What guitar accessories do u need? (Guitar Lesson BC-103) Guitar for beginners, Getting started
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0:08 - 0:13Hi, how’re you doing? Justin Sandercoe here,
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0:13 - 0:15made sure I got that right by looking down here!
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0:15 - 0:19What I’m gonna talk about in this lesson is some accessories that you'll
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0:19 - 0:22probably find really useful if you’re gonna do
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0:22 - 0:26Just gonna talk a little bit about them so you know what to look for when you go to the shop.
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0:27 - 0:30The first thing I want to talk about is Plectrums. Now, the most
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0:30 - 0:33important thing to look for when you’re a beginner guitar player and
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0:33 - 0:38you don’t really know what you want, is to get yourself a very, very thin plectrum.
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0:38 - 0:45I would recommend the “Jim Dunlop USA Nylon .46mm” pick.
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0:45 - 0:50They’re white and very, very thin, should be a little picture just here showing you
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0:50 - 0:54what they look like. That’s the one I’d recommend that you start off with.
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0:54 - 0:58If you want to get – later on in the Course when we start doing some Scales and stuff,
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0:58 - 1:04and playing some single lines, single notes – you might want to get a slightly thicker pick.
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1:04 - 1:13I recommend these orange Dunlop picks….
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1:13 - 1:20Something like that they’re called. Yeah, really good picks; slightly thicker, good texture,
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1:20 - 1:27easy to grip. If you’re just playing electric guitar, I tend to use a thicker pick. Jim Dunlop again,
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1:27 - 1:33a “Jazz 3”. Nearly everyone I know uses the same pick: these little “Jazz 3’s”.
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1:33 - 1:37I really like them, but the type of pick and the brand you that you buy is really your choice.
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1:37 - 1:39You don’t have to buy a Jim Dunlop, buy whatever brand you want.
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1:39 - 1:42Fender make good picks, I mean it really doesn’t make any difference, just find one that you like.
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1:42 - 1:49So, that’s the first thing. Second thing, I highly recommend that you get yourself a Guitar Strap.
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1:49 - 1:52Why? Because I don’t want your guitar falling off!
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1:52 - 1:55Especially if you’re gonna stand up – you need to buy a strap, right,
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1:55 - 1:58there’s no way around it if you’re gonna stand up.
But if you’re sitting down as well, -
1:58 - 2:05it can stop you kind of trying to grip the guitar
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2:05 - 2:08It kind of makes it awkward if you’re trying to hold your guitar all the time, so getting
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2:08 - 2:14a strap so that it’s kind of just almost tight on you when you’re sitting down is a good way to do it.
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2:14 - 2:18So I try and think of my guitar being the same sitting down as when I’m standing up,
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2:18 - 2:21I think that’s a good kind of practice to get into.
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2:21 - 2:25But getting a strap’s quite a good idea – doesn’t matter the type of strap you get.
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2:25 - 2:28If you’ve got a heavy guitar, like a Les Paul type guitar, an electric guitar,
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2:28 - 2:33you probably want to get a padded strap, because, well maybe I’m just a big wussy but my shoulder
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2:33 - 2:41gets really sore when I play with my Les Paul. So I’ve got an extra big thick padded strap for that guitar.
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2:41 - 2:47Anyway, next really important thing that you need to get is a Metronome.
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2:49 - 2:54Now, the metronome that I use is called a “Korg-MA30”.
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2:54 - 2:58Again, don’t have a deal with Korg, just it’s a really good metronome – all my students have it.
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2:58 - 3:00It’s got a lot of features that are really quite advanced that you’re
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3:01 - 3:05not gonna use straight away as a beginner, but it’s just good. So,
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3:05 - 3:08I’d go and check that out. And they’re not particularly expensive either,
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3:08 - 3:12but it doesn’t really matter, just I wouldn’t advise that you buy the ‘tick-tock’ one,
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3:12 - 3:15you know the ‘tick-tock-tick’ that you see sitting on the piano teacher’s desk.
