1) I have no foundation at all. Can I learn guitar?
In my opinion, a person without a foundation is like a blank sheet of paper, and it is easier to learn guitar successfully than a person who has learned a little but formed bad habits because of improper practice. Ignorance of music score is not a problem. Music scores and necessary music theory knowledge will be taught in the courses of elementary or basic classes. But it is not enough to be interested, but also to have perseverance and perseverance and enough practice time. Guitar was not taught by the teacher, but practiced by myself. From the first day of learning piano, we should make up our minds to give up watching TV, shopping and playing games, and ensure that we practice piano 1 hour or more every day. Therefore, everyone who learns guitar should buy a guitar he likes, treat it as a friend, cherish it and cultivate feelings. The best way to maintain the guitar is to play it every day.
2) What kind of guitar is better for beginners?
Some people who want to learn guitar become hesitant when they hear that they want to buy a guitar for daily practice. In fact, if they don't want to buy a guitar, they will give up the idea of learning guitar as soon as possible. Not only to buy a piano, but also to learn to tune it (in addition to the commonly used adjacent string comparison method, there is a more scientific and effective "overtone tuning method"). It is best to bring your own guitar in every class, because beginners are not familiar with the timbre of guitars, and their listening skills have not been fully trained. It is difficult to ensure the accuracy of string adjustment. New guitars or strings are easy to loosen and it takes some time to gradually stabilize.
The author thinks that the classical guitar with nylon strings is more suitable for beginners, because nylon strings are softer, the left hand is easier to press the strings, and the progress will be faster. In addition, the timbre of nylon string guitar is close to that of piano, which can be used for solo and accompaniment. I suggest you buy a spare string when you buy a piano (nylon four-string and steel wire three-string have the shortest relative life). Another reason for using classical guitars is that it is difficult to find middle and low-grade steel-string folk guitars, and not every piano is suitable for changing nylon strings (some pianos will have lower volume and dull timbre after changing strings). Girls have weak hands, so it is recommended to use a medium-sized classical piano, and do not leave long nails on their left hand.
3) How long does it usually take to learn from scratch?
That depends on what the standard of "learning" is and how high you demand of yourself. The author is now a beginner for ten years, focusing on classical solo, with solid playing skills and rich teaching experience. I remember that the preface of an authoritative guitar etude set used in that year said that it would take at least five years to practice this etude! My experience is that guitars can't be finished quickly. Even learning to play and sing folk guitar takes some time to get used to it, and at the same time, you have to accumulate knowledge of music theory. But if the method is scientific and the practice is diligent, beginners can lay a good foundation in three to six months, and then they can teach themselves completely. The author made the fastest progress when he studied for half a year, and all the important foundations were mastered before college. The first few weeks of practice are boring, but when you practice to a certain extent and can play a complete piece of music, it becomes more and more interesting.
4) Is it suitable for girls to learn guitar?
Guitar is not a boy's patent. Intelligence and understanding have nothing to do with gender. Girls are cautious, skilled and patient, but some people are busy shopping and dressing themselves, so it is difficult to ensure enough time to practice the piano. Girls can play the guitar well as long as they concentrate on hard work, think more and summarize more. Of course, girls with small hands can choose a medium-sized piano. After practicing the piano for a while, it doesn't hurt to have a cocoon on your fingertips. Girls have flexible finger joints, and through proper training, they can develop their potential, often faster than boys. In addition, girls have a high singing range, and the songs they like to sing may be unfamiliar to teachers. To sing more music and communicate with classmates, they might as well practice duets.
5) Who is not suitable for learning guitar?
Not everyone is suitable for learning guitar. To be exact, some people will give up halfway more easily, and there are many factors that affect the progress. People with the following characteristics should carefully consider whether they are really determined to learn guitar. Too busy, fidgeting, unplanned, wanting to learn guitar just for fun or because people who play electric guitar are "cool" and easily distracted (practicing piano requires concentration and perseverance, so those who are attending English and Japanese accounting training, it is best not to sign up for guitar learning for the time being until the training is over) ...
