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Thanks for the advice Ferenc, and sorry I spelled your
name wrong. I got all the letters, just not the
correct order.
You're right, the crucial thing is to just get in
there and play, using all means available. Time
however, is a precious thing. Thanks again for your
advice.
Patrick
--- Pollo Del Mar <> wrote:
> --- In , Patrick
> Shiflett
> <p_shiflett@y...> wrote:
> > This is coming from a person who can't play guitar
> > worth a damn, so please take it with a grain of
> salt.
> > To me, the whole point of the surf guitar 101
> exercise
> > is to make this world of music more accessible to
> the
> > masses. If you want to do this, you should
> probably
> > use every tool available. This message board is
> one
> > of those tools. I think the idea of peer reviewed
> > tabs is excellent for people like me. I love surf
> > music and getting the chance to hear directly from
> > people like Ivan, Dave Wronski, Fenrec and a whole
> > host of other guys who produce the art, is
> amazing.
> > (Honestly, it is better than amazing, you guys are
> > great.)
>
> I just thought I would chime in here about Tabs, and
> to also say that
> being mentioned in the company of Mssrs. Wronski and
> Pongracic is good
> company indeed.
>
> The last song I tabbed out was the solo in "Bells of
> St. Kahuna" and I
> did it to try and help me understand how Dave puts
> his parts together,
> and it was so complex that I had to learn it a
> phrase at a time. I
> would have written it out in notation, except that I
> don't read music.
> Tab is, in many ways, superior to notation for
> guitar as it shows
> finger positions. On the guitar you can, of course,
> play one note at
> many different frets, each position giving the note
> a different feel
> and sound. It is also good to know hand positions
> for scales-
> sometimes a lick that is impossible in one position
> is quite easy in
> another.
>
> That said, if you have the patience, try to learn
> songs by ear. Check
> out the Tascam CD-GT1, it will slow yer CDs down to
> a crawl so you
> hear all those blistering 64th notes.
>
> But really, the most important thing to do as a new
> player is to play,
> a lot. By ear, by tab, watch instructional DVDs,
> pick up songs from
> friends, just play.
>
> Fenrec
> (Ferenc)
>
>
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