Musical Instruments

[SoCal]

I have been playing the electric guitar since the start of this year (so basically nine months) but I usually only get the chance to play in the holidays. I would also love to learn how to play the drums but my neighbours and family wouldn't like that too much. They hate it enough already when I play the guitar.

Question for those who play the guitar: when you have to play a chord with two strings fretting on the same fret e.g. the 8th fret on the B string and the 8th fret on the G string, do you use two separate fingers or just the same finger pressing on both the strings?

[babydoll_]

thats called barring, you hold down all the strings with one finger (i think)

my friend whos teaching me makes me bar it

[mcdickpants 2.5]

I played the Violin for 3 years.. it annoyed my parents and myself..yet I continued .. it sucked and I'll never play again- so if anyone wants a violin..you can have mine.

ooo have i have it?
ive wanted a voilin for ages

[SoCal]

thats called barring, you hold down all the strings with one finger (i think)

my friend whos teaching me makes me bar it

So you say bar the two strings? OK, I will trust you.

[mcdickpants 2.5]

it all depends on what sort of chord it is though.

[babydoll_]

yeah true that

umm maybe you should explain it dicky, my knowledge of guitar stuff is limited

[ezzy85]

how would you play something with 2 notes, but theyre pretty far apart, without playing the notes in between? eg.

e:------
B:--1---
G:------
D:------
A:--3--
E:------

[SoCal]

how would you play something with 2 notes, but theyre pretty far apart, without playing the notes in between? eg.

e:------
B:--1---
G:------
D:------
A:--3--
E:------

You use two different fingers.

[SoCal]

Also, if that is a chord, you would play the strings in between "open", i.e. without pressing on any frets.

[ezzy85]

im talking about theright hand. if you use a pick to get that, youll end up hitting the open strings in between

[mcdickpants 2.5]

i would use the index finger on the first fret and my ring finger on the third fret

[ToO LaZy ^*]

8th grade piano, gonna do the exam after HSC, then maybe do AMUS..
finished musicianship a few years ago.

[eLmo]

ooo have i have it?
ive wanted a voilin for ages

yes.. you can..next trash day I'll leave it outside and you can just come pick it up.

[SoCal]

How would everyone play something like this:

e-------------------------------------------------|
B------11-14-11-----11-11-11-11-11------|
G--10-------------13---------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

I am trying to play it by having my index finger on the G-10 note and stretching my pinkie out to the B-14 note but it is really hard. How would everyone else play it?

[mack]

I just played that, I didnt find it hard.....Maybe im just a fully PwNzOr aXeMaN?

Practising it over and over with a metronome will take care of it though. I cant believe youre a guy.......

[SoCal]

I just played that, I didnt find it hard.....Maybe im just a fully PwNzOr aXeMaN?

Did yo play it the way I am trying to?

Practising it over and over with a metronome will take care of it though.

Haha, what is a metronome? I have no idea.

I cant believe youre a guy.......

How many people read The O.C. thread and don't post in it. Seriously though, why is it so hard to believe? I always have pictures of girls on my avatar.

[music dr]

How many people read The O.C. thread and don't post in it. Seriously though, why is it so hard to believe? I always have pictures of girls on my avatar.

I read it often, but don't post in it often, but still...

[mack]

Check out this video i just saw, of Fred "Bring on the shred" Durst.

http://jennykelly.bizmail.com.au/tk/fredshred.wmv

He is sUxOr.

[SoCal]

Check out this video i just saw, of Fred "Bring on the shred" Durst.

http://jennykelly.bizmail.com.au/tk/fredshred.wmv

He is sUxOr.

How big is the file? I am only on dial-up connection.

So did you play the notes the same way that I am trying to? Also, could you please tell me what a metronome does/is? Thanks.

[DooNy_TeChY]

my voice is my instrument....(i've never said that out loud), i played piano for a while too..i can also play a bit of guitar...but mainly i'm just a singer, and everything else is just a sort of accompanying hobby...

[ezzy85]

could you please tell me what a metronome does/is? Thanks.

its one of those tick tock thingys you see on top of pianos. it makes sure youre keeping the tempo and not going too fast or too slow.

[mack]

Yeah. My advice to you Merethrond is to buy a more expensive wooden one. The electronic ones are around $30 cheaper but they are so annoying and youll probably end up smashing it into tiny bits after a few days...

[SoCal]

its one of those tick tock thingys you see on top of pianos. it makes sure youre keeping the tempo and not going too fast or too slow.

Thanks. It is not going to do me much good though because for one, I don't know what timing it is in, and secondly, I need to play it as slow as possible at the moment.

[mack]

You can alter the times on them. Anything from Largo to Presto.

[SoCal]

You can alter the times on them. Anything from Largo to Presto.

What the? I doesn't matter if you can change the timing though if you don't know what the timing of each song is to start with.