hai guys....

have new bie here..
i have problem with learning playing guitar.

is there any suggestion or easy way for me to play the guitar...


Need Help

learn the 4 basic chords first : C, Am, F, G or G, Em, C, D.

can u elaborate wut type of problem are u faced?

This post has been edited by hidzwan: Sep 28 2010, 08:43 AM

You didn't tell us what problem you are facing, how we going to help you?

There are no shortcuts. Practice gotdamyu!

Strengthen your fingers first.

This is true for all types of guitar playing : electric, acoustic, rhythm strumming and also for lead.

Finger exercises is the right way to start off building finger dexterity.

Practise finger exercises with proper timing and get a metronome to do this.

In the end not only will you strengthen your fingers, you'll learn timing as well.

If you have a limited time, breakup your training into 3 stages:-


1. finger exercises + timing (physical strength)

2. theory (academic)

3. transcribing songs off the record (listening)

This post has been edited by crower75: Sep 28 2010, 04:16 PM

This! Learn to both pluck and strum the chords.

learn from this guy... his lesson are good...




there are many lessons, technique, theory included

i learn his way of holding pick, and i can pick better now than the one i used to which resting my pinky on the pickup guard....

^ He is good..now check out awesome Justin Sandercoe

Also, Marty Schwartz on youtube.

Learn how to pick, strum, fingerstyle

Also, learn basic chords

Should be enough to start self-learning from youtube lol

conclusion : just f google it..

theres a bunch of free lesson, tutorial, tabs, music sheet, for noob..

n dun be lazy SON..practise 4 god sake!

attend guitar class, teacher will guide you.

First:learn power chords first and how to strum
Next: full chords, aftr that u will configure it by urself

These 2 ppl are the best youtube teachers so far ive seen. go for it

Search for chords and scales .

4 basic chords.. hmmm ok i will try
thanks bro...

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Added on September 29, 2010, 8:03 amThanks alot bro

really appreciated..

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Added on September 29, 2010, 8:05 amterima kasih bapak~!!!

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Added on September 29, 2010, 8:07 amtry already but cannot play to my GF romance de amor song

hehe just kidding ...

anyway thanks for suggestion

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Added on September 29, 2010, 8:09 amyamaha class so mahal dee...

1 month = RM 100

same like go to the gym hehe ...



This post has been edited by XeNoGeaR: Sep 29 2010, 08:09 AM

i'm a newbie guitar player too, yet i can play a few song really fluently

basically i dont know chords, i just youtube "<songname> guitar cover" and walla, free full song lesson for me.. most of the cover song would show where to put the finger and the strumming for the song "Up down up down up up"

still en-route on learning chords =)

obviously you people have never watched a paul gilbert instructional video, alternate picking machine!

bro dun be so harsh..TS is newbie

i didn't mean ts, i meant the others dude.

no i've watched.... hes good too, but justin guitar, and that channel that i posted are more toward "guitar class" feel, lots of other useful lesson for beginner like myself.... for theory, i think that dude on the channel i posted is very good at explaining theory and the presentation. its my recommendation. feel free to watch others lessons too

bro welcome to the club hehehe..

i learn from youtube too...

now i trying play song with mahalo.com

its very simple... song playing is

Only exception by Paramore..

just use code A E and D and little G sharp for ending.

Paramore - Only Exception <<<Click Here

heheheh nice girl keh keh

This post has been edited by XeNoGeaR: Oct 2 2010, 09:43 AM

learn simple song 1st at the same time u'll learnt thee simple chords..
by time being, u'll will learn how to strum better.. but might agreed with others, pactise and practise and pactise.. there's no simple way as shortcut happy playing..

hahaha.. that reminds me of rock band which i think is better.. not to start flame war here lol

ts, if u have ps3.. just wait for rock band 3, and get the pro rock band guitar.. u will be playing real guitar on a game while learning guitar and the songs too.. but its still long way till it come out, next year i think.. but that is if u r into gaming and dont mind spending ur dough on gaming and spend on the real guitar on the same time..

