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Learning to Play Guitar
Nodaisho:
Well, I played an acoustic for lessons at school, then I got an electric and started taking private lessons. I have a hard time strumming on an acoustic, I need to work a lot more on my picking technique, the thinner strings on the electric got me lazy, I only remember to hold my pick right when I have to play triplets. I would say, though, that if you have songs you want to learn that are pretty much only electric songs, get an electric, playing songs you like is the most important thing to keep you going.
FireAarro:
--- Quote from: thebrosef on 18 Feb 2008, 09:58 ---Hey so I'm thinking of learning the guitar soon too. Everyone tells me I should buy an acoustic guitar first for a variety of reasons, but in all honesty I'd rather be learning to play the electric guitar. Is it really important to get an acoustic first? I understand that I would need an amp for an electric guitar and that it would generally be more complicated than an acoustic (or at least I've been lead to believe that) and I'm not too worried about it.
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Nope, it's not important at all which you start on. Pick the one you'd rather play, because you will play it more. No use picking up an instrument you're not really into.
Patrick:
The thing about starting on an acoustic is that the difference in styles between most electric guitar music and most acoustic guitar music is SO VAST that it'd almost be like re-teaching yourself everything. The only thing that remains the same is that you've got fingers on the fretboard and a pick in the other hand.
Spluff:
--- Quote from: KimJongSick on 19 Feb 2008, 01:59 ---The thing about starting on an acoustic is that the difference in styles between most electric guitar music and most acoustic guitar music is SO VAST that it'd almost be like re-teaching yourself everything. The only thing that remains the same is that you've got fingers on the fretboard and a pick in the other hand.
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Wait, what?
ledhendrix:
Unless its the blues your talking about. Alot of blues riffs can just be taken straight from the acoustic to the electric and vice versa. Although i do agree that there is a rather large difference in what you can play on the different instruments.
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