On Mar 6, 6:41 am, Scruffy Eagle <no_s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi, Max!
>
> A teacher is always a great plus. Good instruction books, manuals, etc.,
> are a great plus. Those things can speed up the rate of your progress as
> a musician. As recommendation, I'd tell you to get to know the fretboard
of
> the guitar. Memorize what the notes are; i.e., as a developmental goal,
> seek to be able to play a note at random, and quickly be able to answer
> what the name of the note you just played was.
>
> One way to begin this task, is to play only notes within the C major
scale,
> up each string. Memorize what the note name is at each of the locations.
> After doing this a while, you'll begin to see patterns of placement over
> the set of strings. (When just starting to do this, I actually went so
far
> as to create string/fret graphs, showing the placement of the notes.)
But,
> charting the notes & strings only takes you so far; the reality, is that
to
> learn to play well, you need to memorize the fretboard with guitar in
hand
> and develop "muscle memory" of what is where and how far you need to
reach
> to get what you're after; i.e., kinesthetic awareness.
>
> Another approach to this task, is to start with something like a C major
> chord (C,E,G). Find a series of those 3 notes on your fretboard. Play
them
> in sequence. Examine your fretboard, seeking all the C's, E's, & G's;
> finding the places where you can play {C,E,G) in sequence without other
> C's, E's, & G's being in-between. (NOTE: Every (C,E,G) sequence on the
> fretboard, will have a C as its lowest pitched note - therefore, knowing
> where the C's are, you have an effort-cutting method for finding the
> (C,E,G) sequences.) Do the same for an F major chord (F,A,C), and G
major
> chord (G,B,D). Knowing those 3 chords is a good foundation for doing
some
> "12-bar blues". By the time you've found all these 3-note sequences,
you'll
> have noticed patterns of placement that fit the major chord. Those
patterns
> fit any major chord; it's just a question of where you put them. The
same
> procedure works for minor chords, also. And, 7th chords, etc.
>
> Now that I've thrown out 2 or 3 cents in a place where nobody knows me,
> I'll finish by saying I wish you the best of luck in your musical
> endeavors.
>
> Scruffyhttp://scruffyeagle.com
Don't be a stranger. That is very good advice for someone that is just
starting out. What you describe is very im****tant and leaves a lot of
room for individual development by the student.
Keep in touch.
LJS
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