So much fun, so much to learn! First I want to say, thanks David! These lessons are great. So great, in fact, that I find myself getting a little overwhelmed. Even in the "easy" songs -- there are references to this and to that... help! So much good info, but as I read I keep getting the feel like I missed something.
I'm wondering, is there any suggested order to take these in? Does one lesson build on the other?
Thx!
Ruth
My WOman, good question - getting organized is the first and most important step in progressing quickly...I recommend that you not solely rely on this site for lessons, rather, read and absorb information from several different sites, guitarlessonworld.com , cyberfret.com , ultimate-guitar.com (lessons), etc.
https://www.guitarnoise.com/beginner.php
https://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=65 (Reading Standard Notation)
https://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=285 (notes of the fretboard)
http://www.cyberfret.com/first-fret/index.php
Let me know if that helps!
-Arman
edit: didn't know your name was Ruth, called you "my man" on accident :oops:
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I know this question has been asked before. However, I can not remember if there was ever a definitive order given. I know when I started, I did the first eight lessons in order ( Horse W/No Name, For W/ Its Worth, Feelin Alright, Three Marlenas, Before You Accuse Me, Rollover Beethoven, and Going to KC). The rest seemed a lot easier after those.
Contrary to Arman's advice, I'd say intitially limit yourself to very few resources. Scattering yourself across multiple sites means you need to find the path through each. A bit later after you have the basics, you should visit everything he mentioned, they are all excellent sites.
Take a look at the order of David's beginner's lessons and easy songs for beginners.
I'd start with Horse with no name, then For what it's worth, Musical Genome project and Theory without tears. Kansas City and Before you 'cuse me would be good follow ons to teach 12 bar form. For fingerpicking take a look at House of the rising sun and bookends. Next tackle Margaritaville, Sitting on the Dock of the bay and Heart of Gold to teach you alternating bass and bass runs.
Good luck.
When I started after Christmas I searched and everything I found didn't seem to be organized as Lesson 1, Lesson 2, etc. Then I found the following:
It has beginner lessons organized like I wanted, Lesson 1, Lesson 2, etc. It starts with 3 chords and a scale to learn and practice each lesson. I got the shape of the basic chords and a few scales, a bit of the 12-bar blues, then found this site (guitarnoise). Actually I found the forum. It seems to be much better than guitar.com's forum which I joined first. When I found the Easy Songs for Beginners Lessons, They seemed to be a great idea for learning the guitar. Each song teaches you something the way the articles are laid out and he teaches you how to play the whole song. This keeps you motivated when you learn you can play an entire song. What the song lessons have compared to other sites I've been on is it tells you suggestions on strumming patterns for different sections of the songs instead of just telling you this is the C and G chord and giving you standard TAB to practice, which you have to figure out how to strum. I am only on the first song, Horse with no Name, but with only 2 chords, the way David teaches it is really cool, easy, and makes me continue on. Two chords could be boring, but then David tells you to add a single bass note at the beginning instead of strumming, hey, that makes it more interesting. Then add a few single note picking at the end of the measure for the first chord, then the second chord, add all that together for different sounds through the song and it makes those two simple chords sound really cool.
Mike
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ps. I noticed in David's Easy Songs that alot of times he references to other articles which will help when he is describing something that may overwhelm you or you haven't seen before.
Thanks for all the suggestions :) I ran across this great quote written on a slip of paper, stuck in one of my guitar books - I thought I'd share it with you. Unfortunately I can't attribute it but thanks to whoever said it!
"Learning a complex skill like playing the guitar is not an entirely linear process. It is not a matter of “do this, accomplish that completely, then do that, and finish it, then that†and so forth. Learning the guitar is more a collection of simultaneous processes, occurring and maturing together to produce an end result"
Peace adn happy playing,
Ruth
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