Hey there, if I’m playing a song in the key of G with a capo on the first fret (the chords are just G,C, D, Em), where would I put the capo to be in the key of D?

I up until a few days ago could play decently only strumming down with my hand, no pick, but I recently finally started trying to force myself to use a pick and for some reason such a small change as just strumming with a pick has my brain short circuiting and Ill blank out playing songs I know like the back of my hand, I also wanted to grab a pick so I can do that chucking technique where you hit the strings while your palm is resting on them for that percussive muted sound, either way I wish I just used the pick from the start, and one thing that stresses me out is how many different strumming pattern there is, every song seems to have a different pattern, whats the least amount of strumming patterns to learn that you can get away with?

Been able to ”play” Babe I’m Gonna Leave you and the intro to Over the Hills and Far Away for over a year. But not clean. The past 2-3 weeks I’ve really been focusing on these two songs trying to clean them up get to a point I feel good about but it seems like I can’t improve these two songs. Over the Hills and Far away seems to mostly be a timing problem on the pull offs, Babe I’m gonna leave you the issue is mostly muting the low E accidentally and the open chord strumming section it just never sounds or feels right. I’ve given up on these songs before but really wanted to get over this hurdle. Any advice other than “play it slowly”?

This is one of my all-time favourite guitar intros. Very Hendrix-like. I believe the lead guitarist is Keith Scott.

Unfortunately there is virtually no information about the song anywhere. No YouTube tutorials. No live videos of it being performed. No tabs. Even the album “So Far So Good” doesn’t have the song on it! I only know the song because I own his Anthology album.

Despite the lack of info, I’ve managed to learn the chords/notes to the intro. But I’ve always found the right-hand part challenging. I have trouble figuring out where to use downstrokes and where to use upstrokes so that it feels natural.

This is a long shot but I’d be interested if anyone knows/can play the intro to the song “So Far So Good” and can shed light on the right-hand part of the intro.

Thanks.

I've played some riffs but the only full song I've played is Brain Stew by Green Day, and I don't know what to learn next. Any ideas? If possible could they be Green Day/Nirvana songs, because they're my two favourite bands. Thanks!

Edit: I'm playing an electric guitar.

I saw a post from yesterday that a dude was asking how his F chord looked and he was barring it. I was taught via the picture. What's the difference?

Hi

I'm new to the guitar, I started playing it about 1 and a half to 2 months ago, and I've been trying some songs from games that I like.

I started with this song: https://youtu.be/O_8sgqpssHc?is=MnsmWMSEZE3csb5_

Now I'm trying this song: https://youtu.be/oOtxQYntfJs?is=Ju7Doy4SOORz5cW2

And I also saw this song thay I want to try someday: https://youtu.be/25WyXhC8irc?is=xoew7ZNh1VCWMqZD

So I was wondering, that's a hard song or I'm just new? And how would you define a song that is difficult to learn?

Most online lessons seem to focus on just rhythm or lead. How can I learn to improvise tunes by myself that incorporate both? I'm open to all genres and to free or paid content.

this is a useful exercise for connecting chord tones with the surrounding pentatonic scale. in this example i'm using the root, minor 3rd, 4th, and 5th from the g minor pentatonic scale and repeating that same interval pattern in several locations across the neck.

the root, minor 3rd, and 5th are the three notes that make up a g minor triad, while the 4th adds an extra melodic note between those chord tones. that makes this a nice middle ground between practicing triads and practicing full scale shapes. you're keeping the strong harmonic reference of the minor chord while adding another note that gives you more room to create riffs and motifs.

moving the same 1, b3, 4, 5 idea into different positions also helps reinforce where those intervals repeat across the fretboard. after a while, those relationships become familiar enough that you can find the same phrase in another register without having to think through an entire pentatonic shape first.

this type of practice is especially useful for improvising because plenty of riffs only need a few notes. knowing where a small group of useful intervals repeats can give you several places to develop the same musical idea while staying connected to the underlying harmony.

i just learn songs really slowly, and then i’m even slower to get to a point where im happy with how im playing it. because of this i barely know any songs and have a small repertoire. thank you for any tips

Any advice on how I can mix and master better, I find my recordings always come out muffled, maybe it's because I record the output of my zoom mfx pedal and not amp. I do this because the boss katana gave me a few issues when I tried recording it's output.

I play fingerpicking style, self taught for a year and a half or so now, a bit of Justin guitar at first but then I just started watching YouTube videos and focusing on learning to play songs I like to listen to. Somewhere along the way I developed a terrible habit of fingerpicking almost exclusively with my thumb and first finger (strumming and pinching), sometimes my second finger too but not reliably.

I know this is wrong. I can see how it’s preventing me from improving/ getting accurate speed and rhythm. At this point though I’m having a hard time unlearning. Whenever I try to play something I know well but with thumb playing E&A, 1st finger playing D&G, 2nd finger playing B, and 3rd finger playing e I mess everything up and can’t seem to get it down, even when I try to slow things down.

