How "Old" Guitarist Learn Guitar

The Method Of "Old" Guitarist Learn The Guitar

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    Do you wanna know how, Eddie Van Halen, Ace Frehley, Brian May, and more more guitarist learn guitar before the internet? Now that you have that curiosity, then today I will tell the method they had use when there's no internet back then. So, pack right in and jump off... to read of course.

    

Method #1 : Music School or     Music Course

 This is obvious of course, they join music school to learn music or they find guitar teacher to teach them. Guitarist that join music school or music teacher course is :

    - Paul Gilbert

    - Jason Becker

    - Marty Friedman

    - Etc. 

 

  They of course learn many stuff from their teacher to show them what to do and don't, but this is not the only way that guitarist learn, then let's go to the second method

    Method #2 : Self Taught

    What I mean about "self-taught" is not completely learn by yourself, but like Marty Friedman said, "Self-taught means that you learn from all the people."

    Now that's the most use method by many "old" legend guitarist, they learn from other people and write down those knowledge. 

    That's why most guitarist have their own "sound" because they don't know about other sound, maybe they listen to records of other guitarist, but they can't search how to play this x song, because there is no internet.

    

    Method #3 : Hearing From Records

    Now, this is also a popular method back then, how does it work? Well, they play a record and try to replicate the sound. Yes, it is difficult, but back then there is a little to no choice. They passionate about it, they never gave up and will never... maybe there is, but those guitar gods, they never gave up, why would you?

    Conclusion

    Now I'm not saying this is the best method, but the way I learn guitar, is to try like it's the 70s, 80s, or 90s, where there is no internet, try to learn more by listening, don't always depends on the internet, don't depend on tabs all the time.

    I'm not saying don't, just try to limit yourself from the internet, because you just searching the easy way. Try to start hard and difficult, because every hard beginning, there is always a easy future.

    Thank you so much that you had come by to my blog, hopes my tips and information will entertain you and bring you a better future as a master of the guitar,

Regards, Rai.

Find Your Own Style of Playing Guitar and Develop Them, Here's How

Play Guitar with Your Own Style and Attract More People To Your Playing

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    The thing that's difficult to guitarist is to transffering their sound from inside their head to actually play it.

    But, people also struggle to find their sound and style. Well, today is your lucky day, because I will tell you how find that sound AND how you transfer that sound from inside your head to your guitar playing

    Bare with me, because I will tell you what you need and I'll tell you tips about it

    1. Find Inspiration

I think this is obvious, but you can't find "your" sound from one guitarist (well you can, but it's a high chance that you just copy that guitarist sound, and that is NOT "your" sound, but that guitarist sound) 

There's many guitarist out there, name a few :

• Randy Rhodes
• Vinnie Moore
• Marty Friedman
• B.B. King
• etc.

Now try to find as much, but not that much, then you find the "sound" and your style. It could suddenly come to your head or you trying to fuse 3 or 4 guitarist sound, and that what I'm about to talk next,

    2. Fuse 3-4 Guitarist Style

Maybe to some people, that this is not "your" sound, because it's just fusing guitarist sound and style, but I'll tell you, guitarist from list above, they found their "sound" also from other guitarist. 

So, don't be ashamed to find your sound from other guitarist. We just developing the old sound to become a new sound, it's evolving, that's also how music genre create. Fusing others to become one.

   3. Transferring The Sound To Your Guitar Play

This is the part where people struggle to accomplish, why? because that's how nature is, we can't make something from our mind to real life. That's where you need to learn to transfer it.

How? well, I recommend you to watch this video, but I'll leave you my tips on this topic,

    1. Learn Music Theory

Yes, I know it'll be boring because you need to read and learn, I know you want to jam and blaze your guitar, but just sit and read, it'll only take 1-2 weeks, to actually learn enough music theory to develop your sound. 

    2. Noodle Around the Guitar

Yes, I know you already noodling on the guitar, instead of practicing, but now try noodling more serious. Now, maybe you a little confuse, but what I mean is try to noodle while thinking about it, not just playing random stuff

    3. Learn A Song That Sounds Like "Your" Style and Sound

Example, you want a style that sound mystique and mysterious, you could try songs that use the Phrygian Dominant scale or The Egypt scale or any Middle Eastern scale

You wanna sound Japanese and konichiwa, well try to learn Hirajoshi scale or other Japanese scale.

