Hello there fellow guitarists. I’ve been plugging away at Justin’s beginner course for about a year now and I thought it was about time to introduce myself.
Until now, aside from the period where I was trying to get the hang of power chords, I’ve been playing on a borrowed western acoustic guitar. Turns out I quite enjoy strumming and nowadays, to my surprise, I can even combine that with singing as long as the pattern isn’t too complex.
Finally bought my own guitar, a Yamaha 820 Dreadnought. Unfortunately I feel I might have to return it because I’m worried about terrorizing my neighbors with how loud it is. It is beautiful though.
Mostly interested in learning classic rock songs and 80’s pop but we’ll see how it goes. Maybe some soul, reggae and nostalgic early 2000’s stuff. I might even be interested in joining/starting a band at some point. The few times I’ve been able to play together with another guitarist have been quite satisfying. Main goal now is simply getting more competent as a guitar player and musician (via ear training and studying theory some more). I’ve also been looking into getting some in person lessons as a way to improve my progress. Finding the right teacher has been a bit of a struggle though.
Thanks for the tip but I do have an audio interface and some good headphones for playing the electric guitar. It’s just that I’ve been leaning more acoustic and I was not ready for how much louder a steel string dreadnought is compared to the nylon guitar I was playing
I often wonder if we have different definitions of “classic rock” based on our age. I was a teenager in the 60s, and think of 60s to early 70s as classic rock.
Probably but I think it’s a loose ‘genre’ in general. Born in the late 80’s I consider pretty much anything starting from the British invasion, 70’s and certain music from the 80’s classic rock. Oh and Chuck Berry should also be included in it.
Please don’t return your Yamaha. If you think your guitar is too loud, get a sound hole mute. I have one sold be Zager Guitar that also is a humidifier. It fits right in the sound hole and really helps.
Hi Aaron, welcome to the community forum. Perhaps you have one of the very thin Dunlap Nylon 0.38 mm picks that Justin recommends in Module 0. You could try strumming lightly with that pick while holding the pick as loosely as you are able without the pick falling from your fingers. That and the soundhole mute will reduce the sound of your strumming. When I need to play the acoustic guitar quietly, I just strum lightly with my fingertips (not my finger nails).
Great stuff, welcome to the community. My teenage self couldn’t imagine me playing anything other than hard rock on an electric guitat yet here I am playing acoustic and loving it!
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