Questions tagged [guitar]
For questions about guitar playing in general. For questions specifically about electric guitars, see "electric-guitar". For questions specifically about acoustic guitars with or without pickup systems, see "acoustic-guitar".
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Using an expression pedal with a PC?
Currently I'm using my guitar through a Ubisoft Rocksmith adapter, and I'm thinking of buying an expression pedal with a 6.3 mm jack output, but I don't know how could I connect it to my PC so I could ...
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Classical guitar techique to play artificial harmonics while striking three bass strings
Is there a technique that would allow me to play something like this? I have my pinky and ring finger free, but i don't know if i could possibly play it with them. I'm just stuck at this point. ...
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Can I sending MIDI program changes with Guitar Rig 5 via Rig Kontrol 3 "MIDI out" port?
I have a question regard Guitar Rig 5 (GR5) and the Rig Kontrol 3 (RK3) "MIDI out" port and I hope someone can answer.
During live shows, I need to change patches on my Korg A3 and Korg SDD-2000 rack ...
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Finale notation
I have been using Finale to perform guitar tablatures. I got stuck trying to transcript this:
I just cannot find how to place the (3.2) harmonic inside parentheses.
Is there someone out there who ...
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String gauge, scale, and tuning relationship? (Guitar in particular)
Does anyone have general guidance or a good resource on this, specifically considering scale length, string tension, string gauge, and tuning? I've found loads of anecdotal research and a even few ...
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Guitar audio interface matching tone of my old amp, and a problem
I just finally got a decent audio interface (M-Audio MTrack) and now I'm trying to figure out how to make nice sounds with the virtual amps in Logic, and Amplitube LE.
I figure now I have creative ...
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Why can't notes be tuned according to a defined frequency?
Why is it that everyone says a piano can never be in tune?
Why can't we just assign a particular frequency to every note (A, A#, B, C, C#, etc) and then tune each piano string to the frequency of each ...
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If voltage only affects the volume of the sound wave on an analog signal, what represents the actual sound?
Suppose I were to light up a small LED using a potentiometer. It would range from completely off to a maximum voltage or brightness or "loudness".
Guitars works similar. An analog signal ...
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Key of a song with capo on the 4th fret
I have a song I'm playing on guitar and the original key is C# minor. If I play with a capo on the 4th fret, the chord shapes in the song are Am, C, G, Dm, F and E. So would this technically change ...
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Why do guitarists specialize on particular techniques?
I don't play the guitar and have only a casual knowledge. (I was defeated by the barre F chord.) I have the impression, though, that guitarists tend to specialize -- or at least favor -- specific ...
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How do you play "tenth" chords on the guitar?
I've heard of playing "tenths" on the piano. How do you play "tenths" on the guitar?
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On Which Beat Should I Do Down Strokes?
While practicing the DDUUD strumming pattern (on an acoustic guitar) with a metronome (set at 60 BPM) with 4/4 time, I'm confused on which beat should I play the up strokes. What I'm currently doing ...
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Double inverted chord?
When we take an open D chord (D-F♯-A) and we add the open A to the chord, we would have second inversion as A is the fifth in the chord. The chord would be noted as D/A.
If we were to add the 2nd ...
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How can I prevent clipping when using a microphone with a tube amp into a PA?
This weekend I played electric guitar through a 25 watt tube amp through a PA system. This was the setup (telecaster > tube amp > microphone > PA). The sound guys asked me to turn my tube amp down to ...
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In guitar, do consecutive frets on the same string play notes from the same octave?
If I move to consecutive frets on the same string, are notes produced from the same octave?
For example, is it possible to play the first 5 notes of C major scale on the A string? (C, D, E, F, G)? Why ...
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Alternative to capo on 8th fret
I have to use a capo on the 8th fret to be able to sing along to a song. What is an alternative to putting a capo on 8? I only know basic chord fingerings.
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Any tips for someone with short fat fingers trying to play guitar?
Any tips for someone with short fat fingers trying to play guitar?
I find that when trying to play chords, I accidentally cover other strings.
Does anyone know of a way to solve or work around this ...
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Need help reading Muddy Waters's "Got my mojo working"
This is the rhythm guitar part to Muddy Waters's "Got My Mojo Working". I would like to know what beats the chords land on for this measure. I only know that the first chord lands on the and ...
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Play a scale across the whole neck of the guitar
I have learned all the boxes, of let's say, the major scale.
How do i play this across the whole fretboard?
When people solo, they play a scale across the neck. So how i do this?
Everyone that i know ...
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Songs with capo on only some chords
I'm teaching myself guitar, I've enjoyed finding songs I like and slowly teaching myself the chords, but sometimes when I go to a song some of the chords have a capo and others don't. I'd understand ...
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Stretching for a guitar intro
I'm having a really hard time trying to play the intro to Ballroom Blitz by Sweet on guitar.
The intro riff looks like this:
D 9 11 12 11 9
A 7 7 7 7 7
While I can definitely hit the ...
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Is it possible to tune guitar down an octave?(or to f#?)
As the time goes, I see new bands using lower and lower tuning. For example if my memory serves me right, Torsof*ck uses octave down, band called Batushka uses f# tuning. How are they doing this? Don'...
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How can I test my strumming accuracy
I use a metronome to practice strumming on the guitar. I want to test how I'm doing without the metronome. Am I too fast, or too slow, do I hold the beat steady? What tool or technique can I use to ...
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Piano and Guitar are the same music sheets?
I want to start learning piano. My friend said all my guitar lessons sheets can be played on a piano and that I would not have to buy sheet music for the piano. Is this true?
