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Offline leigh_harty

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New to guitars! For all you guitar lovers out their
« on: 13 December 2011, 18:18 »
So i finally got myself an electric guitar 6days ago

So far ive kinda mastered the intros of:

Metallica - One
Avenged sevenfold -Unholy Confessions
And im trying to do 'enter sandman' at the min

Any other good songs that are fairly easy to learn? Tabs only at the min ill learn chords soon enough  :smiley:

And incase anybody cares ive got a Squire by Fender.. Model (if there is one) unknown
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Offline Benrevs

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Re: New to guitars! For all you guitar lovers out their
« Reply #1 on: 13 December 2011, 18:23 »
Tune it to drop D, and learn everlong by Foo Fighters. Very rewarding to play!  There are plenty of tutorials on the tube!

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Re: New to guitars! For all you guitar lovers out their
« Reply #2 on: 13 December 2011, 18:39 »
chilli peppers - cant stop, it gets you used to skipping between strings. once that has been mastered the intro to aweet child o mine surprisingly easy aswell, once your used to skipping between strings fairly quick,

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Re: New to guitars! For all you guitar lovers out their
« Reply #3 on: 13 December 2011, 18:42 »
Don't you need a tuner for a drop D? Which I haven't got

And I've seen many videos but I can't physically sit and watch videos. Run before walking etc

I'll have a gander at the chillis... I've got an 'ultimate tabs' app and it's proving useful  :smiley:
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Offline Ant1981

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Re: New to guitars! For all you guitar lovers out their
« Reply #4 on: 13 December 2011, 18:46 »
Don't you need a tuner for a drop D? Which I haven't got

Then how do you know you're in tune anyway?
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Offline Benrevs

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Re: New to guitars! For all you guitar lovers out their
« Reply #5 on: 13 December 2011, 18:48 »
Just tune the bottom E the same as the D string(3rd from bottom). And by the way, the bottom one is the biggest one. :wink:

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Re: New to guitars! For all you guitar lovers out their
« Reply #6 on: 13 December 2011, 18:53 »
Don't you need a tuner for a drop D? Which I haven't got

Then how do you know you're in tune anyway?

I don't... But I can still ask to find out no?

Just tune the bottom E the same as the D string(3rd from bottom). And by the way, the bottom one is the biggest one. :wink:

Thanks, guess I can just tune (to a fashion) by ear :-)
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Re: New to guitars! For all you guitar lovers out their
« Reply #7 on: 13 December 2011, 18:57 »
Learn some jamming basics, like the 12 bar blues and chords I V vi IV in E major. Then you can play most songs ever written.

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Re: New to guitars! For all you guitar lovers out their
« Reply #8 on: 13 December 2011, 18:57 »
I don't... But I can still ask to find out no?

Yes, lol, but how will you know you're in drop D then? You might now be in drop C#........ :smug:
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Re: New to guitars! For all you guitar lovers out their
« Reply #9 on: 13 December 2011, 19:17 »
Smoke on the water :evil:

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