the other way i used to learn guitar is that.. learn how to read tabs, pick an easy song especially ones that have simple picking and simple strumming (i think SOAD chop suey is the most suitable), learn it and perfect it then move on to the next song.. dont ever pick a song thats not easy.. not sure its easy or not? watch guitar covers of the song in youtube and judge urself..

or register for class

when i started playing guitar, my first song is pearl jam's last kiss.
really easy to play with really easy chords.
G, Em, C, D, rinse and repeat.
totally easy to sing-along and most people know it.

learn the basic chord first then learn scaling

awesome stuff..I only able to play Nirvana - Comes as you are when i 1st start playing..coz it play the same pattern again and again..haha

btw, how's KK8 pop band are doing dude?

This post has been edited by hidzwan: Oct 3 2010, 08:34 PM

kk8 band?
i didn't join.
things never really materialized.

lol. how did you know me?

This post has been edited by SilentSerpent: Oct 4 2010, 04:46 AM

first of all, develop ur fingering style..
when u able to do this.. playing any song are not impossible

just opinion.. my style of learning.

There's a guy on youtube with username yourguitarsage.

He got loads of acoustic song cover lessons, and those lessons are very noob-friendly.

He is one hell of a cool guy too.

Be sure to check it.

But he always promote his e-book for about 30 seconds in each of his video lol. But that's just a small matter, and that guy gotta eat too right. Hehe.

there isn't really a simple way.
everyone here started out playing and working their brains off,sometimes to the point of quitting.
there isn't really a shortcut to being a good guitarist.

Well,I dun think that person may quit if he's got a great interest in playing guitar or wanna impress someone

But,is self-learning easy?I mean,I dun wanna go for classes as it's way too expensive and I don't know any home tutors,so prefer to learn from Youtube,JustinGuitar etc...is it ok?

Practice makes perfect. There are tons of tutorials on how to play a guitar online. The basic one to learn would be the chords like A chord, B chord, C chord, D chord etc. With such chords, you will be able to play some songs based on chords. You can then venture into learning how to read tabs. This will then help you to play songs where there are plucking and solos. Then for more advanced stuff like making your own song and solos, thats when theory comes in.

Link for tutorial (words):
Guitar Lessons for All

learning guitar too...

Some of the mistakes a beginner can make:
1. too occupied with fingerings -they just forget that they are playing music.
2. sometimes they just doesn't listen to the tune -too reliant on tabs all the bloody time
3. neglect to practice the basics
4. too eager to play the advanced stuffs
5. playing a single musical style -mix it up; preference of one kind of music shouldn't make you a snob towards other musical styles

Hi guys I plan to get a guitar soon,and I don't plan to go for official lessons like from Yamaha etc. or from private tutors as it's expensive,so I decide to self-learn..

Is this website a good place to start?JustinGuitar

I feel his good,his lessons are arranged neatly,and the website has a nice layout too,so should I just stick with him,or look for others on Youtube?

And also,if I don't feel like watching these lesson videos on the computer,are there any shops that sell guitar lessons DVD?So that I can play the DVD and watch in front of the TV?Maybe MPH or Popular got?

but 1 disadvantage self taught is nobody there to giude u when u having some bad habit or practice wrong way

i did all that

you could always get guitar dvds through amazon.com. pretty reliable and safe even in the hands of the dreaded malaysian postmen

Learn Basic Chord:
Root (I) - SubDominant (IV)- Dominant7(V)

ex: in C=do

The root chord : C
The subdominant chord : F
The Dominant7 : G7

Most of the diatonic song can be covered by this 3 basic chord.

