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Thread started 12/19/14 3:05am

mrmarcus

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Attn: Guitarists (learning from youtube)

So my wife got me an electric guitar as an early christmas present, which means I now have a new hobby. Gonna start learning through youtube, basic beginners stuff, but somewhere down the road I'ma wanna learn to play something funky. Something a Prince fan would wanna play. I'm pretty sure there are threads on this already, but the search function came up with nothing.

So. Are there any specific youtube channels that would vibe with people like us? Plz let me know... help me begin my journey! wink

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Reply #1 posted 12/22/14 2:28pm

Slave2daGroove

After you get through the basics, correct way to hold your hand on the fretboard, open chords, string names, coordination with strumming while holding chords, etc.

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I'd suggest learning some songs first (to keep you interested) on youtoob and find one with multiple people's takes, some are hacks, some are right on.

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There's a million videos of people calling themselves funk but my best advice would be to listen to James Brown, figure out the fingering for a 9th Chord (it moves up and down the fretboard) and play with the music.

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Just my twocents

[Edited 12/22/14 14:29pm]

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Reply #2 posted 12/23/14 8:33am

daf1999

You can pick up some tips and Prince tabs from here

http://prince.forum9.biz/

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Reply #3 posted 01/16/15 10:29am

mrmarcus

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Thanks for the suggestions guys! Can you believe in all of youtube, there is only ONE Prince guitar tutorial video? Of course its for Purple Rain. I remember taking guitar lessons for a month when I was a teenager. The teacher was a Frenchman who taught us U2 songs. I asked him to teach me some Prince and he just laughed at me. I didn't continue with him after that, LOL

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