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strumming
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Guitar Lessons: Beginner
Learn how to put chords and notes together to play a song you can recognize.
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Question:
My
main question is I know chords and I can strum but I'm having
problems understanding how to put cords and notes together to play
a song you can recognize. I need to see both hands at the same
time. I've read every thing I can get my hands on but I still do
not understand. Thank You for any help you can give me. Maybe I'm
just to old to be trying to play the guitar!! I like your program
and I am just about ready to buy it but I wanted to wait to see if
I could even play the guitar first.
Answer:
Most guitarists start out by learning
a few chords and singing along with their guitar accompaniment.
When a person approaches learning the guitar in this manner they
sing the melody (i.e their voice is providing the melody) whilst
their guitar playing is supporting the melody with rhythm and
harmony (chords).
Another option is to learn to read standard music notation, that
gives the guitarist the benefit of being able to play single note
melodies.This is an excellent skill to acquire and a lot fun with
two guitars (one guitarist plays the melody and the other
guitarist plays the chords).
A third option is to play the melody and harmony on the one
guitar(the technical name for this stlye of playing is CHORD
MELODY), this is more involved, requiring a higher level of skill,
nonetheless it is a very rewarding way to play the guitar.
We have devoted a special section of our course to reading music
(SIGHT READING MAGIC) Express Guitar - http://ww.guitarCoaching.com
this is the way professional guitarist approach this very
important subject.
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