ShredAstaire Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Yeah I signed up for the Beginners class so I can actually learn proper stuff...going back to basics and erasing old bad habits (hopefully) and learning new things to help get me out of my rut... Tonight will be boring...."This is called the headstock" etc...but i'm gonna put on my game face and learn everything I can!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 and 2 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Sweet!! Best of luck. Hope you get what you are looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swleary Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 right on, nothing wrong with that. Trying to get break bad habits are a goodthing :) Now if only drivers would do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Enjoy man! It's money well spent, and it's something they can never take away from you! Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Enjoy man! It's money well spent, and it's something they can never take away from you! Have fun! ...and if they try....POW!! Right in the kisser!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Good luck. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbreslauer Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 brilliant idea. let us know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonkers Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Nice! I just vowed to myself I'm going to go through the "Guitar In 60 Seconds" dvd set I ordered. (it's not what it sounds like) Kenny Salter guitar course. I started it, and just stopped. No discipline. Gonna start it tonight and set aside 30 minutes - 1 hour of actual focused learning, not just dicking around, playing 1/2 a song, opening riffs, etc. Actually learn to play correctly. JustinGuitar on Youtube has some very good videos as well. Anyway, good luck, and nothing wrong with taking lessons. I kinda live by "someone, somewhere always knows more than you" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Nowadays the big issue is whether to learn to read music...any comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Thanks! Thats exactly why I wanted to take lessons...i've got no discipline to learn on my own and i need someone (teacher) to hold me accountable to my practice etc. Hopefully it works!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I can read music, just slowly on guitar. Tabbed music has been around for a few centuries, I don't see anything wrong with it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Good luck to you, Shred. I've spent the last couple years working on breaking old habits and have seriously considering lessons as well. Glad I'm not the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Thanks! Thats exactly why I wanted to take lessons...i've got no discipline to learn on my own and i need someone (teacher) to hold me accountable to my practice etc. Hopefully it works!! :) That's the main reason I started taking lessons again, and it worked. That's the second best decision I ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I can read music, just slowly on guitar. Tabbed music has been around for a few centuries, I don't see anything wrong with it :) Yes I think music and tab are useful...Baroque lute used to be tabbed...Elizabethan Rock !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Nowadays the big issue is whether to learn to read music...any comments? I read music. It's practically essential if you play in an ensemble/orchestra with a wind or string instrument (unless you're improvising). But for instruments you can chord on (like guitar or keyboard), it's not necessary. You can get by easily with tabs. There's been plenty of famous musicians/songwriters who couldn't read music. If you want to learn music theory, chord naming, etc - reading music is part of it. ShredAstaire - Good luck with the lessons. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Yeah I signed up for the Beginners class so I can actually learn proper stuff...going back to basics and erasing old bad habits (hopefully) and learning new things to help get me out of my rut... Tonight will be boring...."This is called the headstock" etc...but i'm gonna put on my game face and learn everything I can!!! good luck john! B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjlandry Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Nowadays the big issue is whether to learn to read music...any comments? I learned to read standard notation when I played trumpet in 4th grade. It's really not difficult, but trumpet only plays one note at a time. The biggest advantage I get from standard notation is the time. I don't have to know the song to play it, provided I know the notes and how long to hold them. Tab doesn't do that, but with tab and notation, together, I get the whole package without having to translate the notes to the fretboard. Tab lacks timing, and notation requires learning a lot more. I prefer tab with notation and chord cheats above both the notation and the tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I read music and am glad I learned. I read it almost as fast as tablature, which is not fast. One of the secrets to playing notation is to understand which key you're in for the song you want to play and play the notes in the song within the scale for that key (another good reason to learn major/minor scales) by just observing the intervals between notes and accidentals. Obviously, notes denote timing also; something you can't get from tablature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Yeah I hate tab and have a real hard time getting anything out of it unless i have the song playing along...i'm actually excited to learn standard notation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIANTRobOT42O Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Dont forget us when your famous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahKeen Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I didn't think you had class.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Well? Where's the lesson report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Guitarra Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 thinking of doing the same. good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I learned on sheet music and with lessons, best of luck to ya shred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 Alright...it was a typical first lesson kinda day....some people were a bit late and then by the time we tuned (remember, this course is for beginners), it was already 40 mins into the 1 hour lesson. We learned two "songs"...just the root notes... Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself by Sly and the Family Stone and Summertime by George Gershwin Both very easy tunes if just playing the root notes...but we got the groove down on both of em. Just gotta practice and make sure I play well next week! After that we just talked about what the course is going to entail...found out we will learn 14 songs over the 14 weeks....2 of them being "difficult" songs... This is good for me and the class had a bunch of good people in it. Should be a good time each week. I also enjoyed my 30 min trip each way on the subway where i just played some blues on my ipod to get me pumped....Black Keys on the way in, and Johnny Winter on the way home!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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