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[B0ARDIN087]

what are some beginner songs to help me get faster and strenghen my fingers. i' ve been playing simple man, american idiot by green day, and intro to under the bridge by rhcp. i cant play any fluently but its fun trying

 

[EnderJE]

Depends what you like...I like U2 so I mainly stick to those songs.

 

[B0ARDIN087]

u started with u2?

 

[marshallmadman]

Actually, the things that I used to show my students were the best things for dexterity, and speed. This is a mindless drill that you can do while you are watching TV or whatever. Use alternate picking. Know what that is? If not, pick down, up, down, up, and then go to the next string. Start on the low E string 1st fret. Index finger on the first fret, and pick the note. Next one middle finger, 2nd fret. Ring finger, third fret, and finally pinky on the 4th fret. Do this drill on every string. Play them from low E string to high E string. This drill will whip your fingers into shape, and you will develop the hand/eye coordination you need.

 

[EnderJE]

u started with u2?

Yeah, its not that hard.

 

[B0ARDIN087]

Actually, the things that I used to show my students were the best things for dexterity, and speed. This is a mindless drill that you can do while you are watching TV or whatever. Use alternate picking. Know what that is? If not, pick down, up, down, up, and then go to the next string. Start on the low E string 1st fret. Index finger on the first fret, and pick the note. Next one middle finger, 2nd fret. Ring finger, third fret, and finally pinky on the 4th fret. Do this drill on every string. Play them from low E string to high E string. This drill will whip your fingers into shape, and you will develop the hand/eye coordination you need.

ok i just did thsi about 6 times or so and i haev to say i went faster each time. thanks, after this what songs do u have them play?

 

[marshallmadman]

ok i just did thsi about 6 times or so and i haev to say i went faster each time. thanks, after this what songs do u have them play?

I would make them play this drill every week, first thing. I would make a judgement on their improvement. If they really showed improvement, I would let them pick a song they wanted to learn. If not, I would make them play more drills. There aren't any particular songs that you can learn per se that are going to help you any better than others. You just need to progressively takle more and more difficult material. You also need to learn a good sense of rhythm and timing. For that, I always recommend old AC/DC.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Here's a good simple drill for down/up picking, as marshallmadman was saying:


(the numbers represent the fret number)

E---8--7-----------------6--5-----5--6----------------7--8--
B----------6--5---8--7------------------7--8--5---6---------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------- (bass string)


and another for traversing the fretboard:


E-------------------------------5-8-----8-5------------------------------
B -------------------------5-8----------------8-5------------------------
G--------------------5-7---------------------------7-5-------------------
D------------5-6-7--------------------------------------7-6-5------------
A-------5-7----------------------------------------------------7-5-------
e--5-8--------------------------------------------------------------8-5--


*Each finger is assigned to a fret, so your index, middle, ring, and pinkie would be playing the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th frets respectively. Following this formula, you can build up speed and dexterity, as well as getting a general feel for the fretboard.


There's a bunch of good stuff on this site for building various techniques-

http://www.guitarists.net/

It all depends on what you want to start playing. I myself started out on some three chord Tom Petty tunes, and then got into some GnR riffs.


Have fun.

 

[Razorguns]

guitarsarah.com

ac/dc tab books

www.marcseal.com

metal methods.com - beginner complete course

 

[SoreArms]

tabcrawler.com has tons of songs, look up one you like

 

[perkele]

Here's one of my favorite finger excercise.

E-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------4----5----6------ etc.
D-----------------------4----5----6----5----6----7---------
A-----4----5----6----5----6----7---------------------------
E---5----6----7---------------------------------------------

"Each finger is assigned to a fret, so your index, middle, ring, and pinkie would be playing the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th frets respectively."

 

[c-sharp minor]

Buy a metronone to guage your progress and work on your timing.

 

[maxpain]

Buy a metronone to guage your progress and work on your timing.

See your guitar players are all the same. I keep the timing. I keep the tempo of the song.






Oh yeah, I'm the drummer.

 

[c-sharp minor]

Oh yeah, I'm the drummer.

Aren't drummers the guys who like to hang out with musicians?



j/k

 

[maxpain]

Aren't drummers the guys who like to hang out with musicians?



j/k

That's pretty good.

 

[BOOEY]

Learn to play your favorite songs, simple chord progressions first, then get into melodies, solos, etc. It helps if you have a wide array of musical interests. Drills can get boring

 

[UA_Iron]

Just go straight into sweep picking


E5 D5 B5 C5 D5
|-------------15-19-17p14------------|-------------10-14-15-14-12---------|
|----------17-------------15---------|----------12----------------15------|
|-------16-------------------14------|-------11---------------------------|
|----17------------------------------|----12------------------------------|
|-19---------------------------------|-14---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

E5 D5 A5 C5 D5
|-------------15-19-17p14------------|-------------9--12-15-14-12---------|
|----------17-------------15---------|----------10----------------15------|
|-------16-------------------14------|-------9----------------------------|
|----17------------------------------|----11------------------------------|
|-19---------------------------------|-12---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

E5 D5 B5 C5 D5
|-------------15-19-17p14------------|-------------10-14-15-14-12---------|
|----------17-------------15---------|----------12----------------15------|
|-------16-------------------14------|-------11---------------------------|
|----17------------------------------|----12------------------------------|
|-19---------------------------------|-14---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


thats a fun sweep to play, Children of Bodom - Warheart
If thats too advanced then try some old school metallica songs, the rythms are really fast and stuff, but once you get them down your fingers will move a lot faster.

 

[c-sharp minor]

http://www.guitartabs.cc/fetchfile.php?fileid=6502244

Pretty Mickey Mouse if you ask me.

A good place to start.

 

[rsnoble-im-back]

Centre of Eternity-Ozzy. Nice easy one-lol. I could play it last year, waitin on hands to clear up, cant even hardly pick up the fuking ax now. Friend offered to buy, ill prob sell i was burnt out before the accident

 

[sigweed]

personally when i learned, i focused way more on strumming first

started off with tragically hip and bob seger stuff, as well as some Matt Good... id recommend it

 

[Yarg!]

off topic: u know whats a great guitar tho? telecaster. i LOVE the neck on those.

 

[Raptorex]

what are some beginner songs to help me get faster and strenghen my fingers. i' ve been playing simple man, american idiot by green day, and intro to under the bridge by rhcp. i cant play any fluently but its fun trying

1) Stop playing shitty music that is easy.

2) Learn some Jeff Beck, Clapton, or Alvin Lee

3) OLGA is your friend

http://www.olga.net/

 

[i-Supplements]

off topic: u know whats a great guitar tho? telecaster. i LOVE the neck on those.

Deebs will want to make with you. As soon as he heres the word Telecaster, he starts masturbating.

 

[Dirk Howat]

Eruption by Van Halen