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I'm going to chip in with my recent beginner hat on (AGAIN!). Starters: if something you want to play is a struggle to get "right", don't walk away, instead simplify it to make it playable. Capturing the essence and getting through it is the best way to respect the song. That's what the writer would want. And, once you have a base, you can build on it when you're ready.
Example: I've been circling around "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for a while, it's quite a handful for my level, but now I found this performance video where Alice plays it slowly, simply, and elegantly, and it gave me a way in. (And it helps that it's easier to see her hands well). That's a great start and one day I will get this.
(Sorry @Alnico, camping on your thread again. Ping me if you want me to stop!).
Not at all, that's great advice and I'd advise the same for beginners.
Find a simple way into the song first and find foundation to build on.
I would encourage you to then look for more detail once you've established a base camp and I'm going to use the mountain climbing analogy.
Once you've established a simplified, base camp version you can start to TRY to stretch further into the detail of the song/riff/technique.
If you fail that time you have a base camp to return to and feel like you have *some* success instead of total failure.
I would teach a beginner using this method and give them something to stand on and feel good about. It's also a great way of "Outlining" a song/riff/technique and then filling in the colour and detail later once the rhythm and principles of the riff are established.
Nice one Matt and also this isn't MY thread it's just somewhere I can offer advice and support.
It's like everything in music.
It's collaborative and every viewpoint is valuable.
@Alnico - Cheers mate. Although I always describe what I do as "plug in and waffle for a bit".
And given where you are, Quad (which is a great location/facility too) is the obvious one to get your name down for!
Don't worry that the lists appear to be full. People will always have to pull out closer to the time (though it's happening less frequently now).
On a serious note, fantastic news, and well done for being such a sport with this venture of yours. I hope it works out, and that stuff actually stays on the wall.
well happy for you mate
Thank you.
This isn't really just for me though.
I've been asked for help and support by so many people and now this means I can reach out and help more people in more ways than I ever could before.
Often just 5 minutes in front of someone explaining a riff or physically showing someone a chord etc, can do more than a thousand words in text.
Yes, I'm going to love what this can do but I'll love it more when I can see someone play what they couldn't before and it's down to this piece of kit enabling me to help them with that.
Obviously the internet has revolutionised self learning for the guitar since I last played, and I've been able to learn a lot over the last nine months or so, and I'm getting to the point where I'm looking at maybe trying to find some people to jam with too. So, hanging out here, looking to see what's going on...
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