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 should guitar strumming patterns be represented in music notation?
I am new to sheet music and I am basically a programmer. I am trying to blend technology with music and display the tabs on the screen like so for my son's YouTube channel. Now I want to integrate ...
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Why do classical guitars necks meet the body at fret 12th and steel strings at fret 14th?
Is there a reason for this? What exactly is the reasoning behind it?
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When recording acoustic guitar with a pickup, minor mistakes become notable. Solutions?
The mistakes are that I can hear the sound of sliding the finger quickly when removing it properly (I don't really slide it between notes, it's a minor slide while removing the finger) and the sound ...
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What do I need to do to make a left-handed guitar right-handed?
I know the title probably sounds psychotic.
My brother (leftie) got a left handed guitar around a year and a half ago from a family friend. He decided it wasn't for him and switched the strings to ...
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Making an acoustic guitar sound like an electric guitar or vice versa
I'd like to get electric and acoustic sounds from one guitar.
The Fender Acoustasonic is too expensive...$2k.
Does one get better results turning an acoustic into an electric or vice versa?
Do the ...
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Should an alternating bass line move in the direction of the next chord's root note?
When alternate picking on the guitar (i.e. playing a bass line) from the I to the V or iii, I have noticed that it seems a standard practice for some musicians to choose the note nearest the root of ...
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Need help identifying a guitar [closed]
I really like the sound and look of this classical acoustic. Can anyone help me identify it?
Thank you!
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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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When to use open note or closed note for solo on acoustic guitar for the same pitch?
Suppose you want to hit E5 (which is 0 fret on 1st string) in a passage of your solo, what are the reasons you'd pick the open note or the closed note on 5th fret 2nd string?
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Should guitar strings be evenly spaced?
I decided to learn how to play the guitar so I bought one which arrived yesterday. At first it seemed okay although it did take a while to tune. However, it constantly sounds a bit off compared to ...
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Best type/way of scale to start practicing and how to move on? [duplicate]
Learning for past 8 months.. chords are coming up well.. trying now to learn scales (after knowing those are the foundation)...
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octaves across first 4 frets) with ...
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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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Acoustic Guitar: Remove gloss coating from an inexpensive acoustic
I have just bought an inexpensive acoustic guitar. The guitar has a gloss coat on over the wood like most higher end ones, and I'm not the biggest fan of the shine. If this was a higher end guitar I'd ...
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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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