Have you ever wanted to learn to play the guitar? First Lessons Beginning Guitar is a step-by-step, concise, user-friendly guide to learning chords, strumming, and songs. Music is presented in the keys of G, D, E minor and C with a DVD. The book also features sections on types of guitars, frequently asked questions, how to string a guitar, and musical and guitar-related terminology. It is ideal for beginners of any age. Left Hand Position, Holding the Pick, Parts of the Guitar, How to Tune Counting, Explanation of Chord Symbols, Strumming G / EZ Form, D7 Chord, Full G Chord Brother John, The Farmer and the Dell, Lonesome Valley, Tom Dooley Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here Father Abraham, Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight! , The Old Chisholm Trail, Jack of Diamonds C Chord / EZ Form, 3/4 Time Strum Blow Ye Winds, Westerly Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep Full C Chord, D Chord, A7 Chord Blow Away the Morning Dew, Down Up Strum, Sweet Lillie Songs Using D - A7 Chords Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie, Auld Lang Syne, New River Train, Wild Colonial Boy, Frankie and Johnny E Minor, B7, Am, G7 Hey, Ho, Nobody Home Shady Grove, Shalom Chaverim, Joshua Fought The Battle of Jericho, Wade in the Water, Skip to My Lou Building the F Chord The Ship That Never Returned, Jacob's Ladder, East Virginia Review Key of G, D, Em, C Musical Terms How to String a Guitar Types of Guitars Frequently Asked Questions Glossary of Guitar Terms
I thought I had learnt theory, scales, modes, chords, keys and everything else a lead guitarist should know. Then I realized the truth... I KNEW NOTHING! You see, when you first start playing Guitar or any other instrument, you think your knowledge and skills are placed on a pyramid, and eventually you will get to the very top and you would have mastered the Guitar or whatever you instrument may be. The reality of it all is that this concept couldn't be further from the truth.
I was told a different way of thinking about music, the guitar and ultimately my playing. Not only that, but it really made me think about just what is was I wanted to accomplish with my guitar. What is that one thing I am searching for? The answer didn't come for weeks, and I mean weeks! It frustrated the hell out of me, I had been told this information, but I had no idea what it really meant. So as the weeks past and I continued to slave away for hours on end getting sick of what I was playing something finally clicked, like I finally saw the light it was like I instantly understood everything I was told!
So on my search for playing material I found a secret that most will never know, it's crazy to think that something as simple as knowing what you want and doing a tiny bit everyday will make you the player you always wanted to be without having to slave away locking yourself in your room for hours on end. Remember the pyramid is upside down! So make it clear what you want, and go for it!
The pyramid of knowledge does exist, but not in the way you probably think it does now. The pyramid is actually upside down. You start at the very bottom, the one little point. As you go up the pyramid you finally realize just how little you know and that is when you realize that there is no real thing as 'mastering the guitar' because it is completely impossible. There can be no gauge to compare blues to jazz, classical to rock. There are so many different voicings from a guitar that there is no way you can compare an acoustic guitar to an electric guitar. One you realize this, you can start to define exactly what it is that you want to be able to do on the guitar, whether that means learning a certain part of theory, finger tapping, sweeping or anything else.
Back a few years ago, when I got my new Fender Strat, I was so amped about the fact that I actually had this brand new guitar to play on that I set out in search for literally everything I could find to play. While most people go through a stage like this in their guitar playing, mine was different. The reason for this is because of the information I found. The way I came across this was actually by chance at my local music store. I had a chat to one of the workers there, an older guy, grey hair, heavy smoker, big mustache. Anyway, other than the fact that he looked like he had a lot of experience under his belt, something about him just told me this guy was legit.
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