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2013-12-24 01:32 10003397 Anonymous (1243567895432.jpg 1100x1100 118kB)
So why don't you play guitar yet robots? Advantages >not wasting your time like the rest of your life >constructive activity >girls find it attractive >relatively inexpensive >make friends (possibly) Disadvantages >fingers slightly sore to begin with

2 min later 10003409 Anonymous
I don't really enjoy it. I appreciated my time spent with electronic guitars when it came to actually learning analogue electronics, though.

5 min later 10003422 Anonymous
but i do. might get an electric soon because you can only make an acoustic so noisy.

7 min later 10003430 Anonymous (1381626067938.jpg 400x399 73kB)
>be a musician >tfw you've grown to hate all music, especially your own all life is payne

8 min later 10003436 Anonymous (1386729279801.jpg 460x460 154kB)
>tfw periodically get these threads where someone's trying to pitch some fucking hobby or activity Thanks for telling me about something I could have learned about with a simple google search if I were the least bit curious.

9 min later 10003443 Anonymous
How the fuck do you even learn it without having professional lessons or anything? Or at least whats a good book to use to start with, since there's hundreds upon hundreds of different ones that have no clue where to start.

11 min later 10003455 Anonymous
>>10003443 just find like an easy song you like to start with like wonderwall by oasis for me and learn to play one song at a time, practice makes perfect

14 min later 10003473 Anonymous
I already know how and I don't play it because I'm not a giant fucking douchenozzle who thinks anyone gives a fuck what I feel >tfw friend I taught to play guitar uses it to get laid >he isn't even good and doesn't know a single key or scale >all he does anymore when he comes over is doodles on the guitar, spaces out, and says an automatic response to me when i try to talk to him >about 50% of his responses don't even make sense, making it apparent he didn't listen, just so he can focus on generic bar chords and sound like some watered down "tool" guitarist wannabe Ive created a total douchenozzle

16 min later 10003484 Anonymous
>>10003473 OP here that could probably be a disadvantage actually you could spawn the biggest cunt in history

19 min later 10003503 Anonymous
Because I play piano and guitar tabs literally look like retard language to me.

20 min later 10003506 Anonymous
>>10003503 then read the fucking sheet music

22 min later 10003518 Anonymous
i don't want to play the guitar i'd like to learn the piano but i'd probably be terrible so i'd rather not try.

22 min later 10003519 Anonymous
I have early stage parkinson jerk.

24 min later 10003532 Anonymous
I've been playing for ten years and I still suck It's fun though and it's stress relief, but I could never play in front of others. Most people I know don't even know that I play

25 min later 10003539 Anonymous
I've actually started learning bass guitar. I've always just liked the sounds of a bass over acoustic or electric guitar.

26 min later 10003543 Anonymous
>>10003532 try this song http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/h/h alf_moon_run/full_circle_crd.htm once you get the strumming down you look pro when playing it

29 min later 10003554 Anonymous
>>10003506 >then read the fucking sheet music There isn't any for anything on the guitar, everything is made for monkey people.

30 min later 10003557 Anonymous
Getting an electric ukulele for Christmas, sister's gonna sell me her electric guitar and amp although I don't really plan on playing the guitar. Who knows? I might teach myself a couple simple songs.

53 min later 10003704 Anonymous
I love playing guitar, it's a lot of fun when you play with people who know how to add to what you have going on and make a sick ass jam. I have a hard time sleeping and playing helps pass the time. Idk man, I'd feel dead if I couldn't play.

1 hours later 10003763 Anonymous (James-Haskell-001.jpg 460x276 34kB)
So why don't you play rugby yet robots? Advantages >not wasting your time like the rest of your life >constructive activity >girls find it more attractive than playing guitar >relatively inexpensive >make friends (definitely) >fitness bonus >manly as fuck Disadvantages >occasional injury, but chicks dig scars so who gives a shit

1 hours later 10003803 Anonymous
>>10003763 >>not wasting your time wat

1 hours later 10003814 Anonymous
>>10003763 >tfw my college rugby team has ridiculously high standards (the lower 6th team plays top teir uni teams and wins regularly, and im in the upper 6th now so its not going to happen) >tfw never been in a gym and i now have an image of being lazy that i can't break

1 hours later 10003832 Anonymous (borthwick.jpg 250x288 36kB)
>>10003803 How can something with all those advantages be a waste of time. Stick to your animuh or make a valid point, son.

