Just thinking of a few things I had to relearn because I made the mistake of not picking them up at the beginning - interested to hear what others people have come across....
Two that spring to mind:
Alternate fingering for open G (using middle, ring and pinkie)
Alternate picking
Sure there are plenty others!
I wish I would have learned to finger pick first, instead of using a pick. I find it difficualt to make the switch now.
Music is the universal language.
I wish I had learnt how to play with my teeth.
I wish I had learnt how to play with my teeth.
:shock:
Music is the universal language.
I wish I had learnt how to play with my teeth.
Surprised you never - that's the first thing I learnt.....
:shock: ....again.
Music is the universal language.
Blues soloing. I didn't start playing lead until I'd been playing for five years and I'm sure I missed out on a whole lotta stuff because of it. Who knows, I might have been famous. I am famous, but I might have been rich and famous. You know what I mean.
Best,
A :-)
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I have always felt that it is better to do what is beautiful than what is 'right'" - Eliot Fisk
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learning the blues and major scale. once you get those down and begin improvising in them, a whole world of music opens up.
I wish I would have learned proper right hand technique from the start.
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." -- HST
I wish I would have learned proper right hand technique from the start.
What do you consider the proper right hand technique?
Music is the universal language.
fingering chords cleanly. Much harder to unlearn sloppy fingerings than learn right the first time
I wish that back in the 70s there was an internet and all this information for the sax playing world.
Since I never took piano when jazz players talked about soloing over chord changes I never picked up on any of it. So I just played those horn licks, Tower of Power, Earth, Wind & Fire, Ohio Players, AWB etc
Um, lets see,,,
that recording yourself and playing it back a month later is a good way of seeing your progress
recording yourself playing chords then playing it back and soloing over them is a good practice
playing standing up (didnt do this for about a year!)
playing fingerstyle
and the BIGGEST one...
don't be scared of playing with others, even if you are a complete newbie; it is THE best way to learn!
Pete
ETD - Formerly "10141748 - Reincarnate"
Theory
and
.............................................................good timing :oops:
Lets flip this and I'll tell you what I'm glad I didn't know. I'm glad I didn't know how bad I was. :lol: I might have given up. It was back in the 70's. No internet, no electric tuners (well, if you had $100 there were), no tab, just fake books. I am self taught. I was playing the songs wrong and out of tune half the time. I did learn the chords though. What I did have though was encouragement and help from people who played. I think that is so important and that is why no one here will ever hear a word of discouragement from me.
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grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em."
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