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Originally Posted by Tele Joe
A really good beginers book I like is called Beginning Electric Blues Guitar by David Hamburger. It's relatively inexpensive ($25) and comes with a dvd which also provides background tracks so you can jam along with a band. You can order the book online pretty much anywhere and it's also stocked in most Sam Ash and Guitar Center music shops. If you do end up getting the book send me a private message and i'll highlight some pages for you to look at. You certainly can follow the book from page 1 to the end but jumping around can help break up some of the more boring things.
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cheers for the recommendation. ordered :)
dont think the DVD has been converted to PAL format for over here, so had to import that seperately.. so i'll end up with the book/cd and dvd!
i've already been using his book "acoustic guitar method" to supplement/supply a framework for me to learn against. (including the dvd version for that too!). i strongly recommend that book too, it certainly got me going, although i'm not familiar with a lot american roots songs (i'm getting there though) the explanations of simple things like fingerings etc from day 1 were very detailed. when in bookstores i browse looking at books for a similar detail level and have found nothing that is like it. hope the blues one is up to the same high standard!
(i have a steel string electro acoustic about to sell on ebay to make way for my first Tele, and still have a 3/4 size nylon classical acoustic which i actually progressed a lot more on)
my learning approach tends to be analysing 'what' the methods in books/online lessons are trying to teach me and then either following the practice exercise or try to find a familiar (which helps a lot) song to train up the particular thing.
I also tap up resources like justinguitar and look for individual song 'lessons' on youtube or even websites when supplementing practice with a song. as well as talking to , and even playing a little with friends who play, one even teaches so i'm lucky there.
It seems there is a relatively common 'route' to learning.. I tihnk the trick is understanding the path without getting bogged down (too much detail early on) or trying to run before you can walk.
I figure once i understand what i'm meant to be doing I then devise whatever way i can practice it best to add it to my practice routine. (and i tend not to move on to the next thing till i'm more than ready..)
I have two notebooks. One with my practice "songs" (or song fragments) in, and another i keep a learning diary in. Plus a clip folder for doodling and holding print-outs of tabs/lessons/info etc.
so if i'm slack at practice for a while i can refresh and pick up where i was easily. i hope that down the line i can point people at the resources that helped me too.
as far as aiming for a a 'style'... its gone rhythm wise for quite a while and ended up almost going towards fingerstyle but i really just need to work on the speed of chord changes without complicating it.
i want to start learning some basic blues stuff as well.. mix it up a bit.. :)