1 hours later 10003836 Anonymous (685790-jonah-lomu.jpg 350x509 36kB)
>>10003814 Seems like there is literally nothing you could do to make those high standards. Literally nothing...

1 hours later 10003861 Anonymous
>Coworker is selling his bass guitar pretty cheaply >Think why not, I'm wasting most of my free time on the computer anyway >Buy it >It's gathering dust in my room ever since I can't even find any motivation to try it. This apathy almost makes me miss the depressed phase.

1 hours later 10003875 Anonymous
>>10003397 >girls find it attractive this doesn't apply unless you are only playing normalfag tier acoustic music, most girls don't appreciate complex guitar playing, they just the chords to their favorite song so they can sing along

1 hours later 10003886 Anonymous
>>10003443 >Look up open chord charts on google pictures and learn them off by heart whilst simply strumming down. >Go on youtube and type in how to play [insert song of choice] on guitar

1 hours later 10003889 Anonymous (1377566195638.jpg 300x295 43kB)
>>10003397 I fucking hate this so much. The guitar and all those underage (fuck even the adults) faggots who don't know shit about music and have zero talent but pick up a guitar and pretend they're their favourite indie or metal rock guitarist (who in 90% cases is a feminine faggot with a voice like a little girl). They learn how to play 3 chords over and over and they think they're the fucking bomb. It's not even the guitar itself as an instrument that I hate. It's what it became in a somewhat symbolic meaning. It became the most pleb, easy to play, instrument that serves as nothing more than just a dick extender and douchebag marker. And the worst part is that all those stupid girls who think they grew out of Justin Bieber music and into "much better" rock music (i.e. faggot rock, or metal, or the Beatles) are pulling off exactly the same thing they did with Bieber-like music. Boys who want to get their dicks wet, try to impersonate those guitar-wielding fucks, so they pick up a guitar and walk around with it everywhere pretending to be able to play it. And girls fucking dig that for some reason. I've been into audio engineering for some time already and it makes me fucking cringe when I see what some of those guys (or the highschool bands they form especially) do. Why don't you pick up a fucking flute or sax, or whatever else? Oh yeah, because girls won't get wet when they see you with it and it actually requires some skill and talent to play it.

1 hours later 10003890 Anonymous
>>10003875 if u can play complex guitar music then playing normalfag tier music is like pissing in the snow

1 hours later 10003895 Anonymous (1387862267620.jpg 200x227 6kB)
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1j1HBgU5RI9 Guess i can play something for you retards. You can learn to play this sort of shit in about ... i dunno ... six months of proper practice? The problem with most people is that they just don't put in the effort and are incapable of training themselves because they're faggots and are not worthy to wield the guitar.

1 hours later 10003903 Anonymous
>>10003895 That takes six months? Nah, more like 1 week.

1 hours later 10003911 Anonymous
>>10003422 >so noisy You don't really want it for music do you?

1 hours later 10003916 Anonymous (1387334537877.gif 500x390 2013kB)
>>10003903 http://vocaroo.com/i/s0L2p9NcmmqB Play that then, fagot.

1 hours later 10003923 Anonymous
>>10003397 >So why don't you play guitar yet robots? Because I learned how to play the Harmonica.

1 hours later 10003926 Anonymous
>>10003923 *because i learned how to suck cocks.

1 hours later 10003931 GJ
>>10003397 >guitar >not a classical instrument There's a certain word that would be used on /mu/

1 hours later 10003934 Anonymous
>>10003926 I thought he meant he didn't know how to play guitar if he already know how to play harmonica?

1 hours later 10003940 Anonymous
>>10003911 yes... i want to make noisy music. not loud, noisy.

1 hours later 10003945 Anonymous
>>10003926 I'm pretty sure I didn't learn how to suck cocks. I just like the Harmonica.

