rockabilly guitar

does anyone know the best place to start when trying to take on rockabilly playing???

learn all the blues you can! hehe....also try to get a feel for the rhythm which, i think, is the main theme in rockabilly stuff....you know its got that kinda bouncy sound to it...i sometimes play stuff like that when i jam with my friends just for fun...and sometimes all you gotta do is just nail a bitchin' rhythm....if you play progressions like this:
E:
B:
G:
D:
A:5--5--7--5--5--5--7-
E:3--3--3--3--3--3--3-
you'll get some pretty cool bouncy sounds...

A couple of years ago my guitar magazine featured guest lessons from Brian Setzer. I would scan in the tabs and create a midi of the lessons but I'm at university now and I'm not home until December, which is where my magazines are! Finger picking 7th chords in a I - IV - V progression works well.

Hey blackholesun, this is completely the wrong thread for this but what uni are you at? Are you doing music? I'm trying to choose unis @ the mo cuz I wanna do popular/contemporary music. Just wanted to know if you were doing a music course; if so why you chose the course, the uni, what you think of it, etc.

Thanks

Afro

I'm in Exeter, but I'm doing Physics. They don't do music at the University of Exeter, but they do at Exeter College because I just looked on Ucas. Exeter seems like a really nice place so far, and Matt Bellamy's luthier is based in Manson Guitars in the high street.

Thanks for the advice guys i'll try that stuff out.sorry for the delay in my response ,i've been away.

@ blackholesun .I'm self taught and trying to teach myself some theory.
I don't really know(or understand)what 7th chords are.If I go to the guitar chord section is any chord with a 7 in the name what you meen??
if you have any time could you explain what makes a 7th chord a 7th chord.
Thanks.

Yeah, they do have a 7 in the name, but you get different types (eg dominant 7th, major 7th, minor 7th).

Sorry I can't be of much help, I'm off soon and just checking what's new (if no one has replied later I will do then).

If you're playing in C major then the I chord is Cmaj7, the IV chord is Fmaj7, and the V chord is G7. They are called 7th chords becuase they include the seventh scale degree in them. On the I and IV chords, the 7th scale degree is the natural 7th (called the major 7th), but on the V chord is it a flattened 7th (minor 7th).

A 7th chord with a major 3rd and a major 7th is a maj7 chord. With minor 3rds and 7ths it is a min7 chord, and with a major 3rd and a minor 7th it is a dominant 7th, which is just written as 7, eg G7. With a minor 3rd and a major 7th is called a min/maj7, but this is rarely found outside jazz as far as I know.

You could also use 9th chords, and other extensions. They work in the same way. Best thing to do is use the scale to chord tool, choose a scale, look to see what chords are the best to use (they are in bold), and go and learn some new shapes.

thanks for taking the time to explain all that.i'm starting to get it.
thanks again!