Anyone On Here Play The Guitar/Bass?

[black again]

Working on those upstrokes with the C scales all over again. Just like you did.

Yeah man...it slowed me down for a minute, but it was well worth it.

You're right at about 1 year into playing, I believe....I'm just about at the same point as you..and that's where I really feel I made the biggest jump.

It's like all of a sudden, my chord changes got smoother and with decent tabs, I could play most stuff. And then the big jump was in being able to play stuff by ear or just playing around on the neck and sounding out songs.

I got some more real easy ones lined up, but I'd like to know how the first ones went.

 

[jack walsh13]

Yeah man...it slowed me down for a minute, but it was well worth it.

You're right at about 1 year into playing, I believe....I'm just about at the same point as you..and that's where I really feel I made the biggest jump.

It's like all of a sudden, my chord changes got smoother and with decent tabs, I could play most stuff. And then the big jump was in being able to play stuff by ear or just playing around on the neck and sounding out songs.

I got some more real easy ones lined up, but I'd like to know how the first ones went.

Yup. Ist year in. I'm starting to get real comfortable with chord changes. D to G, to A. Even E to Am. Even E to an F barre chord.

 

[black again]

Yup. Ist year in. I'm starting to get real comfortable with chord changes. D to G, to A. Even E to Am. Even E to an F barre chord.

I don't do it much anymore, but when I first started, I timed my chord changes over 1 minute. I'd do C-G, for example, and set a timer and count how many changes I could do and write it down....and I'd do then til I was close to one a second. At first, I could be as sloppy...just make the change, then they had to be clean changes.

Justin Guitar in YT has a good lesson on air changes, that you may wanna check out. It just teaches you how to start making the form before your fingers touch the frets.

 

[jack walsh13]

I don't do it much anymore, but when I first started, I timed my chord changes over 1 minute. I'd do C-G, for example, and set a timer and count how many changes I could do and write it down....and I'd do then til I was close to one a second. At first, I could be as sloppy...just make the change, then they had to be clean changes.

Justin Guitar in YT has a good lesson on air changes, that you may wanna check out. It just teaches you how to start making the form before your fingers touch the frets.

Good lookin. I'm on it.

 

[black again]

Good lookin. I'm on it.

The harder the chord, the more I time chord changes...B7..Dm...any barre..
..and as you play more, you'll know how to modify a lil here and there, without changing the tune.

When I first learned to play Roxanne, by the Police, I couldn't hit that second chord...to save my life...I switched it to a Dm and it sounds close enough to roll with it.

Keep doing what you're doing, bruh..play the stuff you already know well. It makes picking up the rhythm and strumming easier.

Every song I can play I've heard a thousand times...most I know every lil sound in the song.

 

[black again]

I know I'm throwing alotta stuff at y'all..

But, here's another super easy, but there's a chord change thats good practice for making quick changes.

Wild Thing..standard tuning..open chords

A- D - E - D ...there's a few different way to form some chords, but for this set above, I never lift my index finger the whole time...

I leave it in place to go from A-D ..slide it up one fret without lifting it, to go from D - E...and slide it back down without lifting it to go back to D.
I ALWAYS try to find an anchor, if possible, when I look at playing

Then

G-A -G -A. and those have to be smooth and quick.

That's the song

 

[jack walsh13]

The harder the chord, the more I time chord changes...B7..Dm...any barre..
..and as you play more, you'll know how to modify a lil here and there, without changing the tune.

When I first learned to play Roxanne, by the Police, I couldn't hit that second chord...to save my life...I switched it to a Dm and it sounds close enough to roll with it.

Keep doing what you're doing, bruh..play the stuff you already know well. It makes picking up the rhythm and strumming easier.

Every song I can play I've heard a thousand times...most I know every lil sound in the song.

Yup. I can play "Before I let go" very well. And the beginning riff to "Down on the Corner" too. Can't wait to get my bass though to play "Before I let go ."

 

[jack walsh13]

I know I'm throwing alotta stuff at y'all..

But, here's another super easy, but there's a chord change thats good practice for making quick changes.

Wild Thing..standard tuning..open chords

A- D - E - D ...there's a few different way to form some chords, but for this set above, I never lift my index finger the whole time...

