[distressed_romeo]

Stick with it. You'll have to be really patient as you get the fundementals down. Just set manageable goals, and you'll find your skills improve over time. For instance, rather than sitting down and saying, 'I've got to learn all these chords', say 'Today I'm just going to practice changing between A minor and E minor chords', and work until you nail that. Do that each day, and eventually it'll all become second nature.

Don't get disheartened; developing skills on the guitar takes time. I guarantee you all accomplished players felt the way you do when they first started. If you need help with anything, there's plenty of people here who are willing to offer advice.

[Brett89]

Originally Posted by distressed_romeo

Stick with it. You'll have to be really patient as you get the fundementals down. Just set manageable goals, and you'll find your skills improve over time. For instance, rather than sitting down and saying, 'I've got to learn all these chords', say 'Today I'm just going to practice changing between A minor and E minor chords', and work until you nail that. Do that each day, and eventually it'll all become second nature.

Don't get disheartened; developing skills on the guitar takes time. I guarantee you all accomplished players felt the way you do when they first started. If you need help with anything, there's plenty of people here who are willing to offer advice.

Thank you

[Mastodon]

Originally Posted by Brett89

Please kill me!!!

Oh man, I'm idiot I know, but I practice the chords, pratice the scales and I don't know... it feels shit, I mean I'm not comfortable with the thing, it sound shit, and sometimes I feel it's better if I put down a guitar... I feel frustrated...


I think that it doesn't matter how many scales and chords I know, even If I pick a single note it sound terrible...

What's the problem, what sould I practice? Or my approach of guitarplaying isn't good?

Meh, probably just having a few off days. Everyone gets em *cough Yngwie video* They blow major ass.

I usually just avoid playing and go do something else until I get that druggie sensation where you crave the feel of the guitar in your arms. I find that when I do that I feel alot more relaxed and have alot more fun, and then I suddenly realize that I'm making progress on the things that were frustrating me previously.

[Naren]

While that's true, Mastadon. Brett is a beginner and, at the beginning, everything is uncomfortable. Sometimes it's hard to fret a simple note. I've taught the E minor open chord to several people before (possibly the easiest open chord) and not one person I taught it to could fret it without buzzing or complaining that their fingers hurt. To fix the buzzing, I just told them to put their fingers as close to the fret as possible without being on it and then I told them push down hard. That reduced the buzzing, but didn't completely get rid of it. I remember that it took a while before I could comfortably switch between open chords, but I just kept practicing. When my fingers started to hurt, I would push my fingers even harder against the frets until they were a reddish-purple. That helped me develop callouses faster. I remember how awkward scales were at first. I made mistake after mistake after mistake. If you practice and keep on trying hard, you'll get used to it.

Keep trying, Brett!

[Kotex]

^ That happened to me too.

It's just practice. The more you try, the better you get. Stick with it man. You'll be glad you did later.

[Brett89]

Thanl you for the help!

Two more quastion...

If I do big bends I touch other strings in the direction where I bend the string, and it makes unwanted noises... what do I do wrong?

Other... when I play scales the string the I dont play are ringing, so If I start the scale from the E string, and step to the A string, the E string rings out after that... I hope you get what I mean So how sould I mute it?

Thanks in advance!

[Mastodon]

Originally Posted by Naren

While that's true, Mastadon. Brett is a beginner and, at the beginning, everything is uncomfortable. Sometimes it's hard to fret a simple note. I've taught the E minor open chord to several people before (possibly the easiest open chord) and not one person I taught it to could fret it without buzzing or complaining that their fingers hurt. To fix the buzzing, I just told them to put their fingers as close to the fret as possible without being on it and then I told them push down hard. That reduced the buzzing, but didn't completely get rid of it. I remember that it took a while before I could comfortably switch between open chords, but I just kept practicing. When my fingers started to hurt, I would push my fingers even harder against the frets until they were a reddish-purple. That helped me develop callouses faster. I remember how awkward scales were at first. I made mistake after mistake after mistake. If you practice and keep on trying hard, you'll get used to it.

Keep trying, Brett!

Ah , right that completely slipped my mind.

Originally Posted by Bret89

Thanl you for the help!

Two more quastion...

If I do big bends I touch other strings in the direction where I bend the string, and it makes unwanted noises... what do I do wrong?

Other... when I play scales the string the I dont play are ringing, so If I start the scale from the E string, and step to the A string, the E string rings out after that... I hope you get what I mean So how sould I mute it?

Thanks in advance!

I'm trying to figure out a reason why the other strings would wring while bending but I couldn't make it happen.

I think I can answer your second question though.

When you lift the last finger left on the low e string it has the same effect as doing a pulloff.

So for example, if you're playing an A minor scale starting at the 5th fret of the low E.

D|-------------------5
A|----------5--7--9--
E|--5--7--9----------

The pattern would be index, middle, pinkey, index, middle, pinkey, index.

As you lay your middle finger down be sure to leave your index finger on the 3rd, and as you lay your pinkey down be sure to leave your middle and index in place.

As you place your pinkey on the 7th fret begin moving your index finger to the next string. When you put your index down on the a string make sure the very tip of it is making light contact with the e string.

That way the e string will be muted when you lift your pinkey from it.


I hope I made sense.

[Brett89]

Thank you for the help!

Wel I try to explane my problem, I try my best

So, I do a bend on the A string, a big bend, and I pull it in to the direction of the D string. And sometimes, my finger, which bends the A string touches the D string, and it makes unwanted noise, or I bend the D string a little, but I don't want...that's all...

Sorry for my english

[Mastodon]

There's absolutely no need to apologize for your english. If anything it's admirable.

I just realized that I made a few errors in what I said earlier.
The example I wrote is actually Major, not minor.

I also should have written this:

Originally Posted by mastodon

As you lay your middle finger down be sure to leave your index finger on the 5th, and as you lay your pinkey down be sure to leave your middle and index in place.

As you place your pinkey on the 9th fret begin moving your index finger to the next string. When you put your index down on the a string make sure the very tip of it is making light contact with the e string.

[distressed_romeo]

Originally Posted by Mastodon

There's absolutely no need to apologize for your english. If anything it's admirable.

He's right. Seriously Brett, your written communication is ten times better than a lot of native English speakers.