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Tagged with acoustic-guitar fretboard
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What does the numbers mean in this guitar tab if they already gave the chords to play?
I understand E A D G B e
And the meaning of the letters above. Which I can play like the c chord and em . But I don’t understand the numbers. Is it for the fret. Like where I should be playing on the ...
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Acoustic Steel: B String is E at 6th fret
Picked up my acoustic steel string after a bit and noticed that whilst it was in tune the B string's E was up at the 6th fret. It's annoying the heck out of me. I've restrung it and same.
Open B is ...
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Guitar strings too high off the fretboard
I have an issue whis this Yamaha acoustic guitar that i bought a year ago. The higher frets are really high up the frets as you can see in the picture which makes them really hard to press. Also as ...
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Why I feel like my guitar strings are very hard?
I bought an Acoustic guitar six months ago, and I am trying to learn with the help of YouTube videos. And in those videos, it seems like it is not hard for them to press the strings for a chord.
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Playing a specific high note on my highest string also plays a half step higher
When I try to play the eleventh fret on my high E string, it makes the vibrate-ey noise that happens when you don't down the string enough, even when I press really hard. It sounds like it's playing ...
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Faulty fretboard
My acustic guitar (Fender cd-140sce) is 2-years old, played an average of 1hour a day, and appears to have developped the following problem.
For several combinations of strings and positions on the ...
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Every A note on my guitar sounds awful
I don't know why, but when I play the note A anywhere on the fretboard, it sounds horrible, especially on the 6th string. I'm not sure how to describe it but it sounds almost like if you played to the ...
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Left/right hand coordination on guitar, fretting wrong strings, while playing melodies
I'm having trouble with my left/right hand coordination. I'll either fret the wrong string, or pick the wrong string. I'm trying not to look down at the guitar because I know it's a bad habit, but ...
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Which diagram is correct?
I have the following two diagrams that represent the notes on every fret of a guitar
This is the E major chord on the guitar:
First, there are 7 notes (E, F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, and D♯) in the E chord ...
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My acoustic guitar guitar fell to the ground, can it be fixed?
I'm having a concert tomorrow and was rehearsing today, my acoustic guitar fell to the floor 'cause the strap broke. When I picked it up, at first sight wasn't broken, but when I played, the fifth ...
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Fingers touch adjacent strings while playing chords
I started learning guitar from March '17. And I have just started learning chords. And I am facing a lot of difficulties.
The most important of them is that, irrespective of how I place my
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Why is a zero fret so uncommon on guitars in spite of all the advantages?
Given the many advantages of using a zero fret on a guitar (as cited in this excellent answer Advantages of a zero fret) and given that with a zero fret it is easier to play chords that call for ...
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How can I play my Venus Special without hurting my fingers?
I have a Venus Special. It looks good but it is hard to play. My fingers hurt while playing the guitar.
What is the solution?
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Acoustic Guitar | How to adjust the gap between the strings and the fret board
I have a 2 year old acoustic guitar . Over the period of time there's a huge gap that has appeared between the higher frets and the strings.
What has caused this gap? and How do i fix this.
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