Dude,practise is important.familiarise urself with the fretwork and tone.

appregios.and then start by playing C/Am pentatonic scale if u wanna start.Proceed slowly until u can improvise on songs.Go for simple 4 chord songs first...

if its so i think i''ve made a mistake.i've not learned other scales other than pentatonic alone.Reason:lazy,too dependant.i don't have other resources to learn.i've learned everything myself.i don't have an exlectric axe also...sighs...no wonder what i play sounds boring..

i can feel,but i cannot play what i want in my head because its just limited!

i can't reach that note and speed.is it caused by the overused pentatonic scale?

i'm getting worried.i only know 2 scales.,the pentatoni and the hamornic that i forgot the name.

i don't have any ideas nowdays.all my feel went away.even i've got feel i can't catch em.i can't reach em,no electronic axe.i need one.desperately,no money,just had accident yday.sighs


i can only guess u hate it coz u can't play it? lol
john petrucci's a god anyway.,

ALERT:self marketing spotted!

anyway guys,when is the next gathering?i need inspiration from people to start playing again.i've been not playng for long!

u can always start with the Am pentatonic.its the easiest of all.

i'm sure nobody can fully benefit from the escales book.these scales are not easy to play.nor master.tthose name like myxoridian are funny tho...better t stcik to pentatonics first..

to start ur own solo u need some feel and basic of the penta's first.get some licks and riffs to sget started.as time goes by the more u play u can do it.

bro me and u different standards la.i've tried new scales.i can't play anything outta it.

like i said earlier,i'm a noob. heh

I don't have the necessary gear to improve myself.How can u go on with a 100+ bucks guitar?

wtf is this?

I'm not a noob la...I just never explore those modes...so i didin't know anything about it.Sounds sarcastic to me...

I think Satch made a bet with Vai."If u could shred faster than me,i'll shave my head forever!"

I guess thats why he shaved his head...

Why are you always out of topic? Zakk Wyde.The reason why Satch shved himself is to differrentiate himself as a pro guitarist comparing to the 2 noob guitarist.

Namely:

Opps...I'm learning to solo now...1-2-3-4,1-3-4,1-2-3-4,0-1-3-4,1-2-4,1-3-4.

Okay,now what does the -dim means?

I understand that MAj and Min stands for major and minor.But what does dim means?

Diminshed? But i don't understand what does diminished means?

Does it mean that the chord can be played minor and major and still sound alright?

Ok,lets see if this is correct.Diminshed C chord is the C note on the second string flatted? But all the other notes stays the same?

I suck in theories.My church member used to taught me all this.Just that i forgot.Well i've been playing for 7 years now.Not really a begginer,but i ain't that good either.I just dont have that kinda privellege to own my own axe until now.I don't come from a rich family so i have to use a kapok for like 7 years until now.I've been saving up to get my own axe.For some of you 2,000 might not be a big issue but it's a big issue for me.I don't have a family that can afford to buy me a guitar and guitar lessons.I learn everything the hard way.Yes,people say its not how long u play but its how much do i play.FYI i practised around 6 hours everyday when i was in high school.Only in this few years i've not been playing.

By the way,i don't see any points in saying that a newbie or a begginer can't learn diminished stuff.Just because ure a begginer/newbie you can't learn something for the sake of knowledge? Getting benefits from it and learning is two different thing.Everyone's been through the newbie stage before and i'm sure that all of you know how eager is it for you to learn something new.I hope u seriously judge your statements before making it in the public.I don't see a point in stressing someone is a begginer so many times.It sounded like a joke for the first time,but not when u repeat it.I understand that there are great players out there,but bear in mind there's also a lot of average players who just play for fun.

This post has been edited by darrencw: Sep 21 2006, 10:08 AM

Its alright.I'm just discouraged.My purpose here is to learn and at the same time trying to contribute what i know here.So i don't see any point being joked around.Besides,its not the first remark.Anyway,if i've offended anyone i sincerely apologize.

What is GAS anyway? Wanna ask since long ago..

oH...understand.Got it.So next time i just spam.waakakak.

Anyway,any cure for this GAS cause i'm sure i'm terribly infected and itsin critical stage.

I'm trying to understand it.Go home and read more about it.Thanks!

Yes, i understand what ure saying.But the thing is i'm not sure that whether what i know is diminshed stuff anot.

Dude, if u want my kapok can i gladly throw at u for free.