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Http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/

http://www.911tabs.com/

I use both of those sites, there amazing =]

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Http://handoyomia.com/3/weddingdress.pdf
ok that is just the intro you should be able to read the tab's or the music good luck
Here is the video of the cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcpfMFidM5I&feature=related

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Well there’s the classic way of just remembering them all- and it’s always the classic way that works.

Another way is to understand how chords are built of scales like how the C Major Chord is built off the C Major Scale.

You can also try learning barre chords. They’re movable and you can change chords by just shifting them around the neck without changing the fingering of the chord.

For me, i used the hard way of memorizing them. Actually you really should take lessons. They will enlighten you instead of confusing you.

Good luck (:

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Go to this site. It shows a ton of chords you can do with proper figuring.

Http://www.8notes.com/guitar_chord_chart/C.asp

Just click on the chord and you can hear how it sounds. At least you can check if you are playing it right. The keys are at the top of the menu.

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Http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/j/jason_mraz/im_yours_acoustic_ver6_crd.htm

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Yes, try the minor pentatonic to start with.

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It’s not necessarily all scales. Like “old West” music is all in the natural minor or Dorian mode; it’s mostly the sounds (in other words, guitar effects) that gives it its distinctive sound.

Japanese music often uses the major pentatonic scale. Indonesian gamelan music uses slendro and pelog, two scales that are kind of microtonal. Tuvan khoomei uses the major pentatonic as well. I’ve barely covered three countries there and already they use various different scales. You can’t expect to just go “all Asian music is pentatonic” and then think you can play it all.

Choose a specific genre, then check out Wikipedia for details on the scales used.

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Definitely learn scales, but you don’t have to learn every single one of them. I think the best thing to do is learn the CAGED system. It’s only 5 chords, and the 5 pentatonic scales (one for each of the 5 chord forms). It’s a little hard to explain in words, you’d be better off doing a Google search to get some diagrams, but here’s a quick summary.
You start with a C chord on the 0-3 frets. The next C chord is in the shape of A on frets 3-5. The next C chord is in the shape of G (and keep going, it spells out the word CAGED). You can start with G, and the next G is in the shape of E, next shape is D. Get the picture? And each shape has a pentatonic scale that ‘lays’ over it.

If you don’t mind spending a few bucks, you can buy a CD-ROM called “CAGED Cracked” at truefire.com It explains the whole system very well (it also covers the EDCAG system, which is the same concept but for minor chords). There are a few sample videos to watch at the website if you want to check it out first.

Or if you don’t want to buy the CD, I can scan the diagrams that came with it and email them.

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I’m a fan of the Lydian scale.

There’s a few different “Gypsy” scales, those sound cool.

I like the “Hirajoshi” japanese scale, it’s used with kotos. Very exotic sounding.

The “Enigmatic” scale is kinda cool, too.

Saul

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Learn the major scale, learn chord construction, and some basic pentatonic improvisation. Then just let the scales come to you as you’re learning music. One day you’ll go to learn a new song and you’ll encounter a new scale. If you really like its sound, investigate further.

The best way to learn about new scales is to first hear them in use in an actual piece of music, not just some diagram in a book.

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Well let me go ahead and be a music geek for a second. First of all, when you’re talking about power chords, there is no such thing as major and minor. The music geek would say E5 and D5, because this type of chord has no distinguishing note to make it major or minor.

Now to answer your question. You’ll want to get both chords using the 5th string position, since they are close to each other. It’s the same shape for both, so just relax your fingers as you move and then press down when you’re in the next chord. Keep your fingers stiff though so you don’t loose the shape. Here’s the TAB for you:

E5:
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9
9
7
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D5
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7
7
5
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Stephen
http://guitarmann.com

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Of course you can play them! Especially The Beatles! Their songs fit wonderful on any type of guitar. And it’s not a dumb question, it’s normal for someone to ask. When I first started to play, I was wondering that too!

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It could be too much distortion. Also, check the middle, treble and bass settings on your amp, as well as tone and volume on your guitar. Maybe you have one of these turned way up or way down, messing up the sound.

