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Does anybody here play a guitar? I have a Acoustic guitar a friend lent me and I am thinking on giving it a try. I was told I can find a few programs on the net to help me learn. Has anybody here tried that?
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Clancy and the Irishman are adepts, I'm not sure whether they use computer learning packages though.

http://www.wannalearn.com/Fine_Arts/Mus ... ts/Guitar/ looks useful. One of the sites it points to is http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/index.htm and there's a lot there which makes sense to me.
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spot;579503 wrote: Clancy and the Irishman are adepts, I'm not sure whether they use computer learning packages though.

http://www.wannalearn.com/Fine_Arts/Mus ... ts/Guitar/ looks useful. One of the sites it points to is http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/index.htm and there's a lot there which makes sense to me.


Thanks I will check these out!
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fisher;579478 wrote: Does anybody here play a guitar? I have a Acoustic guitar a friend lent me and I am thinking on giving it a try. I was told I can find a few programs on the net to help me learn. Has anybody here tried that?


First chose your style - do you want to strum so that you can join in with a session? Do you want to play lead with a band? Do you want to play classical style so that you can play something complete in itself?

Makes a huge difference to how you learn
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Makes a huge difference to how you learnAnd, indeed, how much effort might be involved...

Q: I would like emulate the recorded style of Django Reinhardt by the summer, how should I proceed?

A: Learn to mime.
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spot;579618 wrote: And, indeed, how much effort might be involved...

Q: I would like emulate the recorded style of Django Reinhardt by the summer, how should I proceed?

A: Learn to mime.


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Bryn Mawr;579611 wrote: First chose your style - do you want to strum so that you can join in with a session? Do you want to play lead with a band? Do you want to play classical style so that you can play something complete in itself?

Makes a huge difference to how you learn


I am just looking to play like around a campfire. Nothing like a lead in a band. I don't think I would ever make it that far.
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spot;579618 wrote: And, indeed, how much effort might be involved...

Q: I would like emulate the recorded style of Django Reinhardt by the summer, how should I proceed?

A: Learn to mime.
My brother (a virtuoso himself) helps organise a guitar festival every year in Birmingham where top strummers, including some relatives of Django Reinhardt fly in.

I play a little bit. My favourite chord is Hm7 :yh_giggle


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