A fretted plucked stringed instrument, usually having 6 strings.
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Playing the “fail” sound effect on a guitar?
I have looked around for the notes or chords to play the typical three note (wah wah wah) fail sound effect. I believe it's typically played on a trombone which gives it that great slide effect. In ...
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What qualities of a guitar should I seek for an 8 year old?
We are looking for a guitar for my son, and have seen cheap ones at Toys R Us, et al. He is just starting out, and we are trying to gauge his interest before spending too much. Would it be worth ...
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Guitar chords for samba
I'd like to learn some standard samba chords for guitar. I understand the usual involves jazzy chords like 9/11/13 and few others. Now, I can construct these chords myself, but problem number one: ...
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When tuning a guitar, how should I strike the strings?
When tuning a guitar, what is the best way to strike a string to get it as close to pitch as possible? I'd like to get it as close to the right pitch as I possibly can. I've noticed with my tuner ...
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Is there some software tool that analyzes audio to produce pitch information?
Such a tool would be extremely useful to me. What I want it to do is, given a sound file be able to get the pitch every time it changes. I don't know how this could be done, or even if it's possible. ...
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Andy Timmons Carpe Diem fast vibration
This is a tough one :)
When I listen to this amazing track (track 14 from "That was then, This is now" album) I notice at 0:36 and 0:42 a very fast vibration on the G string (5th fret) which I doubt ...
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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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What's the difference between a junior guitar and a normal guitar?
I was planning to buy an electric guitar and amazon.com is offering Epiphone Les Paul Junior Guitars at a seemingly reasonable deals. The related question that I have is: what's a junior guitar?
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When I play the C chord, why does the electronic tuner indicate that it is a G chord?
I am playing the guitar, and I would like to make sure the chord I am playing is correct,
I downloaded the chord from the Internet, and I played it.
When I play the C Chord, the tuner shows me it is ...
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Guitar self repair tutorials and forums
I have a fender squire strat . It goes out of tune very frequently, even after i bend my string once and also is a bit out of tune towards the higher notes.
Are there any good blogs or sites which ...
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Numerous questions about advanced guitar tablature notation
8 slide 0...why is 0 in parentheses?
7 slide 9...what does curve under mean?
5 7 5..7 5 0..are they hammers or pull offs..how you distinguish those
how to play this?
what does this long line ...
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shoegazing effects in Sonar X1 Producer [closed]
Is there any way to mimic shoegazing sounds in Sonar X1 Producer using only pre-installed instruments (default instruments)?
If this is not possible, can anyone recommend any good shoegazing VSTi?
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How do you play guitar dead notes quickly switching?
I'm trying to play part of a song that looks like this:
0 x x 0 x x 7 x x x
9 x x 5 x x 5 x x x
I find it very difficult to play this. I have trouble playing open strings and letting them ring ...
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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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Learn guitar chords?
I like to play guitar and I'm quite good playing tabs. However, I don't know the chords and I would like to learn them and to play them easily. Any tips on where to learn them on internet or tips to ...
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Tips for buying a first guitar? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you identify a good guitar?
I have been using a cheap 3/4 size guitar for a few weeks and I am finally going to go down to the store an buy a decent guitar. I am ...
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Information about selling my guitars [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I assess the value of a guitar when I'm preparing to sell it?
So I have three guitars that I want to sell. After this, I want to buy a pretty nice acoustic to ...
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Effects of keeping a guitar in the car
I have a sales job, and am on the road most days. I often find myself with free time between appointments and would like to take advantage of that free time by practicing guitar. I have a 3/4 size ...
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How to fret an F# root note with a drop-E capo?
I commonly play with a five-string capo on the second fret of the guitar, leaving the E string open. This only becomes a problem when attempting to play an F# chord with the bass note:
As you can ...
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Why do the quality of the sound of guitar strings decay over time?
Particularly, on classical guitars, strings 4, 5 and 6.
At the beginning, the sound is very metallic. After a few weeks, it's like playing on coton.
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What strings can I use to get a high-quality sound out of a travelling guitar?
I've just purchased a Washburn Travel Guitar. I know I'll never get full guitar sound out of it, but I was wondering what strings I could / should get to (perhaps) maximise this little guy.
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How important is it for a guitar player to know the notes which make up a chord?
If you play piano you immediately see what notes construct what chord. For example you see on your keyboard that C Major is constructed of C E G. It's much harder to visual that on guitar even if you ...
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How can I learn timing from a guitar tab?
When playing guitar/bass from tabs, I find that I can learn the fingering easily, but the timing is often wrong when I play with a backing track. I'm fairly noobish to music notation/tablature, but I ...
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How do I play (and sing) a chord pattern song?
There are many questions I have regarding a chord progression so decided to use a simple song to start... Happy Birthday, since we all know it.
C G
Happy birthday to you
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Finger landing order for D#m chord (and similar)
Which one is a faster finger landing order for this and similars chords:
4-3-2-1 or 3-4-2-1 (4 is a pinky finger).
