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    singing while playing guitar

    in Guitar Playing & Technique

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    Let's think about this for a minute.........

    1st- you are learning to play a new instrument and you are already taxing your capabilities and feel overloaded.

    2nd-You have your brain thinking about the LMG video you have been playing.

    3rd- your trying to remember what Steve said on the weekly video and your foot is trying to tap to the beat of the song.

    4th- Your left hand is trying to play chords or melody on the fretboard and your right hand is strumming, arpeggiating picking or your finger picking.

    5th- You may be trying to read music notation.

    6th- Your trying to read the music sheet word (lyrics).

    7th- And then you want to sing it out loud on key and in pitch in time......and you want it to sound good?

     It is great to have a goals.

    OK- I think you see a pattern here......in order to do this many things at the same time, you have to get pretty good at all of these things independently and then put them all together with technique, soul, rhythm and singing from your heart. Learn to crawl, walk, skip and then run!

    So-

    (1) take one song and learn it by heart....all the words and the beat and the rhythm of the song before you even try and play it on guitar. You don't have to read it, you don't have to see it, you just know the song by heart! ROTE RECALL!

    (2) Left hand- Know all the chords, melody, riffs! you can play them without thinking about it. ROTE RECALL! 

    (3) Right hand- know the picking, strumming! ROTE RECALL!

    Practice doing all three of these at one time until it is all done by ROTE RECALL!  

    You have attained the ability to play a song and your feeling confident

    Play it in your room for several weeks and then ask your wife if she will listen to a song. If she stays through the whole song and your get that beautiful smile at the end, you might consider that you have succeeded. Feel free to play it in public, OH and  then you will have to add nerves, jumping knee and twitchy fingers to get through the song. Oh- did I mention that you have to remind yourself to breath while you are doing all of this!

    NO PROBLEM!

    I love learning to play guitar. It is so much fun! Back to my music room! Enjoy and don't give up!

     

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    RIP Jorge Santana (Carlos' brother)

    in Guitar Open Talk

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    R.I.P. Jorge.

    Being from California and growing up 3 hours north of San Francisco, I was a big fan of Carlos and Jorge Santana. Carlos obviously made the big stage, but Jorge stayed in the Bay area with his band and stayed true to his Latin Roots music. I never met him, but got to hear him play.  Way to young to leave us!

     

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    Your favorite small amps

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted · Edited by Popeye

    Simira- Don't worry about the language. It will grow as part of your music journey! Everything guitar is a disease that spreads with knowledge and experimentation! GAS or Guitar Acquisition Syndrome along with Amps, Pedals, Strings, Mics, Recording devices, Music stands, music seats, picks, tuners, DAW, ............etc. You can see the pattern developing here! Oh yah and music books and training materials.

     

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    Your favorite small amps

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted · Edited by Popeye

    Fender EC Tremolux 12W 1X12 Amp- Tube amp based on 50's 5E3 Tweed Deluxe with Tremelo with Eric Clapton's specifications. Great tube amp with the rich lows and smooth range of mids and highs. Great for Blues and 50's & 60's rock and roll. It will crank and growl like a lion roars or play like tame kitten! All around great home amp and small venue gigs.

     

     

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    Moderators Corner

    in Guitar Open Talk

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    6 hours ago, DianeB said:

    I've discovered that the "Recent Status Updates" frame on the main page has a mind of its own. I deleted Mike's (Popeye's) birthday message for me (I love ya, Mike, but who wants to see that every day?), only to find it was replaced by one of Steve's old LL blurbs. Deleting that only displayed the next, even older blurb from Steve. I give up. 🤨

    Oh Man Diane......You hurt my one feeling! :)

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    Performing Live, Nerves and Forever Young

    in Guitar Playing & Technique

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    Ian- Great job. Since I was at the gathering and watched your performance live and then watching this video. You have made some great strides and improved tremendously.  I too noticed the confidence as you progressed through the song. Your voice became stronger, stayed in pitch and in tempo. Great job Ian. Keep up the good work. So good to see you progress and not let the bumps in the road pull you back.

    I experienced the same nerves and trouble singing, playing and staying in tempo and loosing my place in the song while playing at the Gathering in one of the group classes. These were songs I had played hundreds of times and the only difference was, I had always played at home in the office or den and maybe my wife was the only audience. With an audience in the class, my leg started jumping, wrist started its own tempo and rhythm, and my voice found octaves i did not know I could hit. Amazing what a little pressure will do for you. I am trying to get to a place where I record myself and I have started to ask a couple people who play guitars, if they would like to practice together once a week.  Trying to find a way to progress!

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    Pedals

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

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    Chris- Diane gave great advise above. Those three pedals are a great start for beginning guitar to assist in your learning process and start working on your sound. Hang out with other musicians and listen to their pedals and pay attention to the order they have them on the board. Other sources like "Rig Rundown" from premier Guitar is a good source of information. Go to the music store and listen to pedals that they may have on display. Steve's video is essential information on setting up a board. The set up order is important to the interaction between pedals & the sound you get. I won't recommend a brand because it is so subjective. Look at professional pedal boards and you will see the whole spectrum of pedals. Have fun, it is part of the journey.

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