MisterMcLov1n Posted March 2, 2010 Posted March 2, 2010 Hello everyone. I've been taking guitar lessons for a little over a month now and I'm learning the good old-fashioned way, through scales and reading sheet music. Does anyone have a preferred guitar sheet music company? I'm looking for some good tunes to learn. Tabs don't cut it for me because I want to learn the theory behind the music as well. Quote
mithogo Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 Hello everyone. I've been taking guitar lessons for a little over a month now and I'm learning the good old-fashioned way, through scales and reading sheet music. Does anyone have a preferred guitar sheet music company? I'm looking for some good tunes to learn. Tabs don't cut it for me because I want to learn the theory behind the music as well. I download sheet music from musicnotes. Quote
silvermedalist Posted June 1, 2010 Posted June 1, 2010 Hello everyone. I've been taking guitar lessons for a little over a month now and I'm learning the good old-fashioned way, through scales and reading sheet music. Does anyone have a preferred guitar sheet music company? I'm looking for some good tunes to learn. Tabs don't cut it for me because I want to learn the theory behind the music as well. Learn the conventional chords first. Then the bars. Then penatonic scale. Do finger exercises on the scales to improve your dexterity. Don't rule out tabs entirely. They can help you learn songs much faster in some cases. If you want to learn theory, you should learn some piano too. Converting your knowledge of piano to guitar will make it easier to understand. The piano is an instrument that has the notes in perfect chronological/or say alphabetical order. The sharps and flats and half and whole steps can be compared to frets and such. But if you dont want to deal with learning piano, thats fine too. Once you have mastered the chords, and scales, you can use your ear to improvise. Some techniques you may need to learn from someone that has played a while. It will bring you along much faster. Good luck and enjoy! Quote
Tripmender Posted June 1, 2010 Posted June 1, 2010 Tabs don't cut it for me because I want to learn the theory behind the music as well. Not wanting to knock you off your righteous path, but IMO standard musical notation is entirely unsuited to transcribing rock guitar music. That's because any given chord or sequence of notes can be played in many different positions on the fretboard - unlike, say, the piano, where there's only one way of playing any particular note. Plus there are many guitar nuances that cannot be recorded in standard notation, whereas tablature books can depict these. I'd advise you to start with tab, otherwise you're likely to get very frustrated as the music you learn becomes more complex. I'd say you'll find that tab tells you all you'll need for guitar, and you'd still have the option later on if you feel the need to learn standard notation (which, incidentally, has little or nothing to do with 'music theory', as it's just a form of notation). Quote
silvermedalist Posted June 1, 2010 Posted June 1, 2010 Not wanting to knock you off your righteous path, but IMO standard musical notation is entirely unsuited to transcribing rock guitar music. That's because any given chord or sequence of notes can be played in many different positions on the fretboard - unlike, say, the piano, where there's only one way of playing any particular note. Plus there are many guitar nuances that cannot be recorded in standard notation, whereas tablature books can depict these. I'd advise you to start with tab, otherwise you're likely to get very frustrated as the music you learn becomes more complex. I'd say you'll find that tab tells you all you'll need for guitar, and you'd still have the option later on if you feel the need to learn standard notation (which, incidentally, has little or nothing to do with 'music theory', as it's just a form of notation). I am assuming he wants to know how to read music in general? The notes on a treble and bass cleff, chords and how they look on paper and such? Very usfull if he plans to learn piano too but I see your point, he doesn't really need to if he just wants to play head banging rock n roll on electric guitar. Quote
redrum Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 Don't rule out tabs entirely. This is true. TAB along with standard notation is a big help. If you're looking to buy sheet music I've gone here: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com Quote
silvermedalist Posted July 21, 2010 Posted July 21, 2010 This is true. TAB along with standard notation is a big help. If you're looking to buy sheet music I've gone here: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com www.olga.net was the best free tab site ever!! Three years now and they still have the legal shit on their site. Shut down for legalities!!! Why are the shitty ones still up and running? So we can get bad and inaccurate tabliture? Bastard lawyers. Cant keep their fucking noses out of music even!! That is why Henley says kill all the lawyers!! Quote
redrum Posted July 21, 2010 Posted July 21, 2010 www.olga.net was the best free tab site ever!! Three years now and they still have the legal shit on their site. Shut down for legalities!!! Why are the shitty ones still up and running? So we can get bad and inaccurate tabliture? Bastard lawyers. Cant keep their fucking noses out of music even!! That is why Henley says kill all the lawyers!! I'm not familiar with the site but I agree with Henley. But how else will the lawyers pay for their gold plated hot tubs? Quote
silvermedalist Posted July 22, 2010 Posted July 22, 2010 I'm not familiar with the site but I agree with Henley. But how else will the lawyers pay for their gold plated hot tubs? I dont even see the issue. The site was basically amatuer musicians posting their own cover of just about any big song and group you can think of. So its not like you were stealing it directly from the artist. It was the interpretation and very accurate in most cases of the guitar. Quote
silvermedalist Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 The best tab site I have ever seen, www.olga.net is STILL in legal bullshit according to the page they have had up for three years. I dont see what kind of an asshole would want to shut down a site that is basically a collection of tabs that are the interpretation of musicians that donate them. Not stealing from the bands. Not stealing music. Yet the other sites that suck are still around. Quote
Reggie29 Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 www.olga.net was the best free tab site ever!! Three years now and they still have the legal shit on their site. Shut down for legalities!!! Why are the shitty ones still up and running? So we can get bad and inaccurate tabliture? Bastard lawyers. Cant keep their fucking noses out of music even!! That is why Henley says kill all the lawyers!! William Shakespeare said it first! Quote
silvermedalist Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 http://www.olga.net/ Over three years this link has said this same thing!!!!! How can it be in a legal battle this long? Quote
#1fan Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 Guitar pro is very cool, it shows the tab and plays it too. helps with your timing a lot. Quote
leddy Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 Hello everyone. I've been taking guitar lessons for a little over a month now and I'm learning the good old-fashioned way, through scales and reading sheet music. Does anyone have a preferred guitar sheet music company? I'm looking for some good tunes to learn. Tabs don't cut it for me because I want to learn the theory behind the music as well. Thats cool. tab is only good to a certain extent...you need te music notation too to see how it goes,, use your ear as well, its all good. I use Musicnotes sometimes,musicroom etc...have fun. Quote
redrum Posted January 7, 2011 Posted January 7, 2011 I dont even see the issue. The site was basically amatuer musicians posting their own cover of just about any big song and group you can think of. So its not like you were stealing it directly from the artist. It was the interpretation and very accurate in most cases of the guitar. Maybe it's best to do your own TAB (part of the learning process) and to hell with the lawyers. Quote
leddy Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Maybe it's best to do your own TAB (part of the learning process) and to hell with the lawyers. or even better music notation Quote
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