That's where I talk about learn music theory, trust me, it's worth it.

    4. Developing The "Sound"

Now, if you already find "your" sound and how had transfer it. Now it's time developing it. How you may say? Well PLAY IT EVERY TIME YOU PLAY GUITAR, is that simple, play it every time

Now the psychology problem is, when you starting to say, "What if my 'sound' is bad and not as good as other guitarist?" now my friend, that is tough part.

You can't convince people to like "your" style, not everyone will like "your" sound, but there's always people that likes "your" sound, if people say, they didn't like "sound", DON'T CHANGE "YOUR" SOUND, don't let them bothered you, they're not your only audiance, there's billion of people out there and because a group of 6-8 people, you will stop?

NO! be yourself, be "your" sound, it's music, there is no rules, you can change the world by your play. Never stop and stay hungry to reach your goal of success on your guitar and music playing.

    Conclusion

Where ever you want accomplish anything, it need time to develop skill for that goal, I know it'll be boring, but every sacrifice is worth it, maybe I'm not the best at guitar playing, but sure know that I'm more discipline than 60-80% guitar player, remember, "Consistent is key, if you do it everyday, even just for 10 minutes, it's still better than doing it 4 hours a day, and you stop," 

Thank you for reading,

Regards, Rey.

To Choose "Your" Electric Guitar That Right for Your Style of Playing, Here's How

Here's How You Choose Your Guitar

    

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You definitely come here for your first or second guitar (or maybe you just a collector), but anyways... There's many mistake that beginner guitarist do about buying a new electric guitar.

That mistake is of course, not to know what they'll buying. Agghh, that mistake is a laugh for many advance guitar player, not just you don't look cool, you also waste your money, maybe from 300$ to 1000$, because they thought that more expensive guitar equals to better skill. 

There's a 500$ guitar that's feels comfortable for you, but there's also a 1,500$ guitar that feels awkward and not suited for your style of playing

Before you read tips from me about to pick which guitar that you want to buy, here's one thing that you should know :

• LEARN GUITAR PARTS AND HARDWARE

Now that is the only one thing that you need to know before you read my tips about picking "your" guitar

Why? because you can transfer the sound of style in your head to a real life sound.

Example, you want light sounding style, a single coil pickup stratocaster, maybe is your choice. Too light? maybe changing your string gauge to a thicker one, that will help you. 

Want a heavy sounding guitar? get a humbucker pickup. Ain't heavy enough? get a 11 gauge string, that also will help you 

You see, the more knowledge you knew, it'll be easier for you and your tech guy to find the sound you want.

So, stop about that, now here's the tips :

    1. Try The Guitar

Now that is the most mistake that beginner do, they only watch Youtube review, reading an article, or only listen from their friends or teacher.

You need to try the guitar to know if it's right for you, go to your local guitar store, any guitar store that have your target guitar, and try it. Speaking of target guitar,

    2. Have A Goal Guitar

Now try to watch guitar review (don't buy it yet) or read an article about guitar that suite your genre of music, example a you want a jazz guitar, watch Youtube video, and list the guitars that you think you want try.

    3. Known Your Knowledge

This will help your listing of guitars, usually Youtube video will tell you about the parts and hardware of the guitar, if they don't you probably at the wrong video, find Youtube video that tells the guitar parts and hardware, it could be in-depth or basic knowing parts.

You can watch Youtube video click here 

After you watch the video (remember, you could also try read an article) try to match your style and sound, with the sound that the guitar hardware makes. 

    4. Try to Read the Pros and Cons of the Guitar

Now that we live in the internet era, use it gain knowledge. Try to watch or read or hear it. Use the internet maximal as possible to gain the knowledge you need.

Conclusion

Now you had read my tips on picking a guitar that suite for you. Remember, "Knowledge is everything," the more you know, the more higher chance you can find the perfect guitar for you.

Remember that, every guitar has it own quirky or uniqueness, never compare yourself to others, the competition is againt your own, be the best at your own style and sound. You like jazz? don't ever thing about the metal (except if you want to fuse the genre or that is your sound), and the same with other genre to other genre.

Thank you so much that you had come to my post and blog to read and gain knowledge, hope the knowledge and tips I provided will help you in the future.

Regards, Rey.