Help with guitar tab.

[Mr. JL]

D
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This is an acoustic guitar tab. Now knowing not a whole lot about guitars I am under the presumption that I hold down ........


my middle finger on the first string on the 3rd fret. my ring finger on the second string on the 3rd fret. my index finger on the third string on the 2nd fret.

Then I strum all 4 strings. CORRECT? or do I get a WTF look

[samichna]

Nah, check this out,

Do you know how to play a rgular D chord, like so

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That has your middle finger on the 1st string, ring finger on the 2nd string, and index finger on the 3rd string.

You pinky is still open

Put your pinky on the first string, 3rd fret.

That way if you pull off your pinky, you are playing a regular D chord

[samichna]

This is a regular D chord
http://5wa.homestead.com/files/Picture_53.jpg


This is the D chord that you need to play
http://5wa.homestead.com/files/Picture_54.jpg

See, you just gotta add your pinky

[The Mask]

samichna is correct

[Mr. JL]

Alright, thanks alot! I'll get to trying and practising it.

[samichna]

What song is it anyways?

[Mr. JL]

pearl jam - release


probally not the best way to begin but i'm stubborn

[samichna]

If you like Pearl Jam, you might want to start off with something a bit simpler like Last Kiss.

[samichna]

Or Betterman even

[Mr. JL]

alright

[Mr. JL]

i'll go check those ones out

[samichna]

Last kiss is just G, Em, C, D

[asphyXy]

<font color=969696>Chords are for pussies. Learn some Symphony X solos.

But seriously, download the program "Guitar Pro". It's used to tab out songs and make midi files and whatnot, but it also has just about every scale there is, every chord, a metronome, etc, etc... You can basically learn how to play guitar with Guitar Pro alone. It has a thing where you can increase tempo over a specified period of time if you want to practice soloing, riffing, or whatever.</font> :y:

[Joe Kerr]

Last kiss is just G, Em, C, D
very easy song.. I cant read music only tablature or if im told the note to play i have a good basis ive been playing since i was 15

[samichna]

Yeah, I can't read music either, but I seem to be getting by fine so far.

[blake639raw]

A site with GREAT step by step lessons is www.zentao.com

[Boomer]

dude release is like d d d d d d d.....just picking....but yeah last kiss is REALLY easy

Man Pearl Jam is like ALL I know. I've just started learning Radiohead stuff. Took me a while to get that good. Paranoid Android is finally in my reach.

[samichna]

Play some Fake Plastic Trees

that song is awesome, and it's fun and easy to play

[Matchbox]

http://hatbox.lib.virginia.edu/text/gtrchord/

This is an online chord dictionary. It's helpful with basic chords as well as advanced.

Enjoy.:)