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Posted by Nige on 12/05/05 21:51
"Angus Manwaring" <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1988.200T1495T11865214angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk...
> 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.
>
Cheers matey, christ what have i done?
;)
Nige
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