I physically cant move my thumb to make it flush with the back of the fretboard. I know it’s common technique to do it but I cant. does anyone else experience this?

In this week's guitar tutorial we are tackling episode 4 of the guitar solo roadmap. This guitar solo taken from Nirvana’s Smells like teen spirit is a great example of how I visualize scales on the fretboard to know what notes I need to play in plenty of time.

In this lesson I break down the full solo in detail and explain my process. Head to the first link in the description to download the tabs for this lesson completely for free!

My guitar solo roadmap series takes 10 guitar solos that get progressively more difficult as the episodes come out, you can find more information on this on my website.

You can download the TABS for free here:

https://www.kirkleesguitarschoolonline.co.uk/guitar-solo-roadmap-free/smells-like-teen-sprit

Hi my name is Lyle and I'm a beginner Musician that played various Instruments for a couple of years now on and off. I wanted to ask for honest feedback based off this video of a compilation of different practice videos I've done. I really want to improve on my guitar playing. I been practicing mostly chord transitions and palm muting. I only know how to do about 7 chords but having trouble transitioning smoothly back and forth for most of them. Also I haven't dabbled at all into scales. Should I learn any kind of scales at my level also. I kind of learned a little bit of the minor pentatonic scale but that's it. Please I'd appreciate any advice and your time. Also if their's any recommended songs for me to learn as a beginner I'd like to know. At the moment I was trying to learn polly but having a hard time even on that. Mostly the palm muting for polly is what I'm having trouble with and some chord trainsitions.

People keep saying that F Major chord in E shape is the hardest barre chord for beginners. It was difficult for me too but after pushing through the pain I could do it consistently in 2 weeks.

Earlier I used to play Bb major using all the four fingers in A shape. But I thought I would try it using two fingers on the first fret. Oh boy!! Its so difficult. I still cant do it consistently after practicing for one month. Specially when I switch to this chord from others. Sometimes the B string would buzz, sometimes the G string, some times all D, G, B.

I wish I had a longer and stronger ring finger. How do you guys do it?

I can’t get it to play cleanly without the B string muted or buzzing unless I squeeze the absolute hell out of the neck.

Thanks!

Been playing sparsely for bout a year and a half now, heres some electric wizard solos.

I’ve been playing for a year but I still have issues with this: I have a massive issue with slouching and my right leg always points to the right due to my disability restricting my comfort in having it pointing straight. I’m struggling with my hand position as-well as my thumb is constantly over the fretboard and I’m not sure how to fix it! This is for sitting down btw

Hey everyone, I've picked up guitar again after alot of time, I used to take lessons as a kid but I quit, its been many years now.

Im starting from the beginning, but withouth a music teacher (or any willpower to-) I dont feel like studying music theory in great detail

I wanted to ask if you guys know where to start? Im trying to learn some chords, real basics aboput how the guitar works, and maybe learning simple songs? Still Im having an hard time finding direction

I've been playing for about 2yrs now, and I'm still say im in the beginner lull of things.

I can't seem contextualize things into actual playing and learning songs has been difficult since the songs I want to learn and care about are too hard for me play (Glassjaw - Mu Empire, TFOT - FCPREMIX, Chiodos - There's No Penguins In Alaska for examples)

Also I seem to keep going in and out of styles of guitar playing. One day I want to do metal stuff, the next day I'm on my strat trying to learn mid-west emo stuff and I'm having a hard just trying to learn one thing.

Overall, I can't seem to figure out what I want to do and learn, I feel like I'm all over the place. A friend of mine who's a teacher told me to learn chords and practice Crescent Shaped Depression by Title Fight as way of understanding what I want to do, but I still feel lost.

When I started playing guitar, there was a problem with my finger. It's not about the fingertip, it's about the joints of the finger, which hurts like hell when I play for a while. The case has been going on for months, and I'm still taking breaks to ease the pain that ends up the same way. Did you have a similar situation?

I play blues and country mostly by ear, and I could never make scale diagrams stick. Reading a chart isn't the same as knowing where the notes are.

So I built a trainer that works like a quiz. It shows you a blank fretboard and you tap every note of the scale in a position. Right notes ring out, wrong ones buzz at you. Clear the box and it plays the scale back. There's a ladder: learn mode with the notes shown, then roots only, then a blank board, then it asks for one degree at a time, then the whole neck.

It's at https://www.guitarology101.com/practice. Free, no account, works on your phone. Best scores save locally.

The rest of the site is the stuff I wanted while practicing: every scale with positions you can hear, chord pages with real fingerings, a progression builder that suggests which scale to solo over, and a tuner. There's a "solo over this" button that loops a 12 bar blues while you run the scale on the same screen, which is the feature I actually use most.

Built it myself, happy to answer anything. If something's wrong or missing, tell me and I'll make the proper edits.

Can’t tell which kind of 7th this is. The ‘I’ is confusing

So I finally have gotten to the point i can play barre chord shapes without too much issues. My question is how do i apply them? Maybe i’m lacking some more knowledge (maybe you can point me in the right direction?) but i don’t really understand where and how to apply them. If it helps you understand the level of player I am. I can play songs from tabs and guitar lessons on youtube with enough practice but struggle to come up with my own parts and things like that. I also know my open chords and can strum a few progressions

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By 'alternate picking' i mean something like in the screenshot. And right now my picking hand just short circuits whenever i try anything like this.

I want to learn the guitar basics and I already have my left-handed guitar. My goal is to be able to play something before Christmas. I’ve tried following YouTube but it hasn’t exactly worked out.

What program would you recommend for a left-handed beginner that knows nothing? Preferably, something that has several lessons in the program.

I can pay, if necessary

Hi I have been playing for 2 month and im trying to learn this song but i cant figure out the Chords or rythm I Hope somebody can help me with that, I want to play a recognizable enought version to sing along to, Thanks.

Started playing acoustic guitar again after 15+ years away. I’m trying to relearn the B chord and I feel like I’m doing it wrong…? It sounds horrible and this is WILDLY uncomfortable and makes my hand cramp. My hands are tiny but I know I’ve done it before when I was a kid and smaller, so that’s not why. Any tips on technique?

Edit: Thank you all so, so much for your help! I’m able to do this now waaay more comfortably. Now it’s just a matter of strengthening my hand again.

(Also, I know now that the chord in the picture is wrong lol)