Al Together Now

[weecalf]

I much to the amusement of family and friends have bought a guitar .Have no sense of music but would be willing to seek advice on the matter .So its bin or sing .Any ideas .Then maybe we could have our own band orchestra right here on the ab show .Are there any music minded people out there ?

[vodkancoke]

Don't bin it! Youtube do some great tutorials. I play the piano, flute and saxophone. I can't sing a note though so we need a singer! lol

[anneasquith]

im fabulous on the triangle :)

[excelsior-1]

amateur drummer here

[Zacs-Master]

Learn 4 or 5 basic chords. My suggestion would be A, D, G and E minor. You'll be surprised how many tunes you can play. Try to learn how to read Tabs (I can't but wish I could). There a great website and app called Guitar Tabs which has masses of popular tunes in both chord and Tab formats.

[weecalf]

Might look at this site . Thanks .Cant sing so singer required

[joggerjayne]

Yesterday. The most 'covered' song of all time, isn't it? The chords must be online.

[tonyav]

Just learn three chords, weecalf. You could get into Status Quo then.

[joggerjayne]

And I like it, I like it, I like I like it

I la a la like it, la a a like

Here we go ooooooo

Rockin' all over the world

[Zacs-Master]

RAOTW actually has about 7 chords, most of them 5ths, so not easy for a beginner.

[joggerjayne]

Maybe not easy to play, Zacs ... but it's easy to sing when you're pissed!

[Zacs-Master]

There speaks Brighton's It Girl ;-)

[joggerjayne]

"It Girl" = singing Status Quo when you're pissed.

That's setting the bar quite low, Zacs!

[Zacs-Master]

I found that to be the standard when I was last there.

[joggerjayne]

You spent too much time on West Street !

[Zacs-Master]

Ha ha. How odd you know. It was acceptable in the 80s.

[hc4361]

I had to abandon my guitar as I couldn't tune the blerdy thing - I'm tone deaf.

[pixie373]

I used to play guitar and piano. Can't sing though:-\

[weecalf]

Learnt today Ethel and Doris gave birth early guitar notes by the way EADGBE ,so really taking it serious