Chick With A Guitar! - Page 2

Darth Tater · 02-18-2002, 09:26 PM

Well excuse me for trying to entertain you poor folks!

Ozymandias · 02-19-2002, 02:10 AM

Learn to read music on the guitar. I had played for a long time, but when I started reading music for guitar I improved drastically. Since you're already a musician, Starr Polish, you'll just have to transfer your music reading skills to the new instrument. The guitar can be wacky because there are often multiple places to play a given note. Also, the guitar sounds an octave lower than written. (Guitar music should probably be written on the tenor clef - which is just an octave lower than treble clef - to be completely accurate.)

ryan · 02-19-2002, 03:38 AM

I suggest the first thing you do, is learn to read tabs. Once you can read tabs, you can look around on the internet (tabcrawler.com and mxtabs.com) for easy songs of artists you like. This'll keep you entertained while you suck

The next thing, is learn to play power-chords (A5 and E5 seem to be the most common), and barre chords. If you can play power-chords good, you can play most any punk-rock song written, and a good majority of rock songs (or at least a decent-sounding version of them). I can only assume its normal for your fingers to bleed when your still new, so make sure to wipe the blood of the guitar

On another note, i find acoustic easier to play =\ But since you have an accoustic (and i assume your all the hippie tolkienish oasis lover types) learn stuff off of "whats the story morning glory" by oasis. Loads of great acoustic stuff on there, good way to learn about capos too

Thats enough rambling from me.

Starr Polish · 02-19-2002, 10:32 PM

I clipped my semi-long nails on my left hand today, since they were getting in the way of fretting (is that what it's called? LOL) They haven't been this short in YEARS!

I also kind of screwed around, trying to at least tune the G string, which was the worst. I am incredibly afraid the string is going to snap (that's what watching The Haunting gives you, stupid string snapping paranoia). My father had to use an electric guitar string since he didn't have any acoustic ones (the original G was in terrible shape). I think I at least tuned it to be in tune with the rest of the guitar.

FrodoFriend · 02-19-2002, 11:12 PM

Ah! I hate snapping strings! I've been hit by an E-string with a bad ball-end WAY too many times. Now I put a towel over my guitar when I change the strings . . . but I still wince when I tune it up again.

ryan · 02-20-2002, 11:48 PM

If your strings are really old, you should replace them all anyways. they won't break or snap as much, but if your playing with really old strings.. watch out

Its also generally a good idea to replace all the strings at once, rather than just one at a time =\

Starr Polish · 02-20-2002, 11:53 PM

Okay, now I'm really scared to tune my guitar ::whimper:: Well, they haven't been played much, if at all...and we have no acoustic strings ::whimpers again::

ryan · 02-21-2002, 03:13 AM

As long as the guitar is pointed away from you and not at your face, you should be fine

Most of the time snapped strings won't even hit you..

....

*walks away with an evil cackle*

No really.. believe me.. its quick and painless

ryan · 02-21-2002, 03:14 AM

Who's tristan? What happened to Ben's brother Joe(tm).. and didn't he play the kazoo for a living?

Darth Tater · 02-21-2002, 10:18 AM

Ryan, I think you mean Jon.

galadriel88 · 02-21-2002, 08:53 PM

Bullroarer is right. Trombone rules!!!!!

Sorry, just had to say that. Now yau can all go back to talking about guitars, which I know nothing about...

Starr Polish · 02-23-2002, 01:47 PM

I play alto saxaphone myself. Most of the trombones at my school are jerks (as people)

galadriel88 · 02-23-2002, 03:33 PM

Thanks, Starr, what a compliment.

Starr Polish · 02-23-2002, 03:36 PM

At my school, not in general...

::whimpers and hides in a corner::

galadriel88 · 02-23-2002, 03:38 PM

It's OK, Starr, I was j/k.

Starr Polish · 02-23-2002, 03:51 PM

::comes out of her corner:: Phew...good.

Gah...I still am not getting the hang of my darn guitar.

ryan · 02-23-2002, 07:20 PM

Real men play kazoos. Guitars are for girly men.

Starr Polish · 02-23-2002, 07:30 PM

Well, I'm not a man.

LuthienTinuviel · 02-26-2002, 06:10 PM

i play the flute for the sucky school band, but i play electric bass cause its fun as he11!
guitars rule

mirrille · 02-28-2002, 02:00 AM

Haha

Girly men who play guitars are cool. Double if it's a 12 string.
I gotta play my guitar sometime. It's been so long I've left it. I think it's getting lonely.

02-18-2002, 09:26 PM	#21
Darth Tater The man Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: MA Posts: 4,572	Well excuse me for trying to entertain you poor folks! __________________ Visit the worlds greatest webpage! No, not The Tolkien Trail! Just click this! The Tolkien Trail ~Camelot

02-19-2002, 03:38 AM	#23
ryan t2t relic Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 531	I suggest the first thing you do, is learn to read tabs. Once you can read tabs, you can look around on the internet (tabcrawler.com and mxtabs.com) for easy songs of artists you like. This'll keep you entertained while you suck The next thing, is learn to play power-chords (A5 and E5 seem to be the most common), and barre chords. If you can play power-chords good, you can play most any punk-rock song written, and a good majority of rock songs (or at least a decent-sounding version of them). I can only assume its normal for your fingers to bleed when your still new, so make sure to wipe the blood of the guitar On another note, i find acoustic easier to play =\ But since you have an accoustic (and i assume your all the hippie tolkienish oasis lover types) learn stuff off of "whats the story morning glory" by oasis. Loads of great acoustic stuff on there, good way to learn about capos too Thats enough rambling from me. __________________ "And the Lord spoke, "Send me your money, Empty thine wallets into my pockets my pockets, the pockets of Ryan, Ryan, he who will deliver the money unto me. Then you will truley be happy." And the people followed, and all was well." --Ryan 62:33

