Questions tagged [guitar]
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How to derive triads from more complex chords
I recently came into possession of a chord diagram book for guitar.
It explains 7/9/11/13 chords, sus, add, and everything in between, seemingly, for all 12 notes.
What I don't see explained in this ...
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In a classical guitar score, when a section plays very low notes, is it better to use 8va bassa, G clef transposed 1 octave down or the F clef?
My music knowledge background
I never studied music in a music school, but I've composed music for some years and know some theory that I've picked up and read about over the years. I do not have much ...
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Why doesn't the G chord resolve as definitively into C as E7 into Am?
I'm a beginner guitarist.
On the piano it sounds fine: G to C. Perfect!
On the guitar it sounds ... meh ... blah ...
In a minor scale, however, such as A minor, the dominant (E7) resolves definitively,...
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What do the chord symbols on each bar mean?
I see chord symbols on each bar, and I assume they represent the notes in the bar.
But many times not all the notes are present, and sometimes a bar with only 1 note has a chord symbol.
If they are a ...
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Is it true that D A D F A D is the bluesiest guitar tuning? [closed]
Is D A D F A D the bluesiest guitar tuning ? If not, what tuning is ?
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Why are all legato practices about 3 notes per string?
Is it normal if I practice legato on 5 positions major, minor scale?
The thing I notice practicing legato with 5 positions scale is harder to keep tracking on metronome, since some string only has two ...
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What guitar chord is made up of the open notes A D G B?
Guitar chord is cited as a chord in Kenny Wayne Sheppard's Born With a Broken Heart.
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Guitar triplet legato: should i lift all fingers while moving to the next string?
I see many legato practices didn't mention about it.
Each time i play 3 notes in one string, i tend to lift all 3 fingers and pick the next string first note (2 left fingers are on the air).
I notice ...
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I have a small hand and am an adult. Would 1/2 or 3/4 classical guitar be ok?
I have a small hand, and classical pieces sometimes require wide stretches.
I am considering buying smaller guitar, but wouldn't it compromise playing quality?
If not, is an adult using 1/2 or 3/4, or ...
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Is there standard notation for guitar left hand barres of natural harmonics?
I'm a self taught guitarrist and hobby musician who composes original music and who creates transcriptions/arrangements of music from other artists for classical guitar.
I've recently learned about ...
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Why do notes played on bass strings on the highest frets sound bad?
I notice that on bass guitars or low tuned guitars, the notes played on the lowest strings very high on the fretboard sound bad. This can be heard, e.g., in this video at 1:01–1:10:
It is well known ...
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How to use modes to create chords
OK I know major and minor modes will produce different chords but what about other modes? How to derive chords from dorian, phrygian? Lydian? Mixolydian? Locrian?
Edit: The chord order in A minor is i ...
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How to record guitar into FL Studio 21
I have an audio interface hooked up to studio monitors and I have set everything up (Real life amplifier with 1/4" output wired to the 1/4" audio interface input). I see an output as a ...
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does every melody fit into 3-note-scales?
Currently I am learning how to use ears for transcribing melodies.
My previous thought was that every melody followed scales of some sorts, so I learned 3-notes-per-strings scales.
But today I have ...
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What is the name of this instrument that sounds like a pedal steel guitar? [closed]
What is the name of this instrument?
Here video I'm thinking that the sounds produced by that instrument are similar to the sounds of a pedal steel guitar, because when I see the newer versions of the ...
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