i've played for 10 years now and i've never been so much into theory but i passed the 1/3 theory part which is a sertificate for junior teaching ;D Guitar is such a great instrument really.

heres my latest composition ;P

Valio

Finland77 Posts

June 11 2009 07:42 GMT

#27

On June 11 2009 14:31 cUrsOr wrote:
doesnt everyone play guitar? and not guitar hero... thats much harder than guitar....

I dunno man.. i'm still not perfect guitar player after 10 years. But you can be pretty much perfect guitar hero player after 1 year of intense playing.

qrs

United States3637 Posts

June 11 2009 08:14 GMT

#28

On June 11 2009 12:23 Ellis wrote:
Is it bad if I skipped to the videos at the end?

Just kidding, good guide. You might want to include something about how this has a 95% chance of getting you laid, especially if you take your guitar with you everywhere you go.

Skyze

Canada2324 Posts

June 11 2009 14:42 GMT

#29

yah. Guitar hero isnt really that hard, while even after 10+ years of actual guitar, you can still pretty much suck.

Of course, you can't convince GH fans lol

Flow.of.soul

United States210 Posts

June 11 2009 16:30 GMT

#30

I was going to write something like this today, oh well. Good job though.

Skyze

Canada2324 Posts

June 11 2009 16:37 GMT

#31

hah Yehh. I wrote it kinda fast, expecting someone else to do it soon lol. I have a better guide to write tonight, that I dont think anyone will think of + be more humorous hopefully lol

Husky

United States3362 Posts

June 11 2009 17:08 GMT

#32

Hadnt seen the sound of music since I was a little kid, it was neat to look back and realize the song actually had meaning O.o.

great guide.

Archaic

United States4024 Posts

June 11 2009 17:25 GMT

#33

Sadly, no =\. Guitar is so common these days that everyone can play.

CubEdIn

Romania5359 Posts

June 11 2009 17:28 GMT

#34

Can you teach me how to play this? I just wanna learn this.
It's easier since there are only 4 strings, right?

Skyze

Canada2324 Posts

June 11 2009 17:55 GMT

#35

Jake is great, and his chord shapes in that song are quite simple (mostly just triads) but the difficult part of Ukelale is the struming and picking patterns; they use so many crazy patterns that takes a lot of practice.

That said, guitar and Uke are quite similar, if you learn to play guitar, you can learn that song probably within 6 months.

Keep in mind, Jake is by far the best Uke player in the world, the unique things he puts into that song is not easy even for professionals. I love him, esp his appearance on Rock Fujiyama (Marty Friedman is my IDOL, as I said many times in this thread.. so of course I love this video haha)

HooHa!

United States688 Posts

June 11 2009 18:06 GMT

#36

One thing that is helpful to learn is pedalling notes and somewhat riffing the chords. Like Deep Purple or Jimi Hendrix. You can hit part of the chord instead of all 6 strings. To voice certain sounds, can really make the difference in your playing if you focus on that sort of stuff. Very important in Jazz too.

Jet to Jet is a prime example.

demon driver

Semi complicated stuff. But the chords really outline the melody. yeah, good stuff.

Skyze

Canada2324 Posts

June 11 2009 18:10 GMT

#37

Yes, good point. I tried including power chords but I figured to gear my guide more towards the acoustic singer/songwriter stuff, which is what most people want to play when they first start guitar.

btw Nice early Vai footage haha =]

CubEdIn

Romania5359 Posts

June 11 2009 18:41 GMT

#38

On June 12 2009 02:55 Skyze wrote:
Jake is great, and his chord shapes in that song are quite simple (mostly just triads) but the difficult part of Ukelale is the struming and picking patterns; they use so many crazy patterns that takes a lot of practice.

That said, guitar and Uke are quite similar, if you learn to play guitar, you can learn that song probably within 6 months.

Keep in mind, Jake is by far the best Uke player in the world, the unique things he puts into that song is not easy even for professionals. I love him, esp his appearance on Rock Fujiyama (Marty Friedman is my IDOL, as I said many times in this thread.. so of course I love this video haha)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ziDAZNqzL4

Oh I know I was just playing silly, I will never understand how he makes that toy sound so melodic and vibrant, it's just amazing.

Thanks for the video, great stuff.

HooHa!

United States688 Posts

June 11 2009 18:50 GMT

#39

Thanks, its one of my favorites.

Well, there's many things you can do on an acoustic. Even chord wise.

Finger picking. p a m i or however it was written. P being the thumb I think and then A is the pointer middle and so forth. correct me if I got it wrong. please.

Like a D chord Thumb on the D string and you pluck according to how it is written. like i m a p is descending. A common pluck pattern is p m a i thumb, middle, pointer, index.

I am not all that great at finger plucking, I generally use a pick like so. If I pluck two notes at the same time. I just use my thumb and middle usually. and do a little sleight of hand with the pick and stick it in between my fingers like a cigarette I guess, or a pen.

The biggest thing I think is when doing complicated picking such as sweeps, I never think about it when I actually play, but I notice is economy in the picking. You should use the least amount of movement to maximize the speed. Also Control. because when you can change the picking hand in the slightest way, and keep that rhythm going still, thats cool. Thats balls.

Skyze

Canada2324 Posts

June 11 2009 20:50 GMT

#40

Yah theres so much to learn on guitar, You could write like 300 pages of guides.. I just tried to help out some people who haven't picked up one before.

Maybe someday, I'd do one for more advanced stuff, such as sweep picking, fingerpicking, etc. I actually wouldn't mind making a lesson website, to organize my thoughts better, along with streaming videos to show how things are done. The only issue (other than time) is that is quite tempting to try and charge people a subscription fee, since Teaching/Music is my actual Career in real life, yet I don't have enough HTML knowledge to really properly bank on a subscription based site.. Plus theres millions out there already, i'd have to find a way to get people interested in mine over theirs, which may be difficult.