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There are many levels of theory involved in playing over a set of chords. The more you play guitar, the more you will learn about the options available to you, and of course the more you will develop your ear and start to ‘hear’ what works well.

But where is the best place to start?
The minor pentatonic scale is the first place for most guitarists and it is a great scale for many reasons, one of the best things about it is sounds good over a lot of chords. So in the key of G, playing a minor pentatonic scale will sound good a lot of the time (even when playing G minor pentatonic over C and D).

As you learn more scales (the G major scale would sound good over this too), you’ll learn to mix your playing so you might play a G minor pentatonic lick followed by a G major lick – that will vary the tonality that you are bringing out of the underlying chords.

But to get started
1) Learn your G minor pentatonic scale in first position (i.e. Starting at the third fret of the thick (E) string)
2) Learn the other positions of the same scale – so you can play it anywhere over the fretboard
3) Play over the chords – record yourself, jam with a mate or play along with a CD that has those chords – a song you know goes G, C, D

And buy guitar magazines, books and maybe even DVDs. There’s also great websites out there that you can learn from for free (e.g. Http://www.guitarpracticeblog.com/ )

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Yes they are the same. It may take a little bit of practice to get used to the way the acoustic feels in your arms, but other then that, you should be good .

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GHS strings are good and I have a Samick Les Paul. Try Martins or GHS or whatever your local music store has. Ask them about strings.

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For a beginning guitarist I would recommend anything from D’Addario. Get the lightest action that they have for your acoustic guitar. I would also look in to whether your action is too high. Your action is the distance between the the stings and the neck of the guitar. The lower the action the harder it is to press the strings down and get a good clean tone. I think your action is the culprit here my friend but, if not D’Addario is the way to go.

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Your guitar strings shouldn’t turn black. I’d highly recommend switching to a different brand of guitar strings. I like the Ernie Ball coated acoustic strings – they feel awesome and last almost forever

The easiest way is with WD-40. Take a rag and fold it in half, spray one side. Place the rag under the strings and fold it over (the rag should be folded into fourths with the strings in the middle). Move the rag up and down the lengths of the strings. When the rag turns black, open it up and fold it back over and repeat. Do this until the rag is clean. Your strings might turn black again, if they do, just repeat this.

Ernie ball makes some string wipes that might help you out as well.

-The “black” is probably from oil they used while extruding the steel. This oil soaked into pours of low quality steel, and then start to seep out during the stress of playing.

I’ve heard of some guitar players boiling their strings to keep them fresh. The only down side to this is that you are likely to break a string the second time you put it on.

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I prefer the steel ones for my acoustic YAMAHA

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Amazon is a good place to buy an acoustic guitar strings. I recommend Elixir brand. Http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fb%3Fie%3DUTF8%26node%3D11967851&tag=digitsy-marina-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

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Plug the guitar in, turn it on, and play a note. If it’s a tuner that’s worth anything it should tell you what note you plucked.

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Buy guitar gear from a guitar shop not a supermarket.

Guitar tuners, the more you pay, usually the better the tuner, more features, more accurate and faster.

A good chromatic tuner (one that can tune to all 7 notes (a,b,c,d,e,f,g)) is best and will cost around £10.

Check out http://www.guitarbitz.com/guitar_tuners.htm as they have a good range of quality tuners that wont break the bank.

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I don’t use a tuner but have one that works when there is lots of noise going on. Called Planet Waves (strobe on string tuning) You point the tuner on the twelfth fret and it stops flashing when your in harmony. None of these tuners are absolutely perfect. I like using harmonic tuning just using my fingers and ears. Hard to tell you how to do this in writing.

Good luck

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First, make sure its at 440 hertz, this is concert pitch. Second, make sure your tuning the right strings for the right note. They are, from thinest to thickest, E, B, G, D, A, E. Also, it might be the tuner. The best tuners are chromatic tuners, because the show you how far off from a note you are, and can be used for different tunings.

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Yes to both questions