For any guitar players

Can't see Leo Kottke using one.

Or Paco Pena, or Paco de Lucia, or John McLaughlin, or Eric Clapton, or Al DiMeola, or Joe Pass, or.....
 
ban-all-sheds said:
Can't see Leo Kottke using one.

Or Paco Pena, or Paco de Lucia, or John McLaughlin, or Eric Clapton, or Al DiMeola, or Joe Pass, or.....
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Yeah, true. They don't look like they are aimed towards middle aged men or the musicians they like though. I would say teenagers and the more contemporary bands. I wonder if I could sell any to my pupils...? (at a profit, of course).
 
Hi notb665.
I was about to ask whether there were any guitarists on here. I've just bought an electric guitar (arriving tomorrow hopefully, the amp etc should be here on Thursday) and am looking for any advice I can pick up. I've ordered a few books to get me started and I intend to have lessons shortly.
Any advice about how to proceed or tips in finding a good tutor would be appreciated.
Cheers,
gcol

p.s. haven't got a strap sorted yet, but I don't think I could bring myself to get one of those flashing ones!
 
A good teacher is invaluable (I would say that, 'cus I am one, both a teacher and a good one). When I started I used books and reached a sticky point, so got a teacher. Of course there are some fantastic players out there who claim never to have had a lesson!

The Registry of Guitar Tutors has tutors:

http://www.registryofguitartutors.com/

Why do you want to learn the guitar?
 
Don't see the point in them actually.

As far as learning goes, you haven't got a lot of hope starting in middle age.

You don't have the required dexterity for starters.


joe
 
notb665 said:
Why do you want to learn the guitar?
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I'm guessing this is one of those loaded questions all guitar teachers ask? :wink:
I just want to try something different - I don't really have a hobby at the minute (hence posting on here) and would really like to get my teeth into something.
I realise that it's going to be hard work and take a long time before I can play anything at a decent level.
Stay tuned, I'll probably be pestering you for help.

Joe-90, I'm 31 so not too past it yet. I do agree that I'd have been better starting 20 years ago though. Saying that, I couldn't afford the gear then.
 
notb665 said:
They don't look like they are aimed towards middle aged men or the musicians they like though.
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My son is a teenager, and he plays guitar, and he likes all of those people, as well as contemporary ones.

I would have thought that a great service a guitar teacher could do, as well as actually teaching the instrument, would be to expose young players to musicians they might not otherwise encounter....
 
joe-90 said:
As far as learning goes, you haven't got a lot of hope starting in middle age.
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This is not true, I believe it has been proven that the part of the human brain that is responsible for musical ability is more than capable of taking on new information in old age. For sure, one who commences music studies in middle age is unlikely to achieve concert soloist ability but then neither do most 3/4/5 year old musicians.

I would personally recommend older beginners of music to take up and purchase the acoustic piano. Far more satisfying and complete as a solo instrument than any other, and a repertoire at all levels that is second to none.
 
ban-all-sheds said:
I would have thought that a great service a guitar teacher could do, as well as actually teaching the instrument, would be to expose young players to musicians they might not otherwise encounter....
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*sighs* I do but try.

paraphrased random teenager said:
I've never heard of them/him and my friends haven't either, and even though I have only heard the first few bars I don't like it and they are/he is rubbish.
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The fact that if it wasn't for them/him, your favourite band wouldn't exist? *Deaf ears.*

What about listening to the whole song/watch me play it? *Looks away uninterested*

Watch this {Jimi Hendrix/Led Zep/Queen solo}. *Can you play Greenday?*
 
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