Where should I spend the $1200 that I saved up for Christmas, that is worthwhile?

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Henry

I don't like the idea of going to spend the money for a computer or games / or another guitar / ipad 2, iphone, TV, ps3, xbox 360 etc etc

I feel those things are a waste of money but I already bought a good taylor guitar, so I don't need another one.

It took me around 7 months to save the money and now I want to spend it, what are my options?

Answer
It sounds as though you already have all the things you want. Do you feel you want to spend it straight away?

Maybe you can wait a while and think about it. Talk to some people who are good with money, who are successful themselves and see if you can invest it in something small, growing it and re invest getting into bigger and bigger things.

Anythings possible.

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How to play and memorize the guitar strings?

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Meow_Cat :

I'm so confused! I got the guitar for my 7th birthday. My dad tuned it last night. I'm now much older and I want to play, "The only exception" By Paramore on the guitar. It's an acoustic. Can anyone tell me the order of the strings, the notes that goes with them, and that stuff? Thanks, it's a big help!

Answer
First of all before you learn a song, you need to learn your guitar,(than sounds weird I know) you need to know the names of the strings, they are (starting from the low string to the high string) E, A, D, G ,B, E. yes there are two E strings. The low E and the high E. when I was learning guitar, I was told a simple rhyme to learn the strings. (It's very silly, but affective, I learnt this in year 4, now I'm in year 9) so it goes , Elephants And Donkeys Grow Big Ears. If you learn that. Then playing the guitar will be easier. Now on the neck of the guitar you have your threats (no I don't know the correct way of how to spell that) they are numbered. At the top, starting at number 1 . And all the way down to the bottom. So now you know your guitar. Lets test you out. Ever heard of the song smoke on the water. Well it's easy to play. You only need one string. And that is your lower E string. ( btw the number 0 when playing guitar is when you strum the string without holding onto the threat. ) now you need to play 0 3 5 0 3 6 5 0 3 5 3 0. Now once you've learnt that, congratulations you have learnt your first song. I would continue this but my iPad has 3% left and is about to die so if you wish to contact me,on this address azaria1@live.co.uk best of luck :)

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What should i practice to become good at lead guitar?

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Q. I want to become good at lead guitar and guitar in general. Right now im really good at power chords and stuff but i think its time to go outside the box and do what i aspire to do- lead guitar. however i dont know what to practice. Help me out? Thanks

Answer
Saxaphone.

Seriously, listen to some great blues sax players. They are great at improvising. If you can play your guitar and make it sound like a saxaphone you'll know you've got some skills. You said you wanted to get "outside the box".

As for guitar, the best thing you can do for playing lead is to know your scales inside out and upside down in all 5 positions. With my more advanced students I like to just play a chord progression and tell them what key to play in and have them improvise. After a minute or two I'll tell them to modulate to another key and see how well they can get there. You really have to know your scales well though. It's not that difficult really if you know the patterns in the 5 box positions. Get a good scale book and just work on for an hour every day.

Also, get a looper pedal so you can lay down a rhythm loop and jam over it. I use my iPad for this but a looper pedal would be good. I also have a drum machine on my multi-effects pedal, so I usually have that going when I'm practicing just to keep a steady beat. Keeping on beat is very important as well for playing lead.

Playing good lead guitar isn't necessarily so much about technical skill as it is about knowledge of the guitar and a good feel for music. You have to know what you want to play and where to play it on the neck. If you can't sing what you want to play you won't be able to play it. When you listen to a song, try singing a lead part (using "bops" and "beeps" or something like that). When you get something you like, figure out what notes on the guitar those bops and beeps are. A lot of great lead players either do that out loud or in their heads while they're playing. Otherwise, your leads are just random runs up and down scales and sound very mechanical, not musical.

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What is the best Guitar-to-iPad cable available?

What is the best Guitar-to-iPad cable available?

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LeadTheWay

i bought myself an iPad a little while ago, and as an avid guitar player who lost his $800 guitar effects pedal, im wondering which cable to hook up my guitar to my iPad is the best. any suggestions?

Answer
the iRig is simple and works well

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Can you still enjoy playing a electric guitar even though your not in a band?

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Jack

I play an acoustic guitar and I'm thinking about getting a electric guitar. Is it worth getting even if your not in a band? Can you still enjoy playing even by your self?

I'm thinking about getting a Squier Deluxe Stratocaster.

Do you think it's a good guitar?

Answer
A squier deluxe Strat is quite good - it's easily adjusted (set up) and the electronics are a couple steps above the Squier Bullet strats (the cheap ones). All of the Squier guitars are made in Asia and imported by Fender. If you could scrape up just another $100 or so, you could get into a FENDER Standard Stratocaster, which are assembled in Mexico but really are good enough to play gigs on - I've used Mexican Fender guitars on-stage - seemed pretty much like my "real" Strat.

