Q. I'm a long-term fan of the guitar and piano and have finally been able to sign up for guitar lessons at school. My friend has offered to help me with the guitar. I don't want to waste his time with the basics but I also dont' want to learn the fundamentals wrong. I've never held a guitar and I'm not sure if the new teacher teachs notes or tabs. I understand how to read notes and I get the idea behind tabs but besides that, I'm completely in the dark.Any tips or suggestions are more than welcome! Thanks!
A. Your thinking too much.
First off, you have knowledge of standard music notation and music theory!!!, you are way ahead of 95% of people who "play" guitar. No worries!
Second, Tab is just a visual representation of the guitar strings (low E/ the fattest strung on the bottom). Read it from left to right, the numbers just tell you where to press, which string when, in what order. No duration is given, it's just a road map that people practice to learn to play their favorite songs. No music theory involved. Again, NO WORRIES, you are still way ahead.
Don't over think it. You know much more than other people who are starting out. Just enjoy it. The hardest thing will be getting your fingers used to pressing the strings. Don't worry about it, you'll discover the simple things faster than the others, and grasp the more complex things in a way that will make the others dizzy.
The rock world is so full of cheats anyway. Power chords and drop tunings make the guitar so stupid easy that any 5 year old could be a super star. So many people use them and don't understand the theory of how it works. What's it matter, it still looks and sounds wicked awesome!!!>sarcasm<
Rock on!
How do you compare the chords in piano to guitar?
Q. Im trying to find out how to compare the notes between piano and guitar, for example if the chord in piano is E, what is the guitar chord that has the same tune, i tried playing the E chord in guitar but it sounds different than the E in my piano.
can somebody help please THX.
A. The piano is a full range instrument, meaning it has low bass notes at the bottom going to high treble notes are the top. The guitar is a midrange instrument, meaning that it lacks the low bass notes. Therefore, if you want to find the E chords that sound the same, you have to find the lowest E chord possible on the guitar and match it to the piano. Then you have to find the highest E chord on the guitar and match that to the piano. Now you know the lowest and the highest. You can find every E chord in between.
The low E string on the guitar corresponds to the E below middle C on the piano. Knowing that, you can map out the E chords on the guitar.
The only other reason the chords wouldn't sound the same is if the intonation on your guitar isn't correct. So, first you tune your guitar . If your piano is in tune, then use that as a guitar to tuning your guitar. Secondly, you need to make sure the harmonics on your guitar are also in tune and this is referred to as the intonation. If the harmonics are not in tune, then you have to adjust the saddles on the bridge. If you don't know how to do this, then take your guitar to a guitar tech who will set it up and show you what to do.
If you have an accoustic guitar and the bridge is not adustable, then you will have a hard time getting your guitar to the correct intonation, so again, see a guitar tech.
Is there a program that maps music notes?
Q. I am looking for a program that I could input a song and it would output the notes or chords or sheet music (even better). The question is this; Does such a thing even exist?
There are a few songs that I've been really wanting to learn on the piano, but as I have absolutely no sheet music to go off of (as in it doesn't exist), it's incredibly difficult to get it even close to accurate. I'm not the best at playing by ear, so any help would be wonderful!
A. Sibelius?
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