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3:15 - 3:22Don’t get one of them, silly idea. You can only choose certain speeds and stuff, just generally a bad idea.
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3:22 - 3:32OK, Guitar Tuner. Now I use a really big “Peterson’s Strobe Tuner”, right, and they’re quite expensive.
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3:32 - 3:36Really would be over the top if you’re a beginner guitar player to get one of those.
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3:39 - 3:43The Korg MA-30 Metronome has a guitar tuner
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3:43 - 3:49which looks exactly the same except it’s silver, I think, and works as a fine tuner.
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3:49 - 3:52I do recommend getting an electronic tuner because if your guitar’s in tune it sounds nicer,
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3:52 - 3:59which is a lot more inspiring when you’re learning guitar. So I’d recommend getting yourself
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3:59 - 4:04a Korg electronic tuner, but it doesn’t really matter what tuner you get.
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4:04 - 4:09If you’ve got oodles of money, and you just want to spunk it around unnecessarily, then get yourself a Peterson’s
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4:09 - 4:17Strobe Tuner, because they’re fantastic tuners; really accurate, just too expensive, in my opinion, for a beginner.
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4:17 - 4:22Anyway. Capo – or “Cay-Po” – I don’t know how it’s pronounced and I don’t really care, right.
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4:22 - 4:25I call it a Capo; some people call it a “Cay-Po”.
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4:25 - 4:32I don’t really know and I don’t really care! I recommend these ones called a ‘Kaiser’ capo.
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4:32 - 4:37Why? Because I think they’re really good and I’ve never had one wear out or break.
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4:37 - 4:40They just seem to last forever, they’re really good.
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4:40 - 4:44There’s no little screws that you have to tighten up or anything like that.
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4:44 - 4:49They’re really easy to move positions, they’re really good. They’re slightly more expensive
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4:49 - 4:52than the regular capo, but you’re probably only gonna buy one in your
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4:52 - 4:55lifetime – unless you lose it like I do. I lose mine all the time,
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4:55 - 4:59but that’s just because I’m a bit dim when it comes to losing stuff like capos.
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4:59 - 5:03Anyway…. I get that where people nick them off me all the time,
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5:03 - 5:07maybe; either one. Anyway, get yourself a capo, ‘Kaiser’ capos – really good.
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5:07 - 5:12We’re gonna discuss how to use a capo later on, so I’m not gonna go into that right now,
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5:12 - 5:14it’s just a good idea to get yourself one.
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5:14 - 5:22Display Folder! Get yourself a little…some sort of book with the clear pages in it so you can keep all your notes in.
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5:22 - 5:28Really good idea, keeps them organised. You keep organised in a book, you keep organised in here.
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5:28 - 5:33Don’t know how that works, but it does, so that would be a really really good thing to get going on as well.
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5:33 - 5:38Couple of other, slightly less important accessories, but I still think are really valuable.
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5:38 - 5:43Strap Locks. If you’re gonna buy a strap for your guitar, get Strap Locks.
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5:43 - 5:50I use a big metal thing on the end of here which I have to kind of ‘click’ off
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5:50 - 5:55to get the strap off and it makes a clicking noise.
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5:55 - 6:01The strap’s never gonna come off, right. It’s really important because I have seen really expensive guitars – guys with,
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6:01 - 6:05you know, posh Les Pauls or whatever, Les Pauls have got a really fragile headstock –
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6:05 - 6:08playing away, this strap comes off, guitar falls down
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6:08 - 6:11like that and smacks the headstock on the floor. Headstock gone,
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6:11 - 6:15guitar worth half of what it used to be, and it’ll cost you a fortune to get it replaced.
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6:15 - 6:19So, if you’re gonna stand up and play guitar, get yourself Strap Locks.
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6:19 - 6:22I use these big metal ones which cost about £10,
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6:22 - 6:27which is about $20 or something like that. Exchange Rate’s going crazy at the moment so I can’t really tell.
