Any guitar players out there?

[trev]

there is a cheat to tuning as well, if you press (third fret down if I remember correctly)

on the string above it sounds like the one below it so its easy to check.

That'll be the 5th fret mate unless you're tuning the B string when the fret on the G is the 4th

 

[PEM]

Classically trained double bass player and used to play bass in a group some years ago (well nearly 30!). Always fancied acoustic guitar have one but hands my size no chance. Good for you taking it up. Lots of useful stuff on YouTube and free apps for phone re tuning etc.

 

[shanky887614]

That'll be the 5th fret mate unless you're tuning the B string when the fret on the G is the 4th

I know a little about guitar but I prefer flute, now an open holes flute is hard

 

[Darkwood]

Got a clip on Electronic tuner with display output works a treat all for less than a tenner ...until my ears are receptive to the specific notes anyway.

 

[trev]

I know a little about guitar but I prefer flute, now an open holes flute is hard

Plus, it's not really a cheat. It's called relative tuning.

 

[High Tower]

Plus, it's not really a cheat. It's called relative tuning.

I always knew it as drop tuning, was the only way to do it when I first started as I couldn't afford a tuner!.

Only issue is that your assuming that the top E is in !

 

[trev]

I always knew it as drop tuning, was the only way to do it when I first started as I couldn't afford a tuner!.

Only issue is that your assuming that the top E is in !

Drop tuning in my world is when you drop your E string to D. I bought a pedal a few weeks ago that you can programme in any kind of tuning you want, hit the button and tune away and they're all there.
I'm having some MASSIVE adventures with me guitars just now.

 

[shanky887614]

Drop tuning in my world is when you drop your E string to D. I bought a pedal a few weeks ago that you can programme in any kind of tuning you want, hit the button and tune away and they're all there.
I'm having some MASSIVE adventures with me guitars just now.

its more fun when you get your ear in, you can listen to something then play it after a while, other times you are trying to play off a score/tabs etc and realise its wrong so you change it and it sounds right


(typo)

 

[Chr!s]

When I started to learn,what helped me out a lot was learning the chord voicings, also the shapes of the notes along the fret, so you could find the sane note by moving the shape up or down the fret.


Chris

 

[djw]

I'd recommend you buy yourself a cheap and cheerful classical guitar with nylon strings. The wider neck and the softer action strings make it easier to learn on and it's much better suited for finger picking as well. The steel string acoustics can be used for finger picking but they're better suited to a pick/plectrum.

Serious questions...

Is a nylon strung guitar quieter than steel strung and are cheapish left handed versions easily found?

 

[trev]

Serious questions...

Is a nylon strung guitar quieter than steel strung and are cheapish left handed versions easily found?

Yes and yes. How much do you want to spend?

 

[djw]

Thanks for the reply

Is say around £100 too much or too little?

 

[trev]

http://www.google.co.uk/aclk?sa=l&a.../redwood-cg-144l-left-handed-classical-guitar

That would probably be ok for learning the rudiments on but you would grow out of it after a bit and need a better one.

 

[djw]

Thanks for that Trev - better to learn from someone with playing experience Must be time for a beer soon...:yes:

 

[Marvo]

When I was younger I was traveling in the US for a while. I missed not having a guitar so I went to a large music factory type shop in Atlanta and I spent most of the day playing just about every guitar they had. Eventually I found a second hand Yamaha which was very basic and entry level plus it was one of the cheapest guitars they had but it sounded very nice, looked well made and it had surprisingly decent tone.

I bought it and I carried it around strapped to my back-pack for about a year. It was thrown on and off buses planes and trains and it spent a lot of time in direct sun and also getting rained on. I still have that guitar and I think it's actually the best sounding guitar I own. The condition of the guitar is well worn, there's a couple of chips and scratches and I managed to break one of the tuning knobs on my travels but the tone and general sound is nothing short of astonishing.

If I ever pick up a guitar that Yamaha is the one I go for every time even though I've got guitars that cost 30 times the price and are sought after makes and models made from woods that are no longer available. You don't need to spend a fortune to get a decent sounding classical guitar and I'd recommend an entry level Yamaha to anyone.