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beeswing
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Bees Needs Help in Rocking Out.
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Nov 15 19:31 UTC 2001 |
I am going to buy my friend's electric guitar and amp. Not very fancy,
but I don't want fancy for now. Have never taken guitar lessons in my
life and don't plan on it. She dropped it off at my house last night
and I've been twanging my fool head off.
So, for the musically inclined Grexers... are there any good websites
that demonstrate basic chords and such? How do I start out? I did a
search, but most guitar tab sites are based on a specific artist's
music. I need to know where my fingers go for each chord.
(Supposedly, "Smoke on the Water" is easy to learn) :)
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tpryan
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response 1 of 86:
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Nov 15 20:02 UTC 2001 |
Go downtown, find a music store and study Chet's
guitar coarse. You'll get C and E and maybe a bit of D.
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keesan
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response 2 of 86:
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Nov 15 20:53 UTC 2001 |
Have you tried the library for a basic book on playing guitar?
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krj
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response 3 of 86:
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Nov 15 22:04 UTC 2001 |
((( agora #146 <---> music #54 )))
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happyboy
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response 4 of 86:
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Nov 15 22:14 UTC 2001 |
re0: larry sandberg: chords and tunings for fretted
instruments
oak publications
get a cheap tuner or pitchpipe too.
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carla
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response 5 of 86:
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Nov 16 19:21 UTC 2001 |
Hey Bees, the best places to find tab on the web, IMHO, are
TabCrawler.com and OGLA.com....pair that with a cd player or a bank of
Mp3's and you're good to go.
/
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scott
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response 6 of 86:
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Nov 16 19:32 UTC 2001 |
http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/instruction.html
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beeswing
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response 7 of 86:
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Nov 17 01:15 UTC 2001 |
Thanks... will check these out tomorrow, after I sleep a long long time.
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happyboy
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response 8 of 86:
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Nov 17 13:42 UTC 2001 |
are you good at picking up stuff by ear?
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beeswing
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response 9 of 86:
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Nov 17 15:01 UTC 2001 |
Yeah. That's how I taught myself clarinet in 6th grade :)
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tsty
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response 10 of 86:
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Nov 23 04:54 UTC 2001 |
buy a book that has songs you already like and also has the cord
names/fingerings printed above the music.
or, two books .... one with songs you like (or just 'know) with the
cord NAMES printed on teh music ... and the second book would be
a dictionary of guitar chords.
the dictionary can be fairly simple, not 2.5 inches thinck ....
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cyklone
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response 11 of 86:
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Nov 23 14:44 UTC 2001 |
I don't know about now, but when I was a novice musician, the Holy Grail
was a book called "Chord Chemistry" which was like a grad-level advanced
textbook with page after page of chords no one but the most avant garde or
sophisticated jazz player would ever use. However, in terms of theory, it
really helped expand one's knowledge after learning the open (or what I
call "campfire" chords), the bars (actually "barre" if I recall
correctly) and the basic inversions and seventh chords.
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tpryan
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response 12 of 86:
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Nov 23 18:37 UTC 2001 |
/tpryan now has Nate Bucklin's "One Chord Songs" stuck in
his head.
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russ
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response 13 of 86:
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Nov 24 18:42 UTC 2001 |
Speaking of guitars, this seems like an appropriate place for this.
Hey, TS, remember that guitar you borrowed from me? The one you
refused to give back when I asked for you to return it? The one
that you claimed was stolen?
Wouldn't have been if you gave it back. Howsabout you pay for it?
I'll take the $200 I paid, even though it's probably over $300 with
interest and everything.
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katie
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response 14 of 86:
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Nov 24 18:54 UTC 2001 |
I have a Roy Clark Big Note Song Book for guitar.
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tsty
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response 15 of 86:
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Nov 25 16:14 UTC 2001 |
uhhhh, no, russ, i have no recollection of any event between
you and me that even vaguely resembles #13. honest!
i guess we could have some chinese sometime and try to figure
out what you are talking about - call me.
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russ
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response 16 of 86:
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Nov 27 03:05 UTC 2001 |
Well, TS, I just checked with a mutual friend of ours who
remembers the guitar and the fact that I loaned it to you.
I'm sure that I could turn up several others who could
attest to the provenance of the guitar and a few other
details, such as that you had it in your possession.
Looks like you've got two choices: you can either pay me
for the guitar, or you can be known as a liar AND a thief.
What do you want it to be?
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happyboy
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response 17 of 86:
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Nov 27 15:03 UTC 2001 |
(pops some popcorn)
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slynne
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response 18 of 86:
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Nov 27 21:26 UTC 2001 |
I think it's cute how russ likes to accuse people of things. He once
said he had some similar dirt on me but he was apparently too chicken
to come out and say what it might have been. I refuse to believe that
his silence on the matter, after making a big production of
his "information", was due to any kind of sense of decency.
I, for one, dont believe his accusations against TS.
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gull
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response 19 of 86:
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Nov 27 22:04 UTC 2001 |
I, for one, don't care either way.
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keesan
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response 20 of 86:
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Nov 27 22:24 UTC 2001 |
Having met TS when he came in asking for a favor at Kiwanis that took Jim an
hour (hunting up some old equipment for him) and he just sat there and refused
to help test things while Jim was doing him a favor, I would be more inclined
to believe Russ. I have not noticed Russ saying anything accusatory or even
unkind about anyone else (unlike TSTY).
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slynne
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response 21 of 86:
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Nov 27 22:41 UTC 2001 |
Well, it isnt worth enough to me to get into an argument about it.
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krj
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response 22 of 86:
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Nov 28 06:02 UTC 2001 |
Maybe this whole matter could go into e-mail, or at least into its
own item.
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keesan
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response 23 of 86:
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Nov 28 15:34 UTC 2001 |
I think the reason russ brought it up in public rather than in email is that
private communication got him nowhere. If people are done talking about
learning to play the guitar, I would be interested in discussing why it is
sometimes necessary to make public instead of private accusations. If nothing
else, it might make the aggrieved party feel a bit better, plus they are maybe
trying to warn other people. Does it help to involve other people who know
both parties in this discussion, as well as people who don't know either of
them?
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jep
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response 24 of 86:
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Nov 28 15:39 UTC 2001 |
I know and like both tsty and russ, and am unhappy to see the
discussion which has arisen between them in this item.
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