Beginner's Safe Space 2021

[swashata]

@adi_mrok

What I would suggest which is in line with Richard’s comment is putting Clean tone instead of crunch and having Gain knob somewhere in the middle. That way you will have clean tone without any distorion.

Thanks Adi, and I will roger that. I am only realizing it now, the gain is all the way down, so thank you for the tip!

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@TheMadman_tobyjenner

Hi Swashata welcome on congrats of your first recording post. Thought you did very well, considering the length of time you have been learning. Lots of good advice above but certainly a good starting point on which you can develop the song.

Thank you very much Toby for the encouragement. It really means a lot to me. I am very eager to learn those power chords and jump in

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@sclay

I like your strumming and rhythm at 2 months though. Rhythm is king.

@J.W.C

e. I can’t add anything to others’ comments, but will say that I agree that “rhythm is king” and learning to keep good time and keep that strumming hand in motion is critical.

@mari

Lots of good suggestions already so I just wanted to say you have a very good sense of rhythm, and that’s a very good starting place.

Thank you very much Sclay, J.W.C and Mari. Your words really mean the world to me! I do find that I tend to increase the tempo. I am a bit nervous and excited at the same time, but I will keep on practicing.

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@DavidP

But just because you can mute the low E, don’t let that prevent you from working on strumming accuracy ie only strumming strings 1-4 on the D chord, 1-5 on C and A chords.

Thank you David. I will keep that in mind when practicing.

@DavidP

Yup. He is suggesting that you make your recordings to share here with the same clean setting that you use for practice.

Understood!

@DavidP

Good for you on pushing and trying things that are well ahead of the current modules you are working on. In time you will come across lessons that teach you to pick just the bass note of a chord and then strum the full chord, typically the thinner strings.

I really really want to learn the power chords (it’s for the song) and this is the encouragement I needed. I am a little impatient learner from my childhood, hehe. I have been practicing two 10-15 mins slots daily through the app, with additional 30 mins to 1hr playing time scattered throughout the day. In the initial stages, the finger pain was really stopping me, but I don’t get that now, especially with the electric guitar, the gauge is super low (0.009 and it came with the factory), the action is super low, just lovely. I wish I had heard Justin’s advice before buying the acoustic one. Anyway, I guess I will need another week or two to finish Grade 1 and it won’t hurt to jump a little to the power chords and assign the second slot of my practice for that?

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@pkboo3

One tip I will take in, is from @adi_mrok concerning the Gain at center on the Boss amp.

Thanks pkboo, and yeah the gain was indeed all the way down. I am really not at a stage where I understand all these by just listening, but I will keep on practicing

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And THANK YOU very much to all the members. You are all really AWESOME and very encouraging. I feel great to be a part of this community!!