lol shut up that's not shit he needs to be learning

He doesn't NEED to learn anything. But it will expand his understanding of theory and how on a traditional western instrument one sound octave is broken down 12 times, into semitones.

By understanding the break down of one further to 24 equal tones in one octave he can understand how chords and notes can be placed together.

He said he didn't know much about theory so i thought i would help point him in an interesting direction.

Quartertones will help him significantly if he can understand them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent_(music)
Another interesting piece for you to know.

I'll send you a link to some quartertone piano pieces.

If not interested in listening to this guy explain it skip to 2:20



You will be able to hear how it will be useful in a realistic manner.

This post was edited by Shiki on Apr 16 2011 03:51pm

That's not shit that a beginner needs to be worrying about. He should be more worried about memorizing scales, learning time signatures, figuring out key signatures, understanding chord progressions, etc.

This post was edited by Phisherman on Apr 16 2011 04:13pm

yeah you're totally right

i think it's about time he started adding frets to his guitar so he can play quarter tones

or i guess we can assume he's a master of bending and has a well trained ear and can just play quarter tones on a standard guitar

Thank you.

This guy is just obsessed with quarter notes and he doesn't even understand them. He made a thread about quarter note techno music in the other forum.

This post was edited by Phisherman on Apr 16 2011 06:27pm

Same forum. And i was interested in hearing electronic music in a non traditional way. I understand them just fine, it's more for me to see what is out there before i try and create a new precedent. And i would be more inclined to play 19TET.

First full song I learned was In Bloom by Nirvana. All power chords, and the solo is about as simple as you can get, and still sounds pretty rowdy, also fun to improvise a bit on it.

more input plz

Can you play this song at any speed, certainly faster than the recording?

The reason this song is important - and the reason that it should be learned PERFECTLY is it deals with Open Chords - any guitarist who wants to improve and expand horizons cannot do so without knowing open chords. Chords also gives you the Freedom to come across ANY guitar and be able to play a tune -whether it's made up or not.

You will never get anyway if, as a beginner guitarist, you decide that some things are more important than others. Without the experience of playing and knowing these things, you'll never develop as a guitarist.