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And the greatest telephone song of all time. (can't remember who cut the record)
MY DINGLELING!
nELA
Chuck Berry is the one I've heard it by. Awesome song 
When I was, a little bitty boy, my grandmother got me a cute little toy
Silver bells hanging on a string, she told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling
Big Blue Note - Toby Keith
I Just Called to Say I love you - Stevie Wonder
Callin Baton Rouge - Garth Brooks
Nela, Thanks so much for the advice.
Everyone, thank you for commenting I really feel like everytime I log into these forums I learn something new. Thanks again for the help
Now to just get my guitar back..
I figured there'd be different answers, in fact that was kind of what I was looking for. See, I actually picked up the guitar many many years ago when I was about 8 yrs old, dad bought me lessons and I went for a year, then he canceled them. I don't remember a THING I learned in those lessons, but I do know thats where I learned to read music. I know some music theory and know how to read sheet music so, I'm not having to struggle through that. I found that when I sat down with some of the primer books that teach you different melodies I was able to play through their example songs as soon as I knew where the notes were on the guitar.
I guess, I just kinda want to see what other people ran into while learning. I know we're all different but its one of those ways that I learn. If I know where people in general have stumbling blocks I know what to look for myself. If I know how long the different spread is I can generally figure out where I am.
Noone knows your ability to learn as well as you do. For me it helps to find an average of where people are so I can pace myself and know where I should be. Gives me a challenge
Mostly I just appreciate hearing other people's stories and advice while I'm learning. Besides that I'm jonesing for my guitar. I've been spending close to an hour a night with it and it feels wrong now that its gone to the shop.
So, thanks guys ! Any tips, advice all appreciated. Love the links, the help and the information. This forum has so far been the BEST learning device and motivational device I have found.
So I'm curious, (and bored since my guitar is off getting the free setup from the store I bought it from) and thought I'd ask. In general from the time you guys first picked up a guitar till the first time you were able to play something that sounded CLOSE to a song, how long ?
I find that while I'm getting the chord shapes pretty fast, strumming them is a bit harder and actually being able to move between them without thinking is going to take time.
So fill me in guys, whats your experience ?
Male, 35 yrs old Sunny Arizona USA. Been actually learning to play for going on 2 weeks now.
Epiphone AJ-100cena
Not sure what any of that means, but it sounds pretty good to my beginner ears
Epiphone AJ-100cena
any tips for hitting a D7 without making my fingertips rebel against me ? I can't seem to do it without deadening a string or not getting a full tone. As mentioned I still have to have my guitar professionally set up, it has a fairly high action on it right now, not sure if thats contributing. Just seems like I'm having to press fairly hard on the strings to get them to not buzz... Hrm, don't mean to hijack this thread, just seems like a lot of good info here.
When I get home I'll find out what model I can't remember off the top of my head.
Thanks for the welcome!
Hi DevilCat and welcome to Chordie,
I assume that you are playing D using your index, middle and ring fingers. Some of my students find it easier to use the index finger to barre the first three (G, B and e) strings on the second fret and then use the middle finger to play the second (B) string on the third fret. This way you are only having to postion two fingers.
That sounds like its a lot easier. Is this method of hitting a D Chord frowned upon for any reason ? i.e. what are the potential drawbacks. As I'm just learning I don't want to potentially develop any bad habits, but doing a barre on the first 3 strings sounds miles easier than hitting that chord with 3 fingers.
Yeah, I have to take it back to them for a setup. Their tech wasn't in when I bought it (one of the problems with working till almost 5pm) so I have a free setup from them in the first week. I was hoping it was something like that because I really love the way the guitar sounds and the feel on the neck is a lot nicer than the spanish classical I was trying to learn on.
thanks for the information. Its awesome having a place like this to go to for help and advice. Really appreciate it
Ok, so I just bought a new Epiphone steel string and, everything with it sounds great, but for some reason my 1E string sounds off. It either buzzes on me or sounds really tinny. I've tried tuning it and the electronic tuner I have says its hitting the right pitch.
I haven't taken the guitar in yet to have it set-up, so its stock off the shelf, I'm planning on doing that next week. I am a total beginner at this and just looking for some advice on what may be causing this.. .am I strumming too hard ? It happens MOSTLY when its open. Usually if I'm bending the string it sounds fine.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Edit: If this is not the right place for this post I apologize, please let me know where I should be putting stuff like this if I'm in the wrong spot.
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