02-19-2002, 10:32 PM	#24
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	*sniffle* I clipped my semi-long nails on my left hand today, since they were getting in the way of fretting (is that what it's called? LOL) They haven't been this short in YEARS! I also kind of screwed around, trying to at least tune the G string, which was the worst. I am incredibly afraid the string is going to snap (that's what watching The Haunting gives you, stupid string snapping paranoia). My father had to use an electric guitar string since he didn't have any acoustic ones (the original G was in terrible shape). I think I at least tuned it to be in tune with the rest of the guitar. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

02-19-2002, 11:12 PM	#25
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Ah! I hate snapping strings! I've been hit by an E-string with a bad ball-end WAY too many times. Now I put a towel over my guitar when I change the strings . . . but I still wince when I tune it up again. __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

02-20-2002, 11:48 PM	#26
ryan t2t relic Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 531	If your strings are really old, you should replace them all anyways. they won't break or snap as much, but if your playing with really old strings.. watch out Its also generally a good idea to replace all the strings at once, rather than just one at a time =\ __________________ "And the Lord spoke, "Send me your money, Empty thine wallets into my pockets my pockets, the pockets of Ryan, Ryan, he who will deliver the money unto me. Then you will truley be happy." And the people followed, and all was well." --Ryan 62:33

02-19-2002, 02:10 AM	#22
Ozymandias Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 20	Learn to read music on the guitar. I had played for a long time, but when I started reading music for guitar I improved drastically. Since you're already a musician, Starr Polish, you'll just have to transfer your music reading skills to the new instrument. The guitar can be wacky because there are often multiple places to play a given note. Also, the guitar sounds an octave lower than written. (Guitar music should probably be written on the tenor clef - which is just an octave lower than treble clef - to be completely accurate.)

02-20-2002, 11:53 PM	#27
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Okay, now I'm really scared to tune my guitar ::whimper:: Well, they haven't been played much, if at all...and we have no acoustic strings ::whimpers again:: __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

02-21-2002, 03:13 AM	#28
ryan t2t relic Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 531	As long as the guitar is pointed away from you and not at your face, you should be fine Most of the time snapped strings won't even hit you.. .... walks away with an evil cackle No really.. believe me.. its quick and painless __________________ "And the Lord spoke, "Send me your money, Empty thine wallets into my pockets my pockets, the pockets of Ryan, Ryan, he who will deliver the money unto me. Then you will truley be happy." And the people followed, and all was well." --Ryan 62:33

02-21-2002, 03:14 AM	#29
ryan t2t relic Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 531	Who's tristan? What happened to Ben's brother Joe(tm).. and didn't he play the kazoo for a living? __________________ "And the Lord spoke, "Send me your money, Empty thine wallets into my pockets my pockets, the pockets of Ryan, Ryan, he who will deliver the money unto me. Then you will truley be happy." And the people followed, and all was well." --Ryan 62:33

02-21-2002, 10:18 AM	#30
Darth Tater The man Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: MA Posts: 4,572	Ryan, I think you mean Jon. __________________ Visit the worlds greatest webpage! No, not The Tolkien Trail! Just click this! The Tolkien Trail ~Camelot

02-21-2002, 08:53 PM	#31
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	Bullroarer is right. Trombone rules!!!!! Sorry, just had to say that. Now yau can all go back to talking about guitars, which I know nothing about... __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

02-23-2002, 01:47 PM	#32
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	I play alto saxaphone myself. Most of the trombones at my school are jerks (as people) __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

02-23-2002, 03:33 PM	#33
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	Thanks, Starr, what a compliment. __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

02-23-2002, 03:36 PM	#34
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	At my school, not in general... ::whimpers and hides in a corner:: __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

02-23-2002, 03:38 PM	#35
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	It's OK, Starr, I was j/k. __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

02-23-2002, 03:51 PM	#36
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	::comes out of her corner:: Phew...good. Gah...I still am not getting the hang of my darn guitar. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

02-23-2002, 07:20 PM	#37
ryan t2t relic Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 531	Real men play kazoos. Guitars are for girly men. __________________ "And the Lord spoke, "Send me your money, Empty thine wallets into my pockets my pockets, the pockets of Ryan, Ryan, he who will deliver the money unto me. Then you will truley be happy." And the people followed, and all was well." --Ryan 62:33

02-23-2002, 07:30 PM	#38
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Well, I'm not a man. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

02-26-2002, 06:10 PM	#39
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	i play the flute for the sucky school band, but i play electric bass cause its fun as he11! guitars rule __________________ Last edited by LuthienTinuviel : 02-26-2002 at 06:12 PM.

02-28-2002, 02:00 AM	#40
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	Haha Girly men who play guitars are cool. Double if it's a 12 string. I gotta play my guitar sometime. It's been so long I've left it. I think it's getting lonely.

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