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Question: How much do i have to practise to play in a band or jamm with people!?
ive been playing for a year or two off and on, i usually get on google and find guitar tabs from rock bands like:::::::::::::::: acdc, metallica, and other catchy songs!. i really like metallica but there stuff is lightning fast////////////////////////////// and i cant play there solos yet!. iam still yet to finish a complete song!.
anyways i bought guitar hero for xbox and i was surprised how much i learned from that game and how fun it is!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.so id like to move away from the game and play real guitar well!. SO FAR,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i can strum some chords, pick chords, play power chords, just learned some palm muting for metallica songs, cant really play solos well, and i do some scales just for finger practise!.
Iam 26 so !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.i just wanna know what it will take to get good, and play with a band maybe or other people!. and should i get a teacher!?
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
learning other peoples songs is a good way to start, but if you want to jam or write your own stuff you're gonna have to memorize the fret board and learn scales!. if you want to be a good guitarist learn some music theory!.
in my opinion, the best thing you can do is spend 15-20 minutes a day learning the fret board and basic scales and chords, then 10-15 just messing around, figuring out how to create different sounds etc, and 10-15 mins on music theory!.
there is no rule book when it comes to music!. there is no set amount of time it takes to become good, it's different for everyone!. a musician is never done learning about music, even the greatest guitar players of all time will never fully master the art of playing guitar!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
the first thing you gotta do to be able to free style/ jam with people is to memorize a song!. imagine if everyone kept reading and playing ray charles or mozart!. we would have never developed the kinda rock or hip hop music we have today!. go memorize a few songs, learn the licks!. learn what part of them are similar and why the band or artist has used that style in that phrase of music!. understand that music is just like talking!. you talk in phrases!. in sentences!. finish a sentence adn then quickly follow it by another one while playing or jamming!.
as for should you get a teacher, not really unless you got some serious cash flow and nothing to do with it!. the one thing you should surely do though is to learn theory!. some people don't know this, but playing tabs will not get you anywhere!. i wanna see you playing tabs to a song you never heard!.!.!.!. cant be done, you wouldn't know the rhythm!. if you know how to read sheet music then you can :D
practice , live with your guitar, see it as an extension of your mind and tongue!.Www@QuestionHome@Com