1 hours later 10003947 Anonymous
>girls find it attractive Wrong. If you're hoping to get a girl's attention just by playing guitar then you're going to crash and burn. If you can't sing, don't bother. I've been playing guitar for 9 years now, and the only time it would garner a chick's interest is when I finally learned how to sing as well. Now I play guitar and sing romantic songs for girls and at open mic events. It's awesome when chads' girlfriends start buyin' me drinks after the show and give me their numbers. Ended up fucking one the last time (had a chad boyfriend). So if you want to play guitar, make sure you practice singing as well. Make sure you invest in a capo, i have a really deep voice so I have to match each song to the key that fits my vocal range.

1 hours later 10003952 Anonymous
>>10003940 >noisy music >music also >>10003916 Why don't you just blow air into the mic? Would give about the same effect... How the fuck can people call this music is beyond me...

1 hours later 10003958 Anonymous
>>10003940 you're dumb and don't know shit about acoustics/sound. acoustic guitar is "noisier" than electric. acoustic vibrates and echoes more. Electrics depend on the amplifier and you can set the volume to whatever.

1 hours later 10003962 Anonymous
>>10003947 >Make sure you invest in a capo this. might be the best $20 I've ever spent.

1 hours later 10003970 Anonymous
>>10003397 >girls find it attractive It's kinda funny when girls look down on those who fuck the guys with expensive cars and money and call them sluts, while the exact same girls think it's perfectly alright to fuck a guy who plays a guitar. Totally not slutty.

1 hours later 10003971 Anonymous
>>10003962 found one clipped onto a table maybe my life isnt all bad

1 hours later 10003991 Anonymous
>tfw cannot find tabs for most of my shitty indie music

1 hours later 10003992 Anonymous
>>10003958 I know the sound I want. I can't imagine an acoustic guitar producing it. Kindly fuck off.

1 hours later 10003996 Anonymous
>>10003991 >no need to worry, it's just 3 simple chords over and over >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG 59_3AgDp8

1 hours later 10003999 Anonymous
any other jazz bros in here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ij EbM6uzEQ was thinking of taking up the sax actually, wonder how hard it would be after playing guitar

1 hours later 10004009 Anonymous
>>10003397 i used to play the guitar. then i stopped being a fucking autist and became part of the keyboardist master race. step it the fuck up, baka gaijin.

1 hours later 10004010 Anonymous
>>10003999 Sax requires some breathing training and you'd have to start from 0 but manual skills from the guitar will make things a lot easier. Plus sax is very improv friendly.

1 hours later 10004016 Anonymous
>>10004010 Improv is my absolute favorite thing to do, I've gotta start this

1 hours later 10004018 Anonymous
I do play guitar, though... Anyway, girls don't find guitars attractive you dumbass. They think it's cliche. Every girl I know tells me this. Guys with guitars are a dime a dozen. And most of them suck. Now a saxophone...a saxophone will get you laid. You think I'm fucking kidding? I'm not. Sax players get laid. Guitarfags are everywhere. But sax? Sax is unique. Sax is a risk. Sax is sax. Basically what I'm saying is that if you're gonna be an idiot who buys an instrument just to try to get pussy, at least get something interesting

1 hours later 10004029 Anonymous
>>10003861 Force yourself to play it. At first learning an instrument is actually kind of a pain in the ass. Your talents are so limited you basically can only play simple scales that are not even remotely interesting or fun. It's like when they made you play Mary Had A Little Lamb on recorder in elementary school. But when you get better, when you learn to experiment with different techniques, then it's fun as shit. Especially with bass, if you have the right equipment you can get a lot of really cool sounds out of it. Go watch some Lightning Bolt or Primus videos and say with a straight face you don't want to be able to do that.

1 hours later 10004054 Anonymous
>>10003397 glockenspiel masterrace reporting in.

1 hours later 10004087 Anonymous
But anon, I do play guitar. I can't enjoy it anymore though because its so boring without any new guitars/gear and I can't afford any I can't sing either. Guitar players that can't sing aren't attractive to girls

1 hours later 10004090 Anonymous
>>10004087 learn to sing then? Im sure you have enough time to yourself to practice

2 hours later 10004104 Anonymous
>>10004090 I practice whenever I'm alone but I just can't get any better. My vocal chords are probably retarded or something

2 hours later 10004120 Anonymous
>>10004104 Why not just give up music? I mean seriously, why do people who can't play/sing for shit and just can't into music fucking force themselves into it? If I had no legs I sure as hell wouldn't try football.