I play 3-4-2-1(somehow faster for me)
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Is it possible to create the illusion of a sub-harmonic?
The way I understand it, a normal plucked tone consists of a great many overtones in addition to the base tone. A pinched harmonic, however, shifts the base tone higher into the overtone series by ...
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Do I need to play chords exactly as the tablature says?
For example, a D chord:
But sometimes, I think the 1 should be a 2, the 2 should be a 3, and the 3 should be a 4. This seems easier to play; can I play it in this way? Or do I need to play exactly ...
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Correct or natural left hand position when plays tabs w/o marking finger number
When I play w/ simple tabs such as The GodFather which does not mark finger number or chord types, I just feel uncomfortable between notes: I'm not sure whether my hand style and the finger pressing ...
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What is the Difference between Maple and Rosewood Fretboards
Is there a difference that's based on feel or sound - why are they the two most widely used choices?
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What are the differences between these tuning machines?
I just got a used Fender Starcaster S1 to compliment my existing Behringer strat.
Upon inspecting it, I noticed that it has different backs on it's tuning machines.
What are the differences between ...
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Heavy metal: how to play and “arc down” shown in tablature
I'm currently mastering a Troy Stetina "Heavy Metal rhythm" course, but having troubles with one of the exercises. It has an "half arc pointed down" sybmol after a note on 12th fret, what does it ...
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Can you hammer on from 7th to 0?
I was reading guitar tab and there was these two things, 7^0 and 7^8.
I googled around a little bit and found out that it means hammer-on, and learned what it meant. But now I am thinking if ...
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How do you prevent injuries from bad posture while playing classical guitar?
I'm tagging this as specific to classical guitar since that's what I am familiar with. The correct posture is very important which playing classical, including the footstool, the position of your ...
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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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Pop-like creak while tuning strings
I have a Behringer iAxe 393 strat clone.
I recently adjusted the truss rod to fix some frett buzzing.
Ever since, when tightening or loosening the strings while tuning, I sometimes get a creaking pop ...
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How do you strum an upstroke without striking an unwanted string?
It could be a silly question. I started learning guitar 2 months ago but the progress are not going very well.
Apart from the previous problem, which I haven't solved yet, I have a problem with the ...
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How do properly repaired cracks in the body of an acoustic guitar affect sound (if at all)?
A guitar I'm looking to buy (acoustic flamenco guitar, Alhambra) has a crack in the top (is that the correct term for the "audience-facing wooden panel"?), running closely alongside the neck all the ...
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Is the sound of a semi-hollowbody guitar significantly different from that of an equivalent solid body?
I'm wondering if the sound of a semi-hollowbody electric guitar (i.e. one that looks hollow but in fact has a solid central block) really differs that much from an equivalent solid-body guitar with ...
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What can I build into my guitar and use the “tone pots” buttons to adjust?
The tone pots are fairly useless, for the most part, so I was wondering what else people have done to take advantage of having those two controls available. I would love some ideas of something I ...
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Is there some type of classical guitar strings that have uniform tone across all six?
Whenever I try to adapt music for classical guitar I actively try to avoid transposing any note to the first string (High E) because it sounds so much more twangy than the other five. I understand ...
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Can guitar playing cause stiff fingers?
I've had what I thought was a rock climbing over-use injury on my left hand for a while now, where the fingers on my left hand feel stiff and hurt slightly when I curl them in and the first joints are ...
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Want to learn Blues Guitar
I want to learn guitar and I listen to the blues with just a little bit of folk and rock.
When I talk to people at local businesses, they ask me whether I want to learn Classical or Rock guitar. ...
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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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What do I need to look for in a Y splitter for guitar?
I have started recording band practices. I'd like to record my guitar signal twice, one DI with no effects and the other mic'ing my amp. So I want to split my signal prior to effects chain (maybe post ...
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How to start self learning to play guitar?
I didn't see any post of where I can find a site that have good program for free to learn how to play a guitar.
i have seen only those:
How do I choose my first guitar for self-learning?
How to ...
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Right hand position for electric guitar
I used to practice on my acoustic guitar and had a habit of resting my right hand on the bridge while playing individual notes. Now I have switched over to electric guitar in I find it difficult to ...
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How can I prevent loss of tuning when changing strings set from 0.11 to 0.12?
I have an Epiphone Les Paul Custom and it's tuned in standard C and my playing style is mostly Desert Rock. I'm using a set of 0.12 strings and considering changing to a 0.11 set to have less tension ...
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Is it important for a guitarist to know how to use a pick?
I've been playing guitar for almost a year and a half now and I still don't know how to use a pick. I strum very hard and I'm afraid that my guitar strings would break from the pick. Would this be ...
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“slash” chords, e.g. B/F♯ - are these only for inversions, or can any note be the bass note?
I'm trying to work out whether it is technically correct to have a "slash" chord where the bass note is not one of the notes in the chord.
I thought the main reason for slash chords is to show which ...
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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 ...