Music is the art of hearing, so the ability and habit related to hearing is also an important factor affecting the future of learning guitar. For example, in general, it is suggested that the following people should not learn guitar: those who have studied a foreign language but have poor pronunciation (those who have learned a foreign language well and a second foreign language well may have some advantages in learning guitar); People who feel good just because they have heard a famous song, especially those who want to learn to play the guitar by themselves (people who just want to learn famous songs and don't want to work hard to practice basic skills, even if they learn one or two songs, it is difficult to continue to improve, because most of them will develop some bad playing habits in the process of learning too difficult famous songs); People who do not blindly type or follow scientific fingering; People who are addicted to games or TV and never listen to the radio (most people with poor self-control can't stand suffering and will give up halfway); People who only like listening to rock and rap songs and don't like listening to classical music; People with poor self-study ability.
6) Guitar has only six strings. How can you play those seven notes?
In fact, there are many musical instruments with fewer strings than guitars, such as Ma Touqin, Sanxian, violin and pipa. Relatively speaking, the guitar has many strings, so it has its advantages-wide range and good harmony (if you understand the development history of the guitar, you will know that the guitar used to have five strings, and later it was fully developed and popularized with a bass string, and it was comparable to the piano and pipa.
Each string of the guitar can play "those seven notes" (octaves), and the notes of the same pitch can be played in several different positions, but the timbre and difficulty make the guitar expressive. A good guitarist should learn to choose different positions to play according to his needs, but he must first practice the first position (that is, press the first word with his left index finger), learn to read music and master basic music theory.
7) Do you want a knowledge spectrum? Learn notation, staff or staff?
What will happen if you don't learn music? When the teacher teaches you a tune by hand, you can only play it, and you can't learn a new tune by yourself, let alone a tune you haven't heard before. Now that we have decided to learn guitar, we should get rid of the habit of learning to sing by impression, and play accurately according to the rhythm of music. Knowledge score is not difficult. I think the key is to learn to beat time and understand the meaning and usage of various music scores.
Simple notation is easy to learn and suitable for memorizing melodies; The six-line spectrum (including the square spectrum for recording chords) is intuitive and records phonemes, but it is not conducive to memory; The staff is professional and scientific, and fingering is also very convenient. A large number of classical guitar etudes and solo music were recorded with the staff (most of these etudes are very nice and targeted, which is of great help to the foundation. People who learn to play and sing begin to find some chord fingering difficulties or chord conversion difficulties. It will be greatly improved to practice a few classical etudes first. So in the long run, using staff is the first choice. However, five points will be slow to read at first, so read more scores, get used to it, and try to use a fixed roll call method.
8) How many keys does a * * * have? How many keys do you use for guitar learning?
Twelve in major and twelve in minor. Commonly used guitars are C (relative minor Am), G (relative minor Em), D, A, E and F.
9) A * * *, how many chords are there, and how many are commonly used?
There are hundreds of chords in theory, but only dozens are commonly used, but only these most common chords will have monotonous effects. Chords have their own different attributes and colors, and arranged chords have a taste, and they are easy to remember when they are different. However, arranging and accompanying chords for songs requires rich knowledge of music theory and playing experience. There are also many musicians who compose music with guitars. They often have a sudden inspiration, writing a chord first and then composing a melody, which requires a good sense of music.
10) Should we use the fixed roll call method or the first roll call method to learn guitar?
Fixed roll call method is suitable for instrumental music performance, and the first key is easy to remember. The author's suggestion is to use both: C and G scales are the basis, and most songs can be adapted into these two tones to accompany them (you can use sandwiching), but classical solos often use DAEF and other tones (sandwiching is not allowed).
1 1) What are the daily exercises for learning guitar?