I totally agree with you, sometimes undoing the bad habit is harder than learning again from scratch.

i will try bro thanks

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Added on October 20, 2010, 7:50 pmthanks for your opinion bro appreciated

This post has been edited by XeNoGeaR: Oct 20 2010, 07:50 PM

I think one good beginner song you can practice is Greenday's Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life). Maybe you can just practice beginning part first, if you view the video below the chords he use G, Cadd9, D. Change that D into Dsus4 so it become G, Cadd9, Dsus4 instead. This version easier cause you don't move two fingers on bottom 2 strings at all throughout that part.

Once you feel comfortable switching between the 3 chords then try follow the strumming pattern (DDU UDU, you'll find this very common pattern in other songs) no need to try catch up with song just strum slowly make yourself comfortable. Once get better try the next part Em, Dsus4, Cadd9, G (basically the first part terbalik plus Em in beginning), and another part Em, G, Em G. You can play whole song already , altogether only use 4 chords.

Then sudah bagus can start picking individual strings and strum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtDdtKE_UWQ



This post has been edited by shadoxicated: Oct 20 2010, 09:01 PM

I wonder is there any guitar examinations in Malaysia with certs?

hello, i am a newbie too.. but i wonder if there is any guitar exam in malaysia that award a certificate if i pass the exam?

Moderators Note: DO NOT DOUBLE POST !!!!!!!!!!!

as far as i'm concern..yes, but it not organize by local institution..

Yes. There's few exam boards offer guitar exam, eg: Trinity, ABRSM, Yamaha.

Do you attend classes in music school? When you're well prepared for exam, you could ask your teacher or music school to register the exam for you.

I am not sure I understand 1-3.
1) A friend in this forum told me to listen to what you play. Is it the same?
2) Is tab slidding down the fret pressing the F chord? If so how this create a non listening problem?
3) Seriously, what are the basics. Most self learn people dont know the basic. I just read the picture (six vertical line for the string, horizontal line for the fret and dot for the fingers).

I heard a lot about these 3 organisations. The are not only confine to guitar. They have exam for violin, piano .... Please tell me what weight does certificate form these organisations carries.

the certificates should be of equal value, imo. don't think there's is a "better" one, albeit some may charge you craploads of money.

when he means basics, he's talking about basic techniques, for instance: alternate picking, legato, bends, vibrato, building up muscles, the ability to change between chords fluidly etc. i'm not too sure what he means by "too occupied by the fingerings" statement, it's too vague and ambiguous. faceless, i don't really get what are you trying to say in your second statement? beginners should start somewhere by reading tabs, heck i read tabs everyday. but does that hinder my aural skills? no. it just develops at a slower and a comfortable pace.

Hold a F chord. The index finger press all 6 strings on first fret. When the index finger slides to the third fret it becomes a G chord, 5th fret = A chord.

Just practice songs on the guitar that you like. You get more motivation once you hit the right keys and timing, hence making you more determine to practice the guitar more.

Trinity is as equally recognised worldwide as ABRSM. Yamaha grade system is also widely recognized, but yamaha is unique, its grade system go backwards, grade 10(fundamental) grade 9 to grade 7 (intermediate), grade 6 to grade 3 (advanced). Beside classic repertoires at higher grades, we learn music arrangement and improvisation.

It's compulsory to pass grade 5 theory exam to enter ABRSM grade 6 and above practical exam. Trinity and Yamaha do not require this.

ABRSM exam focus more on the technical skills, lots of scales scales scales and arpeggios. ABRSM and trinity do not have accompaniment test, but Yamaha have this, examiner plays the melody, you play chords and figure out the rhythm.

If you sit for ABRSM or Trinity guitar exam, the examiner may be not a guitarist, he/she may be a pianist or violinist or other instruments player. However, if you sit for Yamaha guitar exam, the examiner must be a guitarist.

Is there any guitar examinations that award cert if i pass it in malaysia??

how can i sit for the exams?

Many.

Rockschool, ABRSM, Trinity Guildhall.. and many.

Attend classes, get verified by a teacher and then go for the exam.