OF COURSE it's worth getting... and once you have yourself an electric guitar, you'll be able to find people to jam with. It won't be long until you will be in some kind of band or other live act. Tip: Try to find people better than you to jam with - you'll learn a lot.

If you have an iPhone or iPad - you can use that instead of an amp - I have the $40 iRig which lets me plug in and practice with no noise (listen with headphones). iRig has all kinds of amps and effects you can play around with - digital samples .

Best of luck.

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Where should I spend the $1200 that I saved up for Christmas, that is worthwhile?

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Henry

I don't like the idea of going to spend the money for a computer or games / or another guitar / ipad 2, iphone, TV, ps3, xbox 360 etc etc

I feel those things are a waste of money but I already bought a good taylor guitar, so I don't need another one.

It took me around 7 months to save the money and now I want to spend it, what are my options?

Answer
It sounds as though you already have all the things you want. Do you feel you want to spend it straight away?

Maybe you can wait a while and think about it. Talk to some people who are good with money, who are successful themselves and see if you can invest it in something small, growing it and re invest getting into bigger and bigger things.

Anythings possible.

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I play guitar, but want to add keyboard and other sounds to my live performance using my feet.?

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bert

For example, if I wanted to add a little organ sound or a bell or something like that, I would like to have something I could control with my feet to get those things. I have an ipad, is there something I could use along with the ipad? I also have an alesis iodock, and a midi- capable keyboard.

Answer
There's several ways to go about it, although nothing that will be cheap, Roland makes the VG99, but at that price your better off just going with the GR55 and buying a 13 pin synth access guitar, it will simplify things provided you can figure out all its features and patches, once you do you can make a single guitar sound like an orchestra, simple flip of a switch on the guitar and a push of a peddle or 2 and the sky's the limit

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I play guitar, but want to add keyboard and other sounds to my live performance using my feet.?

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bert

For example, if I wanted to add a little organ sound or a bell or something like that, I would like to have something I could control with my feet to get those things. I have an ipad, is there something I could use along with the ipad? I also have an alesis iodock, and a midi- capable keyboard.

Answer
There's several ways to go about it, although nothing that will be cheap, Roland makes the VG99, but at that price your better off just going with the GR55 and buying a 13 pin synth access guitar, it will simplify things provided you can figure out all its features and patches, once you do you can make a single guitar sound like an orchestra, simple flip of a switch on the guitar and a push of a peddle or 2 and the sky's the limit

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How so you add an instrument on the notepad on guitar pro for ipod ?

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MrRedDiese

I am struggleing to find a way to add an instrument on guitar pro for ipod help would be appriciated.

Answer
Hello,

For the moment, Guitar Pro NotePad functionality is only monotrack: http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php?pg=product-iphone-ipad#/notepad.

Adrien.
Arobas Music team.

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What are some recommended ipad apps for recording and editing music?

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lyanne

Looking for an app that can record audio vocals+instruments with good sound quality. Do not have external mic or any external devices. Also want to edit it by recording 2 audios then combining (ie. First audio guitar+melody vocals, second audio of harmony vocals, which then possible to combine as one)

Answer
I downloaded an app called wavepad

And it works great try it out

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What should i practice to become good at lead guitar?

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Q. I want to become good at lead guitar and guitar in general. Right now im really good at power chords and stuff but i think its time to go outside the box and do what i aspire to do- lead guitar. however i dont know what to practice. Help me out? Thanks

Answer
Saxaphone.

Seriously, listen to some great blues sax players. They are great at improvising. If you can play your guitar and make it sound like a saxaphone you'll know you've got some skills. You said you wanted to get "outside the box".

As for guitar, the best thing you can do for playing lead is to know your scales inside out and upside down in all 5 positions. With my more advanced students I like to just play a chord progression and tell them what key to play in and have them improvise. After a minute or two I'll tell them to modulate to another key and see how well they can get there. You really have to know your scales well though. It's not that difficult really if you know the patterns in the 5 box positions. Get a good scale book and just work on for an hour every day.

Also, get a looper pedal so you can lay down a rhythm loop and jam over it. I use my iPad for this but a looper pedal would be good. I also have a drum machine on my multi-effects pedal, so I usually have that going when I'm practicing just to keep a steady beat. Keeping on beat is very important as well for playing lead.

Playing good lead guitar isn't necessarily so much about technical skill as it is about knowledge of the guitar and a good feel for music. You have to know what you want to play and where to play it on the neck. If you can't sing what you want to play you won't be able to play it. When you listen to a song, try singing a lead part (using "bops" and "beeps" or something like that). When you get something you like, figure out what notes on the guitar those bops and beeps are. A lot of great lead players either do that out loud or in their heads while they're playing. Otherwise, your leads are just random runs up and down scales and sound very mechanical, not musical.

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