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[leprechaun]

I'm thinking of trying to self teach myself acoustic guitar, is it possible? Like I used to play violin years ago so im somewhat in tune with music. I've always kinda seen the guitar as something that if someone wants to play it they could pick one up and just learn it, but maybe I'm being a little critical of the guitar as an instrument. Has anyone taught themself before, or know any good sites that'll guide me through the basics?

[sugarstalker]

www.justinguitar.com

that's a great site to learn and play. he's an excellent teacher, and it's all for free

[Gorecore]

If you can find someone who knows how to play a bit and are willing to jam with you, that can really help with the learning process. It's how I got started when my older brother taught me the little things like how to hold a pick, how to fret a note properly, bending notes, and strumming techniques. After you get the bare bones basics going, playing with others might be a bit frustrating, but it's also a lot of fun!

I'm 99% self-taught and have been playing guitar for over 20 years. Unfortunately, I can't read sheet music, but I can read tablature (or tabs, for short). The Internet has dozens of great tab sites where you can learn pretty much any song you can think of.

[logically]

the internet has a ton of sweet sites for tabs and chords...

tons!

also, my milkshake brings all boys to the yard.

[(weedguru)scarf]

it brought me to the yard thats for damn sure...
listening to the new kings album... has nothing on their old stuff...

and weegee is helping me procrastinate

[logically]

hooray for procrastination!!!!

we should start a nation of procastis... the procastination!!!!

[sugarstalker]

procrastopia, with the capital procrastinate city

[Bubbles]

procrastopia, with the capital procrastinate city

i heard its not quite livable there yet due to nothing being quite finished.

[sugarstalker]

but they're deep in the about to do it process though!

[weedguru_waffles]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyX-T4y_INQ

woaah this thing is crazy. anyone dare to make one? :p

[andriaSRH]

Has anyone else in the midwest notice how ungodly hot it is outside? I hate it >.<

[AbbyRoad]

it is ungodly hot here in Ontario too

hottest thanksgiving weekend i can ever remember

[andriaSRH]

Yea..it's like 80 here. From the looks of it the summer weather is going to go on for a little longer and winter is going to be like fall. Which I'm cool with. Snow sucks.

[AbbyRoad]

the winter here is still going to be brutal.
north winds come off the great lake and dump snow on us.
its always so fucking windy, i hate that shit

[sugarstalker]

man, you guys are lucky you live so far south. it's like 4 degrees here and it's ALWAYS raining, and it's light for like 20 minutes a day! (ok, that was an exaggaration, but still)