Listen to Slash's full interview on Apple Music's Southern Accents Radio here. Allow your fingers to get used to where they should go and which frets they need. Of course, Slash went on to great fame as a guitarist and while the last few years have been spent promoting his return to Guns N' Roses, Slash along with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators have a new album, 4, coming out in February. Play notes slowly, then build speed: Start by playing a series of notes slowly. Suggested free resource for this tutorial: guitar chord chart page Be sure to download this free. If you cannot wait and do play the guitar immediately, it is unlikely that there would be negative consequences. At the very least, you should let it sit overnight before you attempt to play it again.
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Revisit "Sunshine of Your Love," the first song that captured Slash's ear that made him want to play guitar, in the player below. Learn What Chords Are, How To Play Them, How They Are Made. You could need to wait 24 to 48 hours for the neck to settle into its new position. It has since been certified as a platinum album in the U.S. Upon its release, Cream's Disraeli Gears peaked at No. "So Disraeli Gears, aside from being one of the great rock and roll blues records of the era, if not of all time, it also was what made me pick up the guitar in the first place." Slash met with a guitar teacher and during their first session he started playing "Sunshine of Your Love," to which Slash replied, "That's what I want to do." "That was the guitar, right, electric guitar, and that's where I picked up guitar," says Slash. The above diagram is a great place to begin.
"When I first went in to learn an instrument, I intended to play bass because Steven Adler, the original drummer for Guns N' Roses, when he and I first met, he already played guitar, and so we were going to start a band so I was going to start to play bass, but I didn't know really technically the difference at that time between bass and guitar." If youre going to start playing guitar, its helpful to become familiar with its basic anatomy.
"Right off the bat, Disraeli Gears was the record that switched me from playing bass to guitar," recalled Slash.