Whats a good way to learn to play classic rock guitar?

Question

I might get lessons but fdor now i want to try to learn by myself.

Answer 1

Chords & scales

Answer 2

I've taught classical and acoustic for years, and the best way to learn anything is to have a teacher who knows what their doing......if you can't do that get a book with a Cd in the back of it.....lots of books today have that....or get a video that shows you step by step how to achieve this. If you are going to teach yourself I hope that you have a good ear for music or have perfect pitch......or are a genius....because teaching yourself music is not easy to do. Go to this site if your going to get a book or video, they have lots that have the Cd in the back, and most are written in music notation, tab, and have the chords, and the finger style way of playing. Good luck, and I hope this helped. ( you didn't say what style that you wanted to play, lead, bass, chords, or finger style, or I would have named a specific book )

http://www.halleonard.com/

Answer 3

This is the web's most popular guitar learning program

http://www.jammorama.co.cc

Good Luck

Answer 4

My humble advice - get a teacher NOW to correct your mistakes, do not do it conversely! Teacher NOW, self-teaching LATER! I have seen some self-taught youngsters doing it so ridiculously wrong that it was laughable.

I gues you play electric guitar. If yes, get a teacher who plays and teaches electric guitar, because acoustic teachers might teach you bad habbits - sorry to you who teach acoustic, but it happens....example: Emppu from Nightwish...he uses acoustic attitude on e-guitar and this fact ***** up most of the stuff that can gives heart to the playing - ie. vibrato, bends etc. Avoid such mistakes (e.g. on e-guitar NEVER insist on keeping your left thumb hidden behind the neck!! Hide it only when doing barre chords, some strechy playing on the bass strings and similar stuff that requires it! NEVER do it when vibrato or bend is implied!!! It's wrong!...this applies to acoustic only, not electric since acoustic guitar has different proportions and also the vibrato is played differently..the difference between an e-guitar and a 17th century lute is just a little bit bigger than between e-guitar and acoustic or spanish guitar)

OK and now to the playing. You'll need to learn some theory (I'm a sworn metalhead and I'm telling you DO IT...I'm not a 60yo violin teacher...of course, I keep listening to a wide range of genres, but my roots are and always will be in hard rock/heavy metal) you'll need it for the kind of music you wanna play - includes reading sheet music, chord, scale, interval theory etc.

Firstly, learn all the basic chords and learn to alternate between them. Then learn a few riffs (Whole Lotta Love, Smoke on the Water...you know) and keep learning new and new riffs. Then start working on your bends (doing it in TUNE...simply not like Slash does it sometimes...aaargh) and vibrato (Eric Clapton, Angus Young have outstanding vibratoes).

Then learn to improvise. The best way to begin is to grab some 12-bar blues and work on it. Improvisation is also the best way to develop your vibrato and bend techniques since it's not boring this way (it's bloody fun actually) and you'll have a good chance to develop something, you know, that would be kinda like your fingerprint, trademark. Everyone has a characteristic style of playing, but some are dull and some are great. You'll never be great without good tone, but you still can be great without Malmsteen-like shredding.

So in conclusion, three things to remember:

1, learn all the chords

2, learn all the theory you need (scales, chords, intervals, reading etc.)

3, work on your rhythm and lead - jam, do exercises, keep learning new riffs and later songs. You could do with let's say 100 riffs in one year.

Never give up. Good luck.

Answer 5

To keep it simple:

1. Get a classic rock guitar according to your budget(Fender Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul, or similar) and a classic rock amp (Fender, Marshall, or similar). If you can avoid using a modern guitar (80's or newer) or digital effects, better.

2. Find a good teacher and learn the BLUES. Make sure he/she teaches you how to use the equipment and corrects early mistakes.

3. Then continue with classic rock and learn classic rock  riffs

Answer 6

A lot of hard work, a good ear and choose pieces that are only just beyond your caoability, In other words set yourself targets, and don't move on until you have scored a bullseye