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Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

OK, I got a guitar (accustic, steel string) for christmas and I need some help learning to play.

Question 1: When the music lists two chords with a / between them (i.e. C/B) , what are you supposed to do?

Question 2: How long before the feeling returns to the tips of the fingers on my left hand?

Question 3: Can anyone recommend a good book for learning folk guitar or accoustic rock?

I'm sure there will be more to come.

Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :

1. C/B basically means a C chord, but with the lowest note being a B. C/B specifically is usually a transition between a C and an Am chord.

2. First it'll come back as pain -- this is the difficult transitional stage. When you've been playing for a while (weeks, maybe), then the feeling won't come back. This is a good thing. However, you might want to make sure you use XL strings at the beginning.

3. No idea -- I basically learned to play by ear and with the help of some friends.

--Pop

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

Woo-hoo! Congratulations! [Smile]

Okay. Two chord symbols seperated by a slash (say, G/B) mean that it's a G-chord, but with a B base? Make sense? It means that the lowest note in the chord will be a B, not a G. I suggest you find a good chord chart and learn a couple of them at a time. After a while, you'll get the idea and you'll be able to play chords that aren't on your chart, simply because you'll know how they're made. I'm afraid I don't know about any specific book for it, but I do know that several are available. You should ask at a music store, they usually have several.

Also, if you play long enough, the feeling in your fingertips will never return completely. (I hardly even play anymore, so all my calluses are gone, but I still can't feel nearly as well with my left fingers as with my right.) This is a good thing, because it won't hurt anymore when you play. Eventually, you won't even notice anymore.

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

Darn, Pop beat me to it! [Big Grin]

We should all have a Hatrack Jam Session someday or something.

Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

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The way we do it in band class is the guitars play the c chord, while the bass guitar plays b.

Won't work if you are playing solo.

Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :

Rules may be different in a band versus as a solo instrument.

[Edit -- you ain't the only one too slow, digger.]

[ January 14, 2005, 07:49 PM: Message edited by: Papa Moose ]

Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :

I'll join the Hatrack Band. Tenor, Alto and Soprano Sax.

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

I'm in...Flute, french horn, trumpet, baritone, clarinet.....

And JenniK has percussion, and vocals as needed.

[Big Grin]

Kwea

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

Also got an acoustic guitar for Xmas, still in the burning fingers stage and the painful-sounding Am chord.

I can manage the painful fingers, but I type for a living and my typo rate has skyrocketed...

Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :

I'll play the Bass if you need one...So what's the name of the Hatrack band gonna be?

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

Since this is Hatrack I'd suggest The Knack, but it's already taken...

Singers to the Dead?

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

I was about to suggest "The Rack", but that name conjures up some unwanted connotations.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Off the 'Rack

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

Men Without Hatrack?

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

'Rack and Roll will never die!

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

True, as long as we don't develop Racknophobia.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

I'll play drums.

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

Oh, cool, a drummer! Those are so hard to find.

Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :

A good book to learn folk guitar : "la guitare à Dadi" from Marcel Dadi or "l'anti-méthode de guitare folk" from Steve Waring (I'm pretty sure they have been translated)

Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :

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Singers to the Dead?

That's a good one.

Anyone have wishes about having a HUGE pianist? *Edit: I was relating to a joke about someone making a wish in front of a hearing-disabled Jinn*

Well, I've been playing for 5.5 years...And I know guitar too!

[ January 17, 2005, 11:23 AM: Message edited by: Beanny ]

Posted by Homestarrunner (Member # 5090) on :

How about The Queros?

And I'll play backup kazoo.