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Low tuning recording
I play in a band that uses drop A tuning. That's 55Hz on guitar. That'd make 27.5Hz for a drop tuned 5 string bass?
My question is, am I suppose to be chasing down studio monitors that can reproduce ...
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What makes a chord a sus chord?
In light of some recent answers to questions I have asked on Stack Exchange with regards to naming chords, I have decided to refine things a little further, focusing on sus chords.
If a chord contains ...
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Is it considered bad technique to collapse / lock finger joints?
I am a beginner at guitar. My friend recently told me that bending my fingers this way while playing a chord can cause damage to the fingers. I cant help playing this way because of force of habit.
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Rolling Stones Sway guitar solo chord function
I enjoy jamming over Sway by the Stones. The final solo is C minor pentatonic mainly played over two chords, C major and Bb major. While I understand why you would use a minor pentatonic on a major ...
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Short scale guitar tuning to A
I recently picked up a short-scale electric guitar for my son. While I am in no way a guitarist I can tune a standard guitar to standard tuning, including using the fifth fret method when I know what ...
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Stuck while trying to change the strings for the first time
Ok so I was able to remove all the strings but one and I am afraid the last one is stuck badly.
I followed the various tutorials on replacing the strings: Removed tension-> pushed it in and tried to ...
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Why does a guitar scale shape have more than 7 notes?
As the title suggests, I wonder the number of notes in a scale shape on guitar.
Let's take the G major scale in 2 octaves: G A B C D E F# G A B C D E F# G, there are 15 notes. I found that in many ...
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Harmonizing in fingerstyle with a bass line
I would like to learn some music theory relevant to harmonizing melodies for the fingerstyle guitar. The discussions of harmonization that I have seen focus foremost on the chord progression. This ...
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Advice regarding utilising a scale while improvising solos or writing a song in general
I have been playing guitar for about two years. I have never been formally trained in music and all my knowledge is self taught. I know a little about improvising but I would classify myself as a ...
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Cents vs semi-tones on guitar
I was wondering, since we can tune our guitars by cents we can make them sound anywhere close to the note we need. So we can have open A be not 440 but 448 for instance. What restrictions are there ...
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Side effects of power chords
I started learning guitar on an acoustic one nearly 2 years back and recently I bought a new electric guitar. I started playing too much of electric distorted stuff, especially the drop d tuning which ...
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Jazz guitar vocabulary
After studying loads of scales and arpeggios, I realized that they're simply frameworks and note options to draw and connect non-sistematic melodic phrases.
Now I am looking forward to build a jazz ...
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Chord Progressions Including Majors That Should Be Minors
I have been learning a song by John Frusciante that looks like it's in D minor (or maybe F Major, you tell me). The main changes go something like this:
Amin -- Bb -- Dmin
F -- C -- Gmin -- Dmin
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Curved fingertips causing buzzy sound when playing guitar
I'm trying to learn to play guitar but I have a problem. My fingers touch the other strings so that I get a buzzy sound. Although my fingertips press the string perpendicular, they touch the other ...
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Guitar Cabinet volume low
I have just bought a guitar Cabinet (Harley Benton G112) but when I connect anything to it, the volume is very low.
I have tried the Phones out of my Boss Katana 50, with all volume up — it's hearable ...
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Figuring scales from a chord progression
How does one figure out scales from a Baseline? Say for example, the Rhythm Guitar plays Bm chord for 4 Bars and then Amaj for 2 and Gmaj for 1 and then back to Bmin. How do i figure out, what scale ...
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What tuning would I use if the song is in E but I want to use G shapes?
Original chords are: E C#m B A
But they have it tabbed as: G Em D C
What do I tune my guitar to instead of standard?
Capo 9 is a bit difficult...
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How to finger Dm -> Dm9?
I'm playing a song that goes Dm to Dm9. Moving from either open Dm or fifth-string bar Dm to the pictured Dm9 shape feel pretty awkward. Is there a better shape or fingering? I imagine Dm->Dm9 in any ...
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Physics of Guitar frets and sound
I understand how Guitar works. Pitch/Frequency of sound produced depends on length of vibrating string. So we have different frets to product different notes. Fine.
However I am curious to understand ...
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Why do I want different guitars for different tunings?
A lot of books and blog posts I've read, including Guitars for Dummies, The Rough Guide to Guitar, and this Stack Exchange question, encourage or expect me to have different guitars with different ...
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Is it possible to change the position of the frets of an electric guitar?
Is it possible, and how would I go about changing the position of the frets of an electric guitar, for example making some frets a quarter tone sharp or flat? As another more difficult example, would ...
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Guitar : Difficulty in chords shifting
I have started learning guitar basics,since last couple of months. I am facing huge difficulty in shifting chords.
I have started playing simple open chords like C,Am,Em,Gm. I am practicing for these ...
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How to get better sound through multi-effects processors
I wondering if sound quality is meant to reduce through multiple multieffects processors.
I have a Boss GT10 as well as a Boss RC300 loop pedal running through some decent little 25 to 30 W bedroom ...
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Why does my Stratocaster guitar sound worse with new strings?
My 4-month-old strings sounded much better than the new set that I just put on. I am using the same brand of strings that I used before. My guitar sounds like crap now. What's wrong? Should I stretch ...
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Why the real book and original recordings sound a lot different?
I am trying to learn jazz standarts from the real book and for example when I play "autumn leaves" or "black orhpeus" with guitar from the real book it sounds simpler than original ...
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Does leaving the excess string uncut, affect the guitar's tone?
I mean negatively or positively. I have seen lots of people do that. And I saw on one place that it's just that they want to look rebely or something like that.
But, I asked this from a music teacher ...
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