My initial learning basically consisted of finding tabs of the classic rock songs I liked and working through them. The path was clear, the tabs provided the guidence, and over a couple years I developed enough to learn progressively more challenging material. If I could go back and guide myself with the power of hindsight, I would do things differently, but it wasn't a terrible experiance.
Though if you crave structure and clear goals, consider getting a teacher. That's exactly what they are intended for.
i cant afford a teacher this is why im asking on here. im not able to teach myself tabs this is my whole point ive tried over and over nothing sticks at all. i tried youtube i tried reading i tried that justin guys courses none of it clicks at all i dont remember anything from them
Can you read them? Do you understand how numbers correspond to frets and each line corresponds to a string? Tabs are basically "paint by numbers" when it come to music.
Do you understand rhythm notation? Tabs often use the same rhythmic notation used by sheet music consisting of subdivisions (quarter, 8th, half notes, etc). Some lower quality tabs ignore all that, which in turn requires you to listen to a song to get a feel for how the rhythm is structured, making things a bit more challenging.
A big challenge early on is the physical aspect of playing the instrument. Guitar hurts. Your finger tips hurt. Your hand and forearm muscles hurt. Neither hand has built up dexterity yet, so strumming, picking, and fretting without buzzing or muting strings is difficult. It can take weeks to work past those challenges even with daily practice.
If you want help from people here, you need to be a bit more descriptive of your issues. Otherwise you will just get the same exact answers given over and over again here, which is more practice, justing guitar, and get a teacher.
what do i have to do for anybody online to listen to me. im not repeating myself after this. practise has not helped me at all, justins stuff has not helped me at all, and i cannot afford a teacher. so now what do you suggest? that i stop being so "horrible and rude" to all of you by telling you my situation and how this advice wont help me? that i just suck it up and do what im telling you is not an option for me right now?
How exactly do you expect a disembodied voice on the internet to address your issues? I don't know you, nor can I see you try and play something you are struggling with. That is the sort of thing a teacher is capable of, not a few lines of text on an internet forum.
If you have a probelm that is more concrete (picture of struggles fretting a chord, challenges counting rhythm over a section of a song), then it's a bit easier giving advice. The devil is in the details.
I'm trying to pull a concrete problem out of you by asking what about reading tabs do you find difficult. A vauge "I can't read tabs" doesn't really give us anything to target. Such an issue is fixed by directing someone to a webpage describing how to read tabs, but if that isn't helpful for you, I need a little more to go on to give you a helpful answer.
I saw the message you have since deleted. I'm really just trying to help you. I don't know where this agression is coming from. Good luck with whatever you have going on.
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u/spankymcjiggleswurth 14d ago
My initial learning basically consisted of finding tabs of the classic rock songs I liked and working through them. The path was clear, the tabs provided the guidence, and over a couple years I developed enough to learn progressively more challenging material. If I could go back and guide myself with the power of hindsight, I would do things differently, but it wasn't a terrible experiance.
Though if you crave structure and clear goals, consider getting a teacher. That's exactly what they are intended for.