Playing instruments or taking voice classes?

[the_future_modernes]

SOOOOOO. I had planned to learn the guitar this year, but couldn't afford to check in my brother's guitar on the plane this semester, so I just finished registering into drumming class! The professor seems to be really cool and we just spent an hour and a half discussing women in rock and blues and different drumming styles and such. Are any of you women-identifying members learning how to play or sing or are already playing and singing? Wanna talk about it?

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[marina]

I just got a guitar this year - well, my dad did but it's HERE and it's MINE dammit - and I've wanted one for AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGES and now I'm kind of totally clueless intimidated. I can't afford lessons so I was thinking I'd self teach, at least for a while, but IDK at this point that feels kind of impossible /o\ CORDS! How will I learn cords with no teacher! Who will make sure I'm doing it right?

Anyway so now I'd love to just hear encouragement/personal stories from people who HAVE taught themselves guitar or tips or whatever. I mean I can look up instructional videos on youtube but idk if they'll actually work/help?

[the_future_modernes]

I've actually got an entry with a mathrock US musician who up and taught herself how play guitar when she was twenty one ready for posting.

[the_future_modernes]

I mean, I think that if you just play around and try to maybe work out the chords to your fav. songs at first, you should be able to put together something.

Try this maybe?

[the_future_modernes]

How to play guitar for newbies

[all_adream]

I sing, and I took a very cool seminar with Jill Purce (who mostly teaches in the UK) on "overtone singing". It's like Himalayan or Mongolian, not exactly like Tibetan, but very cool. You sing one tone and it separates into few notes, including its own harmony. I tend to do it at my workplace when I am alone, and it has made my voice MUCH stronger, and the range and breathing got a lot better. It's very cool, I think, and worth trying out--there are some sort of lame videos at youtube that show people how.

[the_future_modernes]

*whistles* That sounds really interesting.

[delladea]

Learning to play acoustic guitar is on my bucket list. I had a guitar for a while when I was a kid, but before I really learned to do anything with it, it was broken by a younger sibling. :(

I still check pawn shops and the like on occasion for a reasonable price on a good guitar. Unfortunately, I can't justify the expense right now.

Drumming class sounds AWESOME though.

[the_future_modernes]

it was broken by a younger sibling. :(

Oh geez! Damn that sucks!!! here's hoping you are able to get one soon! And yes, I am SO EXCITED about drumming class!