Jase619 Posted January 21, 2019 Author Posted January 21, 2019 When I bought guitar pro it was 59 dollars which equated to around 400 rand back then. Sadly that’s changed. I had been using a cracked version for years an felt guilty. Guitar pro is very helpful, but I find lately for ease of use and for general chord and lyrics type learning, Ultimate Guitar is easy to use and generally quite accurate. Sometimes the tabs look like they have been written by 12 year olds, but with some common sense and musical knowledge they aren't difficult to play correctly
Allrounder Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 I was on ucord last night practicing my hand movements, and trying to get my unwilling fingers to move in all the directions to get the cords. Up come this weird ass F. Im like what on earth is this, thats not F. WTF. Wife comes in, "O are you learning bar cords?"...... Felt a bit stupid. did not even think about that....
Kona Kula Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 I was on ucord last night practicing my hand movements, and trying to get my unwilling fingers to move in all the directions to get the cords. Up come this weird ass F. Im like what on earth is this, thats not F. WTF. Wife comes in, "O are you learning bar cords?"...... Felt a bit stupid. did not even think about that.... My only suggestion is find an easy song. Practice that till you get it. And play along to it on the radio. Nothing keeps you wanting to improve like playing with other instruments or a band. Scales and practicing chords are really tough to keep you motivated in the beginning. They don’t sound like music. That’s why games like rocksmith etc do so well. Makes you feel that you are a musician which is great.
Tuxstir Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 I was on ucord last night practicing my hand movements, and trying to get my unwilling fingers to move in all the directions to get the cords. Up come this weird ass F. Im like what on earth is this, thats not F. WTF. Wife comes in, "O are you learning bar cords?"...... Felt a bit stupid. did not even think about that.... But the "F" is weird to start with.. All "F's" and "B's" I struggle with.. I tried Queen - fat Bottom Girls on Rocksmith the other night.. talk about contorting to chords..
Kona Kula Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 But the "F" is weird to start with.. All "F's" and "B's" I struggle with.. I tried Queen - fat Bottom Girls on Rocksmith the other night.. talk about contorting to chords.. The F Bar chord is easy though. Its just the E shape barring first fret. B is the A minor shape Barring 2nd fret. You can learn the complicated shapes later. Jase619 1
Allrounder Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 Guess what was delivered a few minutes ago??!!! The rocksmith cable i was waiting for. It was scheduled for delivery on Friday. Well no sleep for me tonight. Tuxstir 1
Kona Kula Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 Guess what was delivered a few minutes ago??!!! The rocksmith cable i was waiting for. It was scheduled for delivery on Friday. Well no sleep for me tonight. Blisters on the tips of your fingers
Allrounder Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 typing is already a bit more difficult after the last 3 days and a couple of websites!!
Jase619 Posted January 22, 2019 Author Posted January 22, 2019 The F Bar chord is easy though. Its just the E shape barring first fret. B is the A minor shape Barring 2nd fret. You can learn the complicated shapes later. Or be lazy and just stick to the barre chords hahahaha
Tuxstir Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 The F Bar chord is easy though. Its just the E shape barring first fret. B is the A minor shape Barring 2nd fret. You can learn the complicated shapes later. Or be lazy and just stick to the barre chords hahahaha If I had a choice.. but my lovely guitar teacher has other ideas...
Jase619 Posted January 22, 2019 Author Posted January 22, 2019 If I had a choice.. but my lovely guitar teacher has other ideas... That being said, teaching new fingers to Barre a fret properly is an art form on its own. Nothing is more annoying than a dead string because your finger isn't pressing hard enough
Tuxstir Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 That being said, teaching new fingers to Barre a fret properly is an art form on its own. Nothing is more annoying than a dead string because your finger isn't pressing hard enough Chords, Barring, Travis Picking, CAGED, reading Notes, Playing songs, all get done in half hour once a week..
Jaguar Shark Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) wow nice to know there are others that have to split their time and resources between both cycling and music, it sure is tough at times I've been playing for about 10 years now, like cycling it really is a masterless craft (for most of us anyway) this is an old pic of my setup, I'm a big Epiphone fan... Edited January 22, 2019 by Jaguar Shark Tuxstir and banna 2
Shebeen Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 anyone can play guitar (even me). getting good at it, that requires talent (which I don't have) and practice (which i don't do enough of). all you need is four chords and the truth (C,G,F Am)
Jase619 Posted January 22, 2019 Author Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) anyone can play guitar (even me). getting good at it, that requires talent (which I don't have) and practice (which i don't do enough of). all you need is four chords and the truth (C,G,F Am) Always disliked this video and the whole premise of it being a conspiracy. It's an oversimplification of musical theory. Based on your example of C G F Am, you could play all those songs in D A G Bm and it would sound the same, just in a different key Edited January 22, 2019 by Jase619
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