Scale practice: exercise the cooperation of both hands; The practice of treble scale is helpful to exercise the coordination of the four fingers of the left hand (the little finger is weak and inflexible, so practice more). Broken strings: training the flexibility and speed of your right finger will help you get familiar with various rhythm patterns; Arpeggio practice: exercise the ability of chord conversion, enhance the stability of the right hand and improve the control ability; Pingyin exercise: increase the strength of the fingers of the left hand and exercise the ability to grasp the timing of plucking the right hand; Dual-tone exercises: including octave dual-tone, third-degree dual-tone, sixth-degree dual-tone, etc. , help to be familiar with the various finger types of the left hand and enhance the coordination of the fingers of the right hand; Sightseeing exercise: read the staff frequently and analyze the rules of fingering arrangement.
12) Is it harder to learn guitar with your left hand or your right hand?
Beginners generally feel the left hand (that is, the hand that presses the strings; If you are left-handed, it is very difficult to press the strings with your right hand. It is often difficult to press the strings tightly, and it is difficult for your fingers to separate or touch the strings next to you. The horizontal pressing of your index finger is also a difficult point. Using nylon rope will make your left hand easier. After practicing the piano for two weeks, the fingertips usually grow cocoons. At this time, the left hand has passed the "adaptation period" and can be competent for one or two hours of practice every day.
After learning guitar to a certain extent, the difficulty of the right hand will be more obvious, because at this time, the requirements for timbre, strength, speed and so on have been improved, and often beginners do not pay enough attention to the training of the right hand, and even develop some bad plucking habits, such as the palm will move when the thumb plucks the string; The plucking direction is not perpendicular to the strings and so on. Guitar beginners often have the problem of blindly seeking fast, which leads to inaccurate rhythm and incoherent voice. In fact, it is "haste makes waste". My suggestion is to be steady first and then fast.
13) how to exercise the flexibility and endurance of the fingers of the left hand
The goal of left-hand exercise is to achieve sound coherence, and each finger can be independent (for example, when the index finger is horizontal, the other fingers should still be relaxed and can press the strings) and cooperate with each other. In addition, the little finger is weak, so you should always use the little finger instead of the ring finger and exercise more. The author summarizes a set of "finger-holding exercises", which can effectively exercise the flexibility and endurance of the left finger; As for chord conversion, we should follow the principle of "the player presses first, and the player who doesn't play doesn't press", so that the fingers can have a short rest during the performance.
14) What are the difficulties in learning guitar?
The congenital conditions of each hand are different, so the so-called "difficulty" is also relative, which generally includes: chord modulation, flat pressure, disyllabic, treble scale, wheel finger and so on. In addition, reading music and tuning also need more practice to master, which is also the truth that "practice makes perfect".
15) How to allocate time for various exercises?
The total practice time is not less than one hour every day, and review and learning new songs are combined (half time each). In particular, we should use our brains to arrange exercises for our own "difficulties" and have a clear purpose. Scale practice and string breaking practice are essential for practicing the piano every day. At the beginning, the left hand may not be competent for long-term practice, so you can do more empty string practice with your right hand (you can't watch the right hand pluck the string). In addition, solfeggio and reading music are also very beneficial (read music carefully before learning new songs, analyze the fingering of phrases and difficulties, and understand the characteristics of rhythm).
16) learn classics or folk songs?
It is easy to go from classical to folk, but difficult to go from folk to classical. Classical solos are rich in targeted etudes, which are the summary of predecessors' wisdom and should be fully utilized. Playing and singing songs will lose their color if they have no distinctive features (prelude and interlude). Folk songs require multi-use, coordinated playing and singing, and mainly singing, which is relatively easy to use; But neither classical nor folk songs can be accelerated. No one is born with chords and needs to get used to them gradually. Playing and singing mostly use the staff, but it is not good to rely too much on the staff, so you only remember the fingering, and the staff and the notation are easy to misprint. When comparing staff with staff, the staff shall prevail. People who like singing are suitable for learning folk songs, and those who like listening to classical music can consider learning classical solos.
17) What kind of textbooks should beginners use?
