Is there any secret to playing the guitar better without putting any work into it at all?

Question

Like is there a way to learn bar chords any easier or something? I'm having issues learning to play the guitar and I would really appreciate some tricks or something useful that I could use. I'm sure there is a way because I found this one website that charges you $28.99 to learn how to in 45 minutes completely memorize the fretboard. I was curious if any readers have tried this method and liked it or disliked it. I would like to go out and try it because that sounds really cool to be able to memorize the whole fretboard in less than an hour. I may be a single mom with 3 growing children to feed and two part time jobs six days a week, but even I can spare an hour. Especially for something like this. It has always been my passion to learn the guitar. I would have become a famous player, mark my words, if my ex-husband Frank hadn't gotten me pregnant. Then I decided to adopt and then had another baby and then we got divorced but the point of this story is does anyone have guitar tricks?

Answer 1

well you have to try.
just keep practicing and you will get better..

Answer 2

I'm sorry dear, I feel your pain.

Here's what you do. Take your time and have fun with it. If it's really a passion for you, it will come alot easier.

There is no quick fix, don't spend your money on that "get rich quick" stuff. If that were possible, we'ld all be rock and roll superstars now, wouldn't we.

If you would like, you may click on my little avatar thingy and send me an email. I can give you a little help as you need it and recommend some good websites for you to start with.

There is no easy way to learn barre chords, they will cause you physical and mental pain for about six months. So says the guitar gods in the sky.

Time is the only way.


ahahahahaha at the Robert Johnson crossroads reference. I tried that. THe SOB Devil didn't show.

Answer 3

Everybody wants the "quick fix" these days, and cause of that there is a gazzilion websites that promise that , and the only thing that's happening is someone is getting paid. Ya know, it REALLY all depends what you want out of playing guitar - if you want to learn some stuff to get you excited about it and THEN take it further , then that is relatively simple, however if you want to be amazing at it real quick - ain't gonna happen! Sure , some programs and instruction can teach you something and teach you about memory techniques and all, but that's clinical learning and doesn't focus on musicality and feel and inflection , things like that. What YOU want to do is sit down and play some basic chords , and if some of them resonate through you and you feel something deep inside that feels good about it , THEN you got it! Take it from there , and don't try to rush it , trust me , if you stick with it you will eventually get there and be at a level of playing where you want to be.

Answer 4

I know a much cheaper way, Go down to the crossroads and midnight and wait for the dark man in the big car. When he hands you the paper just sign it. I know the ink looks red but that's just the lights playing tricks on you. When you get home and wake up the next morning you'll be playing like the devil himself taught you. It worked for RL. Of course he had to pay up at 39 but don't worry about that.

Answer 5

NO---even to reach the point where you 'feel' the music you create and have it naturally flow from you--takes a great deal of time and effort---there are no easy cures for learning--if there were there would be masters of the art on every street corner playing for the thrill and nothing more--and probably very few people who would give a tinker's damn about it

Answer 6

You don't have to spend a lot of time every day on this. at Least 10 minutes is sufficient, as long as you have a goal in mind (today I want to learn the D major, C, etc chords... Tomorrow, I want to learn the chromatic scale). Of course, this depends on how good you want to get in the long run... but to learn the basic techniques, ideas as long as you have some time, and a purpose you'll get something out of it.

Answer 7

Relax, don't try so hard, round your index finger slightly and only add enough pressure to make the sound. Remeber, bar chords are basically your E and A chords with a finger behind them.

Answer 8

You might try open tuning, or use a capo, but you're not going to be any good either way if you don't practice and learn some kind of chording.

Answer 9

I trying to learn the lazy way too and it is hard, but try playing while you sit around(if you do) watching t.v. Some cable services half on demand lessons which are actually helpful, but look into real lessons.

Answer 10

you may learn the notes with this service, but nothing can make your ear and finger coordination better, without a lot of practice. persuing music, with any instrument, never ends. try getting a "real book" and learn a song a day, that would be my suggestion.

Answer 11

okay when u hold the pic.... practice with othe fingers.. u know how to hold a pic normal right?? well twist ur fingers or sumthing it may look tacky but sometimes u have more control... i used to play and my friends said i hold the pic wrong... now i play drums...