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6:27 - 6:31But you can buy really cheap ones for like a dollar, plastic ones.
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6:31 - 6:35So, again I’ll stick links up on the website, but go and check them out as well.
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6:36 - 6:39If you can, get yourself some sort of Tape Recorder,
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6:39 - 6:43it’s a really, really good idea. The best thing in the world that you can have when you’re
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6:43 - 6:45learning guitar is a Jam Buddy – somebody to play along with
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6:45 - 6:50that you can practice songs with, and as you develop a little bit and
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6:50 - 6:52somebody’s learned to play Lead Guitar, then one guy can play some Rhythm,
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6:52 - 6:55the other guy plays Lead. You can go back-to-back
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6:55 - 6:58and test each other on naming chords. It’s great to have a Jam Buddy.
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6:59 - 7:02If you don’t know anybody that’s learning guitar at the same time as you,
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7:02 - 7:04then getting yourself some sort of a Tape Recorder is a really,
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7:04 - 7:07really good idea, so you can record yourself, listen back –
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7:07 - 7:12listening back is a really good teacher. And, as well, you can record yourself
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7:12 - 7:15doing some Rhythm Guitar, and then practice doing either Rhythm Guitar along with it
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7:15 - 7:18or practising a little Lead Guitar along with it. It’s a
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7:18 - 7:22really, really good thing to do. Some sort of audible Tape Recorder, not necessary, but very useful.
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7:23 - 7:29And last thing, Music Stand. A lot of people end up with back problems because they practice sitting on their bed,
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7:29 - 7:33with their music on the bed next to them. Their back’s twisted round like this
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7:33 - 7:36and their neck hunched over and they’re looking like that,
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7:36 - 7:38then they’re reaching and looking at the guitar neck.
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7:38 - 7:42Really, really good way to have to spend a whole lot of money in the chiropractor – don’t do it.
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7:42 - 7:46Get yourself a Music Stand, they don’t cost a lot. Stick it up in front of you,
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7:46 - 7:48make sure that you’re not twisting your spine around all the time.
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7:48 - 7:53It’s a good idea to sit up fairly straight when you’re practising guitar, don’t be all hunching over like this,
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7:53 - 7:57because it will lead you to some neck and back problems if you end up practising guitar a lot.
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7:59 - 8:00There you go, there’s a few accessories for you. Like I said,
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8:00 - 8:06there’ll be some links to some other pages from this page on the website
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8:06 - 8:10with direct links and stuff to go and buy at your local music store or whatever.
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8:10 - 8:13Hope that’s helped you with some ideas of some things
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8:13 - 8:16that you need to buy that first time that you go to the music shop,
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8:16 - 8:18or if you’ve already bought your guitar, the second time that you go to the music shop.
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8:18 - 8:21Or maybe you go to the music shop all the time, so it won’t be that…..you know what I mean.
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8:21 - 8:25I’ll see you for another lesson sometime soon. Bye-Bye!
- Title:
- What guitar accessories do u need? (Guitar Lesson BC-103) Guitar for beginners, Getting started
- Description:
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Justin's Beginners Guitar Course v2.
This is the third video in Stage 0 - the "Before you begin" stage, and in this video I talk about useful accessories for the beginner guitar player.
The Justinguitar Beginners Guitar Course, a series of over 100 lessons on guitar for beginners. Text support is on the web site and also in a proper old skool paper book which can be ordered from the web site of your local music store :)
Taught by Justin Sandercoe.
Full support at the justinguitar web site where you will find hundreds of lessons on a wide range of subjects, and all the scales and chords that you will ever need! There is a great forum too to get help, no matter what the problem.
And it is all totally free, no bull. No sample lessons, no memberships, no free ebook. Just tons of great lessons :)
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- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- JustinGuitar (legacy)
- Project:
- Beginners Course (BC)
- Duration:
- 08:30