Guitar lessons on DVD?

[Clint]

Since 'Nut's been a guitar god since the 80's I suspect he has no idea if something like this exists. I thought I'd throw it out for the new players on our little boat.

I've had a year of weekly lessons. I didn't have much time to practice in between them, and when I did I had a hard time finding the groove. My instructor was great. He knows both the theory and the emotion of guitar music, and while in the room with him I really made progress. It's after I got home that I hit the wall.

I want to continue to learn, partly so I can play with my 85 year-old grandfather this holiday season. He's a spritely old chap, but no one lives forever.

Back to our regularly scheduled program: I think what might really help me is a lesson that I can play in my theater room and play along with. I don't really care what kind of music it is, but I want it to be fun. Anything from John Denver to Johnny Cash to Metallica. I'd like it to be fairly basic, but it need not start at zero. I have learned basic chords and a few scales.

Sorry for my poorly constructed post. I'm tired. Any ideas? Thanks.

[87gsxrnut]

NOW A BASS GOD!!!!!



BUAHAHAHAHAHA!

- Nut

[Trapper]

Clint,
Do you have any friends that play? If you do I would try to get together and play once every week or two. I took lessons but I learned to play by jamming with people that are better than me. I can never remember songs I've read, but I remember all the ones I picked up by following along.

[Clint]

Friends? My computer is my only friend.

Seriously, no. I've never been involved in any music culture, so I'm on my own (which is the way I prefer it for now). I ride solo and I play solo. For me, music is a more introspective thing.

[87gsxrnut]

60s rock is cool:

- Jimi Hendrix
- Cream
- Wilson Pickett

70s Classic rock is the fun stuff to "jam" to:

- Eric Clapton
- Bad Company
- Eagles
- Neil Young
- Pink Floyd
- Santana
- Led Zeppelin

A lot of that stuff uses A-E-C-G chord progressions

There is some easy 90s stuff too:

- Black Crowes
- Hootie and the BLOW fish

I-IV-V Blues progressions are fun too

Break out the turntable and use that to learn by.

Quit being lazy.

- Nut

[Clint]

Yeah, my instructor had me on Clapton, Hendrix, ZZ Top and all that. Good stuff that I never really appreciated until I tried to play it.

Break out the what? I'm going downstairs to putz with the acoustic.

[87gsxrnut]

Turntable baby . . . RECORD PLAYER MAN!

These are my tools for VOLUME:



- Nut

[Clint]

Bump.

[drgibson]

Nut, dude haw could you leace out SRV?

Rowdy,
I'm learning to blay the bass and I bought a DVD to help and it turned out ot be really lame, and it only lasted about 30 minutes.

I am more dirven to learn if I have someone to jam with.

[87gsxrnut]

Nut, dude haw could you leace out SRV?

This statement pretty much covers 85% of what he did:

I-IV-V Blues progressions are fun too

There are a lot of easier chords/songs to jam to/learn for the novice guitar player than SRV.

- Nut

[drgibson]

Agreed.