are they really helpful and do you really have to take em to become good? ive bene playing for about one month, and i can do a few solos just like comfortably numb 1st solo, one intro solo from metallica, i can do for whom the bell tolls fully, and a few things here and there, so i was wondering if i'd become much better with lessons or just go and learn by myself

I had done same thing as you. I started off playing without lessons but Imo you need to get lessons. You work on proper form, learn music theory (modes penatonics etc etc) and you get 1on1 work with your playing. Lessons will help you progress alot faster, smoother and open many doors for playing.

but, if all i want to do is just read tabs and play songs, do i need to learnt he pentagonic thing and all the guitar base stuff?

I think that you can learn music in two different ways.

1) You can do what you suggested. Learn songs. reading tabs isn't much of a skill imo but you can learn to play songs and play only those songs

Or

2) You can learn the foundations and play Anything. You learn Penatonics, Modes, sweeps, hybrid picking and other essential parts of guitar and when you get a solid foundation you can expand and play what you want, write what you want and imo have alot more fun.

Choosing option 2 will make you a much better guitar player, you will have improvisational skills and be able to impress people over and over again and probably be able to enjoy playing alot more. with songs its just the same thing over and over

This post was edited by Slayer001 on Aug 5 2009 07:33pm

ya your right.. lets take lessons then ^^

no lessons = you're bad. regardless of how many years you've played.

they are helpfull but you don't have to take them to be good.

LOL AT THIS!!!

Dude lessons are important to learn basic stuff, but once you have a general understanding of music, a good ear is all you need.

You can figure out songs, and write music by what sounds good to you, and not by how someone else tells you how to play.

you obviously fail at guitar. try playing REAL music and not shitty metallica.

Rofl

I hate metallica

Maybe lessons are more important for classical or jazz musicians, but I'm guessing from what this guy said so far, he doesn't play that.

So i go back what I said, if you have a good ear and basic understanding of music to begin with, you don't need a guy telling you what scales to play.

People who get too absorbed into lessons are the noobs who sit at guitar center and play blues riffs with shitty pentatonic scales

This post was edited by xReflectionsx on Aug 6 2009 12:06am