hey corey lovin the blues trying to teach myself how to play the guitar not eas man.Ifind myself getting to much info on the internet.But i will keep pluggin away I'm retired so i'm not in a hurry but someday would love to reach for a guitar and be able to play.If you can guide me that would be cool.I really love you style finger pickin is so awesome love that style but I don't know where to start.I really love how you did catfish blues bro I'm impressed got to get it down with your help i would be indebted to you
greetings Eddie and thanks for joining us here. I think as song in E such as catfish is best for learning the guitar, since it is an easy chord to play and there are no chord changes, really. I can understand that it is challenging to decide where to start. I would say learn three chords first: E, A and B. Learn them well enough so that you dont have to look at your fingers to play them. Once you have done that you can begin to practice playing the bass note (6th string, open) with you thumb in time/rhythm. This is where a metronome can be useful to regulate your rhythm if you are unsure. Once you have done that you will be ready to alternate betwee playing the bass note with your thumb while picking the other notes in the E chord. Remember that you will be holding only the E chord position when you do this.... Please let me know if this ie helpful to you. Thanks.
hey corey lovin the blues trying to teach myself how to play the guitar not eas man.Ifind myself getting to much info on the internet.But i will keep pluggin away I'm retired so i'm not in a hurry but someday would love to reach for a guitar and be able to play.If you can guide me that would be cool.I really love you style finger pickin is so awesome love that style but I don't know where to start.I really love how you did catfish blues bro I'm impressed got to get it down with your help i would be indebted to you
greetings Eddie and thanks for joining us here. I think as song in E such as catfish is best for learning the guitar, since it is an easy chord to play and there are no chord changes, really. I can understand that it is challenging to decide where to start. I would say learn three chords first: E, A and B. Learn them well enough so that you dont have to look at your fingers to play them. Once you have done that you can begin to practice playing the bass note (6th string, open) with you thumb in time/rhythm. This is where a metronome can be useful to regulate your rhythm if you are unsure. Once you have done that you will be ready to alternate betwee playing the bass note with your thumb while picking the other notes in the E chord. Remember that you will be holding only the E chord position when you do this.... Please let me know if this ie helpful to you. Thanks.