| Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar | |
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Nizzi 123 Newbie
Posts : 62 Join date : 2008-07-31 Age : 31 Location : West Yorkshire, UK
| Subject: Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:02 am | |
| From experience I've learnt that it's quite useful to learn Classical guitar before electric/rock, anybody agree? Good Points:* Teaches you how to read Music (rather than tabs) * Starts off your learning by giving you a good playing technique (for example, my dad has been playing the guitar for a much longer time than I have, but from almost day 1 I have had a better playing technique than him due to my Classical lessons) * IMO it's easier to move from acoustic to electric guitar, than to move from electric to acoustic, as it takes less time to get used to the change. Bad Points:* You hold acoustic guitars slightly differently to electric guitars, and it can be difficult to adapt to the change. * When playing standing up, you have to hold the acoustic guitar higher which looks silly * Learning Classical music can be really, really boring. I'm sure there are plenty more pros and cons, but I can't remember any more at this time. Feel free to add to the lists. BH - I'm in your posts, editing your stuffs >_> Stickied, as this could be a good discussion and a useful topic to read on. | |
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numberonejrio Extreme Poster!
Posts : 373 Join date : 2008-06-16 Age : 29 Location : You Child Molester!
| Subject: Re: Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:14 pm | |
| either that, or taking something like piano first. It helped me a lot. | |
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Nizzi 123 Newbie
Posts : 62 Join date : 2008-07-31 Age : 31 Location : West Yorkshire, UK
| Subject: Re: Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:34 pm | |
| Ooh, how did it do that? Even though they're both string instruments, they're rather different. So I'm just curious to why and how? | |
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numberonejrio Extreme Poster!
Posts : 373 Join date : 2008-06-16 Age : 29 Location : You Child Molester!
| Subject: Re: Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:58 pm | |
| well, it tought me a lot of things like how to read notes, half steps whole steps, triads, and scales.
Turns out I was being tought the same thing in guitar. ;D | |
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Starom Registered User
Posts : 182 Join date : 2008-07-31 Location : Manchester ^^
| Subject: Re: Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:39 pm | |
| I'd definitely agree - it's much better to start on a different instrument and learn electric guitar alongside it ^^ As Nizzi said, a lot of vital techniques can be learnt on acoustic guitar that are much easier on the electric, such as artificial harmonics, so can easily be moved from acoustic to electric. It's much more difficult to do it the other way around, in my opinion ^^ | |
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Buckethead Admin
Posts : 196 Join date : 2008-06-22 Age : 31 Location : Somewhere Over The Slaughterhouse
| Subject: Re: Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:29 pm | |
| Anyone here ever started out on a Banjo?
It's more helpful than you'd think, actually >_> | |
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GuitarGod804 Admin
Posts : 239 Join date : 2008-05-19 Age : 43 Location : Richmond, Va
| Subject: Re: Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:44 pm | |
| Banjo I dont think anyone here is from West Virginia lol | |
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Nizzi 123 Newbie
Posts : 62 Join date : 2008-07-31 Age : 31 Location : West Yorkshire, UK
| Subject: Re: Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:49 am | |
| To Buckethead, I'd love to learn how to play the Banjo! Is it a Banjo solo in Spinal Tap's Stonehenge? I'd love to be able to play that Dueling Banjos song as well . Can you play that? More on topic, wouldn't violin, cello, etc also be of help to learning electric rock guitar? Maybe not as much as classical though. | |
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Buckethead Admin
Posts : 196 Join date : 2008-06-22 Age : 31 Location : Somewhere Over The Slaughterhouse
| Subject: Re: Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:47 am | |
| - Nizzi wrote:
- To Buckethead, I'd love to learn how to play the Banjo! Is it a Banjo solo in Spinal Tap's Stonehenge? I'd love to be able to play that Dueling Banjos song as well . Can you play that?
More on topic, wouldn't violin, cello, etc also be of help to learning electric rock guitar? Maybe not as much as classical though. I hate when people requests those But I mainly play my own stuff. If I had to pick a favorite to cover, it'd be Hog Bitch Stomp. | |
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Nizzi 123 Newbie
Posts : 62 Join date : 2008-07-31 Age : 31 Location : West Yorkshire, UK
| Subject: Re: Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:06 pm | |
| ^ Sorry They're probably the most famous banjo songs though? And they're very dancey | |
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BassXRocker Admin
Posts : 294 Join date : 2008-06-07 Age : 30 Location : Alabama
| Subject: Re: Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:38 pm | |
| i started on bass, but i like listening to some piano stuff too. its a great way to get multi influential also. | |
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TheLonging Moderator
Posts : 136 Join date : 2008-06-06 Age : 29
| Subject: Re: Tip- Learning Classical Guitar before Electric Guitar Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:45 pm | |
| I own about 2 classical guitars, both of which I exceed on.
/me goes back to my lefty electric guitar and righty classicals | |
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