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so this is how you learn how to play guitar in 2025
after half an hour of analog video troubleshooting i have decided i will just use the dvd-rom drive
this book does of course also have the accompanying video content available for online streaming, it was published in 2016 after all, i just enjoy physical media
by the way i would like to direct a special “fuck you” to the people who legislated that macrovision copy protection has to be present on analog video, because i believe you're indirectly responsible for the playstation 2 not supporting rgb video out for dvd playback specifically
why does the standard numbering of guitar strings go from the highest-pitched string to the lowest-pitched string. this has always annoyed me
okay shitposting aside i think i already love the format of this book, ”Spela elgitarr från början”
the concept is: 35 real songs, arranged with notation and tab in a pedagogical order, with a CD containing guitar-free + full tracks for each, and a DVD containing video lessons
naturally there is a caveat to the “real songs” bit: the first five are simple things written by one of the authors. for example, the very first song has you play nothing but E and G on the low E string as single quarter notes. i'd be surprised if they didn't do this really
given i have technically been playing guitar for half a year, the first song is obviously piss easy, and i learnt almost nothing from the video for it.
but i am loving the format already because fully-arranged backing tracks with main guitar removed makes me itch to improvise!!!
why do i always get my best musical ideas when i'm nowhere near an instrument or when i'm supposedly practicing something boring or when i'm not paying attention to my fingers and they just Do Something…