learn how to play guitar?

and what about small hands?
i hate to say it but i have very small hands

 

Don't worry about learning a certain style of music from the start. I don't know how everyone else started, but I learned a few chords when I started and went from there. Look up a few simple chords like c, g, and d. Once you have those couple of chords down, play them in a progression. Once you can do that with quite ease, you'll be on your way. After that just keep learning more and more chords and you'll be writing songs in no time. That was just my way of learning and it seemed to work well for me. Then again, everyone learns better in different ways, so figure out which way is helping you the most and learn that way. But yeah, have fun with it. To me, without the fun, then playing music is useless.

 

TRUTH!

Don't worry about the small hands man. So you can't reach 6 frets across, big deal, it's uncomfortable and uncommon anyway.

As for playing trippy music...

To play it free flow is pretty difficult, not going to lie. But so is any genre. Learning to "flow" and solo is one of the hardest skills IMO. I think the reason for that is because it involves finding YOUR OWN style. If I look at the notes David Gilmour is playing in a solo and work at it everyday, sooner or later I'll be able to play it. It's robotic in a sense. But to be able to pick up a guitar and have my own "musical opinion" on something and just let it out is something entirely different. Like others have said don't get locked into needing to play a particular genre, just focus on simple stuff and gradually challenge yourself and before you know it you'll be there.

It's a process, you know? And a rewarding one if you take the time to go with it. To often people get caught up in their goals and get frustrated when they don't reach them as soon as they expected.

Take your time and enjoy the ride. I'm not gunna lie, I'm man enough to admit it, some of the first songs I learned how to play was some cheesy radio bullshit that a lot of people won't even admit listening to (avril lavigne, blink 182, good charlote) shit anyone can play. At the time playing Floyd and especially soloing seemed like an impossible to climb mountain. But now a few years down the line and it's like nothing.

Granted I never played those songs IN FRONT of people, lol, but it was a neat confidence booster at the time.

Just start slow and continue on, you'll be fine.

 

You can play A LOT of songs with those three chords. Including SEVERAL from the Wall.

Those are like Rogers "I need to say a lot of stuff and don't want to have to try too hard musically to do it" chords.

 

I started teaching myself guitar in a serious manner at about 18
years old. I took 2 lessons for classical guitar last year and gave
up lol. I refuse to be told how to HOLD the thing. I can manage
with my sloppy style.
I have taught myself by ear quite a large collection of Bach's
lute, cello, and violon songs, some mozart, tarrega, etc. The
way I learned classical on my own was by listening to recordings
of Segovia play and touching the fret all over until I sounded like
that. Or, well, close to it, nobody can play like him.
Just play your heart out as often as possible. If you want to be
able to play, truly in your heart, then you will be able to.

 

thanks

 

well i think i am go to get lessons.

is there any thing i should do before i see the teacher.
is there any thing i can do to make my fingers to be able to bend better.(like some kind of exercise(Spelling?)for them)

 

Shop around, find a teacher that teaches the kind of stuff you want to play (style wise).

Practice practice practice. A lot of people say you should bend the string you want to bend PLUS the one above it to get a truer sound. It's hard when you're starting out.

I good exercise in general, and the only one I do is this:

start at the first fret on the E string. Then go 1-2-3-4 with each of your fingers down the fret board, BUT DON'T LIFT YOUR FINGERS. So put your index down on the first fret, leave it there, put your middle finger down on the second fret, leave it there (now you have two fingers down) put the ring finger on the third fret, leave it there, etc etc. PLuck the string everytime you put down a new finger. pluck up and down strokes. When you reach the last finger go down to the next string and do the same thing. Make your way around the fret board like this going up and down and plucking the string each time.

It's harder than it sounds and will build up your fingers. You can also try going in reverse, except obviously you'll have to lift your fingers going in reverse to get sound lol.

 

Don't learn from tabs, that will make you the dumbest guitar player ever.

Read some theory, and play with other people. Those are two things that helped me unlock doors in my mind to new ways of playing. That's all guitar is, gradually opening your horizons of things you can play. You have to play all the time, and don't play songs a lot because that doesn't teach you anything.

 

Do it high is my advice. At least after you've learned a couple of things.

Go for scales first. Do them slowly and work your way up. That is the only way you'll really learn how to jam like the great ones (unless you are a miracle kid that was born playing the guitar).

Doing it high just lets the music flow through you and with you, as if you're one with the wind and the clouds.

 

I kinda agree with that and kind of dont.

I do think that playing high is a blast. and your right the music does flow through you.

but also. I couldnt play high at all when I first started (keeping in mind this is personal experience and I dont think it will be the same for all.)

I just find it hard to keep the tempo right.

 

how long did it take to get good at it?

 

I've been playing for aboutt.. 6-7 years.

Practice a LOT and in a while you'll be able to do decent stuff.

 

Depends really. For me after the first year and a half I noticed a big improvement. Though it took me two years to get the point where I felt comfortable getting up in front of large groups and playing. It took me about 3 years till I could solo decently. And 4 years till I could just let it flow.

But everyone is different, I didn't have any lessons or guidence along the way so it probably took me longer than others.

But on the other hand I've jammed with people that have been playing for 5 years with lessons that still ain't any good. Practice makes permanent man. Practice correctly and you'll be on the road.

One thing is for sure it's NOT an overnight thing it's a whole journey.