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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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Why are guitar strings named in such a nonintuitive manner?
Because it wouldn't convey any useful information, being it just the progressive numerical order.
From the standard tuning EADGBe, you can easily infer that:
first and last string produce the same …
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How to finger Dm -> Dm9?
It really depends on the style you are playing, e.g. full strums vs fingerpicking.
On top of existing answers, you can play Dm7 either ways:
x5356x, with the minor 3rd on top;
x5353x, with the root …
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Guitar tuning BG#EF#BE
If you are using a chromatic tuner, just match every string with the tuning indication, without thinking about semitones.
In any case, it would be -5, -1, +2, -1, 0 0.
In order to prevent the low st …
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Harmonising over strummed chord, has this technique got a name?
Today I was writing a song and I came up with some embellishments over the verse that I really liked.
I was alternating over D and Am7 (open shape, usual x02010), then I slid the fretting fingers up …
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What chord can go lower than E major (in standard tuning)
My guess is that the song is played with capo on the 4th fret.
The first chords are then (relative to capo):
C major: x3201x
G major: 35543x (you can here a slide to the bottom G);
A minor: x0221x
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Does a "-" on guitar tab mean "play that string open"?
It means "don't play".
0 is open.
In your case, the 8-9-8 at the beginning is a Ab major triad, that would clash a lot with the open E and A strings ^^
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Understanding guitar music sheet
Usually, guitar pieces have ad hoc staff indications telling you on which position to play a note, and if you have to bar across more frets. …
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Best method to learn to play barre chords?
By changing instrument you shift the perspective from "I suck" to "I still suck, but I do less with this guitar". … Guitar is a lover that wants to be held gently yet firmly. You don't need strength in your left hand fingers only, but in your whole body. …
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How to practice unstable "wonky" beats on guitar without drums
Just yesterday I stumbled upon a video that covers this topic - it makes uses of quintuplet / septuplets swing:
You can write your own patterns in a DAW/sequencer, and play along.
Expanding, as from …
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Would it be a good idea to memorize relative interval positions on guitar?
You already make use of it when you tune your guitar, if you use the 5th fret method for instance. …
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