1. Yes. That's what music is about -something that you want to listen to. Now, (psychologically) we all *hate* the way we play -why can't I play like such and such, why is that kid plays better etc. But we should listen to our playing to identify our weakness and correct our techniques:
One musician said that his practice always include playing and holding one note on his instrument for minutes (he plays alto sax) just to listen to his playing of that single note -he was going for the tone i.e finding his own voice. Try it on the instrument of your choice
2. Not sure what your question is... Tab here means a simplified music sheet for guitarists, it usually shows where to play the notes, what chords to play etc.
3. Basics, what finalzz posted.

"too occupied by the fingerings"
Remember when we started playing we can't keep our eyes off the fret? Of course looking at our fingers do help improve our playing, but it also leads to improper playing posture and neglecting the picking hand/fingers, these two problems are what I see most in beginners.
"beginners should start somewhere by reading tabs"
That's it! When I's a beginner, I never *read* tabs, I just follow the numbers and this went for months or perhaps years -listen to a piece of song, google the tabs, spend hours of practice memorizing the numbers, by the end of the day I just play a bunch of numbers not the music.

p/s Of course this only applies to self-taught guitarists .
People who attend classes don't know what they're missing;)

This post has been edited by mgjg: Oct 22 2010, 05:54 PM

Choose a guitar suited for beginner, where the string tension is not so high you that you can press it easily. I recall my first guitar the tension was so high, and I was constantly getting the buzzing sound whenever an F or similar bar chord is played.

well said. a musician in general should be playing music, not blatantly and blindly reading notes. but then again, classical instruments often read notes. now don't get me wrong, i love classical instruments and stuff, but what really matters is the idiosyncracies of the player, channeling the original emotion. IF the player manages to understand and channel the original writer's emotions but reading through tabs, then i personally think it's ok....

posture is VERY VERY important, didn't find out the importance of it until i started learning jazz guitar. slouching is not acceptable, and it's most recommended that players wear their guitar straps while they practise, so they'll get use to the motion of the guitar when standing up.

faceless, tabs as in the numbers which represents the fret and string, not what you think it is

Hey guys I've got a question on chords,the D chord to be more specific:

You know that the usual way is 1st finger:3rd string,2nd fret
2nd finger:1st string,also on the 2nd fret
3rd finger:2nd string,3rd fret

Ok,so I have problem using this way,cos I can't seem to get it to sound right..so I switch the 1st and 2nd finger,so it would be:

1st finger:1st string,2nd fret
2nd finger:3rd string,2nd fret
3rd finger:2nd string,3rd fret

Is this ok?This is easier,but would it affect my playing in the future?

Thx

I'm a newbie too still in learning progress. But i can tell you what's the problem when you finger that way. First thing the good way of holding chords the finger position where you press down the string should be closest (right next) to fret right. You see, when you try to achieve this using the way you mentioned, you will tend to twist your wrist or bend your elbow towards right direction. Try 'genggam' the fretboard with all fingers front and thumb at the back first. The idea is while playing the chords you want to maintain this posture throughout the song, not 'kung-fu' with the wrist to get the chords right.

I used to have bad habit of holding C chord, i got it right but my arm really tilt sideward, eventually i realized although it's super hard at first to hold C with minimum arm movement your finger stretching will develop and play with ease with palm still holding the fretboard firm.

i recommend you stick with the usual way better....

Hmm.. I thought that the palm musn't be holding the fretboard?This is where I learn:I'm self thought JustinGuitar

Ok thx,yea I think that will be more proper

Sorry typo, i mean neck (the below part) not fretboard obviously how can play guitar if you cover fretboard with palm .

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Added on October 23, 2010, 11:21 pmWhat i mean is when just started you find it hard to hold certain chords without hitting other unrelated strings right? So for most newbies their solution is to readjust wrist/arm angle bring it further front, sideways and whatnot. The key is actually only your fingers, have to really curl it and as long you keep habit to maintain same position the finger itselves will develop and reach the notes easily.

