A fretted plucked stringed instrument, usually having 6 strings.
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Finding a balance point learning to pick a guitar at a right angle?
I've been playing guitar for ten years or so and have the rather bad habit of striking across the strings diagonally. This is partly due to how I hold the guitar, and partly because I play a lot of ...
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How to extract musical notes(tabs) from chords?
Is there any way to extract tabs from the chord?
I am a guitar player and i want to play some songs on my guitar. I found the chords for these songs on the internet but there are no tabs available. I ...
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Amplifier has no aux in, what alternatives can I use?
As stated my amplifier has no Aux in jack. It's hindering me from practicing with an otherwise (imo) great amp (a Vox Pathfinder 15r).
Been thinking of using this to interface between the music ...
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No sound plugging effects pedal into combo amp
I tried to use my distortion effects pedal through the guitar input of my combo amp, and I get no sound!
I used it in effects loop and worked fine and amp works fine when guitar is plugged straight ...
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Should I learn or know guitar in order to learn to play the banjo?
Someone once told me I should know guitar first. Are these instruments different enough that learning banjo is independent of knowing guitar?
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Lead Guitar : How to get faster
In my journey of learning lead guitar, till now I have learnt the minor pentatonic scale. My usual practice routine includes playing the scale with a metronome and trying to get faster at it. After ...
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How do I know what pattern to strum based on chords alone?
I find a lot of music with only chords:
They don't tell me the pattern I should strum. How can I know when to strum up or strum down?
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How can I build my finger strength when I am not practicing?
I am a beginner for guitar. And I am having a hard time playing the F barre chord. It is said that only through practice can one make a difference. But I have limited time playing guitar. Are there ...
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Acoustic guitar to a macbook?
First I want to say that I am totally sorry for my incompetence, but I have tried googling this and nothing came up.
So, I got my hands on an acoustic guitar and it has an output on the bottom of the ...
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How do I make my fingerpicking patterns interesting?
I'm pretty used to picking through patterns in 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 8/8 and 12/8 over arbitrary chords, but the novelty of this skill has worn off. How do I create patterns that doesn't get repetetive ...
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Tuxguitar Tuning?
I have started using tuxguitar, and the tuning has left be confused.
For example I have the option to select B1 to B9 tuning, instead of just B, is this an error or what are the difference between _1 ...
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What should be the tension for 0.010 inch strings for guitar
0.009 inch(diameter) strings are tuned as E3, A3, D4, B4, G4, E5.
Question is, does 0.010 inch diameter strings should be tuned in this tension? When I try to set these like 0.009 inch ones, the ...
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What is the minimum break angle for strings on a guitar?
If I am correct, the reason for string trees on certain guitars are because the strings must be at a certain angle (the break angle) to the nut/saddle. Does anyone know what this exact angle is? And ...
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How can I tab by ear a song played on another instrument to guitar?
Is it theoretically possible to tab any song/piece from another instrument to the guitar? For example, this song I want to tab("A Kiss From An Old Flame" by Mercury Rev) uses 'flamenco', I think.
I ...
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How many drop tunings can I use with one set of strings?
I want to know how many drop tunings I can reasonably use with one set of strings.
Ex. can I go from E standard to drop C on 11s?
For a given size string, how many tunings will be useable, given that ...
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Picking hand technique and precision
I started realizing that the picking hand was actually very important (probably as much as the fretting hand): it is always moving and it has to be extremely precise. I wanted to ask a question about ...
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How do I figure out whether my guitar tuning machine heads are failing on me?
What are the symptoms of low quality guitar machine heads? I know it can be the nut that's causing the problem, but besides that, how can I know whether changing the machine heads will help my guitar ...
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Finger picking a bass line and a rhythm
I'm starting to learn finger style guitar and I have no idea how I should include a bass rhythm with the lead bits I play. Any suggested practice techniques? anything I should try doing other than ...
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Holding a cigar box guitar
I recently bought a fretless 3-string cigar box guitar.
The problem I'm having is holding it securely on my lap. It wants to slide off. The neck wants to fall away from me.
If I play finger-style, I ...
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Any exercise to extend my finger flexibility?
When playing guitar, the fingers need to be extended flexibly in order to hit the right part of a string. Is there any exercise to make them more flexible when I am not playing guitar?
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What gauge strings should I use for A# tuning on an electric guitar [duplicate]
I play heavy metal songs from bands such as Parkway Drive, Bring me the Horizon, Northlane etc. which play in A# guitar tuning.
What gauge strings are appropriate for that?
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which software has sorting capabilities to help mastering the fretboard?
I am looking for software that sorts music elements such a note, an interval, a chord or an arpeggio randomly in a defined period of time, until I stop of the sequence. The idea is to become fluent ...
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How can I play that crazy sound in Koko Taylor's “Wang Dang Doodle”?
In Koko Taylor's Wang Dang Doodle,
there's some kind of ringing arpeggio lead that almost makes you forget that the whole song has only one chord. How do you play that crazy lead?
Edit: This isn't ...
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Step to learning the guitar [closed]
One of my main question is what order should I learn things. Like should I learn notes first or chords first as a example.
And would it be wise to learn music logic
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Can I connect an amplifier head to the top of my existing amp?
