What Is It You Want To Play?, Important question to make to yourself |
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Dec 7 2010, 10:11 PM
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To clearly define your goals on the guitar is an important thing to do. What is it exactly that you want to play?
Don't just say: I want to play the guitar....mmm, really good...I want good technique and rock out... * Be more specific. Songs, style, guitarist you want to emulate, I did this actually unconsciously growing up. I just set my goals on the next cool song that I was hearing at the time. Inside I just told myself: "I'll be actually playing this MYSELF in the next couple of weeks" So I knew exactly where I was going in my instrument. I think you can start being versatile and more diverse AFTER you've mastered at least one style or way of playing. I just thought this advice would be helpful for you -------------------- Visit my:
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Dec 7 2010, 10:46 PM
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so you are all set for what, the next year??
 yes, I think that will get your skills to the sky!Altitutes - Jason Becker James Labrie - Drained down to mexico Myself I would love to play those, just for fun!! -------------------- Visit my:
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." is like a long term Goal xD
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Dec 11 2010, 11:18 PM
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Interesting thing tho, I was never that much interested in playing other players songs. Not that I didn't want, but I couldn't get myself in learning them note by note. Just not that kind of player. I want to learn to make my own songs and play my own lines. I like picking bits and pieces, but whole songs, not really, not for a long time now.
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Dec 11 2010, 11:51 PM
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I agree with Ivan. When I want to play some song, I download tabs, look at it but I don't learn the song. I can learn a riff, a solo, but learning the full song seems too boring for me. Perhaps I'm not enough patient to do that...
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Dec 12 2010, 12:49 AM
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I think my problem is with memory, and general lazyness to learn the entire song. It's not that I didn't want to learn those songs. Back when I was younger I wanted that is, but now I think I don't need to spend time on other people's songs (unless I need those songs for gigs to make money, but even that is the last resort).
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Dec 12 2010, 02:28 PM
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I guess I'm just the opposite!
I love playing the songs I love, many of which have been on my brain for year and even decades. I love playing it along my CDs and mp3s. And I try to take the time to learmn them from beginning to end. Unfortunately my skill is not high enough to play some parts, specially the solos. Though truth is I'm lazy when it comes to the solos because they ar both hard to play & memorize, much more than the usual riffing. So I'm setting myself a goal now: I have to learn some of those solos in the middle of the songs I play daily. Some Dave Murray for starters 
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Dec 16 2010, 09:25 PM
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This is what I did as well (mainly because I couldn't play or couldn't remember the real solo)
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Dec 17 2010, 01:06 AM
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I remember for me it was a lot of fun (still is!) to play my favorite tracks at full volume! and still hear my guitar over it a little bit. Makes you feel like you are in the band. Eventually I develop a good technique out of doing this for a long time!
Nowadays I'm much more interested in creating my own music, but that's one stage I'm grateful I went through. -------------------- Visit my:
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Dec 17 2010, 02:31 PM
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QUOTE (audiopaal @ Dec 17 2010, 10:11 AM)  I want to be a good rhythm guitarist, in different pop, rock and metal styles. No specific guitarists or styles or techniques, and I don't believe I have to be that specific either I have practiced to be able to play and be proficient in different styles, and so far I'm doing pretty good in my opinion. I play guitar to write my own songs, and be able to write songs in different genres, not to play like anyone else That's great. It's good to be versatile, I'm working on being as versatile as I can. In the beginning it's not a good idea though. imo -------------------- Visit my:
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Dec 18 2010, 02:51 AM
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QUOTE (MonkeyDAthos @ Dec 17 2010, 03:40 PM) why do you think that? Because you might get overwhelmed. Audiopaal is right. You can't be the ultimate guitar player who can play ALL the styles! (maybe if you are Guthrie Govan) but not even! At least in the beginning it's more fulfilling to being able to nail stuff perfectly and not just all over the place with a lot of incomplete pieces. And I'm just talking about periods of one month for example. Take one month to only do solos in the style of.....hmm, Joe Satriani, or Marty Friedman, whoever, After a while you'll realise that all these great players have common things and then you will start expanding your vocabulary, -------------------- Visit my:
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