This post has been edited by shadoxicated: Oct 23 2010, 11:21 PM

Yea that's how I feel but I try not to curl my wrist,just adjust my fingers

you can hold a chord whichever way you want and feel most comfortable just as long the 3 notes that makes up a chord rings out clear. for example, i could bar my 1st finger over the 3rd to 1st string on the 2nd fret and my middle finger frets the 2nd string on the 3rd fret. it still makes a D. our hands differ from one individual to another, hence, how we hold chords and how we place our fingers over the fretboard differs. there's no right or wrong, it's just how comfortable and how practical is it.

The course content is very interesting. It seem like the thing I want to learn. Figuring out ryhythm by yourself.

I agree the self taught loose out a lot.

mgjg, finalzz,
I mistook tab for bar chord. I am already clear on the point 2.

This post has been edited by faceless: Oct 25 2010, 02:48 PM

theres a lot of way of learning..for more simpler way, just browse & train the chords of the songs u like cos its somehow helps u learn faster
u can find them here Ultimate-Guitar

or get this software..last time i used this alot GuitarPro

good luck!

Do u mean that if you search for the chords of a song that you like,and try playing it,u will be able to learn the chords faster?

And btw,whats that software for actually?Seems very advanced for me

yeah... if u like the song, you'd remember the chords. not necessary faster but you will put more effort into remembering the chord shape.

learn how to read tabs. dunno go google around how to read tabs. it's basically just fingering positions on what frets to press. do take note, though that sometimes the songs you want to play maybe of alternate tuning i.e. drop D. this means you will have to drop your fattest string, in a normal 6 string guitar means the 6th string down a step. if you're confused, google/youtube about drop D or DADGAD tunings. also, if you're playing acoustic, learn how to use a capo cause' some songs use capo i.e capo the 3rd fret and you will be able to play the song in standard G tuning without retuning the guitar.

the guitar is a very manual instrument. it's a transposable instrument unlike the piano where everything is laid out in front of you. wiki guitar to learn more of the instrument.

If you're self taught learning faster or slower is really meaningless. Playing the guitar is not a competition (at least to me), it should/could be one of those things that you can or want to do for the rest of your life

GuitarPro is tablature editor and player. Their tablatures are in gp3/gp4/gp5 format -basically tabs that you can play and listen to. Really good, even for advanced guitarists. It's not free of course, the alternative is TuxGuitar which is open source and can read GuitarPro files (there're tons of them at UltimateGuitar).

Yea,thanks for the tips


Yea,I oso feel there is no rush to play the guitar,just enjoy yourself along the way

i suggesting this too.
always, train ur finger slowly, dont rush. play a same movement 1-2 day slowly, feel the note u are picking.
this will built ur finger memory, muscle and patient.

Right

Btw,when learning chords,how many days would u take?And when learning say,like the D chord,do u ever do changes?Or u just do static i.e just put ur fingers there and just strum?

Hello, I live in the USJ area and im looking for recommendations of a good place to learn electric guitar, i have some experience in learning and can read and play based on tabs but still cant play the complex solos and pieces, any recommendations?

On the internet , hehe

Can come to Puchong?

try to changing chord and comforting ur both hand.
dont just focus on strumming, focus on picking too.

this guy is an expert, can teach u.

the most cliche word: practice. but true
also learn to read music notes NOT tabs will help
for theory learn from the piano. the mother instrument
learn from chords what 3 notes they contain. eg E has E, G#, B
learn scales (major, minor, harmonic, melodic) and picking patterns
finally for classical guitar. learn pima, or right hand plucking techniques

i am actually a CLASSICAL guitar teacher in kl (setiawangsa)

http://www.chrisliang.com

here is my blog. you can see me play! it's free and i have provided tabs, tips, midi. I generally do a blog post 2 every weeks.

here is my you tube channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/wooki97

please subscribe!

