01-23-2017, 11:01 PM
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#1 | Registered User
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 4
| Top 10 things needed to learn to play the guitar... 1. Obviously a decent guitar with a good setup.
2. A good friend that has played for years.
3. A string winder.
4. A guitar tuner app for your phone or a clip on.
5. GuitarPro (teaches timing, sight reading. Assumes you own a computer).
6. A TrueFire lesson or two (Truefire provides GuitarPro AND PDF files)
7. A reference book for chords, learning notation and tab.
8. Patience and desire to learn.
9. A book or a good link to the Pentatonic scales.
10. Did I say patience? |
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01-23-2017, 11:21 PM
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#2 | Registered User
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 42
| 11. Glenlivet 18. If not for you then to aid in finding #2. |
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01-24-2017, 08:02 PM
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#3 | ...
Joined: Apr 2001 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 29,441
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Originally Posted by AnPeter90 1. Obviously a decent guitar with a good setup. 2. A good friend that has played for years. 3. A string winder. 4. A guitar tuner app for your phone or a clip on. 5. GuitarPro (teaches timing, sight reading. Assumes you own a computer). 6. A TrueFire lesson or two (Truefire provides GuitarPro AND PDF files) 7. A reference book for chords, learning notation and tab. 8. Patience and desire to learn. 9. A book or a good link to the Pentatonic scales. 10. Did I say patience? | 1, 4 ands 7 sure. The rest...I dunno. |
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01-24-2017, 09:06 PM
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#4 | Registered User
Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Coal City, IL Posts: 580
| I've never used a string winder. |
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01-24-2017, 10:13 PM
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#5 | Reoccurring Nightmare
Joined: Mar 2014 Location: VA Posts: 186
| I learned with a crappy, cheap guitar and YouTube. Once I got better, I upgraded. Don't spend money on a nice guitar until you know you'll follow though with it.
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02-05-2017, 04:16 PM
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#6 | Hey, I can change this!!!
Joined: Jun 2005 Location: Jordanstown, Northern Ireland Posts: 1,223
| 1. Obviously a decent guitar with a good setup. My 1st guitar was literally lifted out of the trash. it was not good, but I wanted to learn
2. A good friend that has played for years. Nope alone in a bedroom
3. A string winder. not in 35 years of playing. never. not once
4. A guitar tuner app for your phone or a clip on. the piano downstairs and the basic ability to find "E"
5. GuitarPro (teaches timing, sight reading. Assumes you own a computer). 35 years ago? no. ever since? again no
6. A TrueFire lesson or two (Truefire provides GuitarPro AND PDF files) see above
7. A reference book for chords, learning notation and tab. Now this I DID have
8. Patience and desire to learn. Oh yes!
9. A book or a good link to the Pentatonic scales. nope
10. Did I say patience?
yes you did.
so it appears that we disagree a little! |
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02-05-2017, 05:42 PM
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#7 | What do now?
Joined: Feb 2011 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 5,248
| 1. Obviously a decent guitar with a good setup.
Not entirely. I've gotten great tones out of cheap guitars and low-end setups. A lot of it has to do with how you use what you have.
2. A good friend that has played for years.
Not sure how this factors in. I'm primarily self-taught.
3. A string winder.
Not a fan of them, actually; I prefer to go it by hand.
4. A guitar tuner app for your phone or a clip on.
I do have a Snark, but there are many other methods of tuning. Rack tuners, tuner pedals, or even ear tuning. Did you know a US landline dial tone is a natural F#?
5. GuitarPro (teaches timing, sight reading. Assumes you own a computer).
Nah. Not necessary at all. Actually a waste of money.
6. A TrueFire lesson or two (Truefire provides GuitarPro AND PDF files)
Again, not necessary.
7. A reference book for chords, learning notation and tab.
These are very helpful. I'll give you this one.
8. Patience and desire to learn.
Absolutely.
9. A book or a good link to the Pentatonic scales.
Similar to #7.
10. Did I say patience?
I believe you did, though I'm no doctor.
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02-05-2017, 06:05 PM
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#8 | طعام الكلب
Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 14,743
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Originally Posted by dknitt 11. Glenlivet 18. If not for you then to aid in finding #2. | hahahaha |
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02-05-2017, 06:08 PM
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#9 | My name is Oliver Queen.
Joined: Oct 2007 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 5,778
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Originally Posted by Ben Toast 5. GuitarPro (teaches timing, sight reading. Assumes you own a computer).
Nah. Not necessary at all. Actually a waste of money | Yes and no. There are free alternatives like TuxGuitar, but I quite like how GP6 works. For everyone: definitely not even close to a requirement. But I've used it a lot to compose and arrange music, and learn specific pieces that having just plain-text tab which can be harder to follow.
It's a great aid, for sure, but not a necessity, I concur. But it's not really a waste of money either, if you're actually going to use it (in my case my brother-in-law bought it for me, so I can't say I'm complaining anyway).
It was definitely of great help when I was doing my high school exams and had to rearrange some music for my band.
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02-05-2017, 06:58 PM
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#10 | Registered User
Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Coal City, IL Posts: 580
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Originally Posted by AnPeter90 1. Obviously a decent guitar with a good setup. | One characteristic of cheap guitars (especially acoustic) that I have found is that they don't stay in tune well. There are some things I can deal with- high action, uninspiring tone, sharp frets, but if an instrument literally cannot hold a tune, it is worthless to me. |
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02-05-2017, 08:21 PM
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#11 | Superfly.
Joined: May 2002 Location: Northern California Posts: 41,272
| As has been pointed out several times already, those 10 things are not all necessary. I learned on a borrowed guitar, which was decent, but only had the aid of a book, and a borrowed tuner. Now, in the age of YouTube, not even the book is needed.
To be fair, I already had a multi-instrument musical background, as well as some music theory under my belt.
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02-24-2017, 12:24 AM
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#12 | Registered User
Joined: Mar 2008 Location: In the great state of Texas Posts: 4,558
| I would agree that a decent guitar with a decent setup is a huge plus. I would also say that some of your other points have some validity. But I would say the biggest thing is learning how to practice. It's too big of a subject to get into it too much in a single post but there are definitely productive and non productive ways to practice. |
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03-20-2017, 01:37 PM
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#13 | Registered User
Joined: Mar 2017 Location: South Carolina Posts: 10
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Originally Posted by Giga Hertz Yes and no. There are free alternatives like TuxGuitar,. | Hmm, curiosity overwhelms me! I'm a linux user, I'm going to have to look into tux guitar now! |
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03-20-2017, 01:52 PM
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#14 | Admιnιstrator
Joined: Oct 2011 Location: in CPF Posts: 2,450
| Top 10 things needed to learn to play the guitar:
1. A guitar
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03-20-2017, 04:09 PM
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#15 | My name is Oliver Queen.
Joined: Oct 2007 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 5,778
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Originally Posted by Ehud_ Hmm, curiosity overwhelms me! I'm a linux user, I'm going to have to look into tux guitar now! | It's not quite as rich in features as GP6, but it does the job quite well.
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Guitar Amp - Fender Mustang IV V2
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