psychonaut
Joined: Dec 08, 2007
Posts: 1304
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Posted on Nov 06 2013 06:52 PM
BeachBumScott wrote:
I find it kind of amusing and more than a little strange that the Surf Guitar world has an issue with helping folks learn to play...
Learn by ear that's what I did... I have heard more than one person say about learning.
Less than helpful...
Don't get me wrong, everyone here is more than willing to share the welth of knowledge about Bands, Guitars, Amps and such but when it comes to learning how to play a song...
Go to the Flatpickers, Fiddlers, Banjo Hangout Forums, Ukulele Underground or even Talk Bass where you are supposed to learn by theory folks are super willing to help learn how to play even the simplest songs...
Why?
Who here is unwilling to help anyone learn? I started a thread about arpeggios that died a death. As far as the learning by ear thing goes, yeah a lot of people have learned that way, and developing a good ear is paramount. I've personally discouraged reliance on tablature because I feel people use it as a lazy cop out -- one should understand basic music theory (it's not all that hard!). If you know your basics, and have a good ear you could probably tackle most surf songs with ease. Basic theory however, you can learn anywhere and isn't specific to surf (the elements that are surf specific such as trem picking, reverb tanks etc... aren't music theory related). That said, I really don't see anyone asking about theory, but I do see a lot of people asking for tab and which guitar or amp they should buy. I'm more than willing to share my music theory knowledge with anyone as I'm sure most around here are. Nobody really asks though, most just want the tab.
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craftsmangp
Joined: Sep 01, 2012
Posts: 85
Lake Elsinore
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Posted on Nov 06 2013 08:18 PM
Slacker_VK wrote:
Then I'll post the link to my surf playlist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VJc9YlnlwQ&list=PL63A5282D6CF278C3&feature=plpp_play_all
I started watching this dude for the Sonic Youth stuff, now I just launch his channel and let it play 
Then there is Slacktone Daves YouTube page
Many thanks to both!
Last edited: Nov 06, 2013 20:24:15
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ludobag
Joined: Jun 05, 2010
Posts: 620
at south of
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Posted on Nov 09 2013 12:10 PM
BJB wrote:
If you want to save the videos and play them back at a slower speed, you can go to the KeepVid site:
http://keepvid.com/
Then use VLC player to play the video back at a slower speed:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
I'm pretty sure Windows Media Player can control playback speed, but VLC also as an A-B looping function which is great for learning songs. VLC is free but there are sites out there that try and charge you for it.
thanks so much BJB
just try it and it work
(i am happy cause really often computer are not my cup of tea)
more over i have a very bad connection and even youtube vid are cut cause too less debit with my connection (less than 1 G)
now i can try it with ear cause i don' t now how to reduce the speed ?
edith miss some button now it is full working
thanks again
Last edited: Nov 09, 2013 12:25:12
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Number9
Joined: Jul 18, 2009
Posts: 499
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Posted on Oct 10 2014 02:15 PM
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Oct 10 2014 02:26 PM
BeachBumScott wrote:
I find it kind of amusing and more than a little strange that the Surf Guitar world has an issue with helping folks learn to play...
Learn by ear that's what I did... I have heard more than one person say about learning.
Less than helpful...
Don't get me wrong, everyone here is more than willing to share the welth of knowledge about Bands, Guitars, Amps and such but when it comes to learning how to play a song...
Go to the Flatpickers, Fiddlers, Banjo Hangout Forums, Ukulele Underground or even Talk Bass where you are supposed to learn by theory folks are super willing to help learn how to play even the simplest songs...
Why?
People here are very helpful if you ask them for help. Have you ever thought that the people who say 'learn by ear' aren't qualified to teach? And especially unqualified to teach via the internet. We don't have a lot of strong tech skills in the Surf community, which is understandable and okay.
I'm more than happy to talk about how I approach guitar on the internet but I'm sure as hell not going to tab out a song for somebody. If somebody asked me to teach them a song in person or for lessons in person I'd help them in a heartbeat.
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Oct 10 2014 02:40 PM
I've never had anyone decline to answer any question I've asked, no matter how basic. And I've always received excellent advice. I'm not aware of anyone turning down someone with a question. There can sometimes be a delay between a question asked and someone answering it, though.
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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