how should i hone my singing skills and i also wanna learn how to play a guitar..is it easy to learn bymyself?
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I am learning the guitar...on my own.  An instruction book came with my guitar.  I purchased a package deal on my acoustic.  It's not really expensive because I wanted to be sure that it would be what I thought before I bought an expensive one.  I find it easier to learn when you have a song that you are working on.  Even if you make up the words or play nursery rhymes...it works better than just rote learning.
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It takes 8 classes (If twice a week) or say a month to make ur fingers'  comfortable with the frets. To start learning its alwayz better with the acoustic, electric guitar will be easy after your fingers are comfortable with the frets. Practicing after learning is very important. You can visit indiaguitartabs.com if you want to get the notes for songs. They are self explanatory. Get back to me in case you require any further help. Have a gr8 guitar day.
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You got to have the talent to sing first. Then, practice every day for at least 15 minutes to start, then, as your voice gets stronger, start lenthening your practice time till you get to an hour a day. Have plenty of water available, as you will expell a lot of water while singing. Do not drink any dairy products before singing, as this coats your throat and makes singing very difficult. If you could join a chorus or choir, you could get a lot of practice from the director. I started in high school and now I own a karaoke and sing to trax tapes at church. If you want to do this professionally, such as be famous, you'll need bigger connections. But, it all starts with talent. If you don't have it, practicing will only make you sing louder, but not necessarily better. If you have people telling you that you've got a good voice, check with a professional, maybe the chorus teacher at your local school. See if he'll listen to you after school and give you his opinion. If you watch American Idol, I'm sure you've seen what those people go through to get to the top. It takes lots of hard work, and talent. Without talent, all you have is hard work and no one wants to watch someone work hard. It's hard on the ears. <*)))><
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You can warm up with some arpeggios...I'm a musician and I suggest you to study very hard if you want to sing well!
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haha wow you must be very talented. i just started playing guitar and am totally addicted. will you check out my last two questions and give me some advice? :) thanx
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i think the answer is yes, not only because they say practice makes perfect but by singing regularly you will be able to stretch your vocal chords and also by consulting a good music teacher so you'll have some ideas or tips on how to sing rightfully...
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if you know what a scale is then this is what you can do, it helps. start from any medium pitched note and sing it straight, as straight as possible and for as long as possible, then sing the next LOWER note the same way, then the next LOWER and the next and the next till you voice cant go any lower. then go back up to the note from where you started. So it will be like singing do ti la so fa mi... and then back up. do it for a month and see the difference. this works like hell.
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i'm a guitar instructor, i have about 40 students a week, and i also work behind the register at a music store. if a student comes in once a week for a half hour lesson, and gives an honest effort to practicing around 20 minutes or more on most days, i can have most ppl playing songs, and understanding chords and scales in about a month and a half or so. not playing perfectly, but enjoying it, and what you play will be easily recognized as a song.\n\nanyone can do it, as long as they want it enough to put in the effort.
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Tabs aren't really necessary.  If you learn the pentatonic scale, you'll be able to improvise like a pro.\n\nI'm not kidding, it really is that easy.  I played my first gig on lead guitar just five weeks after I picked it up for the first time!\n\nYou can find the pentatonic scales at www.all-guitar-chords.com.  The beautiful thing is that you just slide the same pattern up and down the neck to change keys!\n\nI know you must think I'm lying, but I swear this is what most of the big name guitarists use.
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HERES SOME GUITAR SITES YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT AND BOOKMARK FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.\nGUITAR LESSONS\nhttp://www.guitarnotes.com \nhttp://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/ \nhttp://www.cyberfret.com/ \nhttp://guitar.about.com/library/blguitar...\nhttp://www.crossroads-guitar.com/  \nhttp://www.guitarnoise.com/\nhttp://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/\nhttp://www.chordbook.com/\n\nGUITAR TABS\nhttp://www.all-good-tabs.com/lyrics.html...\nhttp://www.eguitar-tabs.com/\nhttp://www.chordie.com/\nhttp://www.axeltabs.com/\nhttp://www.iol.ie/~murphypj/\nhttp://www.tabrobot.com/\nhttp://www.top100tabsites.com/\nhttp://www.ultimate-guitar.com/... \nhttp://www.mxtabs.net/guitartabs.php\nYOU CAN GET A CHEAP ACOUSTIC AT WALMART OR MAYBE A GOOD USED ONE AT A PAWN SHOP OR MUSIC STORE. BY ALL MEANS GET A TEACHER IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT!
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I mostly taught myself with the Hal Leonard Guitar Method.  By the time I got through book two, I didn't really use the method books anymore because I could then play other music that I wanted to learn.  Now if I want to learn a new song, I can find chords for that song on the Internet and learn it that way.  If it happens to contain a chord or a section that I can't play, I can practice that and get better.\n\nOver the years, Internet users have figured out chords or close approximations thereof to thousands of songs.  Searching for them with google.com or tabcrawler.com should turn up some songs you want to play, after you get the basics from a good guitar method book or teacher.
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It takes alot of work and you have to already be able to sing soprano naturally.....i can hit them but it was after voice lessons, practice and training....if you want to hit those note i suggest you find a good vocal coach. it's not really something someone can teach you in this format
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I have been teaching myself guitar for about a year now and I can help you out. I play alota of metal and gothic rock but music is music man so I don't think that will matter too much.\n\nThink of your guitar as an extension to your soul, so try to keep it cleaned up and polished. Try not to chip the paint and also use fret luve to help protect your fretts from damage and it will also increase the "action" of your guitar playing by making it a little easyer to move around on the strings.\n\nKeep you guitar on a stand or in the case, but also dont lean it up against anything because it might turn, or even break the tuners.\n\nWhen your cleaning your guitar use a type of soft fabric that wont scratch the surface or look for a polishing kit that you can get at almost any guitar or music store.\n\n As for learning how to play, I would recommend getting guitar lessons or going onto http://www.google.com and typeing in guitar lessons.\nAs you become more familure with your guitar search for guitar tabs to some of your favorite songs that you think you could play. Also always challange yourself, and when you practice, think of something you actualy want to practice. If you want to climb the neck of the guitar real fast then work on it until you know you have it down pat, and always improve.\n\nBut most importantly, feel the music man and have fun dude because guitar is truely the style and crunch that music is loved for.
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hey i just started playing guitar about 3 months ago and im pretty good already.  first u have to learn how to reead tabulature (tab).  go into google and type in how to read tab.  once you learn that you can go to guitartabs.cc and get tabs or i advise that u get a book :) thats wut i did:)
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Hi!  When I was first teaching myself how to play guitar, I tried to find some good sites to help me do that.  I found a few, (www.cyberfret.com was a good one), but ultimately, what worked best was just learning song-by-song and picking up more and more as I went along.  However, www.cyberfret.com will give you many basic lessons to help give you a jump start.
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One good way to learn how to play the guitar is to practice until your fingers bleed.... Then practice some more....
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You can, but if you ever want to play with a local symphany or something similar, you'll want to take at least a few lessons at the beginning to make sure you're not picking up any bad habits, posture, fingering trouble, etc that could keep you from being sucessful later.  Also, it's not as easy as it looks!  You'll want some advice on staying in tune, violin care and matinance, and where to get started musically.\n\nIf that's stand-up bass and not bass guitar, you may be ok to teach yourself, but I'd say take at least one lesson.  Local colleges and universities will have a teacher, or can recommend a grad student to help you out.