I’ve recently started playing and I just wanted some honest feedback.
This is me trying to make something resembling music, but I don’t know that many chords yet. Is this roughly what chords are supposed to sound like when you’re switching between them and going from one another?
P.S. Reading what I wrote above, it does not elude me that what I’ve written sounds vague and weird, but hopefully you guys get the gist.
That sounds exactly what they are supposed to sound like. you bet it’s music, and nice music at that.
I could hear a little bit of hesitation between chords / chord changes and that’s expected when you are first starting out. You’ve made a great first recording, looking forward to hearing more. Well done!
Thank you for taking the time to listen and the kind words guys! Definitely made my weekend.
I haven’t been fortunate enough to have a chance to listen to a lot of live music, and everything you hear from albums or on youtube is always recorded really well and almost sounds artificial (not sure how to phrase this).
Had a lot of anxiety whether what I was doing was more or less right! Nice to hear I’m heading in the right direction.
Of course that’s music. Your chords are coming on. I’d suggest using a metronome just to help you with your timing.
You could play dozens of songs with those chords.
There is a lot of «live» music in this forum played from people like you and me… check it out. Its everything from complete beginners too very very skilled musicians.
Sounded like a chord progression being played. Great start, but there are levels of music. A progression with a melody becomes a song, a progression with notes thrown into a blender becomes a jam. We can do our best as players, but real music comes from nature: Lay Down Your Weary Tune
As others have already said, that is music and you are making good progress in the learning.
A recording is a great way to announce yourself into the Community. I suggest you follow that up by introducing yourself in #community-hub:introduce-yourself. We love to get to know people here, a little background on yourself and your guitar adventures and aspirations, where you’re at with learning with Justin.
Thank you for taking the time to listen and reply!
Yep, I’m working through the lessons. I started a while ago, but I think I rushed through some of it (I got to the G chord), but I wasn’t confident that I was playing the A and D chords properly, both of which were lesson 1, so I went back and I’m taking things a lot slower now.
That’s part of the reason for the upload. To get feedback and see if it sounds about right!
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You are on the right track but I suspect you may have learnt the most important lesson. Don’t go charging off into the distance until you have got your bearings. Make sure you can execute and apply all you learn from each lesson before moving on. With just an A chord and D chord there are hundreds of song to learn and practice. Add the E chord and it runs into thousands. My time honoured advice, is to remind folk this is not a sprint, its not even a marathon its a long haul and you never stop learning.
Take your time, get things right and you will always make good progress.
