How do you play guitar?

[Callumpy]

Does anyone know were i can find out how to play the guitar, ive searched google and it didnt help!

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Callumpy

Does anyone know were i can find out how to play the guitar, ive searched google and it didnt help!

Did you get results like this

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=how...L_enUS248GB248

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcmb4RplClQ

[Callumpy]

yes

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Callumpy

yes

And you did not find any useful information in all of that.

[papa smurf]

when i was an up and comming future rock god you could buy self help books from music shops,[didnt help me much] guitar lessons is the best way imo, and a warm coat cos your dads gona make you practice in the garage

[Callumpy]

havnt got a garage, oh, also ive found a good one on google but its for right handed and im left, the pictures are confusing me!

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Callumpy

havnt got a garage, oh, also ive found a good one on google but its for right handed and im left, the pictures are confusing me!

turn monitor upside down and read from right to left no garage means practicing at a mates house

[Callumpy]

turn monitor upside down and rotate? yeh that will work?

Originally Posted by Callumpy

turn monitor upside down and rotate? yeh that will work?

Please, in your own best interest, learn to identify irony.

There is no easy way to learn guitar - I know, my son has been learning for two years; it takes time, patience, and a lot of hard work (otherwise you end up like Bill & Ted )

Couple of questions
a) can you read music?
b) what sort of guitar do you want to play - acoustic or electric?

[Callumpy]

a) trying to find out how!
b)Electric

[nffc]

Play it right handed. It's quite simple. You put your fingers of your left hand on the strings to make the note and pluck them with your right.

13 is probably a bit old to start reading music, though.

[Callumpy]

My friend can, he wanted to teach me. Him teaching me sounds like the best idea!

Thank you anyway!

[nffc]

Yes, I can, but it's almost like another language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_musical_symbols
There are a few inaccuracies but that's a decent starting point.

[Callumpy]

i thought tab was a load of lines and numbers?

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Guitar 1
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------8-----|
B|-13\10-10-10-10/12-12-12\8-8-8/10-10\5-5-3~-----------------------------8---|
G|-----------------------------------------------4~-4h5h7-7-9-9~-----7h9------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 1
E|--12-10~----------15-13-12----12--------------------------------------------|
B|------------13-------------15----15-12----------------121315----------------|
G|---------------12----------------------12~-----141214-----------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo 2

Guitar 1
E|--12p8----8h12p8h12p8----8h12p8h12p8----8---------10p7---7h10p7h10p7---7h10p-|
B|-------10-------------10-------------10----------------8-------------8-------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 2 (harmony)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9p5---5h9p5h9p5---5h9p5h9p5---5--------7p4---4h7p4h7p4--4h7p4h7p4---4------|
D|------7-----------7-----------7--------------5-----------5----------5--------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 1
E|--7h10p7---7----------5h8p5---5h8p5h8p5---5h8p5h8p5---5--------|
B|---------8------------------6-----------6-----------6----------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 2 (harmony)
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--2h5p2---2h5p2h5p2---2h5p2h5p2--2----|
D|--------3-----------3-----------3-----|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|


Guitar 1
E|-13-12-10---12-10-------10-----------------=----------|
B|----------13------13-12----13-12-10-13-12-10----------|
G|---------------------------------------------12-------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 2 (harmony)
E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|---10-9-7----9-7------7-------------------------------|
D|----------10-----10-9---10-9-7-10-9-7-----------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|

The harmony part should sound about right.

\=slide
~=vibrato
h=hammer on
p=pull off

Part one of Solo X1
Part two of Solo X2

---------- Post added at 16:55 ---------- Previous post was at 16:54 ----------

like that

[Delta Whiskey]

TAB has it's limitations, it can't show you the note length for instance. As far as the left-handed part goes, I'm left-handed and I learned to play right-handed as it was easier to find tutorial books and there were a lot more right-handed guitars around to pick up and play.