Re: Newbie intro...

Poster <poster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"ed s" <eshamble@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:a0c7e8d8-3849-4fe1-91e2-27dec6176499@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Feb 13, 5:36 am, "Poster" <pos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thats good gear - now you have a good reason to not quit. keep at it -
its calling you - play play play... ed

Got my picks in the post this morning, 6 picks of various thickness I like
the thinnest one .50mm, I now find it a lot easier to strum then I did
yesterday just using my hand, guitar feels comfortable on my lap all is
good, I have ordered a Korg GA-1 off of eBay as the local guitar shop had
none in stock but could order.


as you get used to strumming and playing with .050 -
get yourself .060 or .065 or .070 and set a few picks aside
Slowly but surely you might like to use just a slightly thicker
pick for single note leads and then you'll get used to strumming
with it too. Starting out at .050 is cool though.
But keep a few .060's or slightly thicker picks around to use
and get used to slowly but surely as you start to do some single
note leads and arpeggios and single string stuff.. etc.
just my 2 cents of suggestion.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Newbie intro...
    ... its calling you - play play play... ... Got my picks in the post this morning, 6 picks of various thickness I like the thinnest one .50mm, I now find it a lot easier to strum then I did yesterday just using my hand, guitar feels comfortable on my lap all is good, I have ordered a Korg GA-1 off of eBay as the local guitar shop had none in stock but could order. ... Slowly but surely you might like to use just a slightly thicker ... note leads and arpeggios and single string stuff.. ...
    (alt.guitar.beginner)
  • Re: Understanding strumming patterns
    ... > Most bars look like this (I hope you can read my bad text notation here, ... > I know what the song sounds like, but it's too fast for me to understand ... > what's happening in terms of Up and Down stroke movements of the strumming ... If you know what it should sound like why and can play the chords, ...
    (alt.guitar.beginner)
  • Re: Question about holding pick **** THUMB Pick?
    ... I agree with using a lighther pick for strumming and getting ... needed to learn because it gives you a completely different sound (not ... out individual strings with the pick like the base line to a basic ... Play all downstrokes for a while and then down and up ...
    (alt.guitar.beginner)
  • Re: Rattling when strumming with a pick
    ... I'm learning to play and I'll mostly ... > some low buzz) is normal when strumming a clasical. ... A buzz could be fret buzz, and not necessarily on frets higher than those ... You can also get back-buzz caused by the string vibrating ...
    (rec.music.classical.guitar)
  • Re: How do you get out of a rut?
    ... I'm not trying to copy the song, ... on fingerstyle anyway than strumming; IMO, it will go with your singing ... open tunings. ... He is the only person I'd have play on that song:) ...
    (alt.guitar.beginner)