Self-taught or lessons?

2stepingJ · Post by **2stepingJ** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:15 am

... yeah, that's awesome man. enjoy yourself! i'm thinking (wishfully) a #41 debut. if not #41, something that's been absent from the setlists; although i'm not complaining about the shows so far.

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:38 am

I've thought about teaching people how to learn on their own. You know, do 4 lessons, get them ready, give them all the internet and tricks and such. Charge about 15 bucks, or something. Then, I will give them an e-mail to contact me for help.

MrMister612 · Post by **MrMister612** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:01 pm

I have mainly tought myself, but I have inheirited talent from my father who has been playing for 30 years. So I have learned stuff from him but we just jam around and have fun. IDK any theary or anything, I dont even know how to read music. I just play guitar.

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:22 pm

i took lessons awhile, then did stuff on my own, and then got more lessons

wayward_blue · Post by **wayward_blue** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:38 pm

Never took any lessons I bought an $80 guitar and some books about 8yrs ago and taught myself. My teachers were right reading does pay! just not that crap they wanted me to read in school

Boyd · Post by **Boyd** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:37 pm

I've always tought myself and I've turned out great.... well at least I think so, but I'll never know cause no guitarists have ever commented on my playing and what I think is great comes from what I've tought myself.... So really, teaching yourself after you learn the basics is the only way to go!

TurnItToLove · Post by **TurnItToLove** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:43 pm

my uncle is teaching me how to play, he's really good and i'm not, but he's a good teacher

Boyd · Post by **Boyd** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 5:47 pm

I've never met anyone good at teaching guitar, they'll say they're gonna teach me something and then they'll do something and then they'll just start playing songs and I'm like........ ok.

Seek Up9803 · Post by **Seek Up9803** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:36 pm

I taught myself as well... and I think I am quite the teacher

lol

DMB_FAN · Post by **DMB_FAN** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:02 pm

Self taught

Macht · Post by **Macht** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:03 pm

Seek Up9803 wrote:I taught myself as well... and I think I am quite the teacher lol

Swe dmbfan · Post by **Swe dmbfan** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:39 pm

I'm self-taught as well!

only played for about a year!
got some help from the internet too!

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:15 pm

took lessons and learned basic chords and such for a couple weeks, but then self-tought from there on. 3 years and counting

Flakes · Post by **Flakes** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:13 pm

I started playing about a half year ago. At first I learned from friends and jsut learned songs i liked from tabs. I didn't think i was really progressing that much so I have jsut started lessons. Iv'e had two so far. For me it has helped alot because 1.) Im learnign the right techniques for doinf certain things 2.) all the scales and such 3.) other types of theory.

My teacher has been playing guitar for 40 years and he has helped me alot. I think by takign lessons ill become a much better gutiarist

Jer1400 · Post by **Jer1400** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 5:37 pm

I'm self-taught and have been playing for...nearly a year now (that one went by fast). Heh.