I have a HIWATT G50MR and have thought about buying a stack, but I was wondering if I could just buy a amplifier head and connect it to the top of my existing amp. Is this possible?
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2 Heads on one Cab?
I have two Half stacks, one Marshall and one Kustom. My question is can I plug the two heads into each cab?
What I want to end up doing is have an ABY switch from my guitar straight to the Marshall ...
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Strumming Pattern for Oasis Masterplan issue
I am new to guitar (2 months) and have managed to find the strumming pattern for Oasis Masterplan which I believe is DDD/UDD/UD, however towards the end of the verse the chord progression happens at ...
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Tabbing Triplets With Large Intervals
I have been trying to find a way to tab the song Questa Notte by Ludovico Einaudi for quite a while - everything is very much "tab-able" and playable until the triplets part.
I've sought helped on ...
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Any tips on learning bar chords for guitar-playing? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I best learn to play barre chords?
I am trying to practice songs with bar chords every now and then, but was wondering if anyone had any tips to learn to play ...
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How to replicate Joe Satriani technique in “Searching”
What is Joe Satriani doing at 0:55 onwards in "Searching" from "Is There Love In Space" in order to achieve the sounds he is making?
My first instinct is that it sounds like a synth with a glissando ...
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Where to download music covers for songs (without lyrics)? [duplicate]
I don't know if the title of my question is correct, feel free to edit it.
This video: a guy plays if tomorrow never comes on harmonica, while a musical cover for the song is playing in the ...
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Playing the hawaiian steel guitar. [closed]
I have got hold of hawaiian steel guitar. This is my first instrument. I have learned to play a simple happy birthday to you using only the first string. How do I proceed further? Links to tutorials ...
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Wireless Transmitter Alternative [closed]
I purchased a Guitar Wireless Kit from Sennheiser about 2 and a half years ago, unfortunately the package is outdated and is no longer manufactured. The receiver part of this kit is running great, but ...
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I'm boring myself when playing guitar? [closed]
Somehow I just feel like I'm limited when playing guitar. I'm into a bit of metal (core, djent n stuff), rock, blues, pop.. But most of what I play lately gets boring and when I try to be creative I ...
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Suggestions on how to emulate MSI with only pedals. [closed]
My band is looking to perform a cover set of Mindless self indulgence for halloween. We're a 4 piece band and can't really be running synths on stage. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of ...
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I'm buying a Bugera 333xl Infinium head, and i'm just wondering what cabinet I should get? [closed]
I'd like a 4x12 cabinet, for pretty much as cheap as possible, as my budget is quite low now. Though, I don't want low-cost to compromise sound, so... i'd like to get a cheapish, ...
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Acoustic Guitar Pick-Up Microphone Replacement [closed]
Okay, I used to own an Estetban guitar with an Opus-3 pickup. This guitar has been broken for about a year now, but the electronics were removed to be reused later. When i dug it up to install it in a ...
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What left hand technique is being used to create this percussive chord transition sound?
There is a strange chord transition that I cannot figure out how to play near the beginning of this acoustic guitar song:
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what to focus on guitar playing -pareto [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
most effective guitar practice schedule?
How do you keep yourself motivated when you are doing mostly self-study?
What are the most common barriers to becoming proficient ...
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Song Analysis Foo Fighters - Arlandria [closed]
In the process of trying to improve my songwriting skills, I decided to do a little more "structured" transcription (see also Justin's explanation why this is helpful). I'm posting my progress here ...
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Most common book about Open G guitar tuning? [closed]
I'm looking for books about guitar (and slide) in open G, the kind of book with tablatures, partitions, a cd etc, etc ... In english, french or spanish. But I can't find anything on google or amazon.
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Guitar sound like in a Seether's song
I adore the sound of guitar in Seether's song "Fade out",
Can anyone help me to reach such sound by setting my guitar processor in a certain way?
Thanks
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How can one minimise the percussive strumming sound on acoustic guitar and maximise the notes? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to prevent the noise my guitar pick makes?
When we are rehearsing with the band it seems that the main thing that one can hear of our singer's acoustic guitar is the ...
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What is the best way to learn to play a piece on the guitar?
I've been playing the guitar for about 3 years. I would like to play more country and bluegrass. What is the best way to pick up new techniques and learn how to play anything besides basic guitar ...
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Looking for advice on my self-taught music education
Until a year ago, I had absolutely no music education, and I decided to change that around this period, well more exactly I picked up on (acoustic) guitar as a hobby and from there gained interest in ...
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How to learn scales (guitar)? [closed]
What is a good exercise?
After one masters a pattern, how to connect with other patterns?
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Playing higher A and B
I just started playing guitar yesterday. I have learned how to play notes like this, going from lower to higher notes:
A - hold down 3rd string on 2nd fret and pluck it
B - just pluck 2nd string
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Advance Plucking Lessons
Check this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA-GadOp9sA (In this video it is not me)
I like plucking a lot. Most of the time I play Blackmoor's night. I can play several famous Blackmoor's Night ...
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How to start learning the guitar? [duplicate]
I am a newbie in field of playing guitar. I want to take advice from you people: what is the best steps to try it out? The things I should try as a beginner? I have just purchased a guitar. Do you ...