2 hours later 10004123 Anonymous
>>10004087 >>10004104 join a band and girls will probably be all over you.

2 hours later 10004132 Anonymous
>>10004123 >implying friends are in abundance

2 hours later 10004135 Anonymous
>So why don't you play guitar yet robots? Because I get frustrated that my fingers doesn't move the way I want them too and give up after a mere 10 minutes. I tried a couple of times but I have no natural talent and I'm sick and tired of having to make such and effort for something a lot of people just have as natural talent. I can't deal with these people existing.

2 hours later 10004136 Anonymous
>>10004120 you gotta realize something, no one can sing at first, you can have a good voice, like a good guitar, but you wont be able to naturally sing well. The people you see singing well have dedicated years of their life to this shit.

2 hours later 10004145 Anonymous
>>10004120 I enjoy playing music, just saying that I can't get girls from it. >>10004123 I've been in three bands, still kissless virgin. Although I played bass in them, so that could be why

2 hours later 10004147 Anonymous
>>10004135 Let this be for you and all the others who believe in natural talent, it is called years of work. There are people who can pick up things better than others, or some who enjoy it more, but it all boils down to how well and long you practice. You should all quit your whining about natural talent and go forge your own talent.

2 hours later 10004151 Anonymous
>>10004087 >But anon, I do play guitar. I can't enjoy it anymore though because its so boring without any new guitars/gear and I can't afford any This is going to sound like horrible advice..but stop trying to sound good. Abuse the fuck out of that thing. Shove screwdrivers under the strings, put it in weird tunings, strum it with a piece of scrap metal or something. >>10004104 There's a vocal style that suits pretty much anybody. You just have to find one that's right for you. Most important thing is to not feel like an idiot. You can have the shittiest voice on Earth, if you don't give a fuck and just belt it out with conviction somebody will probably like it.

2 hours later 10004154 Anonymous
>>10004136 No. You gotta realize that there are people who have the voice which with some training will be beautiful and sound great, and there are people who will never, despite any training, sing well. And there is no point in getting into singing if you don't have a voice to sing. But right now there's autotune so anyone can sing...

2 hours later 10004165 Anonymous
>>10004135 Nobody has natural talent at guitar you shit. The people who get good at it practice that shit for hours a day. All this post says is you never actually put in any effort and thought you were just going to randomly sound like Eric Clapton..which is a load of crap. >>10004123 Depends on the band. If you play peppy indie rock or folk shit then yeah. Chicks don't really go for drone metal...though.

2 hours later 10004172 Anonymous
>>10004154 >liam gallagher can't sing >can't argue with the success of oasis

2 hours later 10004184 Anonymous
>>10003443 >get an electric guitar >learn a bunch of Ramones and Nirvana songs that's how I started at least

2 hours later 10004185 Anonymous
>>10004165 If you're talking about manual skills then practice can (in most cases) fix things but some people just don't have the proper hearing in music. It's kinda hard to explain but it's in a same way that some people are very good at maths and some people just struggle with simple math equasions. >>10004172 >implying success=talent There are many people who can't sing for shit and are successful singers. Thanks to autotune or simply people who have shit taste.

2 hours later 10004194 Anonymous
>>10003958 look at me im proving someone wrong

2 hours later 10004288 Anonymous
>>10004172 He (at least in his early days), among other people such as Caleb Followill and Julien Casablancas, have those voices where it doesn't matter what they sing it'll still sound good. As someone who's been trying to sing and play guitar for a few years now it's frustrating as shit listening back to any recordings and realising that, even though my voice is perfectly in key and in time, it still sounds like shit.

2 hours later 10004379 Anonymous
>>10004185 > some people just don't have the proper hearing in music. It's kinda hard to explain but it's in a same way that some people are very good at maths and some people just struggle with simple math equasions. Music isn't math. There's no rules. Just do what you like. You work with what you have and you get better over time. Hearing as nothing to do with it, I'm fucking half deaf.

3 hours later 10004558 Anonymous
>>10003992 i'm not debating that; i'm just telling you that you're retarded and have no fucking idea what you're talking about.

3 hours later 10004566 Anonymous
>>10003397 I only know how not to play drums. Guitars are beyond me.