A good textbook should be gradual in content, with targeted content and corresponding exercises in each class, which are interspersed with music theory knowledge and suitable for beginners to practice by themselves. There are many books about folk songs playing and singing in the market, and there are many works about guitar playing and singing new songs, but there are not many introductory tutorials, especially those combined with classical etudes. The author mainly used two books in those years: Classical Guitar Audio Course and Authoritative Guitar Etudes, both edited by Jiang, which can be regarded as more orthodox classical guitar courses. About four years after I learned the piano, I learned to play and sing, mainly the coordination of playing and singing. On the basis of classical solo, I can easily change the chords of playing and singing. I don't sing myself, and it's okay to accompany others, but I'm prone to make mistakes when I started singing, because I seldom sang in the years when I practiced solo, but I sang some old songs, and later I learned many popular songs ten years ago, such as Chyi Chin and Tayu Lo.
Many students I have taught have bought one or two guitar songbooks or playing lessons themselves. I will recommend the songs in the exercise book to beginners, and sometimes I will provide short classical etudes (such etudes need to memorize music and play strictly according to the instructed fingering). Although it is very short, the shortest sentence is only four sentences, but it is much better than playing famous songs blindly), but it is better to buy another textbook I recommend.
18) What is the teacher's role?
The main function of teachers is to demonstrate, suggest and correct students' mistakes in time. I always think it's easier to teach a student who hasn't touched the guitar than to teach those who have taught themselves a tune or two (generally only remember the fingering, but can't read the score), especially those who have practiced "half a famous song" (for example, in the first paragraph of Romance, many people want to learn this song from scratch, but the second paragraph is too difficult, and the first paragraph is also difficult). Those who practice famous songs as soon as they come up are a little eager for quick success and have no patience to practice etudes. As a result, they are inefficient, get twice the result with half the effort and often form bad habits. The proportion of freshmen is more difficult to correct!
19) Is it enough to have classes only once a week?
After each class, I will give students exercises, but I can't practice a complete tune in the first two weeks, mainly because I am familiar with the scale in C major and the practice of breaking chord rhythm with my right hand empty string. At that time, I practiced for 2 to 4 hours a day. When I first started to learn etudes, I learned at most one tune a week (now I learn new songs much faster, because many fingering techniques are already familiar, and it is not difficult to read music, but it takes several days to memorize music).
Many students think that one class a week seems to be too few, but they often can't guarantee enough practice time every day. After a week, they don't finish the tasks assigned by me, and often force me to slow down the teaching progress (practice with students for dozens of minutes when coming to class). Generally speaking, the more practice, the faster progress, the stronger self-study ability and the faster learning progress. Among the students I have taught, the fastest learner is a little boy in grade five. He is easy to accept. I just need to spend a few minutes teaching him to read music, and he is not afraid of pain. He can guarantee to practice the piano for about an hour every day. Adults also have the advantages of adults, at least their fingers are strong, but they are often distracted by work or other things in their lives, so they can't guarantee enough practice time every day, so their progress is slow.
20) What are the common misunderstandings of guitar beginners?
Beginners of guitar have all kinds of misunderstandings, and the following are common ones, all of which hinder their progress more or less:
Take famous songs as exercises; Learn only the six-line notation; Only pay attention to the left hand; Playing without following the fingering of the original score; The lyrics don't sing music; Be keen on sweeping strings instead of practicing broken strings; Only seek fast, not pay attention to timbre; No reading, no thinking. ...
Eager to learn famous songs, the difficulty is beyond one's ability, and it is easy to hit self-confidence, form bad habits and get twice the result with half the effort. Learning only six lines and memorizing fingering is not conducive to self-learning new songs. Songs that have never been heard are difficult to learn and the rhythm is chaotic. Only pay attention to the left hand, the timbre is poor and there are many coordination errors. Lyrics don't sing music, they sing by impression, they can't learn new songs, and they like to grab the beat. Not playing according to the original fingering has the disadvantages of incoherence and inaccurate rhythm; The habit of not having scientific fingering will limit further improvement. Do not practice broken chords, the right hand is inflexible, and the accompaniment is monotonous. Speed is not stable, haste is not speed, and performance lacks expressiveness. Don't read music, don't think, make slow progress, and know why.
Master the basic law and learn quickly, but to master it, you must practice hard.