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Spider walk ascending fleshy finger pad muting
So the title pretty much says it all.
When ascending the spider walk exercise the fleshy part of my fingers touch the
next string. As I'm sure most of you know when ascending it's 1,2,3,4 fingers, ...
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Has anyone tried playing a Fanned Fret guitar/bass? How did it feel vs standard? Did you stick with it? [closed]
The title says it all. I'm intrigued by fanned frets, but buying an instrument like that is a big leap. If you've tried it, I'd like to hear about your experience.
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How to read movable scale chart for A minor pentatonic?
I bought a guitar chart and it has this figure for moveable minor pentatonic scale:
I know the number 1 box pattern of the minor pentatonic scale (Justin guitar course). I play it starting on the 5th ...
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Do you barre a chord directly on the fret itself or in between the frets? [duplicate]
I have seen guitarists barre directly on the fret and also in between in the frets. All diagrams of fret chords show to play in between frets. Which is correct? Or, does it matter? Thank you.
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Does TAB take into account where a capo may be placed?
When TAB is written, and a capo is needed on, say, fret 2, does the tab get written as if the barre formed by said capo is the actual fret it's on, or does that fret become the 'open' string? In other ...
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Controlling finger reaction
This is a follow up question of Guitar Muscle memory lesson plan for fine motor skill deficit
While melodies get longer, I'm confusing, and especially if finger path are crosssing itself a lot such as
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First guitar with fretboard inlays?
When did guitars first get fretboard inlays? Or were they a common feature on pre-guitar stringed instruments before the the guitar was formalised to the shape we now know and love?
Was there a ...
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Can I change the location of my guitar frets so that I play korons?
Setar is an Iranian instrument that is able to play korons (half-flats) because of its irregular fretboard:
I know it's doable in guitars with bending the strings. But I wish to change my guitar's ...
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Exercises for Faster Fretting
I am learning the bass guitar and was wondering if anybody had any good exercises for faster fretting? I can read bass clef well, but getting my hand to accurately move between neck positions fast ...
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Are these indentations on the frets of my Acoustic for intonation? Can I apply this to the frets of my Electric?
The questions are in the title, picture is below, but here are the (TL/DR) details.
About 9 months ago, I bought an electric guitar "kit" and assembled it (fun, highly recommended). This ...
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Is the upper limit on your ability to fret faster hereditary? [closed]
I'm curious what are the other drawbacks to playing guitar faster other than "Practice more".
Here is the example: I can play Cliffs of Dover at about 55% speed on the fastest run's.
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How to read and play these beginner power chords
Few questions came up when I reached the chapter power chords of a famous well known beginner guitar book:
The book teaches alternate picking on single notes when playing 8th notes. How do I pick ...
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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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Guitar - pinkie finger independence [duplicate]
I am doing some exercises and the instructor noted to keep my fingers as close to the strings as possible.
However, i noticed that every time i go to press my second or third finger, then the pinkie ...
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Guitar - Pinky finger on high notes / small fret
I have a question regarding the use of the pinky on smaller frets , 10 onwards .
Let's say I am learning a guitar solo, from Metallica Nothing else matters, when they alternate from fourth srting fret ...
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Fret Wear on 2016 PRS CE24
When changing my strings and cleaning the fretboard and frets a couple of days ago, I recognized that my frets seem to be really flat already.
I have attached some images. The guitar is round about ...
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Fretting out on fretboard?
Whenever I change the strings on my electric guitar, in no more than 2 weeks, this happens:
From about the 11th/12th fret onwards, the E and B (and sometimes G) strings sound noticeably lower, in ...
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How to ensure the fretboard hand and the plucking hand are working on same string?
Recently I bought a guitar (but I am learning it totally through internet, due to lockdown condition). If I hold the guitar in suggested posture (or like everybody do), I cannot almost see the ...
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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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White dirt in jatoba fretboard
My brand new JemJR has weird white dust inside wood. I already tried to clean it using some paper and water. It looked perfect right after cleaning it, but it returned once the fretboard was dry.
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Is it safe to use water to clean (rosewood, ebony, maple) fretboards?
It's common to see in message boards, forums, and news groups that using water to clean a fretboard can cause problems, or is otherwise advised against. It's not normally explained why, or if it only ...
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Does guitar fret spacing solely depend on the length of the string?
On a typical guitar, the fret board has certain spacing between each fret.
Does the spacing of frets on a guitar solely depend on the length of the string? Meaning if I have multiple guitars of ...
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Regularly applying oil to a guitar's fingerboard: how necessary is it?
