Hi all, I’m in the beginning steps of learning guitar. hands are very broken in, chords sound good, I know a few from 1st to 5th but I wanted a better understand of the progressions.
if it better to follow c, d , e, e# etc… or c, g, a? or would it depend on the music? I’m focusing heavy on bluegrass. Doc Watson is a big focus for my end style, or Billy strings.
i currently practice/play about 4 hours a day 7 days a week. (a lot I know) my focus is flat picking and finger style mostly rather then traditional strumming.
does any.one have and good guides or books I should read up on for how to do good proper cord progressions? even a simple info graphic that is easily understandable for a beginner?
I’m focusing mostly right now on chord runs. C is memorized and working on getting some others that can meld with the c run.
My advice is just to play some songs you like in order to get an intimate baseline of what they have going on. It will ground your foundation so the theory sticks.
Personally, getting a setup where you are able to dial in a song and listen to it while hearing yourself play is the most critical long term skill.
Sorry it is not what you asked for here. Speaking from experience, I went down this path over 25 years ago and have little to show from the efforts. It is likely you’ll be far better than me. Twenty five years ago, as a preteen with limited means, in a much smaller digital world, I never had this setup for listening and looping a recording. I learned tabs and chords. I had an old poster with a bunch of chords and scales. In terms of theory, relatively little stuck long term. I still gravitate towards playing those first dozen or so songs and rifts I learned even today. Looking back, the audio looping setup would have made me a much better guitarist if I had simply stuck to playing the songs perfectly and built my skills from there. Theory is like trying to grow a giant from a seed. Songs are like standing on the shoulders of giants.
good to know, I’m currently not even trying to play songs specifically, but more just have good sounding chord progressions to get familiar with the guitar itself.
example: https://youtu.be/GMiMhYLsxB4 starts at 0:25
I am also learning like Billy did, and obviously doc Watson… eyes closed. I want to feel the guitar and music, not rely on my visual senses.
it’s going to be a long road of learning. already at the addiction phase. perhaps I will try to get some songs under my belt that encompass a few chords that I already know to help me with my rhythm game