07 Mar 2007, 2:11 pm
I advanced pretty fast. I learned to play Metallica's "For Whom The Bell Tolls" and "Enter Sandman" at near perfect left (minus the solos) within the first two months. By the 4th month I was busting out "No Remorse" and "One". Hammer-on/pull off's are my specialty and I'm do them way too much but I love them....and they sound so god damned cool. I developed a thrash style of playing back when I was 13 and 14 and its only been getting better ever since.
I have no problem playing what comes to mind, but when it comes to reading music I stumble a lot so I abandoned reading it altogether. Well...reading and playing at the same time. I can read it and memorize the majority of the riff and take it from their by ear.
Unfortunately I noticed my left hand going numb on me 20 minutes into playing about a month ago and now I can't play for longer then a few minutes without my hand going numb. I think I have a pinched nerve or something. I really hope it goes away, but I've pretty much had to hang up my guitar and bass for awhile
07 Mar 2007, 5:18 pm
I didn't have much of a problem with the coordination. In fact, my two problems were the correct position of my left hand (the one on the neck - I always put my thumb to far forward), and being able to press down hard enough on the string to get the right sound, but not so hard that I blocked the other strings (my guitar strings around pretty far away from the rest of the neck).
My instructor loosened the strings for me - they're easier to hold down now - and I'm training myself to position my thumb correctly.
Lots and lots of practice (which I should be doing now! 
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07 Mar 2007, 5:37 pm
kidwiththereplaceablehead
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07 Mar 2007, 7:24 pm
kidwiththereplaceablehead
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: 5 Mar 2007
Gender: Male
Posts: 55
Location: NSW, Australia
07 Mar 2007, 7:49 pm
