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I play guitar on my own, at open mic nights, and as part of a weekly get-together for guitarists, and as part a reggae band, for fun.

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Dec 18	answered	Dealing with different tunings on stage
Dec 18	comment	When decreasing string gauge on a bass guitar, will I need to adjust the truss rod? No specific recommendations, but Google returns plenty of results, and they don't tend to contradict one another.
Dec 18	comment	What are the most common ways to “decorate” a melody? +1, and yet this demonstrates the problem with the question. It's a long answer from a classical perspective. A folk musician would give an equally long answer with no overlap. You wouldn't be able to objectively choose a "correct" answer.
Dec 17	answered	When decreasing string gauge on a bass guitar, will I need to adjust the truss rod?
Dec 17	comment	What are the most common ways to “decorate” a melody? Per music.stackexchange.com/faq#dontask I think the whole intent of the question is a bad fit for Stack Exchange, both for the "imagine a whole book" reason, and for the "chatty, open ended" potential. Dozens of us could chip in with potential additions to your list (although the site doesn't appear popular enough now). I do encourage you to create more focussed questions about the topics you deleted.
Dec 17	comment	A total newbie wants to learn how to write songs. What does he need? Just a different way of presenting the same information. The image is the famous cover of a 1970s punk fanzine.
Dec 17	comment	A total newbie wants to learn how to write songs. What does he need? Yep, the scales are independent of the thing that makes the sounds (there is some extra complexity to do with the naming of notes on brass instruments, but I suggest you ignore that until you need it)
Dec 17	revised	A total newbie wants to learn how to write songs. What does he need? added 178 characters in body
Dec 17	comment	A total newbie wants to learn how to write songs. What does he need? Cm is straying outside the key of C major. That's not to say you can't do it. There are no rules, only conventions. Sticking to conventions is good for beginners because they're conventions that have become common for a reason.
Dec 17	answered	A total newbie wants to learn how to write songs. What does he need?
Dec 17	comment	What are the most common ways to “decorate” a melody? But, just as a note, in the absence of any other factors, when two notes are played simultaneously, the higher pitched one tends to be the one that perceived as dominant.
Dec 17	comment	What are the most common ways to “decorate” a melody? Can I suggest that this question is way too broad. There are at least three different, only vaguely related, questions in the text, and the main one invites a list with no natural end.
Dec 16	revised	Is it good/bad to play guitar with low tension string? added 399 characters in body
Dec 16	accepted	What exercises can I do to improve my timing?
Dec 16	comment	What exercises can I do to improve my timing? Returning to GarageBand having played with the driver settings, and locking tracks to ease CPU load, it does seem as if latency was a big contributor to the problem, so it seems as if my own timing is actually OK (phew). However, good to leave this up for others.
Dec 16	revised	Rhythm guitar techniques for a great Blues/Blues Rock player added 87 characters in body
Dec 16	answered	What kind of piano is useful for beginning players and beyond?
Dec 16	comment	Is it good/bad to play guitar with low tension string? What is it about the Les Paul that makes it worth mentioning here? Shorter scale? Something else?
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