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Ive been taking lessons for a few months now, and though i have come a bit of a ways, there is still so much to practice and get into the steady flow of. I sometimes get discoureged and feel that its an endless road of making good sound, though its really enjoyable when i have the guitar in my hand,
Does anyone feel that its best as a very beginner to focus on the techical work like scales and progressions and strumming patterns as apposed to working on all this through songs... Something is telling me that i think i need to put the songs away and put all my focus on the other, like scales and fingerwork like that....
Does anyone feel that its best as a very beginner to focus on the techical work like scales and progressions and strumming patterns as apposed to working on all this through songs... Something is telling me that i think i need to put the songs away and put all my focus on the other, like scales and fingerwork like that....
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Re: Technique V/s Songs
Sun, February 10, 2008 - 10:59 PMAll of it helps. Scales & modes are not very fun, so i usually "reward myself" with some new songs @ the end of practice. -
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Re: Technique V/s Songs
Mon, February 11, 2008 - 5:35 PMThat's a good suggestion... another one I'd mention is WRITE. ;-) and do it as much as possible..
For me it was difficult at first, because I was too hard on myself... but if you have the triple threat of rehearsal of scales, theory, etc... then the ability to write your own progressions, and solos using what you've learned in rehearsal, AND you can learn your fav covers by ear, you'll have the ability to do just about anything you want.
Its amazing how many musicians can only do one of the three well.
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Re: Technique V/s Songs
Mon, February 11, 2008 - 5:52 PMThanks Guys, ive been working on scales now and some progressions, but i havnt written out my own progressions as of yet. only ones my teacher has written for me.
Moons? is this what you mean by Write? write my own chord progressions?
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Re: Technique V/s Songs
Tue, February 12, 2008 - 10:09 AMJust remember that technique is a means to an end. Not the end itself.
:) (except if you're Yngwie Malmsteen. Then in that case technique is all you got. That and a really shitty perm {giggle} ) -
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Re: Technique V/s Songs
Thu, February 14, 2008 - 6:24 AMScales can get boring in a hurry. You need to know them and you need to practice them, but mix it up. I know a lot of really good guitar players that don’t have a clue what scale their playing when they’re playing lead and I know some that know every scale in the book that can’t play lead worth a crap. It all matters, but you have to be you. You will never learn it all, but as you go along you’ll lean a lot.
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Re: Technique V/s Songs
Sat, February 16, 2008 - 8:13 AM>>Moons? is this what you mean by Write? write my own chord progressions?
Yes. Write your own whatever... songs, chord progressions, guitar solos... make it all your own.
Write songs. They will be shitty at first, but everyone's got to start from somewhere.
In any case, my original point was that there's often great musicians that don't know how to write or arrange songs.
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Re: Technique V/s Songs
Mon, February 18, 2008 - 3:42 PMBeen working on some scales here, and man, are my hands sore.. it certainly gives the ol wrist arm and fingers quite the workout. but it feels oh so good..
