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Guitar
Alrighty... I play guitar... Have been for about a year... And I've never taken lessons. People who play guitar are kinda better then me... Or I think so... Because they all have buddies to play with... The problem is, I'm a female... And guys don't really like playing with me becaus I am a girl... I mean my boyfriends nice about it... of course... He taught me the solo to Knocking on Heavens Door... I thought that was sweet... But he doesnt like play with me... Its not like 'hey come over and jam'... it just comes up sometimes...And like I'm super horrible at bar chords, and theory... So I was wondering if there's any way... any website... any tips... You guys and gals can give me to help me out... I have a super nice guitar... And I mean... I can play songs... thats about it... I don't know any theory behind the guitar... And I want to be more musicaly inteligent not just.. looking up tabs when im bored... Thank you all :)
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(im a guy) if i knew u id love to jam with you. Who cares , anyone can play guitar just keep practicing and stuff.and here are a few sites that have helped me alot:
www.chordfind.com
www.mxtabs.net
www.taborama.com
www.cyberfret.com
good luck
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hey im a girl and i play guitar to...dont worry about the guys..but i say that u should stop trying websites but i think u should subscribe to guitar magazine...it has songs and stuff in it..its awsome i subscribe to it..
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ack! I can't find my list! No, really.. I had a list of a few very good sites I've found for music theory.. if I can find it, I'll add it to this answer...
People always like to mention tablature - I use a little tab, but only for getting the basics of songs. This is because most tablature is usually wrong, sometimes really, painfully wrong.
That said, check out [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) Not only does Olga have tabs, but it has lots of tools and discussions on chords and playing in general.
Musicians's Friend isn't a bad site to check out either.
Now, as far as learning more songs - I would litterally slap in a CD and just try to play along with it. On bass, I've learned entire CDs from start to finish (I did this alot during high school and college).
Now, I had the basics of theory from being in band playing saxophone. But I learned a lot more on my own just by learning about chords, scales, and chord changes, especially in jazz. You might try picking up a jazz fake book of standards and just look through the songs - see how they used patterns of chords to move the song along. The websites I mentioned in the beginning talk about this aspect of theory, it is actually a rather logical thing, and much of western music tends to follow certain patterns, certain voicings, etc.
Also, if you can find a book that lists the sheet music AND tablature together, those are great ways to learn when you don't know a lot of theory.
It is really unfortunate that people blow you off when it is clear that you are eager to play and want to get better. I'd just keep asking away - eventually they'll realize that gender doesn't have shit to do with ability to play an instrument and you'll have more jam sessions than you know what to do with. Heck, I'd be more than happy to jam with you sometime... you never know...
good luck! let me know if I can help you further
(fyi: I've played sax for almost... *gulp* 20 years, bass for about 16, and guitar since, oh, about 1997).
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