and join a band. Learn all about chords and rhythm and phrasing. Listen blues, Bartok, and bluegrass. Wake up to The Night Has Thousand Eyes blasting. Read some poetry. Write some lyrics. Learn piano. ....Seriously...learn song solos and songs from records..by ear. See how they are using those scales
Is there anything that will help the process like some software or just get some headphones and get after it?
Any suggestions on which chords to focus on? I have a chord book with 1000 chords in it so it would take me forever to get through all the C chords it has in it.
I just memorized the Major Scale and Major Pentatonic scale in G along with the three note per string Major scale in G. What should be my next step? I've never had a good instructor so I'm hoping you all might have some great suggestions.
Thanks for the great advice. I have "NO" natural musical talent but love the guitar especially and music in general. Learning to play songs by ear seems very hard.. seems like it would be a very slow process but I guess that is how it has to be. Is there anything that will help the process like some software or just get some headphones and get after it?
Any suggestions on which chords to focus on? I have a chord book with 1000 chords in it so it would take me forever to get through all the C chords it has in it.
There's various ways of approaching this, but the idea is that all chords spring from a very small number of basic forms and shapes.Thanks for the great advice. I have "NO" natural musical talent but love the guitar especially and music in general. Learning to play songs by ear seems very hard.. seems like it would be a very slow process but I guess that is how it has to be. Is there anything that will help the process like some software or just get some headphones and get after it?
Any suggestions on which chords to focus on? I have a chord book with 1000 chords in it so it would take me forever to get through all the C chords it has in it.
MAJOR KEYS
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KEY I II III IV V VI VII
C C Dm Em F G(7) Am -
G G Am Bm C D(7) Em -
D D Em F#m G A(7) Bm -
A A Bm C#m D E(7) F#m -
E E F#m G#m A B(7) C#m -
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MINOR KEYS
Em Em - G Am B(7) C D
Am Am - C Dm E(7) F G
Dm Dm - F Gm A(7) Bb C