Top 40 Newbie Mistakes

[Lahed92801]

sus 4= sustain 4

Yeah, i know a lot of people who mistake the Sus as sustained when the sus actually reffers to the suspended 4th which causes the suspended sound of the chord.

This misconception has become so rampant a guitar teacher once corrected me saying "It's not suspended 4th, it's sustained 4th!" 

[XFree]

blaming the guitars' string/fret hi-action

well how in the heck YJM did it?

[juzaen]

nakupo.. aminin ko na din... kasama ako dito mga tol.. hehehe now ko lang nabasa itong post na ito.. 

[crosstrainer]

ouch.  bulls eye ako.

guilty of 70% of the counts.
and continued offense on about 4 or 5 counts heheheh.

dang, i need to get ear plugs nga. i don't want to get horrible tinnitus.

[powerchord41]

i have tinnutus it sucks... earplugs are a must... even if i'm playing a 30watt amp i still use earplugs... huhuhu... and every gig that i watch i usually wear them... so buy earplugs and protect ur hearing...

[sidlead66]

50 50 ako dito... aw.... nobody is perfect... Oh GOD ALmightY!!!

[bluenote]

Ripped from the October issue of Guitar Player

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Investing in distortion boxes instead of a good amp.

Learning 100 intros and no songs.

Limiting yourself to one style of music-usually metal.

Not taking the time to learn music theory.

Playing "Smoke on the Water" on the high-E string.

Playing too loud, and with too much distortion.

Setting your amp's Gain on 10, and Mids on 0.

Relying on picks.

Not learning how to perform a basic setup.

Not maintaining your gear.

Not jamming enough with other players.

Over use of legato with a complete disregard for tempo.

Poor phrasing.

Weak vibrato.

Buying too many effects.

Listening to tone snobs.

Immediately launching into thirty-second-notes during a blues solo.

Thinking that playing the local bar circuit constitutes a "tour."

Believing that opening for a national act means you're on your way.

Not knowing the difference between tube watts and solid-state watts.

Relying too much on printed music and tabs.

Thinking a year of lessons and $5,000 worth of gear makes you ready to play in a band.

Wearing the guitar way too low.

Using too much hand/finger pressure when fretting.

Taking guitar lessons from a friend.

Giving up immediately because you sound like dog doo.

Not learning how all your gear works.

Tuning every guitar at Guitar Center to dropped D, and then not retuning them to standard pitch.

Bringing full stacks to tiny bar gigs.

Saying "All [insert hated style of music] sucks, dude!"

Learning with your eyes, instead of your ears.

Not learning to play in time with good groove and feel.

Not investing in good earplugs for playing loud gigs.

Obsessing about playing burning solos, and not caring about rhythm guitar.

Thinking that playing fast pentatonic-box patterns makes you a hot guitarist.

Not putting casters on viciously heavy amps.

Wearing bowling shirts emblazoned with flames and dragons.

Realizing guitar is too difficult and taking up bass instead.

Spending more time on Harmony Central than actually practicing.

Forgetting that playing music is meant to be fun.

Hehehe parang meron dapat tamaan hehehehe 

[Domengik]

Good thing at naputol pala ang internet connection namin. Yung mga oras na nagphiphilmusic ako, naconvert ko sa practice time. Pero marami pang dapat baguhin. Practice pa ko..

[Iommifan]

Limiting yourself to one style of music-usually metal.

IMO, I don't see anything wrong limiting yourself to metal. A lot of metal guitarists are talented and incorporates a lot of styles in their playing from classical to jazz-fusion. Metal is basically a combination of many musical elements i.e. blues, classical, jazz etc. so you'll surely learn a lot even if you just limit yourself to metal. Maybe what the Guitar Player author really meant was NU metal? 

[enceladus19]

sakit ko na tlga ung tumingin tingin sa philmusic instead na magpractice. hay. 

[markv]

Top 40 Newbie Mistakes

classical (horizontal) string vibrato = little to no difference on electric guitar! 

USE a wrist vibrato! 

[jem_adriano]

Relying on picks

Relying too much on printed music and tabs.

-mistake ba mga ito? you wanna learn to properly play a song..check out how others do it,ako nga dati i didnt know i had to tune down to C to play linkin park!!saka iwas sugat ang pick...try doing tremelo picking with your finger..baka maubos! 

Buying too many effects.

-i learned something from angus young!

Playing too loud, and with too much distortion.

-no comment! hehe

Obsessing about playing burning solos, and not caring about rhythm guitar.

eto!eto!eto! learning guitar is step by step duhh!

[omat17]

Wearing bowling shirts emblazoned with flames and dragons.

