I started with four chords (G, E, C & Dm) and was able to work out lots of songs. Then I finally added a dozen more and expanded my repertoire. Once you get to four chords, you’ll be fine.
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Makes A and E and he's working on B
Digs C&W and R&B and me and the chimpanzee agree
That one day soon he'll be a celebrity
crag p sutton had a guitar
E E A A E
with an E E here
and a A A there
here an E
there an A
everywhere an E
crag p sutton had a guitar
sweet cheesus bro, here's a G
Believe me, that is how most of us start. Remember this, for when you are 6 months into your journey, you'll still be there, but when you are two years down the road, you'll feel like you're getting nowhere, until you remember where you started.
I was trying to play guitar for yrs. But the thing that really got me finally really playing were the series of guitar books by Mel Bay my guitar teacher has me use. Incredibly helpful.
I taught myself at 16, you'll get it in no time. I'm about to turn 55 and my fingers hurt too much to play so I ordered a keyboard which arrives tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll teach myself how to play piano.
P.S. if you learned E lift your index finger, now you know E Minor 😀
Play this chord and you *are* Alex Lifeson at the start of 'Hemispheres' - it's an F#7(add11). You can also leave the bottom F# out (not play it) because the bass is already playing that note. :)
Every journey starts with a step. Pick a song you *really* like and learn it - there are chord, tab and lyric sites galore on the interweb. Then pick another one, and repeat as desired. You'll be looking for local open mic nights in no time. ;)
Plus there's a lot more resources nowadays. Without wishing to go all 'Four Yorkshiremen' on you, when I started playing, (mid 70s), it took me ages to work out that Thin Lizzy detuned their guitars half a step. Me; "Why would you play everything in Eb?"😆
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look just focus on playing one note and then maybe explore that note's relationship to the other notes
once you have mastered that MAYBE you get chords back. MAYBE
if you can't play one (1) note that sounds good how are you going to play a song???? imitating greats?fu
Makes A and E and he's working on B
Digs C&W and R&B and me and the chimpanzee agree
That one day soon he'll be a celebrity
B is harder. 2 is enough.
E E A A E
with an E E here
and a A A there
here an E
there an A
everywhere an E
crag p sutton had a guitar
sweet cheesus bro, here's a G
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I thought it was intentional the second time
A cid
D ealer
G ets
B usted
E ventually
Earl
Ate
Dynamite
Good
Bye
Earl
You guys need a bassist friend and it shows 😂🤣
E, D, A repeat.
P.S. if you learned E lift your index finger, now you know E Minor 😀