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Posted by: Bear Rose Sep 20 2010, 04:25 PM

I want to see who of us here are at the most "beginner" stage, or in other words, who has been playing for the least amount of time, be it years, months, weeks, or even just days!

I'm at 16 years, so I'm way out of the running for this! Haha

Posted by: thefireball Sep 20 2010, 10:47 PM

See the http://timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?month=10&day=29&year=2008&hour=8pm&min=30&sec=00&p0=134 I made. I thought back to the time, almost 2 years ago, and got as close as possible.

Posted by: Bear Rose Sep 21 2010, 02:57 AM

Nice!

I'll have to try that out and see how many days I've been playing!

Posted by: Wabba Sep 21 2010, 07:44 AM

I've been playing for 2 years now, but cant remember the exact date when i started.. ;/

Posted by: Vaidya Sep 21 2010, 10:58 AM

19 months

Posted by: maharzan Sep 21 2010, 11:56 AM

16 years and still feels like a beginner... been looking into theory and techniques since past 1.5 years. I knew basic chords and pentatonic scale (1-2 box) and little bit of major scale before that. Now, I know some arpeggios, modes, AP, little bit of sweeping and tapping. Still long way to go though...

Posted by: SubbedChris Sep 21 2010, 01:16 PM

Ive started at 23 October 2009!

Haha! So far I beat all of you

Posted by: Gitarrero Sep 21 2010, 01:29 PM

The same as for maharzan applies for me, too! Been bashing chords for 16 years now and started to get serious about a year ago.

Posted by: Bear Rose Sep 22 2010, 03:47 AM

Haha I definitely know how that feels! The more that I learn, the more I find how much more there is to learn!



Wow that is very cool! Coming up on your 1 year anniversary!

Posted by: jafomatic Sep 22 2010, 02:59 PM

Well this kind of thread is always fun even if my entry isn't all that useful.

I started playing in the late 80's but only played heavily for three (maybe four?) years around 90-93 and then hardly played at all until 2002, played heavily for a few months and kinda stopped again until around may of 2009 when I joined GMC.

Like Bear & Maharzan, I knew some things, and I also knew that I had a lot to learn.

Posted by: kaznie_NL Sep 22 2010, 03:05 PM

Dude, you started exactly on my 15th birthday hahaha. I've been playing for a littel under 3 three years now, so no chance of winning

Posted by: shredmaster1393 Sep 23 2010, 03:01 AM

ive been playing since yesterday, kidding ive been playing about 4.5 years and continue to keep going!!

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Sep 23 2010, 04:13 AM

that's great!! I don't know exactly how many days I've been playing but I know that I've played for 17 years.

Posted by: MonkeyDAthos Nov 29 2010, 09:50 PM

1years and 2 motnhs i know the basic chords and chords progression i also know all the boxes from the petatonic scales my legato from 0-10 is like a 3 ...my tapping is 5 can tap scales and 2,3 finger scales...my improvisatin skills are crappy i end up doing the same thing after a time, can't sweep and i know a bit of theory

Posted by: Qenzoz Dec 5 2010, 08:11 PM

Like 1 months 2 weeks, in total, had the guitar for more, but starcraft 2 released, broken strings, sleeping disorder, lazy, etc

Posted by: Kael Dec 5 2010, 09:00 PM

Ive been playing just over 2 weeks today, please beat that someone

Posted by: Bear Rose Dec 6 2010, 03:22 AM

Wow, we have a couple of winners! Its awesome that you've found GMC so early in your guitar journey. How is it going learning from GMC so far?

Posted by: Kael Dec 6 2010, 04:24 PM

Its going pretty well i would say, though its hard to really know how fast i should/could be progressing. Im trying to get around 1-2 hours of practice each day, and im currently doing your beginner lessons Bear

I started on lesson 1 around 2 weeks ago, and now im currently working on lesson 4. Im not quite sure about how much time i should spend on each lesson. I have a feeling i could be going faster forward, doing more lessons each week, but is there any real point in rushing?

Oh and many thanks for the beginner lessons Bear, they are nice to have when your completely new to guitarplaying

Posted by: Bear Rose Dec 8 2010, 06:17 PM

I'm very glad to hear that you are benefitting from my lessons! Thats great!

I would say that there is no point in rushing through any lesson in order to get to the next one. Take your time with each one until you feel that you can play it the way that it should be played. Lots of my private students will learn the mechanics of something (like what notes go in what order, or how many times to strum each chord), but they miss the "feel" of the song or lesson. I think the best advice would be to work with a lesson until you feel comfortable enough to play it without thinking about it.

Its like the old saying goes, "Don't practice until you get it right....practice until you can't get it wrong"

Posted by: Kael Dec 8 2010, 06:49 PM

Yepp, there is much truth in that saying. I guess i shouldnt go any faster then im currently going then. Btw are you planning on doing more beginner lessons?

Posted by: Bear Rose Dec 9 2010, 11:45 PM

Sure am!

Got some in the works as we speak!

Posted by: Frederik Dec 10 2010, 03:37 AM

The answer to that question is a function of time an therefore variable

Posted by: Frederik Dec 10 2010, 03:37 AM

The answer to that question is a function of time and therefore variable

Posted by: Frederik Dec 10 2010, 03:37 AM

The answer to that question is a function of time and therefore variable