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Some practical advice for getting started:
-Be disciplined with your practice. It sucks when you first start out
but stick with it, it gets a lot more fun.
-Learn as much as you can, but not all at once. Be patient or you
will get frustrated and give up.
-It may suck learning "Mary Had a Little Lamb" or whatever initially
but you WILL learn something from it. Nothing learned is a waste of
time. (And once you get it down, you could try playing it "surf
style")
-When you are trying to learn something new and find yourself getting
frustrated, take a break and try later. When you come back to it, you
will often find that you can do it better than when you left off.
This really does work. It's how I got through many a clasical guitar
piece. In general, you will do better in the long run if you can
break up your practice time into smaller portions throughout the day
(Not always possible I realize).
-Buy a guitar stand. You are much more likely to practice when you
can easily get to the guitar. A guitar that's packed up in its case
is less likely to get practiced than if you have it on display, ready
to go.
-Learn to listen.
Bob "no band yet" Pryor
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "kkamphaus"
<kevin_and_julie_kamphaus@h...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am new to this list and I have been a fan of surf/instro for
a
> long time. I originally first was intruduced to surf/instro when I
> heard a Duane Eddy LP from my dad's record collection when I was
8.
> In high school I was a huge fan of the Ventures when everyone else
> was into KISS. I am now 34, "Married with Children" and thanks to
> the internet I have gotten back into listening to my favorite music
> again. It is so great to see that surf is back and has been for a
> while. Since I'm located in Nebraska I was unaware of the revival
> and overjoyed see all of the great music available on the internet.
> I have always kind of had a childhood dream of playing
> surf/instro music and was curious what it takes. I tried the
> acoustic guitar (which I no longer own) very breifly when I was 15,
> but other than that I have no formal training. I see nowadays one
> can get a electric starter kit with guitar and amp for a mere
$150.
> Where is a good place to start? Do I need formal training?
> Are tabs OK to start with?
> Any help/guidance is appreciated!
>
> Kevin
