How you doin'?

LindieDB

Hi! I'm Lindie, from Pretoria. I've been playing... correction, I've owned a guitar for almost 3 weeks now. The noise I make with it can not be called playing by any stretch of the imagination. I am still in the having trouble getting simple chords right stage of learning, but at least my fingers don't quite feel like they are being ripped open anymore. Minor progress, but I'll take it. I knew going in that learning the guitar is hard, but somehow you just don't realize just how hard until you try forcing your fingers into shapes they feel like they weren't designed to make. Then comes the realization that I will never have long nails again. *sigh* I'm not even a musician yet, and already I am suffering. ?

I have noticed that when I do my before work morning practice, the cat comes to investigate and sits watching me. Sometimes she purrs. Either I have my very first fan, or she thinks I am playing the mating song of her people. Or maybe she just wants to gnaw my strings. Cats, who knows what goes on in their crazy little heads.

Right, so reasons I took up the guitar. I like music and I wanted to make some. I have no delusions of becoming a superstar, but I do intend to pull it out when we have family gatherings and muck about until someone tells me to stop. Also, my cousin bought his 10 year old daughter a guitar, and by George, I am too immature to have a child 1/3 my age beat me at this.

I shall not bore you with my gear; it's cheap and entry level and the less said the better.

Eish, why don't I just get my name changed to Rambler? Anyhoo, hello. Thanks for having a forum where I can join and be awkward.

Wizard

Welcome! Love your rambling - don't stop. This must be the best place in the world to come as a beginner. You will find the best community of people who go out of their way to help you.

warrenpridgeon

Welcome to the nuthouse. Enjoy your stay. ?

GuitarDoge

Hi ?

If you haven't already by the way, I recommend getting your guitar properly set up, no matter how cheap it is.

IceCreamMan

Hi Lindie

enjoy the forum, lots to be learnt here...and keep writing about your guitar journey please.... I like your writing style and well we will encourage you as you go along...

just a word of caution, that 10 year old is gonna kick yr ass...make peace with it now 8)

DaFiz

Welcome aboard Lindie... Enjoy every moment with the guitar ? 8)

ArieRS265

Welcome Lindie..enjoy ur stay here and b4 u know it..u'll be rocking out some killer riffs with ur eyes closed ?

beardedmoose

Whats up Lindles, You are the most comitted person i know.. practice before work? Well done , keep it up and shout if you have any woes.

Welcome to the jungle

Moose

:goodtimes:

briang-telkomsa-net

Cats know stuff - and they're not telling ?
If you're interested check out the website www.justinguitar.com and go to his beginners section

PeteM

Welcome

LindieDB

IceCreamMan wrote: just a word of caution, that 10 year old is gonna kick yr ass...make peace with it now 8)

Urgh, I know. They are like irritating high pitched sponges at that age. I can only hope that I am more motivated, being that this is an entirely one sided competition. At least I know for a fact that we sing equally awful. Small comfort.

beardedmoose wrote: Whats up Lindles, You are the most comitted person i know.. practice before work? Well done , keep it up and shout if you have any woes.

Welcome to the jungle

It's pretty much the only time the house is empty and I can suck without feeling everyone's judgement. Which they are probably not doing, being that none of them can play anything either, but I am still convinced I feel it. Possibly because I have issues.

And now I'm going to have Welcome to the jungle in my head all day.

Ooh, new development on my road of learning: today I have learned that amps are doggone heavy. And I learned this by dropped it on my foot. Knob side first. Perhaps I shouldn't play barefoot anymore.

Thanks for all the welcomes! I think I'm gonna like it here. Think I'm gonna feel like I belong... and now the ear worm is Welcome to my nightmare. Why I do these things to myself? *headesk*

beardedmoose

Heres another lesson for the the day... when you drop your amp ... it tends to break. lol best to hold on tight when you carry it.

heres a rad little website i had my girlfriend start with... http://www.andyguitar.co.uk/online-lessons/lesson-1/

Peace

shaunf

Welcome Lindie, that was a hilarious first post! ?

Stoffeltoo

Hi LindieDB. Welcome aboard.
You should NEVER feel alone EVER when taking up the guitar. Every one who started playing guitar started the same way. Determination X3 .
Stick to your practice routine, visualise the chords and then just one day it will click and your first smoothe chord progression is born.
From there you never look back. Beware though, that first chord progression is also the chord progression that you almost always fall back on when times are tuff. Almost like the pacifier while you battle through the rest.

Yikes I am rambling ?

Like your writing style, keep it up and keep the progress rolling

beardedmoose

Beware though, that first chord progression is also the chord progression that you almost always fall back on when times are tuff. Almost like the pacifier while you battle through the rest - See more at: http://www.guitarforum.co.za/introductions/how-you-doin'/#sthash.25h0EzWC.dpuf

This is a valid point.... One way to counter this is when you get all the chords down and your comfortable with them... Learn some scales. because from scales ... theres a million chord progressions waiting to happen.

I bought Rocksmith for my girlfriend to learn guitar and what im seeing now is she can play the songs rudimentaly but when she has to sit and jam on her own she doesnt really have reference as to what progressions work and why... sooo im busy remedying that. so watch out for that.

Ask us when your not sure before you create bad habits.

and watch out for that amp... it breaks toes :roflmao: