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Posted by Angus Manwaring on 12/05/05 19:46
On 04-Dec-05 18:46:32, Nige said
>I bought myself a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar! been meaning to learn
>for years. Anyone got any ideas about how the fuck i learn to play this
>thing?
>nige
Slightly depending on the kind of thing you aspire to playing, but if you
pick two or three chords to start with, like A, C and D and get the hang
of changing between those, and holding them down so they sound okay. Try
to do this for an hour a day, it'll be tough at first, but you can do it
while you watch TV, just get those fingers working. As you get more adept
at changing you can work in a bit of a strum, and gradually expand the
chords you use.
If you lean more towards lead guitar (its still worth getting those chords
organised when you can) take your hand down to (for example) the 12th
fret, (E) play the top (thick string) with your index finger then the 15th
with your ring finger. If you let your hand "walk" down the strings
vertically, always keeping your index finger on the 12th, your ring finger
changes position between the 14th and 15th fret like this, working
downwards:
15th E string
14th A string
14th D string
14th G string
15th B string
15th E string
I hope that makes sense... :) that's a basic blues scale that will
work with songs in E minor. If you'd started on the fifth fret (A) it would
be an A minor scale. Again, if you practice moving your hand around that
scale you can work up your skill and discover bits that work well and bits
that don't.
If you can get a bit of a three chord strum going on, and record it, you
can then play some lead with it using the scale, although with the chords
I mentioned you would just move your index finger to the fifth fret.
All the best,
Angus Manwaring. (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)
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