Guitar thread

no you can find one that lasts longer or ask some of your friends to get it for you cause i find it very useful. the sound that it plays is MIDI but it is ok to get the main idea and when you play made tabs on it you learn to play the song fast cause the beat is correct and stuff like that… try it out…

I have the old version of guitar pro. I’ve found it useful for creating backing tracks. my pc has a pretty good midi plugin so it sounds a bit better than normal midi.

I used to have that exact same guitar :cool:

As for me, I used to practice quite a bit, but once I went to college and started working I found I almost stopped playing altogether. Lately I’ve been trying to get back into a regular practice routine. I mostly play finger exercises and scales to build the strength in my hands back up. I also learn the odd song here and there :smile:

I’ve started a youtube thingy with some riffs I’ve created.

we should make a youtube group: Lucid musicians!

one of the first songs i learned to play was stairway to heaven! lol it took a little while but i got the hang of it. am i any good if i can play most of master of puppets - metallica? just curious. my friends say im really good but i know im not lol

I would love to be able to play guitar, it’s a great instrument. I’ve been thinking about learning to play, but haven’t had the time or energy for it so far. :sad:

Speaking of youtube videos though, If anyone hasn’t seen Andy Mckee’s clips, I suggest you do. they’re quite amazing :happy:
Here’s an example of him playing Africa by Toto: Africa

yay my telecaster is coming on Wednesday! YAY! I know it’s stupid, but I like the way the lead goes in the side instead of the front… and the control knobs. ALL HEIL the tele control knobs!
Can we use bullet end strings in a tele?
Ball end and bullet end?

please say something! someone!

yes we can put bullet ends in a tele! teletelETELETELE!!!

WOO hoO!!

Depends how well you can play it.
I’ve been Playing 3 years with a teacher and can play all of it, some of it a bit Badly. How much of it can you play and do you play the first minutes of it Downstrokes and at speed?

I doesn’t matter really what you CAN play - it’s HOW you play it. I can play loads of stuff and that might make me sound really good, but most of it I can play crappily and a small minority I can play well (like Street Spirit (fade out)). I prefer making up my own stuff than playing other people’s songs, incidentally.

i prefer making up my own stuff too! except for educational purpose i never really found some satisfaction in playing other peoples songs… the joy of making a product is great!!

yeah! My dad keeps going, ‘you can impress girls with well-known songs!’ and I say stuff like ‘I don’t want to impress girls. I want to play music!’

I think it’s healthier to make your own stuff anyway becuase if you only play these well known songs you might end up inadvertentley copying it! I like to get a drum beat I’ve made and play along to that until I get something decent.

And I hate it when people ask you what songs you can play - for me that doesn’t indicate how good a musician you are.

youtube.com/watch?v=sQyfaBuq1xQ

hey check my new vid!!!

Exactly. When you make REALLY good songs, you’ll impress even MORE girls when you’re raking in cash, getting a record deal, and getting 9.5 reviews on pitchforkmedia.com

I’d love to learn guitar, because I figure I could improvise and compose on it just like my piano and saxophone. For the people here, did you learn guitar by lessons or by yourself?

Edit: Oh and li10, can you play Knives Out by Radiohead?

I haven’t tried but I probably could with a little practice. I find that song disturbing though, that’s why I don’t play it… I read the lyrics and now I stay away from it. I liked the song but now it’s really sinister to me…

I’m learning guitar my myself. Brian Molko (of Placebo) learned by himself, and loads of other musicians did too.

Yeah, I can’t even get the strumming down for my guitar. I play a few notes, it sounds metallic and screechy. My fingers hurt with the guitar strings. I don’t know how to hold a guitar. If I could get over those barriers I could probably learn how to play the guitar pretty good, but until…

try using rope core strings… they are much softer… if you want more info pm me, i dont want to advertise here!
i am using them and they are great…

I’ve got a teacher but you really have to teach yourself what you think is good and what you want to play.

EDIT: btw. Ranma187 nice Ibanez.

the finger pain will go away with time…

and HurricaneAK, those are physical barriers, we all have them!! You just need to sit tight and practice the right things, exercises, etc. and you will pull through!