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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How to get lower in scale from A minor scale?
I am practicing on a song which is on A minor key.. The chords for song are Am, G, F, E..
But it feels difficult for me to sing on that scale as it goes further high even over my upper limits. So, I ...
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Cause of G string on Ibanez JEM sounding dead?
My Ibanez JEM with floyd rose tremolo, this exact guitar: , has a problem with the G string.
The open string sounds out more or less properly (though it tends to go 'harmonic', which seems like it's ...
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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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#V or bVI borrowed chord?
I'm trying to analyze a pop punk song that sounds pretty interesting.
The song starts on an E chord, with a very major sounding riff that, to my ear, immediately puts the song in the key of E major. ...
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Playing E Aeolian over B Aeolian progression?
I have this simple Bm G F#m Bm / Bm G F#7 Bm chord progression. AFAIK, that means I'm in B Aeolian (in the key of D major) - plus that F#7 dominant chord that would put me briefly in B harmonic minor? ...
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Is there a third-party replacement for the knobs on a Marshall effects pedal?
I've got a few Marshall effects pedals (e.g. the Vibratrem VT-1) and I love them, except for the terrible design of the knobs. They've got a shiny chrome, dome-shaped top with a small black mark which ...
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What is the strict definition of any chord in the world?
I tried to look for something clear and unambiguous but I can't find it, or I'm missing something simple.
The questions is:
What do all chords have in common, and is there a set of rules allowing to ...
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Learning road map for classical guitar
I have no condition to study classical guitar with a teacher (which I think is the best way to learn) because I'm moving much, and I found online lessons are not suitable for me.
I have read some ...
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Guitar amp problems
When i plug in my bass guitar into my amp it just makes a rapid thumping noise and makes no sound from guitar, but when i plug in my electric guitar it works just fine. Can anyone help?
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Major scale of one note is the Minor scale of another note?
I am learning guitar at the moment and I learned the major scale.
Then I checked the minor scale and the positions are the same!
Not only that, the C major scale is the same as the A minor scale.
So ...
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Block Inserts Compatibility
I'm fixing a guitar and the owner lost his Floyd Rose saddle inserts. The guitar has a Floyd Rose Special system. Are the Floyd Rose Schaller saddle inserts compatible with Floyd Rose special? Or ...
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Is a root, an octave, followed by a 5th a EsusAdd5
If you have a Root - Octave - 5th, does this become a EsusAdd5 even though you don't play the first 5th in the scale or is just a different voicing/shape for Esus?
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How to practice and improve sense of rythm guitar .? [closed]
How to be creative with rhythm guitar playing? I am an intermediate guitar player and have the knowledge of what chords in a key.
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Playing complex chords on a 6-string guitar
Forgive my ignorance, I lately got a little bit into music theory and I realize that on a 6 string guitar there are a good bunch of chords that can't be played correctly/completely.
Now, if you ...
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How to start now Guitar and Music Theory Or Guitar Theory
I have been practicing the guitar for nearly a year on my own. I know you will say that I should hire a guitar teacher but I can't do this at the moment. I know some basic chords and I can play them ...
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Music theory book for classical guitar learner
Is there any music theory for classical guitar learner? Most of the books I've read focus just on note reading and chord, scale in a visualized way, not on the relations between the musical stuffs.
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How should I go about buying a guitar?
I've been learning how to play the acoustic guitar for around a year and want to try an electric guitar. I don't seem to be able to decide upon a guitar as there are so many options.
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Is there such thing as a pyroelectric pickup?
Learning about guitar and acoustic pickups and the physics and electronics behind them. I've heard that pyroelectric acoustic guitar pickups are nice? Looking and can't find anything.
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Combine bass guitar and PC audio into Bluetooth headphones
I want to play my bass guitar along to YouTube videos on my Windows 7 PC and hear the combined mix via my Bluetooth headphones. I have two problems. I have tried a tiny USB Bluetooth adapter, it works ...
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What are the dimensions, angles of a Gibson Les Paul standard pots cavity?
I am working on building a prewired set of pots and want to mount them on a piece of plastic that can drop into the cavity of a standard les paul. I have been looking for the dimensions and found this ...
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Five Fret Higher Guitar Tuning for Voicing
In order from bottom up, I'm considering moving my A, B, G, and E strings to the left one string, while tuning the B up to C.
Then I discard the low E and replace the high e with another G string ...
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Singing what you're playing vs playing what you're singing
I’ve heard the advice :- play what you sing as a means of practicing playing what you hear in your head.
I've realised that I tend to sing the stuff I play instead of playing what I sing.
I already ...
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Problems with holding Barre Chords
I'm a bass player, and I just started to learn to play guitar.
I decided to learn barre chords because I find it the most intuitive.
However, I have a few problems with holding the chords.
First ...
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Oiling a whole guitar body instead of using lacquer/paint/varnish
I have just been making my first guitar over the last few days from scratch and I have just gotten to the point of needing a finish for it. I was wondering if anyone had experience in oiling a whole ...
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Playing with other people. What should I know to do?