I leave it in place to go from A-D ..slide it up one fret without lifting it, to go from D - E...and slide it back down without lifting it to go back to D.
I ALWAYS try to find an anchor, if possible, when I look at playing

Then

G-A -G -A. and those have to be smooth and quick.

That's the song

Good lookin out on this. Keep em comin. The more you practice with familiar tunes the better we get.

 

[darth frosty]

 

[black again]

Whoaaa

 

[black again]

Thanks, going to make some time this weekend to catch up. Work schedule been hectic.

Good lookin out on this. Keep em comin. The more you practice with familiar tunes the better we get.

Something slow and easy...

Purple Rain

This was from Eric Blackmon on Youtube.
I've known how to play it for awhile, but this is in a different key than the original..so I rarely played it.

But it still sounds great on an acoustic or electric.

This is in standard tuning, no capo.

1st chord
Asus2 - 2nd fret -5str open - 4&3 bar
(Use 2nd &3rd fingers)


2nd chord
Asus2F#

Same shape as above..just add index finger
on 6th str at 2nd fret

3rd chord
Simple E chord


4th chord
Dsus2

Play Open 5- 4 strings and 2nd fret 3rd str and 3rd fret 2nd str..

Just play it nice and slow... kinda pick out individual strings in the chord more than play each one..play it by feel

 

[head214]

Whoaaa

Gonna try this tonight

 

[jack walsh13]

Something slow and easy...

Purple Rain

This was from Eric Blackmon on Youtube.
I've known how to play it for awhile, but this is in a different key than the original..so I rarely played it.

But it still sounds great on an acoustic or electric.

This is in standard tuning, no capo.

1st chord
Asus2 - 2nd fret -5str open - 4&3 bar
(Use 2nd &3rd fingers)


2nd chord
Asus2F#

Same shape as above..just add index finger
on 6th str at 2nd fret

3rd chord
Simple E chord


4th chord
Dsus2

Play Open 5- 4 strings and 2nd fret 3rd str and 3rd fret 2nd str..

Just play it nice and slow... kinda pick out individual strings in the chord more than play each one..play it by feel

 

[jack walsh13]

 

[black again]

Had Johnny Guitar Watson, Real Mother For Ya , in my head...so...got this off YT..Mr Mightyslim is the teacher

Mannnn, this is so easy, y'all.

The intro is just a D chord shape....1st 2 fingers at the 8th fret, 3rd finger on 9th fret, then slide to 7th...6th..and end on 5th.

Main riff is

1st -3rd fret hammer on D string...
and then back again..

Then DG barred 3rd fret to 1st fret

As soon as you hear it, you'll be able to pick it up.

That's a buncha super easy classics, that yall should be able to get pretty easily.

How are they coming?

 

[darth frosty]

 

[jack walsh13]

Had Johnny Guitar Watson, Real Mother For Ya , in my head...so...got this off YT..Mr Mightyslim is the teacher

Mannnn, this is so easy, y'all.

The intro is just a D chord shape....1st 2 fingers at the 8th fret, 3rd finger on 9th fret, then slide to 7th...6th..and end on 5th.

Main riff is

1st -3rd fret hammer on D string...
and then back again..

Then DG barred 3rd fret to 1st fret

As soon as you hear it, you'll be able to pick it up.

That's a buncha super easy classics, that yall should be able to get pretty easily.

How are they coming?

Gonna try this too!!!

 

[jack walsh13]

 

[darth frosty]

YOOOOOO We need MOAR!!!!!

 

[jack walsh13]

YOOOOOO We need MOAR!!!!!

That's all for now. Enjoy this bitch below though. I'd choke the shit outta her as well.
Then jump up and work on chord switches.

 

[black again]

That's all for now. Enjoy this bitch below though. I'd choke the shit outta her as well.
Then jump up and work on chord switches.

Have you tried any of those tunes I put up?

Mannnnn, I gotta give it to ya again for Tab app.
Between that and YouTube...you can learn almost any song.

 

[jack walsh13]

Have you tried any of those tunes I put up?

Mannnnn, I gotta give it to ya again for Tab app.
Between that and YouTube...you can learn almost any song.

Still working on C arpeggios and scales for now. And chord changes. Getting real good at D.A and G switches. Don't even have to look at them anymore.

