I've played guitar most of my life, with a reasonable amount of skill
though I have no high aspirations; I just enjoy doing it.
Other than lessons, which has already been suggested, I have found it's
always good to have someone else to play with regularly.
Something I've discovered recently, since I don't have the social time
to get together with other players, is youtube. Look for "guitar backing
tracks" in different keys. It's a great way to practice scales, to hear
how different notes blend or don't blend, and you're sort of forced to
stick with the rhythm.
There are also different websites where you can find out where on the
neck to find different voicings of chords, scales, and whatnot.
An hour a day is good is you can manage it. I think of it as a sort of
meditation. Don't try to force things. Just relax and have some fun.
It's very rewarding.
On 12/21/12 8:13 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Don't know if anybody here plays or not, but I've decided to stop
putting off things I've always wanted to do and decided to learn the
guitar.
After exercising my Google Fu, talking to a guitar-playing coworker
and asking a couple of questions on the Acoustic Guitar Forum, I
decided to get a Seagull S6 (original). If I bought new, I was going
to go with Cedar but I tripped across a **gorgeous** "20th
Anniversary" edition that is Spruce and Maple with a high gloss finish
(semi-gloss being the usual finish on a Seagull S6). They only made
2000 of these, apparently and I got it for a LOT less than a new one.
I'm always about bang-for-the-buck. It won't be in my hot little hands
for a week or two yet when I get it from a friend, but I'm looking
forward to trying to learn (Old Dog, New Tricks).
I've already discovered the aforementioned forum and justinguitar.com
(along with his YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/JustinSandercoe ) and I plan to start with
his beginner's course and a book before possibly going to a local
teacher for lessons.
Anyway, any words of wisdom from The Collective who play would be most welcome.
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