alanschu Posted March 15, 2009 Author Posted March 15, 2009 The Squier was a gift, cost me 0 dollars, and seems to be working just fine for making me want to play more.
LadyCrimson Posted March 15, 2009 Posted March 15, 2009 I can sing along to Last Kiss and Leaving on a Jet Plane pretty well though. I played that to death when I was a kid, along with a lot of other folksy melodies, heheh I never got past chords/bar chords tho. Largely strummed those chords for all I was worth. Mom made me do it. I had an acoustic Martin that was small enough to fit my short fingers. Nice guitar. I can't believe how much some people ask for them on ebay now. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
alanschu Posted March 15, 2009 Author Posted March 15, 2009 I was having fun with my amp and cranked up the gain and did a ragey metal version of Leaving on a Jet Plane hehe.
alanschu Posted March 15, 2009 Author Posted March 15, 2009 I can now pretty much play Oasis' Wonderwall now too!
Checkpoint Posted March 15, 2009 Posted March 15, 2009 I can now pretty much play Oasis' Wonderwall now too! I don't know it it's too early for you, but Bright Eyes' "First Day of My Life" is a nice song to have a go at. ^Yes, that is a good observation, Checkpoint. /God
Starwars Posted March 15, 2009 Posted March 15, 2009 Oasis' Wonderwall That's it, I'm revoking your license to play guitar right now mister. Listen to my home-made recordings (some original songs, some not): http://www.youtube.c...low=grid&view=0
alanschu Posted March 15, 2009 Author Posted March 15, 2009 Hey I like that song! I air guitared to it all the effing time!
Krookie Posted March 16, 2009 Posted March 16, 2009 Hey guys, we should start a band! I vote "The Obsidians" as our name. That or Llyranor Sucks.
Meshugger Posted March 16, 2009 Posted March 16, 2009 Lamentations of Black Isle? "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
Tigranes Posted March 16, 2009 Posted March 16, 2009 Face it, all Obs-related names sound totally emo. We should go with Grobnar and the Little Wizards. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
alanschu Posted March 16, 2009 Author Posted March 16, 2009 In other news, getting much faster at that chromatic scale, and the E phrygian scale. Also learning a blues scale now.
Krookie Posted March 16, 2009 Posted March 16, 2009 In other news, getting much faster at that chromatic scale, and the E phrygian scale. Also learning a blues scale now. Yeah, I'm learning the pentatonic blues scale, the pinky work is hard for me at the moment but it'll get stronger hopefully.
alanschu Posted March 16, 2009 Author Posted March 16, 2009 I have heard of the pentatonic scale, but my lessons haven't taken me there quite yet. My pinky is slowly getting stronger too. Playing some Em7 open chord songs where the 1st and 2nd strings stay pressed the hole time have helped with that haha
thepixiesrock Posted March 16, 2009 Posted March 16, 2009 A pentatonic scale is a five note scale, and the pentatonic minor scale is the "blues" scale. Lou Gutman, P.I.- It's like I'm not even trying anymore!http://theatomicdanger.iforumer.com/index....theatomicdangerOne billion b-balls dribbling simultaneously throughout the galaxy. One trillion b-balls being slam dunked through a hoop throughout the galaxy. I can feel every single b-ball that has ever existed at my fingertips. I can feel their collective knowledge channeling through my viens. Every jumpshot, every rebound and three-pointer, every layup, dunk, and free throw. I am there.
Meshugger Posted March 16, 2009 Posted March 16, 2009 Don't let your 6-string Squier be hindrance, just down-tune it to F#, almost an octave lower than the standard tuning Good luck! "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
alanschu Posted March 25, 2009 Author Posted March 25, 2009 Woo callouses on the finger tips! Though it feels weird like I can't even feel the strings on the electric hahaha
Krookie Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Alan have you attempted barre chords yet? I've been practicing them but it's a little difficult.
Tigranes Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Once you can do barre chords comfortably it increases your flexibility with the frets immensely. I have small hands so its a pain, though. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
alanschu Posted March 26, 2009 Author Posted March 26, 2009 I know of barre chords but haven't really explicitly practiced them. The B chord for instance is a barre chord, and I play the Bm a fair bit in songs that I practice. I do have some practice barring the open D chord because I am shifting to F# for a song, so that sort of counts too. Starting to get a callous on the side of my index finger haha. But I have messed around with practicing them. They can be hard due to strings getting muted. I find it helps to rotate my index finger a bit onto its side to prevent strings from getting muted.
alanschu Posted April 2, 2009 Author Posted April 2, 2009 Mostly I play with my acoustic, and I notice when I go over to the electric I find myself pushing unnecessarily hard on the strings to the point where I end up muting adjacent strings (or sending them into harmonics). Songs I can play quite well are: Wonderwall Hey There Delilah Last Kiss Leaving on a Jet Plane Had some fun with the electric and put on some distortion to mess around with Keep on Rocking in the Free World
alanschu Posted April 13, 2009 Author Posted April 13, 2009 I'm currently learning Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt. Powerful song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO9dbmJ_2zU
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