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Hehe, see, I know all of that terminology, but understand very little of it. I seriously need lessons. It's the only way I'll ever learn. I can't book learn, I never have been able to. And videos are crap. Hah, the one I have spends about 5 minutes teaching you how to tune with an ELECTRONIC tuner, then proceeds to teach you like 10 chords in the next 3 minutes. It's so stupid. Even my boyfriend (who plays some guitar) watched it and went, "dude." Hah.

Thanks for the tips, though.

I can try and teach you ....if you want

I've got through about 1-3, I think. I know all the chords, and I know how to recognize notes since guitar is in the key of C and I play flute and so is flute, so that's done. Chords like f#m make me mad, though. And I don't really need a scale book, because I already know scales from flute, and if I don't know them on guitar I can just figure them out by listening.

You know all the chords?........You know...tthats pretty damn near impossible...since there are a few thousand chords......way more if you factor in alternate tunings.....way way way more when using a capo too.
Unless you are refering to the chords I listed?

You know there's like hundreds of scales too
I just aboot went nuts trying to memorize chords and scales and this coming from a guy who could barely pay attentiion in school


Just keep at it..you're not gonna be good right when you pick it up....soon the fog will lift my friend

I_am_Mr_Shugga wrote:I can try and teach you ....if you want

That would be awesome... but... how???

lol well of course i dont know all the chords in the world. i know the ones you listed and more. and if you give me a first note i can pick out any scale, unless you mean melodic or harmonic minor and those are a bit tougher.

SHIT

Harmonic and melodic scales aren't that difficult. You just have to remember which notes to raise a semi tone on the way up, and which to drop a semi tone on the way down. Don't ask me because I don't remember. I'd have to look into some of my music notes for that.

What's worse is when you have to do that in the minor.

Well Nikki.....maybe I could start a thread here on CM. Then this way other guitar players on here can add their own advice and tips. Yeah That should work

I think melodic is where you raise the 6th note up a half a step and play the same note on the descent, and harmonic is when you raise 6th and 7th, but play normally on the way back down. isnt the first chord on your little tab D?

^other way around (melodic is the screwed up one)

<took music theory for 8 years

just thought i would include a picture of my new instrument toy... its a macasar ebony flute headjoint....

someone's loaded

i still dont fully understand music theory. bah. waste of time, i say.

its my christmas/birthday present.

it's pretty

thanks

Why yes it....its part of an OLP song. Care to guess which one?

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