What is that thing? Do you play it like a slide guitar or something?
18” scale bass. Various tuning options. I’m going 5 string E-C (1 oct above standard, like the 12th fret of a 34” scale). Pricing isn’t bad for a custom build. The builder has been great to work with despite being in Malaysia.What is that thing? Do you play it like a slide guitar or something?
Any plan on how to go about that?I got a free acoustic guitar from fb marketplace. Time to see if I can teach myself to play.
I haven’t looked through it, but I’d imagine it’s a decent resource. There’s tons of online options, but you can get lost searching for good ones that build on what you have previously learned. A good course can be helpful for keeping you progressing toward a goal. But, if you want to noodle away and have a decent ear, songs generally are a handful of chords with a verse/chorus/bridge structure.Guitar playing for dummies?
Yea, I used to play piano and woodwinds and some brass, so I can read sheet music (albeit I'm a bit rusty), I've been poking around the internet for stuff on how to read tabs. I ordered some pics and a tuner just to get started.I haven’t looked through it, but I’d imagine it’s a decent resource. There’s tons of online options, but you can get lost searching for good ones that build on what you have previously learned. A good course can be helpful for keeping you progressing toward a goal. But, if you want to noodle away and have a decent ear, songs generally are a handful of chords with a verse/chorus/bridge structure.
Learning relative names for chords is helpful for dissecting patterns and structure. Like a “1-4-5 in E” is easier than thinking of “E-A-B” and you can transpose the same fingering pattern up a few frets and play a “1-4-5 in G” without thinking about what the 4 and 5 are (C & D). The Nashville Number System is based on this idea and lots of pros use it to chart songs, so they know the overall structure.
should be easy for you to adapt. just remember for the low strings going two strings higher and two frets up is where you find the octave and that down one stringiest and up 5 frets is the unison.Yea, I used to play piano and woodwinds and some brass, so I can read sheet music (albeit I'm a bit rusty), I've been poking around the internet for stuff on how to read tabs. I ordered some pics and a tuner just to get started.
My wife bought a Yamaha F210 some 20+ years ago on her semester abroad in college and only played in maybe 6 months. We've been packing it around ever since. I finally broke it out of the closet 2-3 months ago and have been plucking away on it every day since. @mandown is correct about all of the resources online. It's more of a question of finding one that "clicks" for you. I happen to like this guys online stuff.Guitar playing for dummies?
Let's start a bandI am wondering if I need a guitar in my life.
It is muscle memory so repetition. I assume you mean an open C voicing. You can always try alternate voices and chord “fragments” where you only play certain notes and mute the other strings. See if you can substitute an alternative voicing from the charts.And if anyone has suggestions about how I can get the C chord down, I'm open to suggestions. So far I've got A, D, E, and G down pretty good, but I just can't seem to "get" C. Like the whole operation just stops, and I have to look, and place all 3 fingers, one at a time, like a moron. I just have a real stumbling block on it for some reason.
Okay. So, in this instance, I am attempting to use the C pattern that's the very first one, in your second picture. The dude who I referenced to @jonKranked has a couple exercises for learning new chord shapes that I've used for the other chords that worked fine, but I've been doing a *lot* of repetition on C and my dumb brain just isn't seeming to get it. I'll have to try some others and see if I can get them to stick. I've been trying to play "Up on the Roof" for a month now, and the C just derails the whole train.It is muscle memory so repetition. I assume you mean an open C voicing. You can always try alternate voices and chord “fragments” where you only play certain notes and mute the other strings. See if you can substitute an alternative voicing from the charts.
if you’ve got G you’re essentially doing a C. It’s the same basic shape one string over.
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I don’t know that song. You could try a 7 or 9 chord voicing. It’ll have a slightly different flavor but you might find it fits.Okay. So, in this instance, I am attempting to use the C pattern that's the very first one, in your second picture. The dude who I referenced to @jonKranked has a couple exercises for learning new chord shapes that I've used for the other chords that worked fine, but I've been doing a *lot* of repetition on C and my dumb brain just isn't seeming to get it. I'll have to try some others and see if I can get them to stick. I've been trying to play "Up on the Roof" for a month now, and the C just derails the whole train.
By The Drifters. Classic Motown. You must know it.I don’t know that song.
I don't. I'm not well rounded.By The Drifters. Classic Motown. You must know it.
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I'll give it a try. But you might be getting ahead of me.I don't. I'm not well rounded.
That ain't folk music. You don't need a full open chord voicing with each string ringing. I'd focus on leveraging the G chord you know and playing the 3rd fret on the A string (C) and the 2nd fret on the D string (E) and the open G. Everything else is gravy.
Tony Iommi doesn't wanna hear your whiny shitI tried to learn a while back but 4 different broken bones in my left hand that didn't heal straight made it pretty much impossible to get the fingers to fing properly.
The only thing I’d add to this is that sometimes you need to try another song for a while and then come back. It’s like cross-training or rehab; sometimes training the muscles and mind to do “other” things has a ripple effect and and generates results not just in the specific thing being practiced but in other areas you might not think are related. Sometimes you just have to get out of your own head to make room.@Pesqueeb as @mandown said, repetition and muscle memory are key. For chord transitions you just can't seem to get right away, just sit there and go back and forth repeatedly for as long as you can tolerate it. Even if I'm watching TV or something else, just sit and strum the progression over and over. You'll get it.
you should probably just practice with some slapshot classics@Pesqueeb as @mandown said, repetition and muscle memory are key. For chord transitions you just can't seem to get right away, just sit there and go back and forth repeatedly for as long as you can tolerate it. Even if I'm watching TV or something else, just sit and strum the progression over and over. You'll get it.
One chord I always struggled with when learning was E7#9 from the verse in Purple Haze. Always felt so unnatural and awkward fretting it right. I'd just practice getting into that chord from a few others, going back and forth repeatedly. After awhile, it becomes natural.
Wild. Mine (being built) is padauk body and it is very red compared to your padauk top.Want a new guitar? Build one!
This is the Contessa - solid body neck-through build with incredible sustain. Paduak top, mahogany back, and birds-eye maple neck. Humbucker PUs. View attachment 159120View attachment 159120
Ah. I’ve heard it fades a bit. Glad I’m also matching it with walnut. The combo should still work.Mine was red also back when I built it. Padauk loses that red color over time. I prefer the brown anyway.
About a yearAh. I’ve heard it fades a bit. Glad I’m also matching it with walnut. The combo should still work.
How long did the fading/transition take?
Yea, I did some googling on it last night and it sounded like I might need to. I'll get some pics of them once I get around to it.You *might* need to change out the nut on the neck, or the orientation of the bridge.