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Tagged with acoustic-guitar technique
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Trouble playing guitar in the day
Might try here but I’m having trouble with hand sync and this is going to sound crazy but only in light or daytime… my sync seems better in darkness or completely dark and I cant seem to get that same ...
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Is it possible to get a mandolin style tremolo on an acoustic guitar?
Somewhat inspired by my other question about the pipa
I believe the Mandolin's unique sound comes from the tremolo made possible by double coursing. Is it possible in principle to get a similar sound ...
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Trouble with barre
I am having trouble playing pieces that require barre technique. I am currently playing Francisco Tarrega's "Gran Vals". In that piece, for example, if I try and barre the second fret only ...
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Recommendations for dobro instruction books [closed]
I’m a mostly self taught, intermediate guitar player. I recently started playing dobro in open G tuning and love it. I’m looking for recommendations for instruction books. I want to learn harmonized ...
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How to fix dissonant legato scale technique hammer-ons on acoustic guitar?
I was trying to do the technique described in this video on my acoustic guitar.
My hammer-ons sounded really dissonant once I got to around the 12th fret and above:
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What is the right way to play A major chord on guitar?
I am learning and I have already seen three ways of playing A major chord.
The 2-3-4 and then 1-2-3 and then 2-1-3 (I found this one to be easy).
I am willing to do the hard miles and learn the right ...
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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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Is Soreness in Middle Knuckle of Fretting Hand Index Finger Normal for Beginners?
About 3 or 4 months ago I started teaching myself to play steel string acoustic guitar using free online lessons. Because I am not working with a tutor in person, I have to be more careful about ...
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How to stop ringing of a chord in Guitar
Suppose you have to play 0020 in G string. How can one stop the open G from ringing when one tries to play G on the 2nd fret?
And what if I have to change strings? Like, I have to play B string 10 ...
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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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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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Upper and lower frets buzzing on guitar?
Beginner guitar player here. Sometimes when I try to play even simple chords (such as a C chord), I am constantly getting buzzing from either the string above or below it. I understand this happening ...
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How do you play slap + specific strings at the same time?
Here's an example the tab
e|-----0-----0--
B|--0--0--0--0--
G|--0--0-----0--
D|--------------
E|--x--3--x--3--
Thank you in advance
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How to correctly practice right-hand techniques (beginner)
As many other people, I wanted to learn how to play the guitar for years and finally made the decision to invest time regularly in order to get to a decent level. I am using a quality acoustic guitar ...
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How to prevent the extra tone from the upper part of the guitar
I have a problem with my technique especially when tapping the higher notes. There is always a tone from the upper part of the fretboard that I don't want, but having a hard time muting it. Any ideas?
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