Reading this question about how to apply lemon oil to a guitar's fingerboard got me thinking, how necessary is this practice?
Checking around forums, seems that some people argue that it makes no ...
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Guitar exercises for precision and accuracy
I started with metal guitar a little more than a year ago, and mostly learned all this classic Metallica stuff from the 80's like Master of Puppets. Now I can play it up to speed, I can even play it ...
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How the position of a chord's notes is determined on the guitar fret board?
It seems the position of a chord's notes on a guitar fret board should obey some rules!
As an example; why, in Cm chord, the G note on lower E String is not in count?
I'll be thankful if anyone can ...
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Guitar beginner - What does this card show?
I am a beginner (just had 4 hours with a teacher) and I bought something where I can read the notes for the fretboard to better learn them. Also there was a card included with the following prints:
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Is fingers pointing towards each other a problem when fretting a guitar
I've been practicing the guitar for a few months now and am currently learning a song that requires me to slide from the 10th and 12th fret on the A and B string down to the third and fifth frets, ...
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Physics of Guitar frets and sound
I understand how Guitar works. Pitch/Frequency of sound produced depends on length of vibrating string. So we have different frets to product different notes. Fine.
However I am curious to understand ...
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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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Is the CAGED system the main way for learning the guitar's fretboard?
Just curious if there's alternatives to the CAGED system? I've googled but most alternatives aren't nearly as popular, 3NPS is one of them. So is CAGED the main way to go about learning fretboard ...
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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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Where in the guitar fretboard do you play the composition
I am relearning guitar by myself with the help of the web.
I have studied music theory and started to sight read.
When I have easy sheet music for the guitar (Ode to Joy for example), I tend to play ...
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Playing All Guitar Notes With a MIDI File
I'm trying to do this:
1. I open FL Studio to play all 88 keys of a piano.
2. FL Studio's Piano Roll begins with C0 which is two octave below C1 of a real piano.
3. So you have to go from C2 up to C9 ...
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12 String guitar going out of tune around the 8th fret on the high e, b and g
I just bought my 12 string guitar and the g,b and high e string go out of tune when i play it around the 8th fret i'm really getting worried. I'm wondering if its a problem with the type of strings it ...
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Learning notes on the fretboard
I was reading this book on music theory, i just want to confirm with everybody here if my understandinng is correct. See screenshot below
On the B string 1st fret and 3rd and also on the E string 1st ...
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Why do these chords not have these repeated notes?
So I constructed a B-chord using the intervals for a major, M3 and m3 in that order which gave me B-D#-F# from the CDEFGABC order I saw. Then I started to construct a B triad which gave me those ...
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How does longer guitar necks with more frets affect the sound?
I was thinking about an upgrade of my 24-fret RG guitar. Even though it's a «shredding» piece of instrument, I wanted to set up low-output pups on it, but then… some guy told me that this long neck ...
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What method for learning the guitar fretboard is most effective?
I am wondering whether there is a method for memorizing the fretboard that works best for other guitarists. Drills that are disconnected from the act of making music are less effective for me - I can ...
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Play a scale across the whole neck of the guitar
I have learned all the boxes, of let's say, the major scale.
How do i play this across the whole fretboard?
When people solo, they play a scale across the neck. So how i do this?
Everyone that i know ...
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G string out of tune but only when played open
So I figured out I can tune my G string just a little flat so all the frets sound in tune, except that, of course, leaves open G sounding like F#.
What should I do?
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know by heart difficult chords on guitar
After years of playing guitar by self study i know all the chords but i still strugle to find my way freely on the guitar especially with inversions and other unique chords. Is this a matter of ...
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How do I know which position to use when I'm playing by ear
I come from a piano background ( and I know enough theory to read intermediate piano sheet music) and I want to learn fingerstyle guitar. but It's so difficult because there is more than one way to ...
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Memorizing fret board intervals
Fret board intervals; When playing and looking at the guitar fretboard, is it best to mentally use pictorial patterns,
(chords, scales, modes, arpeggios) to help in the (my) solo direction, or ...
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B string buzzing during A chord
I'm relatively new to guitar and have been learning on an electric (SG). I often practice acoustically (without an amp), and I'm having some trouble with the open A major chord.
My position for the A ...
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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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What is the purpose of a zero fret on a guitar?
Some guitars have an added fret just after the nut called a "zero fret":
What is the purpose of this? Is it to enhance playability at the bottom range of the instrument (by making the first fret ...
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Is it possible to change the position of the frets of an electric guitar?
Is it possible, and how would I go about changing the position of the frets of an electric guitar, for example making some frets a quarter tone sharp or flat? As another more difficult example, would ...
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