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April 22nd, 2007
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I'm excited!!!
I know most of you guys are way above my level of playing! I can change chords easily, and my ear for jamming is pretty good! However I have basicly been a strummer. This week I have been really working on learning some runs to use between chords and all of a sudden today they just fell into place!!!!!   I'm tinkering a little with the fingerpicking but am really interested in learning to play some lead guitar with the pick.
See, I don't even know the correct terminology. I still don't understand the difference between runs, riffs and licks. Are they the same?  :smilinguitar
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April 23rd, 2007
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Pretty much the same as far as i know. I usually lay down a few tracks to make it seem like i'm adding fills and licks. I wish i started playing years ago so my fingers could do it all tho 
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April 23rd, 2007
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Great stuff AD. Runs and licks are pretty much the same but riffs are different. Riffs are kind of the main theme to a song and they tend to repeat all the way through. Think of the opening to 'Smoke on the Water', 'Louie Louie', 'Day Tripper', etc.
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April 23rd, 2007
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That is great to hear. Looking forward to listening to your stuff.
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April 23rd, 2007
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Congrats, Aunt Doty....breakthroughs like that make you feel great, don't they??
Mac
"I wish I could play that fast - then I would have the option of not doing that."
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April 23rd, 2007
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Just out of curiousity Doty, how long have you been playing? I'm trying ot gauge how long it might take me to be able to "jam". 
[B]Official Guitar Newb:[/B] [B][I]Start Date 4/17/07[/I][/B]
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April 23rd, 2007
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I'd say runs are from chord to chord... licks are "tricks" like combinations of pull offs and hammer ons. I'd also venture so far as to say runs are "rhythm" based and licks are "Lead" based.
Dead on with the Riff description though. Riff is an identifiable combination of notes that are usually associated with a particular song:
I.E.
Daytripper
Crazy Train
Green River
Folsom Prison Blues
Wish You Were Here
Dueling Banjos
ect...
Remember, wherever you go... there you are.
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April 23rd, 2007
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Rock On, auntie! Great going
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
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April 23rd, 2007
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Playing guitar for what seems like forever.
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Way to go Aunt Doty. 
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April 23rd, 2007
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Keep cruisin', AD!
Steve Cass
Solid Walnut Music/ASCAP
Becoming a great guitarist has less to do with fancy moves than it does becoming a master of the basics and learning musicianship.
It's not what you can't do. It's how you play what you already know.
Lessons for the Beginner and Beyond"Rhythm guitar is a trip that alot of people miss" -- Tom Petty
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April 23rd, 2007
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the problem is not what you dont know but what you dont know you dont know
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April 23rd, 2007
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Thanks guys for the education and the support. AT I think it'll be a long time before I'm brave enough to post!!
I've been playing about 11 months, but I'm probably a slow learner!!!
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