3 hours later 10004577 Anonymous (v-piano_grand_angle_open_full_gal.jpg 1022x1050 89kB)
I play both, but Piano is master race. Personally? Girls go more bonkers for pianists.

3 hours later 10004626 Anonymous
>>10003889 I kinda agree with you I don't try to mention it because of all the pleb dick extenders give to the instrument. Though it's not easy one of the hardest in my opinion only thing harder is violin and maybe oboe.

3 hours later 10004654 Anonymous
>>10003999 Hell yeah I want to start sax for jazz, kinda late bloomer in my 19's but whatever I found some undervalued tenors for around 350$. I heard it's quite an intuitive instrument.

3 hours later 10004678 Anonymous (gibson.jpg 736x1177 206kB)
I don't play guitar because I play mandolin instead.

3 hours later 10004695 Anonymous
>>10004678 I don't personally like the sound of a mandolin but I'll be fucked if that is not a beautiful musical instrument

3 hours later 10004703 Anonymous
>>10003518 I play both piano and a bit of guitar and to achieve the same level of competence on them requires much more effort for piano.

3 hours later 10004708 Anonymous
>>10004379 He's talking about if you're tone-deaf or not, if you can't hear the changes in pitches than you can't make music also >implying music has no rules Music has rules, you can't just change the tempo in the middle of a staff.

3 hours later 10004711 Anonymous
>>10004695 It sure is. Too bad it isn't mine. One day I will own a vintage Gibson.

3 hours later 10004722 Anonymous
>>10004708 Good explanation to what I meant.

3 hours later 10004729 Anonymous
Because everyone plays guitar. Also musicians are annoying as fuck.

3 hours later 10004733 Anonymous
I do play guitar... Relatively inexpensive... r u avin a giggle m80? Yes it does attract women if you're good and you don't look like the back of a bus. >mfw girl moves from another guys table to mine because I'm playing guitar. That was the night I first learned of it's power. Also helps if you can actually play it...

3 hours later 10004744 Anonymous
>>10004733 Most women wouldn't know the difference. Strum a few chords and you're golden.

3 hours later 10004799 Anonymous
>>10004744 Which is the difference between a guitarist and a douchebag with a guitar.

3 hours later 10004818 Anonymous
>>10004104 My protips for getting better at singing and improving vocal range: Now I have a very deep voice, so I originally tuned my guitar down a full step (D standard as opposed to E). Over time I would move the capo forward whenever I felt comfortable enough to sing at that next higher interval. Also, I recommend you start with simpler songs. And as corny as it sounds, modern romantic pop songs or Disney music is great for practice and for picking up girls.

3 hours later 10004835 Anonymous
>>10004135 >natural talent my sides just exploded lol i used to think singers were, for the most part, just people with natural talent that didn't really have to practice to get better. maybe that was cuz i sucked at singing. after a year's worth of practice singing in the shower or the car ride to work/friends, i am not a competent singer and understand how important practice is for it.

3 hours later 10004841 Anonymous
>>10003895 First song I learned, took maybe 4 days

4 hours later 10004863 Anonymous
how do i become more confident with playing in front of people? I'm not too bad at guitar but when there are people asking me to play i just spaghetti even if it is a close friend

4 hours later 10004874 Anonymous
>>10004863 Think of all the bitches you're gonna have on your cock if you don't fuck up.

4 hours later 10004877 Anonymous (_16264.jpg 803x535 96kB)
I don't want to play the guitar. I'm getting a motorcycle and it will make sweet sweet fucking music for me, all I have to do is twist the wrist. Pic related my future baiku.

4 hours later 10004916 Anonymous
>tfw you need to learn scales and theory to break through your current plateau. >tfw theory is worse than death. Only bad part of playing an instrument.

5 hours later 10005233 Anonymous
>>10004916 why learn scales? yolo

5 hours later 10005257 Anonymous
>>10003397 >not wasting your time like the rest of your life >constructive activity Oh yes, playing the guitar as an amateur will build you a nice new house and pour money directly into your wallet.

5 hours later 10005261 Anonymous
>>10005257 more opportunity than crying on 4chan

5 hours later 10005277 Anonymous
>>10005257 He never said "lucrative activity".

