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last time i play until my hand spazing
spasms

i used to play flute ... is quite tough at 1st but later will be easy ..

trumpet .. walau eh ... i still cant forget my the lips pain after the 1st few practices..

trombone, tuba and drumkits ... all nvr tested yet except for the norm brass band single drum. All this thx to high school brass band which i suffer for years >.< !!!

learning guitar now is like new level ... very challenging compare to all things i had touched ... eventhough i still hope im able to play piano 1 day.

i used to play the saxophone a few years back
pretty fun until i heard eric johnson and steve vai

I don't think its possible to actually "Master" the instrument in such a short period of time...

But you will surely improve through that and probably "Master" the basics



Trumpet... I know how you fell bro
I used to play Trombone...
Can you flutter tongue? I can't seem to do it...


Currently I play Bass and may venture into other instruments like guitar and clarinet if and only when I am good enough in what I am playing now..

"Jack of all trades, Master of none." << this is what I try to avoid being

james of all riffs, master of puppets.

trade the seagull with my kapok . u will surely become pro in 6 months or less

ability to play by ear is a gift most musicians have. if u have it, bless u. u'll be able to master about 75% of ur instrument quick. the rest 25 %, well, is the finger skill kinda stuff, like hand tapping, ability to shred real fast, etc. which are not that important musically la, imho.

i beg to differ that the ability to play by ear is a gift MOST musicians have. u'd be surprised alot dont.

yea . i agree.. only thru constant practise only able to recog the sound. im not beethoven heir

If you're not pursuing music as a career i think getting a teacher to show you how not to hurt yourself is enough. There are certain postures which can de disastrous to your wrists (especially true in the bass world). Then after you have the basics, you can quit. Should roughly take about a few months for that.

The rest you can learn on your own. Takes a longer time of course, but i think it's more fun and exciting discovering stuff on your own than to have someone just throw everything at you. But that's all a matter of taste. Some people prefer to be taught and some prefer to experiment.

If you're venturing into music as a career, then of course look for as many teachers as possible. Because then you're studying it. And at that point, we're not talking guitar anymore, we're talking music. And that's where all the harmonies and arrangements and theory comes in. Which i think takes away all the fun But that's just me

i think the main reason you wanna have a teacher is not only to show you new things etc but to show you what NOT to do

I saw some of the early post says that get a kapok train up finger strength....i actually disagree with it...no offence ya....

i actually met with quite a few guitarist n read alo of article abt practising....what they say is one should start with a decent guitar...actually we don't need alot strength to fret cleanly....coz if continuosly practising on high action guitars we tend to apply more pressure to fret it down...eventually fingers will getting stiffer...n once change to a good guitar...usually with lower action...we tend to fret with the same amount of strength we use on a high action guitar...n this will spoil the frets n fingerboard really fast...n actually will slower down ur figer movements....so it's always good to start with a better guitar....

sorry to those who disagree with me or offended by me.....good luck to those that are abt to start playing guitar....

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sometimes i train my fingers by hammering on really hard =/

Why do you guys wanna fret really hard? Its a waste of energy imo. I read about soft touch, where you apply just enough force to fret it. Get to play faster. Eric Clapton says that its really important for beginners to start off with a good/decent guitar. Too lazy to type what he said right now...

copy, paste, source.
i fret hard to train some strength only but when i play i dont smash the fretboard
except maybe some heavy riffs like maybe some lamb of god sometimes i'll fret a little harder

not to say hard, more like firm.
but when you try going faster, and if you fret softly, you're going to end up with alot of messed up notes.

fretting does not require much finger strength.

but i guess you forgot about legato, hammer ons.... which your finger strength signifies your tone

This post has been edited by soulfly: May 17 2007, 12:22 AM

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yeah. you gotta be able to control your finger strength to produce different sounds and tonalities.

Its in a guitar magazine... So cannot copy paste.

Lol, you guys talking technical stuff now so I don't quite understand

But I will try and take everyone's advice and use it

technical? like? i'm a noob