Wednesday, April 9, 2014

3 ways to learn how to play guitar fast


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1. Familiarize and be inspired

- Knowing the basic chords first, play simple songs, and let the music inspire you. By knowing the basics chords of a guitar, you'll be able to learn every step-by-step lesson without getting confused by its complexity. When you start at the bottom first, then slowly understanding the process of it, that will save you from getting stuck-up and being discouraged.
 here are samples of a fundamental guitar chord.  In order of G, Em, C and D
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here is a video from youtube that will help you learn about guitar chords:



2. Study the notes and chords

- By the time you already familiarized the guitar chords. Try to dig deeper on how chords are formed.
Basically, a chord is based upon a scale which is also based upon a note. So therefore we need to familiarize the notes and how it forms into a scale and into a chord. All you have to do is to research and practice.

Here is a sample of an Aminor scale chart which is also a Cmajor scale tab.
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check out this youtube video to help you learn about guitar scale and chords:



3. Study how to make a guitar solo through scales

- There are different types of scales from a different music genres. You can even make a pretty combination out of it and make a good guitar solo.
 Just choose the scales you love and study about it. Playing some backing tracks and playing your guitar solo from what you practiced would be great help.

Here is a sample of a pentatonic scale. Based from this scale, you can make a solo out of it.


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This link from youtube helps you how to make your first guitar solo:


So that's it. After doing this stuff consistently, you'll be surely on your way to be a good guitar player. 













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