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Hi all,
Wasnt Sure if I should post this in here, or introduce your self.
So I decided you can’t help me if I dont show what I can do. Its not much. Here is a Hodge Podge of some of what I play around with. I really like the music style of Both Muddy Waters and George Thorgood, so this is what if you are bad and try to mix up a sound kinda like them.. and some other junk I play around with.
whether you think you can, or you think your cannot... you are right!
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Thanks for sharing your first video with us, James. What a beautiful guitar! I totally dig its sound and I also like this heavy riff “bad to the bone” stuff.
As to your playing, I wouldn’t call it junk. It’s music. I recognized all riffs right after the first couple of notes, so it can’t be that bad. What has several times been recommended on this forum and what I also think is, that you are probably best advised to do the “Beginner Guitar Course” and perhaps an easier lesson to your liking parallel to that. I am looking forward to your next video!
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Hi James and welcome aboard. That sure is a nice guitar. Nice to see you posting. As you continue to post your video clips, you’ll see and hear your progress, which I’m sure you’ll be smiling as time goes on as you keep playing that really nice sounding and really great looking guitar. What brand is it?
The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete
It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete
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Thanks all, I am hitting the beginning course hard, I think I am up to module four. It is a beautiful guitar. I need a new amp though. The guitar is an ESP LTD EC 256. I love it. My wife, mom and aunt all went in to get it for me. I got a pretty good deal on it, they run 400.00. I actually went in to the store to try a tele but the kid in the store pointed me towards a Les Paul style guitar. I love it.
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Thanks all, I am hitting the beginning course hard, I think I am up to module four. It is a beautiful guitar. I need a new amp though. The guitar is an ESP LTD EC 256. I love it. My wife, mom and aunt all went in to get it for me. I got a pretty good deal on it, they run 400.00. I actually went in to the store to try a tele but the kid in the store pointed me towards a Les Paul style guitar. I love it.
OK, ESP. Thems some fine guitars! You said you need a new amp. So many great amps out there for under $250 these days. Take a look at this amp: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/marshall-mg-series-mg30cfx-30w-1×10-guitar-combo-amp I don’t know the USD price though.
The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete
It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete
Pete
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Thanks all,
I am having a blast. I tried this guitar on a Fender mustang Amp, and I think that is what I want to get. I like the ideas of all the presets and effects it has. So for a budget I may go for that. especially since I mostly play at home.
I was welcomed right away when I joined this community, and you all made it easy to share.
Thanks again for the encouragement.
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Hi James,
I love your enthusiasm and thank you for sharing where you’re at. Brian’s lessons will help you navigate the fretboard to improvise with different musical styles but don’t ignore some of the groundwork you have to do. Get some basic music theory, ie. what are intervals, what intervals make up the basic chords, learn some basic chords and scales. Work on playing some scales or the pentatonic boxes smoothly, with efficient movement of your fretting fingers, maybe work with a metronome to get even timing. Maybe check out some basic beginner exercises on YouTube. With a little work on these things, I think you’ll get even more from this site. Don’t be frustrated, these things take time. Enjoy the progress as it comes. It took me about three years to be reasonably satisfied with my vibrato.
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James,you are all set up to begin learning to play! I would take Charjo’s advice as best as you can.If you start with the Am pentatonic scale in the 5 positions,you will be able to play in any scale simply by changing frets.Three frets down from the root gives you the major scales.The fingering stays the same! I would start there if you can!…………………Sal
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James,you are all set up to begin learning to play! I would take Charjo’s advice as best as you can.If you start with the Am pentatonic scale in the 5 positions,you will be able to play in any scale simply by changing frets.Three frets down from the root gives you the major scales.The fingering stays the same! I would start there if you can!…………………Sal
I actually have the five shapes memorized, so I am just working on alternate picking and speed with them.
now how to apply all that is another thing, and that is one of the reasons I joined Active Melody, so I can learn the why and when,
Thanks again.
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Hi James,
Congrats to you for taking the plunge and sharing your playing with us. I would focus on trying to learn one of Brian’s lessons. I would supplement the lesson with working on the beginner’s and blues course.
Great job and I look forward to seeing your progress on the forum!
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James, not sure how long you have been playing, but welcome to the journey. I will be joining you soon with my first video, now that I have the equipment to record.
No true improvement comes without many failures.
Keep it up.
Michael
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James, not sure how long you have been playing, but welcome to the journey. I will be joining you soon with my first video, now that I have the equipment to record.
No true improvement comes without many failures.
I have been playing since April or May, so not real long. and I just used my cell phone to record. Its not perfect but it works.
Love your Quote by the way.
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Hi James, I think this blog post of Brian’s is “the” place to start; it’s a 12-bar balooze. There isn’t any tab, but there are only two basic chords to learn and you can find them in a million places online. You can build a lot of other things on this.
Don D.
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Hi James, I think this blog post of Brian’s is “the” place to start; it’s a 12-bar balooze. There isn’t any tab, but there are only two basic chords to learn and you can find them in a million places online. You can build a lot of other things on this.
thanks Don
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