5 hours later 10005293 MJ Mage
>>10003397 I do play guitar. One of my favorite ways to pass time >>10003763 Because.... uhm.... I think I'm gonna go sign up for rugby brb

5 hours later 10005352 Anonymous
>>10003861 bass sucks. learn guitar if you want to play for personal enjoyment. the only people who play bass in bands are the worst guitar players in the band.

5 hours later 10005392 Anonymous
>>10005257 I've been playing for years as a hobby. I wouldn't call it fun, but if you learn to solo it's like a natural high you can't explain. Once I had the technical ability I spent a few months learning Eruption and when i play it now it's almost surreal, like I can't believe that I'm actually doing it. It kind of tickles my brain when I hear myself playing it or something else cool like that. Side note on Eruption...even if you don't like it or that style of music it's a great piece to learn because it's really like 4 solos in one and entails several different techniques/styles. Now it's what I play to warm up.

5 hours later 10005648 Anonymous
>>10005352 Yeah, bass totally sucks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy3V 2Tl4g3s

9 hours later 10007340 Anonymous
>>10005257 WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK MARCH ANTS WORK WORK WORK WORK NO FUN WORK WORK WORK WORK

9 hours later 10007403 54m50n
I do play guitar, I just suck at it my current list of songs: >some of a Saltarello >some of Bach's Bouree >some of The Bard's Song by Blind Guardian >Francisco Tarrega's Etude in E minor >Romanza >Greensleeves and on all of these, I constantly make mistakes. also, I suck at reading sheet music

9 hours later 10007467 Anonymous
>>10003889 i agree too, guitar players have the biggest egos too and they can be annoying especially the power chord rock/metal guys that try to "teach" you stuff when you jam with them. the worst part is how closed minded everyone is to anything other genre's that aren't being perpetrated by cool kids. i remember once my drummer friend invited a bass player and singer he usually played with and they totally blew me off, they were just like "oh i don't know any notes LIKE A TRUE PUNK ROCKER" (even though he told me a few seconds before he played trombone in band lol) and giggled and made fun of me while i tried to make things work. whatever, i started making noise anyway its 1000x more fun to make.

9 hours later 10007840 Anonymous
>>10003503 >guitar tabs literally look like retard language to me. Guitarist here, they basically are. They make it beyond easy to play songs, albeit at the expense of rhythm when sight reading in some cases.

9 hours later 10007877 Anonymous
>>10007840 need to work out the rythm by yourself not the end of the world though

9 hours later 10007906 Anonymous
But I do play guitar. I taught myself to play, and am still pretty shitty, but luckily I can sing relatively decently so I seem much more talented than I actually am when I play and sing.

10 hours later 10007977 Anonymous
>>10003947 >open mic events Do you play your own songs or cover songs at these?

10 hours later 10008015 Anonymous
>>10003397 >So why don't you play guitar yet robots? Because my wrists don't bend at 90 degrees and because it takes too much time to get anywhere. >>10003931 >implying guitar isn't a classical instrument You just broke my pleb detector.

10 hours later 10008062 Anonymous
>>10003397 Tried. Gave it a good, solid effort before I said fuck it. I just lack the dexterity and the whole musical brain that's attuned to melody and rhythm. I think my brain is just not naturally cut out for it.

10 hours later 10008069 Anonymous
But I do play guitar, I actually just bought a new Jackson yesterday on Ebay. Hopefully it will come before 2014.

10 hours later 10008124 Anonymous
I don't play it anymore. I have the same ibanez rg and a shitty 25w amp for 6 years now. I get really bored. I only want to play it after I jack off for some reason.

11 hours later 10008739 Anonymous
I used to play a lot of guitar when I was younger. Haven't really picked it up in five years, and whenever I tried, I got horribly depressed and beat myself up over how much time I've wasted and how much progress I lost. So I just put it away again. Of course, I obviously won't get any better if I don't play, but that knowledge alone isn't enough for me. It's such a hassle, putting effort into a hobby when you're depressed.

11 hours later 10008777 Anonymous
Because my hands are clumsy and I can't learn how and my ears can't pick up a tune

11 hours later 10008949 Anonymous
>>10004916 That feel. Goddamnit I don't understand anything and its reminding me how much of a brainbungled moron I am.

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