 

[jack walsh13]

@black again Got another one for you to figure out Black.

 

[black again]

@black again Got another one for you to figure out Black.

It sounds kinda like Wade in the Water..

If you can get that first note or so, you can usually figure out a riff like this.

I used to think a guitarist was all over the neck on any particular song, but what I've found is the notes played are usually pretty close together.

Guitarists are like everyone else. They look for shortcuts and lil patterns to simplify things..

This is a good exercise to gauge your progress. One of the signs of being an intermediate player is the ability to sound out songs and play along with them.

 

[jack walsh13]

It sounds kinda like Wade in the Water..

If you can get that first note or so, you can usually figure out a riff like this.

I used to think a guitarist was all over the neck on any particular song, but what I've found is the notes played are usually pretty close together.

Guitarists are like everyone else. They look for shortcuts and lil patterns to simplify things..

This is a good exercise to gauge your progress. One of the signs of being an intermediate player is the ability to sound out songs and play along with them.

That's a very good point. I agree. The notes are usually not only very similar but close together in a lot of simple songs. Does should like Wade in the water too. Joint smooth as fuck.

 

[black again]

@head214 & @jack walsh13

How's the progress? Any new tricks, tunes?

Learned a Hendrix riff..Voodoo Child, and a buncha 80s songs.

 

[jack walsh13]

@head214 & @jack walsh13

How's the progress? Any new tricks, tunes?

Learned a Hendrix riff..Voodoo Child, and a buncha 80s songs.

Jesus Henry Christ. You learned Voodoo Child!!!!? Details man!!!! I'm doing great on my C scales. Working on chord changes with minor barre chords to the E.

 

[black again]

Jesus Henry Christ. You learned Voodoo Child!!!!? Details man!!!! I'm doing great on my C scales. Working on chord changes with minor barre chords to the E.

I found a lesson on Youtube..some lady taught it. Funny thing... yesterday as I'm practicing, I couldn't find the tabs I wrote out for it, so now I have to look through a few hundred sheets of music I wrote out to see if I can locate it again...I really don't wanna have to do that...smh

Walsh... please...try switching up your practice routine...just for the hell of it.

I spend the first 10 minutes of practice warming up by playing scales and going up and down the fretboard...MAKING SURE to work my pinkie.

Then, I will work the most recent songs for awhile. At one point, I could practice every riff or song in my list...not anymore. I know too many, so I takes a few days to cycle through each one.

After that, I may either play along to a backing track on Youtube or learn something else new...that all takes an hour to Two.

This is just a suggestion. I have no real expertise playing OR teaching. If this is working for you, man, I'm with you 100%!
I just want you to have some more fun, while you're learning..and push me to be better.

That's part of the reason I carefully picked songs that are super easy to play.

 

[jack walsh13]

I found a lesson on Youtube..some lady taught it. Funny thing... yesterday as I'm practicing, I couldn't find the tabs I wrote out for it, so now I have to look through a few hundred sheets of music I wrote out to see if I can locate it again...I really don't wanna have to do that...smh

Walsh... please...try switching up your practice routine...just for the hell of it.

I spend the first 10 minutes of practice warming up by playing scales and going up and down the fretboard...MAKING SURE to work my pinkie.

Then, I will work the most recent songs for awhile. At one point, I could practice every riff or song in my list...not anymore. I know too many, so I takes a few days to cycle through each one.

After that, I may either play along to a backing track on Youtube or learn something else new...that all takes an hour to Two.

This is just a suggestion. I have no real expertise playing OR teaching. If this is working for you, man, I'm with you 100%!
I just want you to have some more fun, while you're learning..and push me to be better.

That's part of the reason I carefully picked songs that are super easy to play.

Oh your absolutely right Black. I am switching it up. My muscle memory is getting really good with the chord changes. I'm noticing I no longer have to look at the fretboard for the D and A chords anymore. I need to work on my strumming. That's what's kinda holding me back at this point. Getting a better rhythm with the right hand.

 

[black again]

Oh your absolutely right Black. I am switching it up. My muscle memory is getting really good with the chord changes. I'm noticing I no longer have to look at the fretboard for the D and A chords anymore. I need to work on my strumming. That's what's kinda holding me back at this point. Getting a better rhythm with the right hand.

