skybytch 273 #1 December 9, 2003 Since I don't get to go "home" for Xmas this year, I decided to buy myself a present. I've wanted to learn to play the guitar for years now. One of my employees is quite talented and gives lessons. He was headed to the music store today so I handed him enough cash to buy a decent starter acoustic guitar for me... I should have it this evening, and my first lesson tomorrow! Merry Xmas to me.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #2 December 9, 2003 Coom byyy yaaaa my friend... "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #3 December 9, 2003 Yes. All time guitar-learner songs: "Yellow bird, up high in banana tree" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kramer 0 #4 December 9, 2003 Lisa, I started playing about a year ago, you'll be amazed at how fast you learn. The hardest part of learning to play the guitar is the first month or so...if you can stick with it past that, the rest comes pretty naturally. It's a fun talent to posses...nice gift. -Kramer The FAKE KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMER!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #5 December 9, 2003 HUMPH! And here I thought we might be able to hang at the birdhouse..... Hope that you enjoy your gift. xoxo BB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GARYC24 3 #6 December 9, 2003 I hope it's a nice one and easy for you to play. I myself play guitar. And I guess I bought my Xmas gift for myself early. a mandolin! ($800 Washburn for $350new) Also learning harmonica and keyboards. And this Sunday..I'm playing with pastor at church for some Christmas family night, bluegrass style xmas songs.my 1st time playing in public..especially a church! case o beer?..har har Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsaxton 0 #7 December 9, 2003 It's a little easier to learn music theory on a piano, but it's do-able on a guitar. Learning to read music (real notation, not tablature) will greatly accelerate your ability to learn guitar. Be sure to ask your instructor to teach you to read. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #8 December 9, 2003 Awesome. Now you can accompany my singing at rantoul next year. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #9 December 9, 2003 QuoteIt's a little easier to learn music theory on a piano 6 years of playing clarinet followed by four years of piano lessons... even after 20 years I can still read treble clef well enough to play the right hand on a piano (well, okay, easy stuff anyway). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jsaxton 0 #10 December 9, 2003 That's a relief! The world doesn't need another guitar player that can't read music! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bendywendy 0 #11 December 9, 2003 Nice Lisa! So it will still be the Rock Shop! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites WFFC 1 #12 December 9, 2003 QuoteAwesome. Now you can accompany my singing at rantoul next year. I think that'll be the night I go home for the evening. Please advise when this will be... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sunshine 2 #13 December 9, 2003 QuoteI think that'll be the night I go home for the evening. Please advise when this will be... FYI, i sing in the morning, not at night. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Antithesis 0 #14 December 9, 2003 QuoteThat's a relief! The world doesn't need another guitar player that can't read music! I hope that your kidding and not just an ass I know lots of guitar players that can play anything that they hear and never bother with reading music or tablature.. Music is music I travel the land, Work in the ocean, Play in the sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites flyangel2 2 #15 December 9, 2003 Michael, we don't have to worry about hearing Sunny sing in the mornings. By the time she and Lisa get up from their hang-overs, we are on our fourth skydive and way from the camp site. Lisa, my son Luke started playing about six months ago. All self taught, and he's doing great.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites vdschoor 0 #16 December 9, 2003 QuoteQuoteThat's a relief! The world doesn't need another guitar player that can't read music! I hope that your kidding and not just an ass I know lots of guitar players that can play anything that they hear and never bother with reading music or tablature.. Music is music My grandpa still can't read music, but is one of the best organ players around where he lives (and trust me.. there's enough of them there) He askes people what they want him to play, and he listens to a tape or CD with the music, and he knows how to play it... Iwan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Antithesis 0 #17 December 9, 2003 [replyI] My grandpa still can't read music, but is one of the best organ players around where he lives (and trust me.. there's enough of them there) He askes people what they want him to play, and he listens to a tape or CD with the music, and he knows how to play it... Iwan Word! Good luck with your lessons too bytch.. I hope that the guitar brings you the enjoment that it has brought me.. Oh and Rock on! I travel the land, Work in the ocean, Play in the sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsaxton 0 #10 December 9, 2003 That's a relief! The world doesn't need another guitar player that can't read music! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bendywendy 0 #11 December 9, 2003 Nice Lisa! So it will still be the Rock Shop! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WFFC 1 #12 December 9, 2003 QuoteAwesome. Now you can accompany my singing at rantoul next year. I think that'll be the night I go home for the evening. Please advise when this will be... