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antoliidurkee
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antoliidurkee
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05/08/2020 3:43 am

Hello everyone, my name is Antolii.

I recently started playing electric guitar, but I've played a little bit of bass guitar before, which is the reason I decided to purchase my first eletric guitar. My approach to my guitar purchase was a bit different. I like metal mostly, so with that in mind I researched different guitars. I found that a lot of the bands I listen to, play 7 string guitar, or above. I was interested in 8 string guitar at first, but in the end I settled on 7 strings because I thought it was be easier to learn.

In comparison to my bass, the guitar feels small. I never played a 6 string before, so I have nothing to compare the 7 string to. The lowest string, B, does kind of remind me of bass string. With the beginner lessons on here, I just incorporate the extra string into my exercises. I'm doubtful that GT will feature 7 string lessons. I'm wondering if anyone else had skipped 6 string and went right into 7 string? My musician friend actually was against the idea of me playing 7 first, and that I should have started with 6 string acoustic.


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LisaMcC
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LisaMcC
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05/08/2020 5:20 pm

Hi Antolii,

I would think it would be a bit easier on your brain to learn the basics in GuitarTricks on a 6-string, just because you wouldn't have the 7th string there, in the way, never being mentioned or used in the lessons.

Or, if you can just try to follow GT lessons and call the 7th string "off-limits", while you follow the sructured lessons that will help you understand the instrument better.

Then go ahead and incorporate the 7th string as you wish and as it makes sense to you to do so.

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antoliidurkee
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antoliidurkee
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05/09/2020 1:04 am
Originally Posted by: LisaMcC

Or, if you can just try to follow GT lessons and call the 7th string "off-limits", while you follow the sructured lessons that will help you understand the instrument better.

Yep. I try not to touch the low B string. Just having to learn to mute the 7th string, do my GT lessons. I do the "spider legs" exercise using all the strings. It seems like a bit of extra work, but just trying to get comfortable. This website has been great so far, very structured which I dearly needed. I didn't like how a lot of YouTube lessons were, and tab sites were confusing and trying to figure out if thats how the song is actually played or if thats just the author of the tablature's best guess.


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