Bruh, strumming is WAYYYYY harder than I ever imagined.

At first, I thought if you knew the chords, you could play it...wrong! On some songs, if you can't get the strumming down, it sounds nothing like it should.

That fast strumming you hear on ol R&B tunes...think theme from Shaft.. is hard af at first. I used to drop my pick every few seconds.

I could be wrong, but it sounds like you wanna attain a certain level of skill before you get in and just start jamming. I'm a perfectionist, so I understand. But mannnnn, let it rip! You're at the stage that you can learn a new tune everyday.

You'll get to practice all the technical stuff you need, while learning new tunes.

Take Voodoo Child, for example...nothing but pulloffs and hammers.

Don't worry about looking at the frets...I still do alotta the time.

 

[jack walsh13]

Bruh, strumming is WAYYYYY harder than I ever imagined.

At first, I thought if you knew the chords, you could play it...wrong! On some songs, if you can't get the strumming down, it sounds nothing like it should.

That fast strumming you hear on ol R&B tunes...think theme from Shaft.. is hard af at first. I used to drop my pick every few seconds.

I could be wrong, but it sounds like you wanna attain a certain level of skill before you get in and just start jamming. I'm a perfectionist, so I understand. But mannnnn, let it rip! You're at the stage that you can learn a new tune everyday.

You'll get to practice all the technical stuff you need, while learning new tunes.

Take Voodoo Child, for example...nothing but pulloffs and hammers.

Don't worry about looking at the frets...I still do alotta the time.

Your right about everything. That's why I'm focusing on these scales and arpeggios so much. I'm just happy I can finally successfully ring out Barre chords. And I do the spider exercises all the time as well. I feel as though everything I pick up the guitar I get a little better. I'm noticing my fingers are naturally stretched out more over the fretboard and their not coming up as high like they once did when I hit single notes and switch. I'm coming along well. I also am studying music theory to learn everything overall. It's cool that I've been working so much on the C scales I can tell if it's not the right note not by memory, but by sound. That's good stuff right there.

 

[black again]

Your right about everything. That's why I'm focusing on these scales and arpeggios so much. I'm just happy I can finally successfully ring out Barre chords. And I do the spider exercises all the time as well. I feel as though everything I pick up the guitar I get a little better. I'm noticing my fingers are naturally stretched out more over the fretboard and their not coming up as high like they once did when I hit single notes and switch. I'm coming along well. I also am studying music theory to learn everything overall. It's cool that I've been working so much on the C scales I can tell if it's not the right note not by memory, but by sound. That's good stuff right there.

Yep..yep and yep..I feel the same. Every time I play, I see the improvement.

It's to the point now where if I go on vacay for more than a few days, I need to figure out how to get my practicing in.

I used to be super-focused on making sure my fingers were always perfectly forming chords with the correct finger placement..now? Sheeeid, I just trust the hours of practicing. They find a way to get where they need to be..

That's why I suggested that you practice Wild Thing. The chorus is 2 chords but they're played really quick...G-A-G-A. and that G to A stretch is a mofo at first.

Another thing about learning more new tunes...the confidence and feeling of accomplishment is through the roof, when you master a song you've been wanting to play.

 

[jack walsh13]

Yep..yep and yep..I feel the same. Every time I play, I see the improvement.

It's to the point now where if I go on vacay for more than a few days, I need to figure out how to get my practicing in.

I used to be super-focused on making sure my fingers were always perfectly forming chords with the correct finger placement..now? Sheeeid, I just trust the hours of practicing. They find a way to get where they need to be..

That's why I suggested that you practice Wild Thing. The chorus is 2 chords but they're played really quick...G-A-G-A. and that G to A stretch is a mofo at first.

Another thing about learning more new tunes...the confidence and feeling of accomplishment is through the roof, when you master a song you've been wanting to play.

Wild thing is only two chords?

 

[black again]

Wild thing is only two chords?

3 chords form the main song..

A-D-E-D in that order and G-A-G-A in the chorus.

 

[jack walsh13]

3 chords form the main song..

A-D-E-D in that order and G-A-G-A in the chorus.

I can do that!!!!!