http://fuq.encycmet.com en-us http://fuq.encycmet.com ActiveKB NX thecoop@birdhousecraft.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:26:18 EST 20 http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/96/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/96/ Question: Since years I am circling around the idea of learning to play the bass. Some hundred years ago I played the Clarinet and was quite capable to play from the sheets. Big question is how ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/97/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/97/ Question: I'm new to bass - having made the decision this week, at the ripe old age of 30, to finally pick up a bass and get some lessons to make a long-time dream come true. I've been scouring ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/98/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/98/ Question: Today I bought an electric guitar and an absolute beginner's talentless numpty first this-way-is-up tutor book with CD. I can already play (dead slow) a few pieces from the book and I ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/99/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/99/ Question:I felt the itch to learn guitar Now I'm stuck with learning the damn thing so please help a n00b out! I'm starting completely from scratch and this is a total departure from the only oth ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/100/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/100/ Question: I am beginner and I have acoustic steel guitar.I want to get an electric guitar for some reasons.What I want to know is that if the electric guitar will be able to play all those cool ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/101/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/101/ Question: Are there any Acoustic Guitar Christmas Tabs? Seems a little light in the Christmas Tabs department when I search the net, and was wondering if anyone has Acoustic Guitar Christmas Ta ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/102/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/102/ Question: I want to buy my son, who is 23 years old an acoustic guitar to learn on. He has no experience but has the desire. What are the recommendations for $150.00? There are so many good g ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/103/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/103/ Question: I'm trying to find an affordable option for my 13 year-old son who has expressed interest in learning bass. Unfortunately, my funds are limited (i.e.; I'm living hand to mouth as it is) ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/104/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/104/ Question: Are there any well known bass players, who didn't start playing the bass or any other instrument for that matter until, they were in their 30's or beyond? Also, anyone over 30, who jus ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/105/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/105/ Question: I wanted to create a simple animated display that is essentially a PowerPoint presentation of bass tabs with the fret # highlighted as a midi file plays. It sounds very easy to do, but ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/106/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/106/ Question: My wife and I are both learning to play - she's playing bass and I play guitar. So far we've been learning separately with our own separate books, mags etc, but we would like to learn s ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/107/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/107/ Question: I'm a guitarist who is wanting to learn to play bass. I am trying to find an affordable first bass and I am also trying to find one that would fit my tastes. What exactly is the diffe ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/108/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/108/ Question: I'm a beginner with the bass guitar. Well, to be honest, I don't have one yet, but I muck about of my friends bass quite a bit. I play a bit of double bass as well, and a VERY little bi ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/109/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/109/ Question: I am completely new to playing the bass guitar, allthough I have been playing guitar for about 5 years, SO today I went to my music store, and tried out a few basses. I really didn't kn ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/110/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/110/ Question: This whole package of personal effects is up for sale. I will pay for shipping within 48 states. Everything is in working order and in excellent condition (some like new) unless otherw ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/111/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/111/ Question: I'm looking for a reasonably priced acoustic bass guitar for my son to try out. He currently plays sax and is interested in the bass. I'm assuming that acoustic would be a good way to a ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/112/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/112/ Question: I am a 22 year old female who is thinking of learning to play the bass. I saw an add for a Ibanez Jumpstart Electric Bass package it comes with a GSR soundgear bass, BT10 10 watt amp, ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/113/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/113/ Question: My son is learning to be a bassman, and I got a package deal with a Probe bass. Seems good - nice feel, very tight, well balanced. I just have not heard of the brand... are they a che ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/114/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/114/ Question: I just started playing the 4 string bass about four days ago and I noticed that there is this buzzing on the 6th or 7th fret. It is really annoying and I got the bass for free. I thou ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/115/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/115/ Question: 1. Is there some sort of 'slap bass for dummies' - book? Maybe a tutorial site? 2. If there are many, what should I look for to be able to make out if the book is any good? ( I'm very s ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/116/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/116/ Question: I am looking for some books on playing bass guitar. So far, I have found a couple by Mel Bay which seem to be O.K. : Mel Bays Complete Bass Book, Electric Bass (2 part series). This ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/117/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/117/ Question: I am a beginner with some basic questions please bear with me! Is there a technique to learning the notes on the neck? Currently, I can take a fret number and convert it to a note but ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/118/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/118/ Question: I've had a bass guitar for 2 years. I have picked it up and tried to teach myself several times, but I never really got anywhere. I had a couple of lessons. Anyway, I've decided to real ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/119/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/119/ Question: I'm learning the guitar and am wondering if learning cords is as difficult as I seem to be having? For example, I started with the C cord and find it *very* difficult to hold down the ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/120/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/120/ Question: How easy is it to learn how to play an acoustical guitar by video or DVD? I am a complete beginner, I don't even own a guitar. I once gave a half hearted effort to learn from a book of ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/121/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/121/ Question: This is my interesting transaction: Typical crusty Alaskan professional fisherman: sixty years old, with iron grey hair and beard, face burnt brick red from being out on the water. We ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/122/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/122/ Question: How do you define beginner guitarist? Almost two years into studying the guitar, and I'm wondering how to define the term beginner guitarist. Would most of you agree that the instrume ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/123/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/123/ Question: I want to start learning to play the guitar. I'd like to go acoustic and use software to learn to I can learn and practice on my own schedule. I've run into an anomaly: I see nice (to m ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/124/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/124/ Question: I got my son a electric guitar for Xmas with amp and all, he has no idea how to play it or anything, so I was wondering if some of you pro's out there knew of a good VHS or DVD lesson g ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/125/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/125/ Question: I had started an earlier thread. I'm 58 and just trying to learn how to play the guitar. As stated in the other thread my daughter bought me a used Washburn D10N. Anyway not sure which ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/126/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/126/ Question: My boyfriend starting taking guitar lessons and I have decided to buy him a guitar for his bday. Since it's his first and I don't know if he'll keep it up, I don't want to spend alot o ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/127/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/127/ Question: Just bought an electric guitar and amp. I am interested in learning rock. Because my schedule is so odd I don't really have time for formal lessons. I am usually up late on web sites p ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/128/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/128/ Question: What I mean is what songs a guitar player must be able to play to be considered an intermediate player? Same thing for advanced .. How about the abc's of beginning guitar music books, ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/129/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/129/ Question: Does anyone have any recommendations for a lower priced yet good sounding acoustic/electric guitar for a beginner? I played years ago but have lost the touch. I have been a bluegrass ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/130/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/130/ Question: I am 36 yo and trying to learn the guitar. I have a crappy Sensonics brand guitar that I plan to replace as soon as I can. I tried doing some searches of the archives of this group but ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/131/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/131/ Question: I'm a drummer and want to get an acoustic guitar and take some lessons. I've owned guitars in the past and enjoyed playing but never stuck with it . I have short fingers and prefer plas ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/132/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/132/ Question: I am learning to play guitar. Some sheet music I have has the chords as letters. For example E A D A/E ...etc... My question is what does the A/E tell one to play...? Do I play an ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/133/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/133/ Question: I have been playing rythm guitar for a year now and I am now working on bass. I understand that the root of the chords can be used as bass, but recently I have been told to use 5ths. ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/134/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/134/ Question: I am pretty much a beginner guitarist .Lately I've been trying to learn about music theory, how scales work, modes, and all that other music theory stuff. Now about the Beatles song in ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/135/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/135/ Question: I am trying to familiarise myself with the Eminor key. I thought an excellent way to go about this would be to learn popular songs that are written in Eminor, and thus actually use the ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/136/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/136/ Question: Been trying to learn to arrange original songs and find that I've been filling in bass notes that are not the root note of the chord for that bar... is this wrong? It sounds ok to me (b ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/137/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/137/ Question: ANYONE KNOW OF A GDEAD OR DEAD-RELATED OR EVEN NON-RELATED-BUT-GOOD BEGINNER GUITAR BOOK (OR VIDEO) THAT ALSO TEACHES HOW TO READ MUSIC (NOT TABLATURE). ANY SUGGESTIONS ???? Answer: I ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/138/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/138/ Question: I play guitar and whether there is or isn't a B # or E # .there are only 12 tones in the scale. I would like to just start thinking of the scale as A, A#/Bb, B, B#/Cb, C, C#/Db, D, D#/ ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/139/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/139/ Question: just looking for tips from guitar players that have studied Garcia's style(s)... Are there any resources out there that you would recommend I check out? I am an advanced-beginner and ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/140/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/140/ Question: I am a beginning guitarist, and I an deciding between a Fender Stratocaster Standard (~$400-500), a Fender Strat Squire ($300-$400) a Epiphone Les Paul ($300-$400) and a Gibson Les Paul ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/141/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/141/ Question: Just visited a website, http:/www.charanga.com, advertising a CD-ROM for basic guitar instruction, called Guitar Coach. I'm a guitar beginner (have played some other string & brass ins ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/142/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/142/ Question: I'm taking lesson, currently on an acoustic guitar, but I'm doing research on the whats the best Electric guitar for under £200 So far I've come up with these recommendations: 1) Enco ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/143/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/143/ Question: Can someone tell me what's the best self-teaching guide? I took some guitar lessons when I was a kid but lost interest after a few months. Now I've decided to give it a try again. I ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/144/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/144/ Question: I am a relatively new guitar player but can play partial songs quite easily. My problem is playing songs (chords only) because I can't seem to get the strumming down correctly to sound ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/145/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/145/ Question: I've been playing for over a a year without ever taking a formal lesson. I basically just teach myself everything I've learned up until now. I can play a bunch of songs, but haven't the ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/146/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/146/ Question: I am seriously considering buying and learning Acoustic Guitar. I have always been a little interested. One of my good friends has always played guitar, and at parties it's always req ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/147/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/147/ Question: one were the finger placement isn't too hard and it's easy to follow. even just a little piece of a song that is easy and everyone knows... something to keep my guitar fix going, so I ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/148/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/148/ Question: I have been playing an acoustic guitar for about 6 weeks and I'm looking for some tabs to play, but most of the stuff I find here is way too advanced. Can someone show me some simple ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/149/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/149/ Question: I'm going to teach guitar basis to a friend but I've got a little problem. I have no idea of what song to begin with... Could you help me ? I need something famous (for her motivation ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/150/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/150/ Question: I just bought a Guitar what songs are easy for the novesest to play? Answer: For my beginning students I use Wild Thing for the first lesson A D E D Wild thing You make my A D E ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/151/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/151/ Question: I already searched on www.google.com, so please don't suggest that I do so. Anyway, I am a beginner at the guitar...I know most of the major open chords (g,c,d,a,e,b, etc.).... I do k ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/152/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/152/ Question: From what I've read so far, I should start learning on an electric guitar.If so, should I opt for a better guitar and low-end amp or vice versa. I'm on a limited budget but I don't w ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/153/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/153/ Question: My first guitar Lesson!! 1. Memorize Notes on the neck 2. Memorize the circle of fifths How's that for a 1st lesson? There was lecture regarding these also Answer: That's not a lesso ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/154/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/154/ Question:Daughter wants to learn acoustic guitar. Can you experts, recommend a good specific brand/model for us? New or used, budget is 500.00 - 1,000.00. She is an accomplished piano player(grad ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/155/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/155/ Question: I was wondering if this might be a good beginner guitar? My requirements were: electric, Answer:They're okay as a second or third guitar for travel purposes, etc., but I would recommend ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/156/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/156/ Question: I'm a beginner just picking up a new guitar (couple of weeks ago) and started learning playing chords. The guitar package I picked up is the Yamaha Gigamake deluxe acoustic guitar pack ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/157/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/157/ Question:A neighbor, 14 year old, wants to take up guitar and asked for guidance. As is usually the case, he (and his dad) don't want to spend more the about $250 on the guitar. I quickly talke ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/158/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/158/ Question:I am considering getting one of these to learn a few simple classical tunes. Anyone out there who has experience with this guitar wants to share pros and cons? Also, what about guitar l ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/159/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/159/ Question:I felt the itch to learn guitar Now I'm stuck with learning the damn thing so please help a n00b out! I'm starting completely from scratch and this is a total departure from the only ot ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/160/ http://fuq.encycmet.com/questions/160/ Question:I am wanting to pick up the guitar again after taking lessons in junior high (15 years ago) and primarily learning how to play rock songs. I remember a few chords and how to play a few s ... Cooper Fehr Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:27:01 EST