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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 07:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ Hi Sheu, we suggest you check out the <a href="http://www.learntoplaymusic.com/store/us_en/music-lessons/progressive-complete-learn-to-play-lead-guitar-manual-teach-yourself-how-to-play-guitar.html?" rel="nofollow">PROGRESSIVE COMPLETE LEARN TO PLAY LEAD GUITAR MANUAL</a>. The latest version comes with online audio for every exercise so you can hear how each should sound and then play along when you're ready. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Hi Sheu, we suggest you check out the <a href="http://www.learntoplaymusic.com/store/us_en/music-lessons/progressive-complete-learn-to-play-lead-guitar-manual-teach-yourself-how-to-play-guitar.html?" rel="nofollow">PROGRESSIVE COMPLETE LEARN TO PLAY LEAD GUITAR MANUAL</a>. The latest version comes with online audio for every exercise so you can hear how each should sound and then play along when you’re ready.</p>
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<title>By: sheunesu</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 18:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ Hi, I'm Sheu from Zimbabwe. I would like to learn ballad lead guitar but I do not really know where to start. I have tried youtube but those lessons are absurd. I know how to play most of major chords and their minors. Regards. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Hi, I’m Sheu from Zimbabwe. I would like to learn ballad lead guitar but I do not really know where to start. I have tried youtube but those lessons are absurd. I know how to play most of major chords and their minors. Regards.</p>
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<title>By: James</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ Seems to this non-musician that rhythm guitar is mostly chords and lead quitar is mostly notes. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Seems to this non-musician that rhythm guitar is mostly chords and lead quitar is mostly notes.</p>
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<title>By: HQ</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 04:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ These two types of band positions look similar, but they’re not. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>These two types of band positions look similar, but they’re not.</p>
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<title>By: Senijs</title>
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<![CDATA[ Just wanted to say a BIG thank you for replying to most of the comments here. I tried to learn Space Oddity by David Bowie for at least 3 months now and I always end up giving up on guitar for a week or more, because that song has hard cords for me. But you've motivated me to find easier songs and try to learn them first, so I'm back on track now- playing the guitar :) ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Just wanted to say a BIG thank you for replying to most of the comments here. I tried to learn Space Oddity by David Bowie for at least 3 months now and I always end up giving up on guitar for a week or more, because that song has hard cords for me. But you’ve motivated me to find easier songs and try to learn them first, so I’m back on track now- playing the guitar <img src="https://www.learntoplaymusic.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/simple-smile.png" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
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<title>By: SOHIL</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2016 19:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ Gr8!!
Well explained! ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Gr8!!<br />
Well explained!</p>
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<title>By: johnson</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ good but is hard to understand ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>good but is hard to understand</p>
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<title>By: LTP Admin</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2016 04:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ Hi Che, great question and to really do the answer justice - as its such a big topic - we'll create a whole new post for this. In a nutshell - although both styles of playing can use the same guitars, amps etc - generally guitarists will make different choices of instruments, amps, settings, effects etc to suit either rhythm or lead playing as well as the genre of music they are performing e.g. rock, blues, jazz, reggae etc and even the style of song within that genre e.g. a slow ballad vs an uptempo song. I'd suggest that you work out the style and genre that you are going for and then research players who you really like the sound of and what they play and use in their setups to help you decide what to get. If you're only just starting out then you'll do just fine learning and experimenting with both lead and rhythm playing on the same guitar and set-up and you can add from there to develop your sound. ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Hi Che, great question and to really do the answer justice – as its such a big topic – we’ll create a whole new post for this. In a nutshell – although both styles of playing can use the same guitars, amps etc – generally guitarists will make different choices of instruments, amps, settings, effects etc to suit either rhythm or lead playing as well as the genre of music they are performing e.g. rock, blues, jazz, reggae etc and even the style of song within that genre e.g. a slow ballad vs an uptempo song. I’d suggest that you work out the style and genre that you are going for and then research players who you really like the sound of and what they play and use in their setups to help you decide what to get. If you’re only just starting out then you’ll do just fine learning and experimenting with both lead and rhythm playing on the same guitar and set-up and you can add from there to develop your sound.</p>
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<title>By: che</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2016 05:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ do they use the same equipment? how about the equipment set up? ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>do they use the same equipment? how about the equipment set up?</p>
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<title>By: LTP Admin</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2016 06:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ Hi David, yes it sounds like you have a natural leaning towards rhythm playing - which is great as the rhythm section provides the all important groove of any song. As for "playing like a bassist" well that's not necessarily a bad thing - given that the bass along with the drums makes up the other important elements of the rhythm section - so you'll instinctively be able to lock in with what the bass player is doing - especially in riff based music styles like rock and hard rock when bass line and rhythm guitar playing often doubles each other. Having said this, the guitar does have 6 strings and making use of the upper notes available will really fill out the sonic spectrum - especially if there are no other rhythm guitarists or keyboard players in the band. So in your journey to becoming a great rhythm player I'd recommend you add some full chords to your repertoire and experiment with strumming and picking different combinations of stings within these chords while listening to the different harmonies created when playing with a bassist. An easy next step up from playing power chords is to progress to full bar chords (from which power chords are taken). <a href="http://www.learntoplaymusic.com/store/us_en/catalogsearch/result/?q=69067" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">We have a great book and ebook on bar chords available here</a> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Hi David, yes it sounds like you have a natural leaning towards rhythm playing – which is great as the rhythm section provides the all important groove of any song. As for “playing like a bassist” well that’s not necessarily a bad thing – given that the bass along with the drums makes up the other important elements of the rhythm section – so you’ll instinctively be able to lock in with what the bass player is doing – especially in riff based music styles like rock and hard rock when bass line and rhythm guitar playing often doubles each other. Having said this, the guitar does have 6 strings and making use of the upper notes available will really fill out the sonic spectrum – especially if there are no other rhythm guitarists or keyboard players in the band. So in your journey to becoming a great rhythm player I’d recommend you add some full chords to your repertoire and experiment with strumming and picking different combinations of stings within these chords while listening to the different harmonies created when playing with a bassist. An easy next step up from playing power chords is to progress to full bar chords (from which power chords are taken). <a href="http://www.learntoplaymusic.com/store/us_en/catalogsearch/result/?q=69067" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">We have a great book and ebook on bar chords available here</a></p>
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