ギター演奏について話してみよう

Talking about playing the guitar
あなたは外国人の友人とギターを弾くことについて話しています。
イラストのコード進行について、ギターを弾く人はわかるかもしれませんね。どんな音になるのか教えてあげましょう。
I don't understand this chord progression.
 
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I don't understand this chord progression.

I also need help understanding this chord progression.
When I was a child, I tried to hold down the guitar strings to make beautiful sounds, but it was too challenging to do so.
Since then, I never try the guitar.

自然な表現

I also need help understanding this chord progression.
When I was a child, I tried to hold down the guitar strings to make beautiful sounds, but it was too challenging to do so.
Since then, I never try playing the guitar.

1. The sentence was incomplete, so we added the verb form "playing."
Is that so? Both of us are beginners then. Should we ask the teacher to explain more about the chords?

Yes, we should.
We should ask the teacher to teach us the chords.
In the phase of the beginner, learning alone is not practical, so you should be given teaching by a good teacher.

自然な表現

Yes, we should.
We should ask the teacher to teach us the chords.
In this phase of the beginner, learning alone is not practical, so you should be given teaching by a good teacher.

1. We added the word "this" instead of the article "the" to make the sentence more precise and concise.
I agree. I tried playing the guitar when I was in high school, but I gave up because my fingers hurt. It seems like the teacher is still busy with the others.

Please don't worry about that situation at all.
All we have to do is ask the teacher to teach us.
Don't care how people look at us. We are only the student from the teacher's points.
No matter how busy he is busy, we should be able to learn the instrument.

自然な表現

Please don't worry about that situation at all.
All we have to do is ask the teacher to teach us.
We don't care how people look at us. We are only the student from the teacher's points.
No matter how busy he is, we should be able to learn the instrument.

1. The pronoun "we" is needed at the beginning of the sentence to make it precise and concise.
2. We needed to change the word order to make the phrase sounds natural. Also, you wrote the word "busy" twice, so we removed it.
All right. What song do you want to play? We can choose one with easier chords, fit for beginners like us.

I want to play Elton John.
How does that sound to you?
I know just only his name.
I don't know how he plays music, so I can't understand whether it is suitable for beginners or not.

自然な表現

I want to play Elton John songs.
How does that sound to you?
I know just only his name.
I don't know how he plays music, so I can't understand whether it is suitable for beginners or not.

1. The sentence was incomplete, so we added the noun "songs."
Elton John? Doesn't he play the piano? How about Ed Sheeran? He plays the guitar. His songs are nice.

Oh! Really?
I understand it.
Ed Sheeran is also my favorite singer. His sounds are so nice that I always feel like singing.
Let's get to it.

自然な表現

Oh! Really?
I understand it.
Ed Sheeran is my favorite singer, also. His sounds are so nice that I always feel like singing.
Let's get to it.

1. We changed the word order to make the phrase works well.

関連単語

  • progression（進歩、向上、前進）
  • arpeggio（アルペジオ（奏法））
  • strum（（名）軽くかき鳴らすこと　（動）かき鳴らす）
  • acoustic（（名）〔アクースティック〕楽器　（形）アコースティックの）
  • chord（コード）
  • capo（カポ）
  • fret（心配する、思い悩む、（楽器の）フレット）
  • key（鍵、（音楽の）調、キー）
  • pick（摘み取る、採集する、（弦楽器を）弾く）
  • transpose（入れ替える、逆にする、（曲を）転調する）

関連フレーズ

  • For this particular song, I think an acoustic guitar will work best.（まさにこの曲はアコースティックギターが一番合うと思うよ。）
  • I've been playing this guitar for so long that the frets are starting to wear down.（このギターをずっと弾いてきたから、フレットがすり減ってきたんだ。）
  • I prefer the classical guitar with nylon strings because the steel strings hurt my fingers.（私はスチール弦は指を痛めるので、ナイロン弦のクラッシックギターが好きです。）
  • I prefer fretboards made from rosewood over others.（人気のある合成材でできたものより、シタン材でできたフレットボードが好きです。）
  • I've been experimenting with some alternate tunings to get different sounds out of my guitar.（自分のギターで違った音を出すために別のチューニングをいくつか試しているんだ。）
  • Can you transpose this song so I can play it by using simpler chords?（もっと簡単なコードで演奏できるようにこの歌を変調してくれる？）
  • I'm learning how to play in different keys without using my capo.（カポを使わずにどのように違った音の高さで演奏するのか学んでいるところです。）
  • An interesting strumming pattern can bring a song to life.（面白い演奏パターンは歌を生き生きとさせる。）
  • This chord progression has a definite African feel to it.（このコード進行は明らかにアフリカ風だ。）
  • I love playing songs with three chord progressions because they are easier to learn and play.（私は3つのコード進行を持つ曲を演奏するのが好きですが、それは学ぶのも演奏するのも簡単だからです。）

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