Quote (blunderwonder2 @ Aug 24 2011 05:19am)

i think its more difficult finding a note on the guitar than reading the music...  i used the program fretboard warrior + a small bit of prior knowledge to learn all the notes on the fretborad, it doestn help much because it still takes time and its in no particular order..  first u just need to learn where all the D,s are, the Bs, maybe the E,s, and the Gs then d/l fretboard warrior, and then just use that.  What im working on now is, going thru scales.. all of them.  but instead of just going thru the pattern, i write the scale notes out, and then i play it using the music notes instead of tablature.  Pretty sure thats the only way to do it.  I feel like theory is something u can latch on to alot quicker than learning guitar... its like after u learn all the  A's and D's on a fretboard, it makes learning the B's and C's easier, and its like that, you just build on it and it gets easier, its just very tough at the beginning because you have no references.

Quote (Toothfariy @ 25 Aug 2011 08:30)

It seems like ur solution would be to study some theory.

Some people are dead set against it, but i find the more theory i know the more versitile i am.

Even at a basic level, understanding the major scale and its modes would be fundamental in improving. If you can understand that and recall that fluently; the you're set.

If you learn the modes, the pentatonic and blues scales are ez as fewk

Quote (DeathDeception @ Aug 24 2011 02:21am)

I've been playing guitar on my own for a while now and I love the instrument so much, but I find that because I lack the musical knowlege (theory) I am not able to play to my full potential... All I ever really did was cover songs and such, I was never able to improvise...
I'm an ear-oriented musician... I can hear things and pick it up very well, which is why my piano teacher never played songs for me after realizing I had a very good ear. (I can't read music btw.)
My sight reading is level 1, but my hearing is what carried me to level 6 piano before I quit. (piano is quite boring)
I love the guitar though... but now, it's just really frustrating. I've decided I'm going to quit guitar and start picking up the drums....
my reasoning is as follows:

1. I can't read notes and drums don't have notes.
2. I play everything by ear... which means I can pick up on drums pretty fast... not technique wise, but fills and such.
3. I want to be able to improv and as long as I'm in correct time signature, it's very easy with the drums. (I don't have to worry about being in the wrong key.)

The problem I have with this is that I truly want to continue playing guitar but I feel like I'm not good enough nor will I ever be able to reach my goals.

Quote (Ghost_Smoke @ Aug 25 2011 06:22pm)

What are you playing, trash cans? Of course drums have notes, don't be retarded.