thread and take it in a totally different direction, congrats to the man from Idaho on starting down the road to guitar stardom. Nice choice on the axe (though I probably would have gone with one that I had to learn to tune myself, but cool none the less) you'll be rocking in no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eitoip Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 What part of Idaho you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 whoa' date=' whoa, WHOA!! Axl is faaaar from the best frontman ever. I won't go so far as to definitely say who is, but my vote is for Mr. Robert Plant. And so as not to hijack the thread and take it in a totally different direction, congrats to the man from Idaho on starting down the road to guitar stardom. Nice choice on the axe (though I probably would have gone with one that I had to learn to tune myself, but cool none the less) you'll be rocking in no time. [/quote'] Robert Plant is good. Not even close to Axl, but I didn't say best singer ever (though he does have a hell of a voice) I said best frontman. Every single night he went out and put on a great show. The best ever might have been going too far. Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury, Jim Morrison (maybe) Other than that he is the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlwilliams1979 Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Very cool and congrats on taking lessons. I just started a few months ago and its amazing how much information gets thrown at you so fast. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 And so as not to hijack the thread and take it in a totally different direction' date=' congrats to the man from Idaho on starting down the road to guitar stardom. [/quote']My hat is off to you! Rock on Dude! Seriously, I used to turn the radio to my favorite rock station and try to keep up with whatever came on. Pick out the bass line and root notes, and go from there. See if I could get the song down before it ended. Structured lessons were never my thing. Of course, I can't play for sh!t.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justiful Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 What part of Idaho you in? Idaho falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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