OK, let’s see… I bought my electric guitar, a black Fender Squier Strat (I’m poor), back in October so it’s been over half a year that I’ve had it. Unfortunately, due to lack of time, I’ve played it very little and my improvements have been very marginal. I’ve had quite a lot of time to play during this Easter Break and I still try to fit in a half hour or so on the weekends but it’s been tough. I’m definitely not lacking motivation and I really do want to learn but I spend so little time at home that when I get back at night, it’s way too late to start practicing.
Regardless, I’m still learning a lot of new things every time I play and slowly but surely I shall improve and hopefully be able to play a full-length song sometime. Maybe in the summer…
Here’s what I can play. Mind you that I can’t play the full songs but just the main riffs (which are usually just repeated continuously for the duration of the song). Yes. I’m a total guitar noob.
Pink Floyd – Money
Led Zeppelin – Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You
Green Day – Brain Stew (similar riff to “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You”)
Nirvana – Come As You Are
The Rolling Stones – Satisfaction
Oasis – Wonderwall (still needs some work)
And here’s what I’m learning (very very slowly):
Boston – More Than A Feeling
Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower
Radiohead – Paranoid Android (got the main riff)
Radiohead – Talk Show Host
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
The US National Anthem (just need to speed it up and make less mistakes)
I also spend some time each practice session just playing around with notes, the tremolo bar and the pentatonic scales. Yeah…
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