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 you identify a good acoustic guitar?
What do you look for when going for a guitar? I own an acoustic and am looking for a better one.
What should I be looking for? Wood quality, brand, strings, etc.?
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Learning to play guitar songs using on-line tabs - how to get strum patterns?
I am a relatively new guitarist and have been using online tabs such as this one: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/beatles/let_it_be_crd.htm to learn how to play new songs.
While those tabs ...
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Re-setting up a guitar
My new guitar is Yamaha f310.
The original strings were medium but I changed them to extra light .. because I found them easier to play, and have a brighter sound !
But all I hear is a buzzing sound, ...
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How is this B flat guitar chord physically possible?
This chord diagram is from the GarageBand chord trainer (I'm a beginner). How is it possible to put a barre down on the third fret without also muting the top E string?
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Acoustic guitar - how to wind strings on the tuning posts
While writing an answer to this question, I did a little web searching and found that the way I was taught 29 years ago to wind the strings isn't necessarily the best.
On an acoustic guitar, I tend ...
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Skills needed for classical guitar
I've been playing steel-string acoustic for 25+ years, and I'm becoming more interested in classical guitar playing. While I'm fairly good at fingerstyle, I'm aware that making the leap to classical/...
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Is it OK to keep guitars in a glass or plywood rack?
I have a question about storage. I'm planning to build a rack like thing made out of plywood or glass to store my guitars. Yet, I'm curious to know whether my guitars will have an affect with the ...
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Memorizing notes on guitar fretboard
I have 2 questions, which are somehow interrelated.
Learning which-note-corresponds-to-which-fret-position was told to me as an extremely important task for any guitarist who want to get better at it....
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Is my Yamaha guitar counterfeit?
I bought a new Yamaha Guitar and When you look inside the guitar hole it looks like the model number is written by hand. Can you please tell me if this one is a fake one or not? The number written on ...
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Why does the D string in a guitar breaks so often?
Well... that's about it. D strings (on acoustic nylon guitars at least) break way more often than the others.
I guess there's a physical explanation but I wasn't able to found anything on the Internet....
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Villa-Lobos étude diamond shaped note
In the first étude from the 12 études for guitar by Villa-Lobos, what are these diamond shaped notes?
Additionally, what are these circled notes (G, B and E) below those diamond notes?
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Altering the sound of a guitar to match a sitar
I'm interested in altering my guitar to give it a more sitar-like sound. I've stumbled upon this video below
and am wondering how dangerous this would be to my ...
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What does 'Setting Up' my guitar actually mean?
Just this week I visited one my local music stores after a referral to the guy to have my Tanglewood acoustic guitar strings changed. Myself and a friend went in, he recommended a set of guitar ...
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Is Learning Guitar and Ukulele side by side a good idea?
I'm trying to decide whether it's a good idea to learn playing the guitar while I am also learning the ukulele.
I've been playing ukulele since about six months and I'm making really good progress. ...
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String bending on acoustic
Any tips on bending notes on an acoustic? Its really hard to do and my string loses it sound really fast.
Should I even try it?
Bending 1 semitone is easy, after that its quite hard...
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