I have been playing guitar for 24 years. 10 years purely classical and i generally teach anyone who has an interest from the most basic to advance. from grade(1-4)
Graded music exam syllabuses : ABRSM

i also teach pop songs and rock but my forte is in CLASSICAL music. To me, if you can play classical, all other styles is easy. however the same can't be said if you know pop and what to play classical. it will be much harder to adapt. therefore classical is superior technically and theoretically. Playing classical guitar also gives you the ability to perform solo instead of relying on a band.

i teach music theory also (grade1-5) and i have a piano.

If you are interested in my service. you can reach me at

christian.liang@gmail.com

if dont mind the travel, come to my place for a private tuition in classical guitar. by car, use the duke highway. I have a spare guitar so no need to bring one for class.

if dont mind the travel, come to my place to do private tuition in classical guitar.



my rate is RM180 for 1 month (4 classes of 1 hour)

thank you

christian liang

This post has been edited by wooki97: Nov 2 2010, 02:32 AM

Where in puchong? thank you
and the name of the music center?

This post has been edited by noops15: Nov 2 2010, 11:23 AM

IMO, that routine would never work for me. since i got my guitar, my practise routines consist of ridiculously fast passages for the starting year. and during that 3 hours of practise, i'd work on different exercises, most notably on john petrucci's picking exercises.

not only playing the same movement is boring to the ear (even paul gilbert would agree), it gets repetitive and also boring to the fingers. always try to spice up your practise routines, making it less dull and boring. if you do get bored however, STOP playing the guitar for 10~1hour, do something else and then come back and start practising all over again. practise IS NOT A CHORE, practise is suppose to be FUN and INTERESTING and ENJOYABLE.

This post has been edited by finalzz: Nov 2 2010, 12:40 PM

wan to learn guitar (basic)
classical or pop

any recommendation (Prefer PJ area); myself prefer freelance or school

If u wanna play for fun.. just play any song u want,
and stick with the basic of C, Am, F, G or G, Em, C, D.

But if u're serious.. try and learn step by step..
I owes use youtube as my bestfren in terms of learning..

Plus, try and play song according to difficulty level..

Get yourself a guiter pro, download any song file from ultimate-guitars,
and learn them..

as Yngwie said, "If u love music, play it." IMHO le..

Is it possible to learn how to play guitar on my own?
Any website recommendations that I can look up to?
Any suggestions? Any opinions?
Please do comment.

1) Yes
2) Youtube
3) depends on what kind of music u wanna play

Let's say for my girlfriend? Something romantic?
Any songs?

ermm

more than words-extreme
to be with you-mr big

or any other jiwang2 songs u have in mind

easy! know basic then you know how to play well to you GF.

get a kapok guitar and strum away

Bro what are the basics? :S

Try this bro. Sure your GF melt.



Cheers bro and happy learning.

This post has been edited by flamestudio: Aug 18 2011, 12:39 PM

justinguitar.com...can learn basic chords

hey guys...
tumpang tered....

I want to begin playing guitar... was wondering if anyone can recommend me a guitar that is cheap like under rm250..

I saw yamaha F310... is it any good and the ebay price is rm369. can i find it cheaper

must have passion and dont give up..good luck

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Added on January 9, 2012, 1:27 amhi..try ask this guy..not sure whether the item still available or not http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&hl=yamaha+f310

This post has been edited by asthrophils: Jan 9 2012, 01:27 AM

hey. i'm also newbie. excited to start learning guitar too. but in my mind there a few question :
1. what is the diff between classical guitar- acoustic guitar - semi
acoustic guitar - electric acoustic guitar ?

2. how is the nice way to press the string on fret board? can use nail or
change the string to nylon instead using the normal one? bcos
practicing 1-2 hour make my finger pain.

This post has been edited by WhiteBalance: Jan 10 2012, 04:21 PM

not nails, u gotta keep ur nails short.

fret (the term used to describe "press-the-string-onto-the-fret) using ur fingertips

u gotta play more often, after a while ur fingertips will harden