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #13 December 9, 2003 QuoteI think that'll be the night I go home for the evening. Please advise when this will be... FYI, i sing in the morning, not at night. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antithesis 0 #14 December 9, 2003 QuoteThat's a relief! The world doesn't need another guitar player that can't read music! I hope that your kidding and not just an ass I know lots of guitar players that can play anything that they hear and never bother with reading music or tablature.. Music is music I travel the land, Work in the ocean, Play in the sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #15 December 9, 2003 Michael, we don't have to worry about hearing Sunny sing in the mornings. By the time she and Lisa get up from their hang-overs, we are on our fourth skydive and way from the camp site. Lisa, my son Luke started playing about six months ago. All self taught, and he's doing great.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdschoor 0 #16 December 9, 2003 QuoteQuoteThat's a relief! The world doesn't need another guitar player that can't read music! I hope that your kidding and not just an ass I know lots of guitar players that can play anything that they hear and never bother with reading music or tablature.. Music is music My grandpa still can't read music, but is one of the best organ players around where he lives (and trust me.. there's enough of them there) He askes people what they want him to play, and he listens to a tape or CD with the music, and he knows how to play it... Iwan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antithesis 0 #17 December 9, 2003 [replyI] My grandpa still can't read music, but is one of the best organ players around where he lives (and trust me.. there's enough of them there) He askes people what they want him to play, and he listens to a tape or CD with the music, and he knows how to play it... Iwan Word! Good luck with your lessons too bytch.. I hope that the guitar brings you the enjoment that it has brought me.. Oh and Rock on! I travel the land, Work in the ocean, Play in the sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sarge 0 #18 December 9, 2003 What pisses me off about the guitar Lisa is that after 25 years of 'playing' guitar I still suck!! Yeah, to people that don't know shit about playing the instrument, they think I'm some sort of virtuoso... I told you about a friend of mine that I got into playing himself... within a year the guy was jamming like I never could at my best!!! Anyway, its just personal or me, I love thrashing and FTW! I've accepted I'll never be selling out the Auditorium or even my basement...-- I'm done with the personally meaningful and philosophical sigs!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #19 December 9, 2003 QuoteI love thrashing and FTW! Yeah, that's my attitude too. Regardless, I'm sure everyone here at the dz will be happy that it's an acoustic guitar and not an electric. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kai2k1 0 #20 December 9, 2003 QuoteRegardless, I'm sure everyone here at the dz will be happy that it's an acoustic guitar and not an electric. all of the sudden the song "smoke on the water " popped into my head I must be a glutton for punishment, i bought my stepson a guitar and an amp for xmas. 10 years ago i would have bought a marshall half stack, now, i like the little amps. There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #21 December 9, 2003 Quoteall of the sudden the song "smoke on the water " popped into my head Funny... that's the one song I can already halfway play on the guitar... Well, the bass line anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsaxton 0 #22 December 9, 2003 I'm not an ass, I'm an ASSHOLE. For several years I was a professional Jazz musician. Some of the guitarists that I worked with couldn't sight read very well, but they could all read. The lack of reading ability was usually more of an issue in a stage band setting and recording sessions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GARYC24 3 #23 December 9, 2003 Let us know what kinda guitar ya got! And, if you could get a price check' What's a "Taylor" acoustic going for in Fl.? One thing I decided on is NEVER get a too cheap of an instrument(cheap as in quality)..when I play a better quality-made guitar it changes everything I play. My next acoustic will probably be a "Taylor" and will cost ~$1200 (min). I will get top of the line for now on!..the sounds and feel are so much better! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mfrese 0 #24 December 9, 2003 As Jerry Lee Lewis supposedly replied when a reporter asked him if his band could read music: "A few of them do, but it don't hurt their playin' any". Seriously, I used to sight read when I started playing (OMFG...37 years ago !), but I've lost it since then through lack of practice. I still play (just getting ready to buy a new electric, amp, and a digital 8-track, in fact), but I must say, having a good acoustic guitar that you can play a little bit can really save your sanity sometimes. Good luck with the lessons Lisa...the pain in your fingertips goes away in about three weeks, once you get your callouses Doctor I ain't gonna die, Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #25 December 9, 2003 merry x-mas!! I have played on and off for ten years and I still suck. I take looong breaks sometimes, but i've been playing a little bit lately. However, I know i'll never really be good, it would've happened by now. :p Peter is really good:) Angela. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