Realizing guitar is too difficult and taking up bass instead.

Spending more time on Harmony Central than actually practicing.

Forgetting that playing music is meant to be fun.

Hehehe!!!!
Cracks me up!!!:-D

[titser_marco]

IMO, I don't see anything wrong limiting yourself to metal. A lot of metal guitarists are talented and incorporates a lot of styles in their playing from classical to jazz-fusion. Metal is basically a combination of many musical elements i.e. blues, classical, jazz etc. so you'll surely learn a lot even if you just limit yourself to metal. Maybe what the Guitar Player author really meant was NU metal? 

Dude, what you just said proved the point you were trying to contradict.

[carnalwish]

tama yung mga nakalagay dito kahit ako dati ganun yun pala'y isang kakahiyang experience yun hehehehe ganon talaga....

[pansit_habhab]

well said! maraming guilty dito, including me hehehe

[dequi09]

Guilty is the verdict for me..

[m1k3]

napansin ko lang na madaming newbie guitar players ngayon. up! 

[franz3]

i must say, I'm a NOOB..haha

[tagagapo]

I am still a n00b considering i been playing for almost 10 years and so far i know i am good but not as good as a lot of people like Richie Kotzen or Perf De Castro (cause they can create their own music means own original materials not cover etc.), i always look at it that way to improve my guitar playing.

Anyway i will not look up to people whom does not look in the mirror and not practising what they preach.

[rad_12]

parang nabasa ko 'to sa mag. ko hehehe...sir bamf eto nga ba yung magazine na may interview kay steve vai? ehehehe...20 of them hindi ko pa nababago noob pa nga ako 

[paquitz]

Ripped from the October issue of Guitar Player

large 400%

Investing in distortion boxes instead of a good amp.

Learning 100 intros and no songs.

Limiting yourself to one style of music-usually metal.

Not taking the time to learn music theory.

Playing "Smoke on the Water" on the high-E string.

Playing too loud, and with too much distortion.

Setting your amp's Gain on 10, and Mids on 0.

Relying on picks.

Not learning how to perform a basic setup.

Not maintaining your gear.

Not jamming enough with other players.

Over use of legato with a complete disregard for tempo.

Poor phrasing.

Weak vibrato.

Buying too many effects.

Listening to tone snobs.

Immediately launching into thirty-second-notes during a blues solo.

Thinking that playing the local bar circuit constitutes a "tour."

Believing that opening for a national act means you're on your way.

Not knowing the difference between tube watts and solid-state watts.

Relying too much on printed music and tabs.

Thinking a year of lessons and $5,000 worth of gear makes you ready to play in a band.

Wearing the guitar way too low.

Using too much hand/finger pressure when fretting.

Taking guitar lessons from a friend.

Giving up immediately because you sound like dog doo.

Not learning how all your gear works.

Tuning every guitar at Guitar Center to dropped D, and then not retuning them to standard pitch.

Bringing full stacks to tiny bar gigs.

Saying "All [insert hated style of music] sucks, dude!"

Learning with your eyes, instead of your ears.

Not learning to play in time with good groove and feel.

Not investing in good earplugs for playing loud gigs.

Obsessing about playing burning solos, and not caring about rhythm guitar.

Thinking that playing fast pentatonic-box patterns makes you a hot guitarist.

Not putting casters on viciously heavy amps.

Wearing bowling shirts emblazoned with flames and dragons.

Realizing guitar is too difficult and taking up bass instead.

Spending more time on Harmony Central than actually practicing.

Forgetting that playing music is meant to be fun.

Para makita ng mga bagong magbabasa. Nice read

[omat17]

sir, may nalimutan kayo pwd na tong pang 41
BECOME EMO...

[marseleventh]

nayari ako d2 sa not taking time to learn music theory! kelangan mag-aral at practice..at review-hin lage tong list pra ma-gauge ko sarli ko..salamat sa ngpost neto!

[pings15]

guilty ako!!!

Investing in distortion boxes instead of a good amp. (excuse ba kung wala kang cash pang amp?)

Not taking the time to learn music theory. (di naman just taking little time)

Relying on picks.

Poor phrasing. (ewan ko? feeling ko lang)

Weak vibrato. (isa pa to)

Buying too many effects. <<<< DI NA NGAYON YEHEY!!!

Not knowing the difference between tube watts and solid-state watts. (google time)

Relying too much on printed music and tabs. (pag kelngan ko na matuto ng mabilisan..)

Not investing in good earplugs for playing loud gigs. (yun! earplugs! haha)

Not putting casters on viciously heavy amps. (sorry ano yung casters? haha)

Spending more time on PHILMUSICl than actually practicing.