How hard is it to learn to play the guitar?
Hi,I’m a singer, who never thought about learning an instrument, but that had an acoustic guitar always around, which I did not play often because I thought I had to learn first how to play.Being a singer who writes lyrics on bands, I also love to create songs, but again without knowing how to play an instrument it is quite difficult.Anyway, I learned from friends and internet how to make open chords and lately how to do barre chords, some of these chords I can tell what they are, some other I have no idea.. I just move around my barre chords up and down, left and right.I never had a lesson, the far I went, was to pick some tab chords from other bands and tried to play it, like 2 or 3 times.Because of my interest on songwriting, I decided to play on the guitar, no matter how bad it could be, so after some months of playing on the guitar (not every day and not too longer), I was able to compose 5 songs and even made up a cover mixing Smells Like Teen Spirit with Knockin’ on Heavens Door - and I did perform those songs on a stage, live.You can see that live performance here - SigDórSo basically, learning guitar will be as hard as the level you are looking for, but I can assure you that once your fingers will be able to do power/barre chords (it will be very disappointing at the beginning, so practice a lot), you can have lot of fun. In my case, I avoid doing things I do not feel secure to do, like guitar solos…Have fun!Sérgio
What should I learn first to play jazz guitar?
So I've been playing guitar for a few years, mainly blues and rock. I know the different modes, how basic chords are built, and basic music theory (circle of 5ths, tritone substitution, etc.). I've also been practicing improvising over standard jazz songs like Autumn Leaves and Blue Bossa. However, I feel like my jazz studies are very disorganized and inefficient. My question is, as a generally beginner jazz guitarist, should I concentrate more on learning to solo or comp first. I feel like there is much less of an emphasis in "online jazz lessons" about comping compared to learning arpeggios and scales for soloing, but I'm sure it is as important if not more so than soloing. My immediate plan is to re-learn different voicings over the neck, but I would like to have some advice on where to go after that. Also, if there are any suggested songs to learn, please let me know. Thanks!
Why do you need to learn guitar scales?
Ive played for like a year but ive just ignored the fact your ment to learn scales.. what do they actually help you with.. people say they help you form chords etc but how do they? example? thx