I've been playing guitar for a little bit over three years now. Sometimes I practice every day, in busier times a bit less, but I've been doing it regularly and know some stuff beyond the beginner ...
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How to arrange a song's fingerstyle version? [closed]
What are the key objectives when arranging a regular song in fingerstyle?
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The bridge of guitar getting detached from the body
I recently got my yamaha F310 acoustic guitar replaced because the part of the body to which the bridge was attached started swelling and it seemed that the bridge was about to detach from the body as ...
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Just starting out on guitar - what to practice?
Just a general question for people who have been playing for a little bit: I’m just wondering, when first starting out on guitar, should I practice my chords or try songs too? I find I’m getting ...
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G string out of tune but only when played open
So I figured out I can tune my G string just a little flat so all the frets sound in tune, except that, of course, leaves open G sounding like F#.
What should I do?
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Guitar, tapping one handed Chord Shapes
I have been trying to learn one hand tapping on guitar for a while now but am having some trouble. Lately I have just been tapping out a E major or A major barre chord shape slowly and trying to get ...
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What is standard tuning for twelve string guitar? [duplicate]
I'm aware of a few different methods for tuning up a twelve string guitar.What is standard tuning for an acoustic twelve string guitar? Which pairs are tuned in unison and which pairs are tuned an ...
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know by heart difficult chords on guitar
After years of playing guitar by self study i know all the chords but i still strugle to find my way freely on the guitar especially with inversions and other unique chords. Is this a matter of ...
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A bad guitar... CAN it sound good?
is it possible to have a beautiful agreeable good sound to dance or to rhythm the night while using a cheap $70 guitar (the classical guitar). Is the instruments responsible for it or it depends just ...
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In going over some old guitar music theory notes of mine, i found this. What does it mean?
In going over some old guitar music theory notes of mine, I found this.
G Am Bm C D Em
I appreciate that the chords are those of the major scale in G.
However, over the chords are these ...
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Guitar Bridge saddles out of sync?
I recently had a bit of trouble with a stuck string, so I unscrewed my electric guitars bridge to get rid of the string, but when i screwed it back in, it looked a bit off.
It might just be me, but ...
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I sight read at 20 bpm, and not getting any faster
I'm working through Berklee Press' Modern Method for Guitar 1. I start every new piece at 40 1/8th notes per minute, so 20 bpm. 40 bpm (1/4 notes per minute) is the lowest my metronome goes, so I ...
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Fingers don't feel thinnest strings well
I learn to play acoustic guitar without a teacher, started a month ago.
I started with classic guitar and then switched to dreadnought with metallic strings.
After I developed calluses, I almost don'...
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Dead notes mixed in with other notes or Chords
I'm having trouble understanding a tab I'm trying to learn.
E |---------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------|
G |--11----11---...
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How to efficiently jam as a guitarist with a drummer
So I am currently in somewhat of a ¨band¨ with my long time friend. He has recently learned how to drum, although he is almost prodigious for the amount of time he has put into it. My question is, how ...
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Playing an octave lower on the same key
we are doing a song that's originally on the key of F. Our singer would like to sing it on the key of G#. There's an electric guitar solo at the end of the song that I have to play. But after raising ...
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Minor Pentatonic scale
This might be a cringy question but can you play a minor pentatonic scale of any key with other keys: for example, playing a G Minor Pentatonic scale then switching it a an A Pentatonic minor scale. ...
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B-string on guitar more easily out of tune?
I'm very sensitive to out-of-tune notes which make my skin crawl and may ruin my enjoyment of otherwise perfectly fine gigs. At first I thought something was wrong with my ears, since other people ...
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Basic tuning - note problem with C
I'm starting guitar 2 weeks from now :) I am fine tuning my guitar. All the notes are fine except when I hold down the B string to make C it is coming out as C sharp. D and all the other notes are ...
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Valve/Tube Amplifiers vs. Virtual/Profiling Amplifiers
Many of us have seen it, so many people these days seem to be making the switch from valve amplifiers to virtual amplifiers (profiling amplifiers such as Kemper or Axe FX) and it makes me wonder what ...
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Fingerstyle vs Fingerpicking
Is there a difference between fingerstyle and fingerpicking. Due to age I am unable to sing, so which would be more appropiate for solo playing ?
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How did I make this noise?
This is a really specific question, but I was fooling around on bass guitar and made a really cool (imo) noise which I couldn't replicate afterwards. I happened to record it. If someone could tell me ...
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How do I know which position to use when I'm playing by ear
I come from a piano background ( and I know enough theory to read intermediate piano sheet music) and I want to learn fingerstyle guitar. but It's so difficult because there is more than one way to ...
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A guitar for the living room - what factors to consider
Here is the situation:
I have a good electric guitar (Godin Montreal) in the basement that I like to play on. It's especially convenient in the evening because I can play with a headset without ...
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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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How can I improve my picking speed and accuracy
I've been playing acoustic guitar for almost 4 years and I just started electric. The way I see it there is a lot more picking involved in electric which I'm not so good at. Are there any exercises I ...
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