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Talking Tabs – Play It Now Tunes
Filed Under (Exercise, Other Resources, Practice) by Frank on 17-07-2008
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I was at a Sam Ash^ about 2 weeks ago, shopping around — just looking (at saxophones [the bug is gone]) and I came upon something that really interested me.
It was a small CD (Jewel) case which said “Learn to play this Hit Song!” It was in a display box with several titles named. I scanned through the titles and discovered that they labeled the level of skill required to play the given song…
So I scanned through looking for items marked at “Guitar_Level 1″ which is the lowest level. I ended up with only a handful of selections (like 2 or 3) and all but 1 was of no interest of me (as far as learning the song). That was “Smells like Teen Spirit” as performed by Nirvana.
I decided immediately to purchase it; I had to at least give it a try and it was only around $13.00.
You can find more information about this here: http://www.playitnowtunes.com^
My first impressions when I broke in to the CD and started to listening was positive. However, I don’t like their version of the song (Smells Like Teen Spirit) but that just probably has to do with the fact that I have always much preferred their acoustic or unplugged versions more then the electric (plugged?) versions.
I’ve only been working with it for two weeks. I don’t want to post a “this will work” or “this won’t work” opinion until I’ve spent more time with it; but I did want to let the world know that it was out there.
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I just tried the Play it Now CD for Redemption Song (Bob Marley).. It is actually really good, song broken into easy sections of a few bars at a time, Strum patterns are provided, and “twiddly bits” like the hammer on in the intro are clearly explained. I don’t think it would take long for most people to outgrow this method, but as a starting point for a new learner (or for those like me with no ear or rhythm) it is a very good teaching method.
I picked up a handfull of these CDs. I am a very low level guitar player. I have been tooling around with “Wish You Were Here”. It is actually really good. I can already play the intro. The question will be, will this help me learn to play guitar in general?
Hey Eric,
Thanks for stopping by. I’m glad you are learning something from the talking tabs CDs.
I’m not really the right person to answer whether it will help you learn guitar in general.
My opinion (and nothing but) is that it can help with certain things. The most obvious problem is that it doesn’t help you learn either music theory nor does it help with reading music.
It does, however, help with learning the motor movements to fret a guitar and the rhythm to strum the guitar. (And the coordination of the two).
Ultimately, my answer is: Talking Tabs / Play it Now Tunes is part of a complete practice schedule.
Best Regards and best of luck in your studies,
Frank