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stratkid Self Taught?? 05-15-2009, 09:46 PM

Norg iam poor i cant afford a... 05-15-2009, 09:54 PM

stratkid yea i was thinking about... 05-15-2009, 09:55 PM

SortaGuy im tryin to self teach myself... 05-15-2009, 10:07 PM

SATCHMO I started out guitar self... 05-15-2009, 10:08 PM

LoathsomePete I enjoy taking lessons, my... 05-15-2009, 10:12 PM

Neapolitan I'm self taught, but I... 05-15-2009, 10:47 PM

Blue I think this is a very true. 05-16-2009, 11:06 AM

Kamikazi Kat I highly agree with this as... 06-22-2009, 06:34 PM

stratkid yea so far i've been self... 05-15-2009, 10:34 PM

Fletch I`m self taught (in a sense -... 05-17-2009, 08:04 AM

Luby no one is self-taught... 06-23-2009, 05:14 PM

Astronomer But this is how I define... 06-23-2009, 06:23 PM

Luby yes that's what i'm saying.... 06-23-2009, 06:29 PM

Astronomer Oh okay, yeah I agree with... 06-23-2009, 06:32 PM

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just_call_me_six i believe strongly that you... 07-04-2009, 08:10 AM

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asshat I've been playing guitar for... 06-02-2009, 12:03 AM

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mr dave actually the biggest... 06-06-2009, 04:05 PM

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lieasleep no it totally is, especially... 06-17-2009, 08:19 PM

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lieasleep lol i said that. and yeah it... 06-20-2009, 01:01 AM

Antonio i know what you mean with... 06-20-2009, 01:18 AM

mr dave or if you want to learn to... 06-20-2009, 08:56 PM

Antonio .....well, i really wanted to... 06-20-2009, 09:47 PM

lieasleep dude trust me, i know alla... 06-20-2009, 06:59 PM

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JKSmith I'm self taught, I just look... 06-20-2009, 07:46 PM

mr dave no worries dude. at this... 06-20-2009, 10:03 PM

Luby I will have to disagree with... 06-23-2009, 05:24 PM

mr dave i have to assume you've never... 06-23-2009, 05:55 PM

Luby first of all, i don't... 06-23-2009, 06:08 PM

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Schredds Ya I played for 4 years and I... 06-22-2009, 06:49 PM

mr dave i think this is the biggest... 06-22-2009, 07:10 PM

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mr dave i never had formal training,... 06-23-2009, 01:10 AM

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i think this is the biggest factor.

the whole lessons vs. self taught thing seems to boil down to a difference between wanting to develop an ability to play the instrument and understanding the fundamentals of the instrument and its relation to the greater whole of music. you 'can' teach yourself both but one aspect is usually a bit more complicated than the other.

This is true. It also depends on what background history you have with music. When I was little my mother chauffeured me off to classical piano lessons for at least 5 years. Subsequently, I was able to self teach myself guitar and bass etc because I had that theoretical (and practical) musical grounding.

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