Questions tagged [acoustic-guitar]
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only acoustic methods to project the sound produced by its strings, as opposed to one that requires an amplifier.
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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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Fret wear issue on new Martin guitar
I got my first Road series Martin guitar about 6 months ago , Played for about 1 hour a day
Already have fret wear.
I know how hard I press frets and my playing style does affect how soon fret wear ...
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Strings for my guitar - I'm supposed to tie a knot, but they have a loop
I'm a new guitar player and found an old acoustic guitar in the attic which had rusty strings.
I bought some Elixir Phosphor bronze acoustic strings, but now that I have received them I'm kinda ...
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How do I wire a Fishman soundhole pickup with the pickup in the soundhole and a vol (+ tone maybe) control on the guitar?
Fishman Blackstack Soundhole Pick Up - Double Stacked Humbucker
I have contacted Fishman to ask what vol pot and or tone pot I would use with this humbucker. I want to mount the pots on the guitar, ...
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Which guitar to buy considering the scenario? [closed]
I have been playing guitar for almost 4 years now, and have only played the guitar which I have, haven't got to have chance on multiple guitar, so don't have experience on different models. I have a ...
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Trying to Play Riptide by Vance Joy but the chords sound like the wrong ones
I just got a guitar and I am learning how to play riptide by vance joy and here is what I am following https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/vance-joy/riptide-chords-1237247.
For some reason when I ...
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Songs Memorization [closed]
How do I improve my song memory? I've realized that I'm poor in cramming songs. I only sing one or two lines in most of the songs and it hinders making fun as I play.
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Suggestions on fitting an Em and an A together
Verse: Em and A
Chorus: Em G D A
Seemed like with everything starting on Em, it might be the tonic but that would suggest an Am which doesn't sound right for me.
So the other options would be:
D ...
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How do they get guitars to sound so great on tv?
When playing acoustic guitar sometimes it is very difficult to hear certain notes or certain slaps or chords. With shows like American Idol or America's Got Talent, for instance this video:
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How can I ground my body when playing a nylon-string guitar with a piezo pickup?
I have recently had a piezo pickup added to a nylon string guitar. There is no onboard preamp, just an undersaddle piezo running to a 1/4 jack in the bottom of the guitar body.
I noticed a problem ...
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Should I lift my hand from the frets?
I'm new, working on learning hey there delilah, I was wondering if it's bad to slide my finger down and up the string since it's fast or if I should pick it up? Possibly a silly question, but I'm new ...
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Develop Singing and playing skills
I've reached a point where I need to sing so I can enjoy my guitar journey. My problem is I feel my voice isn't good enough and to coordinate both singing and playing is still an issue unless I'm ...
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Which tuning should be used for Gymnopedie 1 on steel string guitar [closed]
I am trying to tune my steel string acoustic to sound like the interpretation performed by Brandon J. Acker, although his guitar is gut strung. I tried E major and D major but it doesn't sound like ...
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What do you call this type of guitar?
Does anybody mind mentioning to me what this type of guitar is called? A pedal lap steel guitar maybe?
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Piano and Guitar playing different Tonic chord in a song
Please bear with me as my music theory knowledge is scrappy!
After listening and watching live performances of this song by Maltese band "The Travellers", I've deduced that the piano and ...
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