Any one here play guitar? iv been learning for like 3 years now. I can play songs i learnt well, but i still dont understand many basic things so i cant really do my own thing ( except i do but it's just lots of noise with no structure). 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyCRSZjtYBI

Quote from: Newportnobby on February 14, 2024, 12:55:39 PMI saw them 4 times - twice on the release of 'In search of space' and twice on the 'Space Ritual' tours. Hmmmm - Stacia
At Wellingborough Simon King pummelled hell out of his drum kit and walked off wearing just a towel

I saw them twice in probably 72ish.
One thing (or perhaps I should say two)left a lasting impression on me...................Stacia?

I don't know what you mean Martin (he says innocently) - Stacia is now 71! Apparently of Irish descent, she was born in Exeter and was working as a petrol pump attendant in Cornwall when she decided to join Hawkwind, leaving in 1975. What I remember about seeing Hawkwind live was the stroboscopic lighting and that having shouted out for "Silver Machine" a lot, Dave Brock finally said, "This is for the bloke at the back and it's called "Washing Machine" - I was still a schoolboy!

Cheers,

Tim

Quote from: GroupC on February 14, 2024, 11:46:10 AMLIFE, North East Coastal Town.

I've never heard of Life before.
Interesting but not really for me I'm afraid

We had a bit of a chat on here recently re Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention.

The late Judy Dyble sang on Fairport's first album but was soon replaced by Sandy Denny.

Dyble later teamed up with Irish multi-instrumentalist Jackie McAuley to form Trader Horne in the very early 1970s.
Their single album can best  be described as quaint, typically English, folk music and I think that the pair's voices compliment each other rather well.

Here's a single track, "The Mixed Up Kind" from the album.
See what you think :
https://youtu.be/yG_ZA7MyMkU?si=3zrFqIE3Z0jGh9ZI

Yes I would agree with you there Martin, do I hear a harpsicord sounding instrument in there? Listening to the album now - not unpleasant but a bit twee.

Cheers,

Tim

It's probably the song itself but she does not seem to have the range of Sandy Denny or Maddy Prior

My early musical tastes were centred around rock and prog rock (plus classical, jazz and folk). By the mid 70s I started to drift away from rock and prog rock and listened to the likes of The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke, Jeff Beck, Brand X, along with Earth Wind and Fire and the such like. Jean Luc Ponty violin (ex Frank Zappa) produced some fine albums at this time, here he is with "Egocentric Molecules" from Cosmic Messenger...

https://youtu.be/3ern1i86OS4?feature=shared

I should think the bass player and drummer had to have a lie down after this!

Cheers,

Tim     

No one has replied to Grassyfield, who appears to be here in NZ.
I think you are asking how to take your playing further.
I have learnt Classical Guitar for about the last 25 years, starting at the age of 42, so I was never going to be a Maestro.
I do play some songs but don't spend much time on pop or rock.
As you imply, you need to have some structure in your playing.
Even for a simple song with 3 chords, it's normally the first, 4th and 5th chords in the key, with the 5th being a "7th" chord. (ie the basic chord with the 7th note of the scale added.)
So in the key of C major, it's the C, F and G7 Chords. (For example)
Guitar solos are usually based on scales, so unfortunately there is no substitute for learning these, especially if you want to improvise.
If you want to take your playing further, you may want to consider taking lessons. There are probably guitar tutors in most NZ cities, and are also some who give lessons on line.
Apologies if you know all this already!

Quote from: Moonglum on February 18, 2024, 10:28:16 PMhttps://youtu.be/3ern1i86OS4?feature=shared

I should think the bass player and drummer had to have a lie down after this!

Cheers,

Tim     

That was tight! Or as Louis Balfour (John Thomson) of the Fast Show's Jazz Club would say "Mmmmmm. Great"

Quote from: JulianO on February 19, 2024, 03:45:16 AMNo one has replied to Grassyfield, who appears to be here in NZ.
I think you are asking how to take your playing further.
I have learnt Classical Guitar for about the last 25 years, starting at the age of 42, so I was never going to be a Maestro.
I do play some songs but don't spend much time on pop or rock.
As you imply, you need to have some structure in your playing.
Even for a simple song with 3 chords, it's normally the first, 4th and 5th chords in the key, with the 5th being a "7th" chord. (ie the basic chord with the 7th note of the scale added.)
So in the key of C major, it's the C, F and G7 Chords. (For example)
Guitar solos are usually based on scales, so unfortunately there is no substitute for learning these, especially if you want to improvise.
If you want to take your playing further, you may want to consider taking lessons. There are probably guitar tutors in most NZ cities, and are also some who give lessons on line.
Apologies if you know all this already!

I was given a guitar for my 60th birthday.
Up until that point I had never played a musical instrument in my life although I have always had a keen interest in music. I think I'm also pretty much "tone deaf" which doesn't help.
Anyway, I started off with lessons which I kept up for around 2 years. Now I'm at the stage where I can play a few tunes, stutteringly,  and I can, to some extent, compose some simple bits and bobs of my own.
Learning to play the guitar was WAY more difficult than I ever imagined but perseverance and to some extent dogged determination helps.
Some chords are, for my ageing hands/fingers, a physical impossibility but you can get by with cheats o by simply ignoring the ones you can't achieve.
Cheers
Martin

@julian, hey thanks for that reply!. That's awesome you play. I think i need to focus on one style and play that. I get confused because there's so many different ways to play and i just don't know what to focus on to get to understand the whole fret board properly. I have played it enough now that i can pick nicely and have  a good feel for it and can play some cool things and do most of the things i learn reasonably well now, but its just now i want to be able to improvise and not just play a song. I do improvise but as i say its got no structure or any thing it's just either playing around with a song i learnt and adding my own little thing or what ever or just making noise lol. But either it's a really enjoyable thing to do regardless of your experience level/age i think, its just like mediation or some thing, same with any instrument so im always enjoying my self, but yeah would be nice to know what im doing haha. Thanks again for the reply mate!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I wouldn't say I play, but I do tinker a bit, bash out a few chords and play a few lead bits.

But I always thought that was what improvisation is... making it up as you go?

Yeah id be more in that category also, its more tinkering or short bursts not long hours or any thing really. Yeah improvisation im not to sure about, i think your right that's what it is, just making stuff up ur self on the spot i think.

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