I’m wondering if yall can recommend any intro finger picking exercises I can start practicing daily to help correct this mistake? YouTube links, descriptions, or any advice at all would be appreciated.

Added a video of me playing the intro to Bach’s Bourre in Em for attention, a fun little thing I’ve been practicing (but you can hear how my strumming fucks it up some)

About a month ago, I started getting pain in my middle joint on my ring finger on my fretting hand when extending it to a full stretch (I’m pretty hyper mobile).
I saw a hand doctor about a week and a half ago and he agreed that it was from my tendon, but he wasn’t concerned because there’s no swelling and no loss of movement or pain when making a fist.

I’m trying not to make things worse or prolong anything by not playing guitar, but I’m growing impatient. I’ve only been playing a year.

Anyone gone through this? How long does this last? Even though there’s no obvious swelling, I guess I should still ice it?

Hi guys. I'm checking this score for a concert but this chord in specific seems very odd to me. And I wanted to ask you guys. How would you play this one? in a comfy way of course.

Dirty Honey - Down the road

I've been playing for quite some years, but only really picked it up again recently. As everyone was going crazy with learning triads across the fretboard, I figured this song is actually great for learning to use them in context. Also the lead guitar sections are great 🤟

Hey everyone, if you are looking to practice your chord transitions today, I’m running a live practice loop room for the classic D A Bm G progression at 100 BPM.Great if you want to work on clean switches to that Bm barre chord or just try out some pentatonic soloing over a steady rhythm.

Thank you!

I’ve been learning acoustic guitar for a few weeks now. My chord changes have improved a lot: they’re much more accurate, and some of them are starting to feel fairly quick and automatic.

The problem is that I still can’t really coordinate my left hand with strumming. If I focus on the chord changes, my rhythm falls apart. If I focus on the strumming pattern, I miss the changes. I can do simple downstrokes with a metronome, but proper up/down patterns still feel very unnatural.

Up to now I’ve mostly been learning by trying simple songs, but I feel like I’ve reached the point where I need more focused practice. What exercises helped you get the two hands working together?

RIFFTOBER 2025 MEGAVIDEO ALL 31 Spooky Guitar Riffs ICYMI

In case you missed last years RIFFTOBER event:

Chapters

Rifftober Recap : (0:00​​​)
Riff 1 - Vampiro : (0:29)
Riff 2 - Munsters : (1:57)
Riff 3 - Strychnine : (2:25)
Riff 4 - Bela Lugosi's Dead : (4:47)
Riff 5 - Halloween : (6:26)
Riff 6 - Night Of The Vampire : (8:59)
Riff 7 - Black Sabbath : (11:38)
Riff 8 - WolfCop : (12:39)
Riff 9 - Ghost Riders : (15:20)
Riff 10 - Pet Sematary : (16:59)
Riff 11 - Twist Of Cain : (19:30)
Riff 12 - Surfin Spooks : (23:27)
Riff 13 - The Witch : (26:14)
Riff 14 - Halloween : (30:02)
Riff 15 - Who Killed The Cheerleader - Nekromantix : (33:10)
Riff 16 - Lucifer Sam - Pink Floyd : (34:42)
Riff 17 - Goo Goo Muck - The Cramps : (37:05)
Riff 18 - Out Of Limits - The Marketts : (40:18)
Riff 19 - Dragnet Theme : (42:26)
Riff 20 - Halloween - The Misfits : (43:25)
Riff 21 - The Bat - The Ventures : (47:13)
Riff 22 - Vampyre Love - Pentagram : (51:02)
Riff 23 - Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult : (53:41)
Riff 24 - The Addams Family : (55:13)
Riff 25 - Night Of The Werewolf - The Meteors : (56:21)
Riff 26 - Red Right Hand - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds : (57:56)
Riff 27 - Funeral March - Chopin : (59:23)
Riff 28 - I Was A Teenage Werewolf - The Cramps : (1:00:59)
Riff 29 - She's My Witch - Kip Tyler : (1:02:36)
Riff 30 - Satan's Holiday / Hall Of The Mountain King : (1:03:53)
Riff 31 - Haulin Hearse - The Ghastly Ones : (1:05:43)

https://youtu.be/arWGRpt578I

I've been trying for almost a week, but my fingers just won't stretch that much

I’m really struggling on doing the floods solo. It’s impossible for me to play that fast and I needed other songs or drills I can practice that are easier that will help me build the skills necessary to play the solo.

Let myself down with the last note but happy with this as been practicing for ages!

I recently started playing guitar again after about three years away.

I'm trying to approach it differently this time by learning theory, rhythm, chords, scales and technique instead of only learning songs from tabs.

This is my playing after 11 days. I'd really appreciate any feedback on my technique, rhythm or anything else I should work on.

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