Guitar questions

fanatic · Oct 5, 2011

Simple ones first we have a yamaha EG012 pacifica and a practice amp- it arrived one day and never left.

I have tried on Numerous occasions for hours to get my fingers correctly positioned and not get a dull sound- it is in tune
Sadly I just don't seem to have the flexibility- is there a secret to it or am I suffering from short fingers and not flexible enough?:doh:

crashbox · Oct 5, 2011

Practice practice practice then practice again. After a few days your finger ends will harden up and the little brains in the finger ends will remember where to go. I read that a part of your normally unused part of brain develops when you learn a new instrument.

Fur Trapper · Oct 5, 2011

fanatic said:
Simple ones first we have a yamaha EG012 pacifica and a practice amp- it arrived one day and never left.

I have tried on Numerous occasions for hours to get my fingers correctly positioned and not get a dull sound- it is in tune
Sadly I just don't seem to have the flexibility- is there a secret to it or am I suffering from short fingers and not flexible enough?:doh:

Some people have it and some don't

Me I don't like to listen to others.
Did the Guitar out smart you

Dr_evil · Oct 5, 2011

He got stumpy fingers

Dippypud · Oct 5, 2011

Lean your hand round the neck more.

The muscle memory will come, but as has been said practise,your fingers will hurt,sometimes bleed if their soft.

Fur Trapper · Oct 5, 2011

Dippypud said:
Lean your hand round the neck more. .

But what neck you talkin about (willies)

Dartmoor Navigator · Oct 5, 2011

I tried for years and years and years..... Still cant play

Dippypud · Oct 5, 2011

Fur Trapper said:
But what neck you talkin about (willies)

That'll be neck of the piano in the fred title...ffs

fanatic · Oct 5, 2011

Fur Trapper said:
Some people have it and some don't Me I don't like to listen to others.
Did the Guitar out smart you

Dr_evil said:
He got stumpy fingers

could well be as trying the Caterpillar dexterity practice=epic fail

300bhp/ton · Oct 5, 2011

Take some lessons. If you've failed at self teaching, might as well get some tuition. A bit of guidance in the right direction will make self teaching a heck of a lot easier.

jamesmartin · Oct 5, 2011

not be playing recuerdos de la alhambra just yet then

Fur Trapper · Oct 5, 2011

300bhp/ton said:
Take some lessons. If you've failed at self teaching, might as well get some tuition. A bit of guidance in the right direction will make self teaching a heck of a lot easier.

The question is - Who would be able to teach Fanatic?

And who is brave enough?

fanatic · Oct 5, 2011

300bhp/ton said:
Take some lessons. If you've failed at self teaching, might as well get some tuition. A bit of guidance in the right direction will make self teaching a heck of a lot easier.

could well be, it arrived and never left- maybe a lesson or two would be an idea.

Seeing as I'm failing miserably at the basics:doh:

fanatic · Oct 5, 2011

Fur Trapper said:
The question is - Who would be able to teach Fanatic? And who is brave enough?

I know a lady who used to teach various musical instruments- friend of my Gran and lives 20 mins away- if she still does lessons it may be worth asking her first.

Oh and one of the books I have is learn to play like guitar greats- that will be some time never then,god knows why girlfriend picked that up when I can't even play a few nice chords on it

fanatic · Oct 6, 2011

think a set of wireless headphones are the way forward- at least I can only inflict it on myself

[JP] · Oct 6, 2011

look at the tutorials on youtube.... they're quite good

i also have an electric guitar but dont know how to play, altough I did manage to play a bit of a Metallica track just by following youtube videos...

as said above, most of it is practise... i was told that playing the blues scale over and over was a good exercise to get the muscles and fingers used to the positioning, not sure if thats right though

Helmetbolt · Oct 6, 2011

Yep, You Tube is a great practice resource.

Mart Schwartz is good. try here:

martyzsongs's Channel - YouTube

fanatic · Oct 6, 2011

have the wireless headphones on charge and I'll try some more

found this lot free too
Free Guitar Downloads
May be of use if you have windows

fanatic · Oct 6, 2011

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX_o7Ulumqk]Guitar finger dexterity exercise improve picking string skipping stretch - YouTube[/ame]

dexterity is my issue

300bhp/ton · Oct 6, 2011

fanatic said:
could well be, it arrived and never left- maybe a lesson or two would be an idea.

Seeing as I'm failing miserably at the basics:doh:

You'd probably only need a couple, just enough to show you the basics and get you started. Youtube is good and all, but it can't tell you what you are doing wrong.

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