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how to read guitar tabs finger style [closed]
I have recently started learning guitar and would like to learn to read the tabs mentioned in this video, I have tried searching on the internet but couldn't find a helpful resource.
Any help would be ...
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How do I play a crossed note before a hammer-on?
The tab below is from Stop this Train - John Mayer
How am I suppose to play the part circled in red?
Also what is the correct name for this notation?
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Doing big stretch with pinky on guitar
I was wondering about how some guitarists can reach some pretty big stretch between their ring finger and their pinky finger.
We can clearly see they have a big gap between their ring and their pinky ...
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How should the percussion on an Acoustic guitar be played in the song "Californication"?
I've seen this arrangement for "Californication" (guitar fingerstyle). I'm don't know how to thumb slap well, but I'd like to understand how the slap works here.
For example, look at the ...
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Do I have to learn chords?
I've only had a guitar for 4 days now. I have been playing it for 3 to 3-and-a-half hours a day because I'm having a lot of fun.
I know nothing about music theory but I'm just following tabs.
As for ...
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Fingerstyle: what's the angle I should use for plucking?
Do I pluck with 45 or 90 (strictly across the string) degree angle? I'm talking about plucking, not placement.
Google shows various results of 45 and 90 and not all of them are strictly plucking, some ...
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Cannot stretch my ring and middle finger away from each other when playing guitar
I cant move my ring finger and middle finger away from each other, either when I play guitar or when I dont play guitar. For example, I cannot to the Vulcan salute, if I try to move it all my fingers ...
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Guitar that can pick up body percussion, and what a guitar needs to do it
Recently I bought an Ovation guitar, after seeing some videos of people using it for percussive guitar playing, for example
here, or here. Even talking "how sensitive and well-suited it is for this ...
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How do you stop your hands from tensing when performing solo acoustic guitar?
I've been playing guitar for around 12 years or so, but never played in front of others while learning (minus family members or friends on occasion). Recently, I convinced myself to finally start ...
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What does a P above the tab mean in guitar tablature?
Currently working on learning Secret Base (arr. by sungha jung) and the tabs have a P over the chord. I dont know if this means palm mute or what because its not a pull-off.
Also unrelated im not ...
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Beginner fingerstyle on acoustic guitar
I'm trying to learn fingerstyle technique on an acoustic guitar. I'm using the 5 fingers (thumb for E & A, ..., pinky for E) but after 3 days trying with this song I still sound horrible. I ...
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I'm developing an unusual picking style while playing fingerstyle on acoustic guitar - Will it create problems for me in the future?
I'm relatively new to fingerstyle - I've played Nothing Else Matters, I got the feel for fingerstyle, however in that song i didn't use any other fingers than my thumb and my first finger; I haven't ...
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Are there any guitar fingerstyle picking patterns which sound cool even with no chords? [closed]
I play fingerstyle guitar (beginner-intermediate level, I don't really know any music theory), and often times I find that I'm browsing my email or something with one hand, and the other is free to ...
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How to stop a 5-string capo blocking my fretting of the bottom E string?
I want to play a fingerstyle guitar based on open-voiced chords in the key of D, capoed to be in D, Eb or E for performance. I'd love to have the low D from a drop-D tuning but this messes up some ...
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imitate snare sound
How does he get the snare drum sound at about 1:51 when he starts imitating drums?
I think he hits the high silver strings with his nails, but my guitar just rings out when I do that. Hitting the ...
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