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[lahadaextranjera]

Herion or meth?

Neither! Crack cocaine.

Bit of ammonia and away you go!

 

[tytheguy111]

Hey Ty, I've been playing guitar for quite awhile now and would be happy to help you out. What kind of music are you into? That will get you better suggestions for songs. There no point learning a song just because its easy, pick songs you like, if you don't get enjoyment out of it, you won't stick with it.

I spent most of my high school years playing metal like Metallica and Megadeth but only did it because of peers, once I started sticking to playing music that influenced me, I couldn't go a day without picking up my guitar.


If you're going to check out YouTube, I'd suggest looking up Martyzsongs, he has a lot of good lessons for both electric and acoustic.

I got a acoustic

And folk songs like jhon Denver

 

[Dislexicmidget2021]

My suggestion would be to start a routine with learning basic whole notes if your just beginning to learn how to play.

Hit up Ultimateguitar.com,,,you cant go wrong with that site.Its one of the most comprehensive guitar sites out there.

 

[BDOGKush]

I got a acoustic

And folk songs like jhon Denver

First song I learned how to play was House of The Rising Sun, very easy folk song to start out with.

Here is a link to Martyzsongs playlist of easy acoustic guitar lessons, nearly 150 lessons in that playlist alone, you're bound to find a song you like.

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNBMov4IGDdlvvkNaGY5wG-Avv5BxWD0a

One of the best pieces of advice I could give a new player is to learn the fretboard, that alone will put you so far ahead of a lot of guitarists.

 

[AltarNation]

I have been doing acoustic solo stuff with vocals, singer songwriter style, for like fifteen years... just keep finding songs you CAN play and enjoy the hell out of them. Don't sweat it when you can't handle something. I mean keep trying obviously, but at the same time, the real joy of playing that keeps you going for years comes from the heart-freeing experience of open expression. There is a learning curve you have to get past before you have the confidence to believe you can play a song well even though you started not so long ago... but if you have rhythm and you start with really simple stuff, you can rock some shit even if you don't know what you're doing musically. (There are whole genres of music based on that to some degree...)

Anyway there are a lot of easy songs to start off on, but anything power chorded or in drop D is a really easy place to start. So that covers like 90% of pop punk and a lot of "nu metal" type rock stuff.

Off the top of my head... any of these if you grew up with them and know the songs well.. if there's no nostalgia it's probably not worth trying to find your passion in it now... I'm basically sort of assuming you were a 90's kid as I make this list... anyway:

-Any green day song. Basketcase or Brainstew.
-Stuff like blink 182, mxpx, et cetera... really most of the songs are super easy to play because they stick to 3-string power chords majority of the time.
-Tom Petty.. a lot of his songs are really easy and very enjoyable to play. Free Falling takes a little learning and is a really good practice song for learning to change chords at a faster pace than the easiest songs allow. (This is like barely skill level 2... still super easy...) --there are a handful of other good ones. Time To Move On, and Wildflowers, both of those are great.
-Bush - Machinehead, Glycerine. Glycerine is good for learning to play and sing at the same time. Machinehead is good for working on moving fast on a two note octave hit I guess...

There are like 50 one hit wonder songs from the 90's that are a ball to play too.
-I just got done playing Better Than Ezra's Tell Me All Your Thoughts On God, which pops into my head every so often...
-Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Pocket
-Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

These songs are all pretty easy. Just search for the word "chords" with the song name and artist name and you'll find what you need... keep a chord handbook on hand...

Fuck, there are so many.

House Of The Rising Sun was a great suggestion, that song is a lot of fun to play and the rhythm is challenging when you're starting out.

Live - Lightning Crashes, I Alone... both pretty easy.

uh... God, there's so many, it depends on what kind of music you listen to. Basically what I do is I just listen to music and when I am like "Oh I want to try to play this" i go look up a song... and it often spills over into looking up what else I can find by the same artist that I already know well. If I know the lyrics from listening to something a lot it makes it way easier for me to find a groove and can usually get out a decent performance on the first try as a result.

So my advice is to look to your own music collection for inspiration for what to learn, because that is the stuff you will feel passionate about and therefore will enjoy learning. Usually there's at least one or two songs by any artist you like that you can come pretty close to playing, even if you're just starting out.

Justa my 2 cents I guess... peace!

 

[AltarNation]

I should also note that some of these songs are better for learning open chords and are not focused on power chords and such... like the Live songs, House Of The RIsing Sun, and Petty, all of which are definitely more open chord focused.

Jack Johnson songs are pretty easy if you like his stuff. The only hard part is accepting that your voice might never sound so smooth... heh.

again it all depends on your genre preference.

 

[Yessica...]

Anyone play???


Im starting to learn now

Any tips or easy to play songs

THIS GUY:

 

[Yessica...]

Fav acoustic song:

 

[KLITE]

Im the absolute best door bell player youll ever meet. Cannot go down the street in certain villages in northern britan without getting a crowd following me. People love a door to door salesmen with bell ringing talent.

Anyone play???


Im starting to learn now

Any tips or easy to play songs

If Little Wayne can do it, im sure you can to.

 

[tytheguy111]

First song I learned how to play was House of The Rising Sun, very easy folk song to start out with.

Here is a link to Martyzsongs playlist of easy acoustic guitar lessons, nearly 150 lessons in that playlist alone, you're bound to find a song you like.

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNBMov4IGDdlvvkNaGY5wG-Avv5BxWD0a

One of the best pieces of advice I could give a new player is to learn the fretboard, that alone will put you so far ahead of a lot of guitarists.

And @AltarNation


Im trying to learn country roads take me home by jhon Denver I got the chords down but the strum pattern is something thats beyond me

How do I figure out the strum pattern for a song

It sounds kinda right when I switch chords but in between when I sing and strum the strumming isn't right

Any suggestions??

 

[tytheguy111]

Im the absolute best door bell player youll ever meet. Cannot go down the street in certain villages in northern britan without getting a crowd following me. People love a door to door salesmen with bell ringing talent.



If Little Wayne can do it, im sure you can to.

Lol he wasn't even strumming

 

[BDOGKush]

And @AltarNation


Im trying to learn country roads take me home by jhon Denver I got the chords down but the strum pattern is something thats beyond me

How do I figure out the strum pattern for a song

It sounds kinda right when I switch chords but in between when I sing and strum the strumming isn't right

Any suggestions??

He breaks down the rhythm at the start of the lesson and what he's doing is what I like to do, mute all the strings and work out just the rhthym of the song, then add in the chords once you have the rhthym down. It helps to try and ignore the notes being played and listen to the beat of the song. That always helped me, especially with figuring out fast lead guitar sections, don't listen to the notes but the rhythm that the notes were played, like if it was played on a snare drum. Hope my stoned rambling helps and if not maybe the video will!

Edit: Around 4:30 he adds an awesome little tip about adding embellishments, that'll help you a lot too. I wish I had videos like this when I started playing.

 

[BDOGKush]

THIS GUY:

Hey, since you like that style of playing, check out Andy McKee if you haven't heard of him. (And yes the frets on his guitar are slanted )

 

[Yessica...]

Hey, since you like that style of playing, check out Andy McKee if you haven't heard of him. (And yes the frets on his guitar are slanted )

Finger tappidy tapping is pretty f-in sweet!

 

[Magic Mike]

 

[ChingOwn]

You could always buy guitar gene