improve in guitar skills

• jOhO

  16 May 04, 11:50

  i dunno if this'll help, but when i started learning from my dad, all he did was to ask me to change from C to G7 (chords) day after day after day until i could do it smoothly.
  
  then i started learning other chords. and till today, i still only know chords, the main ones... all the majors, minors, 7th, minor 7th...
  
  i think the c to g7 exercise is to coord ur fingers, one moves one way, and two move the other way. also, it forms callouses on the tips of ur fingers so after a while it doesn't hurt when u play.
• SnowFlag

  16 May 04, 13:53

  Originally posted by jOhO:

  i dunno if this'll help, but when i started learning from my dad, all he did was to ask me to change from C to G7 (chords) day after day after day until i could do it smoothly.
  
  then i started learning other chords. and till today, i still only know chords, the main ones... all the majors, minors, 7th, minor 7th...
  
  i think the c to g7 exercise is to coord ur fingers, one moves one way, and two move the other way. also, it forms callouses on the tips of ur fingers so after a while it doesn't hurt when u play.

  BTW, C & G7 is the most commonly used chords and so is the first chords to master.
  
  Using the classical guitar shouldn't hurt when compared to the accoustic/electric guitar. But I think accoustic guitar sounds better as an accompanying music.
• PaSsIoN79

  5 Jul 04, 10:51

  Just wondering if there is any books that your can recommend for improving or understand one's scales and chord formation.
  
  Geez
• SnowFlag

  10 Jul 04, 17:41

  Originally posted by PaSsIoN79:

  Just wondering if there is any books that your can recommend for improving or understand one's scales and chord formation.
  
  Geez

  dun really know cos music books come n go. How about "The AB guide to music theory"?
  
  I think there are books around that teaches you specifically on chord formation for guitar. Try Yahama Music at Plaza Singapura.
  
  Or maybe you can google.
• SnowFlag

  15 Jul 04, 22:02

  Originally posted by PaSsIoN79:

  Just wondering if there is any books that your can recommend for improving or understand one's scales and chord formation.
  
  Geez

  Have you found anything?
• gasband

  15 Jul 04, 22:19

  The Key to being a good guitarist: Knowledge and practice.
  
  The key to being a damn good guitarist: Creativity.
  
  I almost killed my guitarist in my band becos he has got to be one of the technically skilled and talented guitarist i met but YET he only likes to use OVERDRIVE and his lead and solos are always 'bluesy'. He knows how to play others but he just dun wanna try.
  
  So, please be creative. Steve Vai and such can only be a starting point. Who wants to be like Steve Vai? You should aim to be better.