Do you play any musical instruments?

[MackinawTJ]

I am teaching myself piano and guitar currently, but I'm still a rookie.
Any musicians out there?

[wyckedcombo17]

im pretty deec at guitar
tought myself drums
and learning how to play banjo

[MackinawTJ]

Originally Posted by wyckedcombo17

im pretty deec at guitar
tought myself drums
and learning how to play banjo

That's cool. What kind of guitar do you have? Just wondering.

[wyckedcombo17]

i have 3
1. an old yamaha acoustic
2. a light blue metal flake washburn x-10
3. a yellow/creamish fender telecaster

and my amps/pedals:
1. hiwatt 5690 halfstack
2. washburn bd-12
3. crate minicube
4. digitech hendrix affect pedal
5. digitech expression factory pedal
6. digitech rp-80
7. digitech divebomb pedal

ya what kind do you have

[USMCWarrior]

I play guitar (bass, acoustic, classical), flute, piccolo, some piano, learning trumpet, and after I learn trumpet I'm going to learn clarinet. Flute was the only instrument that was taught to me. Everything else I learned myself

[MasterSprtn117]

I play guitar, and I'm pretty good with it. I have a acoustic, Les Paul electric, and a classical guitar. Currently studying classical and a little jazz.

[MackinawTJ]

Originally Posted by USMCWarrior

I play guitar (bass, acoustic, classical), flute, piccolo, some piano, learning trumpet, and after I learn trumpet I'm going to learn clarinet. Flute was the only instrument that was taught to me. Everything else I learned myself

That's impressive. About how long have you been playing each instrument?

[bobbyeggo]

I play guitar, I have a Fender Strat. I am pretty noobish, but I love it anyway.

[MackinawTJ]

Originally Posted by wyckedcombo17

i have 3
1. an old yamaha acoustic
2. a light blue metal flake washburn x-10
3. a yellow/creamish fender telecaster

and my amps/pedals:
1. hiwatt 5690 halfstack
2. washburn bd-12
3. crate minicube
4. digitech hendrix affect pedal
5. digitech expression factory pedal
6. digitech rp-80
7. digitech divebomb pedal

ya what kind do you have

Awesome. I have a black Ibanez acoustic guitar and the amp it came with (Ibanez aca15 acoustic amplifier) and no pedals. Man, I still need to think of a name for my guitar. Do you name your guitars or am I just a weirdo?

[USMCWarrior]

I've got an acoustic/electric ovation. Got it about a year and a half ago I think

[MackinawTJ]

Originally Posted by bobbyeggo

I play guitar, I have a Fender Strat. I am pretty noobish, but I love it anyway.

Yeah I'm definantely still a n00b on guitar too but I love it. If you have a passion for it I'm sure you'll excell at it.

[MasterSprtn117]

Originally Posted by MackinawTJ

Yeah I'm definantely still a n00b on guitar too but I love it. If you have a passion for it I'm sure you'll excell at it.

Just keep working on it! Do you figure out music you want to learn by ear, use tabs, or read sheet music?

[MackinawTJ]

Originally Posted by MasterSprtn117

I play guitar, and I'm pretty good with it. I have a acoustic, Les Paul electric, and a classical guitar. Currently studying classical and a little jazz.

So are you self-taught or did you take lessons?

[MasterSprtn117]

Lessons at first, took a break, and now I'm taking lessons for classical guitar and jazz theory. I tried looking up music theory on the internet, and after a bit of the easy stuff, they almost always lost me. All of a sudden it talked about A-add9

[MackinawTJ]

Originally Posted by MasterSprtn117

Just keep working on it! Do you figure out music you want to learn by ear, use tabs, or read sheet music?

I mostly watch youtube lessons, but I can read tabs. I learned "when the saints come marching in" just messing around on the guitar and it sounds pretty cool to me (I only play it on one string though and it's ridiculously simple). I have a guitar lesson DVD I bought recently but haven't had time to watch yet and I'm planning on checking it out tommorow. Hopefully that'll be helpful.

[MackinawTJ]

I might take lessons, but for now I'm just going to learn the basics. I know some simple songs and riffs and I know some chords too, still working on that.

[MasterSprtn117]

Well, for basics, this website is great. Just don't use tabs too much if you want to really become a musician. If you just want to play guitar and don't really care about music theory, then I guess it's fine.

www.ultimate-guitar.com

[bobbyeggo]

Right now I use tabs mostly, but I know what you mean about not using them, plus, a lot of the time they are wrong in one way or another. I still need to learn all the chords and everything before I can really go anywhere. Right now I can play a few riffs and what not from a few songs, but nothing complete.

[Atrocious]

I play guitar&bass, piano, and I can play basic beats on drums.

[MasterSprtn117]

Originally Posted by bobbyeggo

Right now I use tabs mostly, but I know what you mean about not using them, plus, a lot of the time they are wrong in one way or another. I still need to learn all the chords and everything before I can really go anywhere. Right now I can play a few riffs and what not from a few songs, but nothing complete.

Yeah, don't rely on them too much, altough they are nice if you want to quickly play a song. My music theory is pretty bad too. I can do basic barre chords but if someone asked me what a Bsus/C was I'd be like .

Try to learn a full song, they're some pretty easy ones out there. What type of music do you play?