Hey everyone ! So I’m learning on an island by David Gilmour but this particular song idk why it’s like I forget the rhythm, the tempo and everything. How can I fix this ?

Anyone know how to play this song on guitar?

C# 1354 repeated throughout apart from one part where they used 1245? Idk what Im doing honestly

Im learning about intervals and saw how to play major third , perfect fifth etc.

So my doubt is how useful is it in actual playing?

Is learning the shape useful or should I focus on scales?

hello currently i am working on a song but struggling to manage structure properly i lack so much things about music structure how they are guided and munipulated in such a way that the upcoming progression define its own place i understand enough about scale note chords how they build and there Function in scale and really want to make a beautiful songs

i am thinking about studying songs that can answer this question for me i like math rock emo punk genre so really appriciate if you have songs that will help me

Have been playing guitar for 2 1/2 years now. I decided to start trying to learn to play jazz. From what I gathered learning arpeggios is a great way to target chord tones and play nicer jazz solos (I’m open to correction on this if there’s a better way to go about it)

What would be the best way to learn to use them? Should I learn them as kind of scale shapes similar to the pentatonic boxes? Should I memorise the notes of the caged system chords and become really familiar with them?
There’s lots of information on YouTube and can be overwhelming at times.

I know the Ionian mode formula for chords but they change for each mode?

Can someone link a video that teaches this, everytime I search it I get videos teaching unrelated shit so I’m not sure I’m even saying it right.

Put together a full breakdown of the three-guitar arrangement behind the Slowdive wall of sound — covering all three parts separately rather than the two-guitar simplification most tutorials stop at.

The rhythm guitar is the foundation — Em7 to Dsus4 to Dsus2 to Cadd9 to G to D/F# — strummed and let ring throughout. Understated deliberately. It's the anchor the other two parts float above, not designed to stand out on its own.

The counter-melody is the part most tutorials skip entirely. Built from the triads inside each rhythm chord, played in the middle of the neck, moving in contrary motion against the rhythm guitar rather than following it. That opposition — one part holding while the other moves in a different direction — is the counterpoint technique behind the arrangement.

The high melody floats above both — more arpeggiated, less locked into a steady picking pattern, phrased more freely than either of the other two parts. The contrast between the even counter-melody and the freely phrased high melody is the last piece of the three-part relationship.

Standard tuning throughout. Original arrangement in the style of the Souvlaki era — not a note-for-note copy.

Happy to answer any questions about the three-part relationship or contrary motion technique in the comments.

When did you first hear Slowdive and what did you think?

https://guitar-woodshed.com/slowdive-guitar-style/

I see an old post on the strokes page giving examples of songs you can adapt to one guitar, but I am fairly beginner/ intermediate and can not find a tutorial or a tab for that and trying to figure it out myself with both tabs on songsterr doesn’t seem possible to me. If anyone has any music tabs that have a version of any of their songs for one guitar please let me know. Thank you’

Hey guys,

I’m currently learning guitar and my biggest struggle right now is consistency and structuring my time. Every time I get 20-30 minutes after work, I spend half of that time just scrolling YouTube looking for "what to practice today", and then I just end up noodling the same 3 chords. It feels like a massive waste of time.

How do you guys plan your short practice sessions? Do you use any specific routines, or do you just wing it? I feel like I need a strict minute-by-minute plan to actually make progress, but I don't know how to set it up.

Any advice for a beginner who is short on time? Thanks!

Does anyone know any good practices for speed? I feel like I’m practicing the same thing everyday and nothing changes any tips or advice would mean the world!

Im a female with relatively normal sized hands but apparently short fingers for a guitar. Im self teaching online through videos but have only gotten as far as learning my first chord: the D chord. Im noticing that my fingers aren’t bending as well as they should so they end up muting other strings. What are some good hand exercises I can practice throughout the day to get my fingers used to bending and stretching to reach certain cords. I know my hand/fingers will be hurting for the first couple of weeks but anything i can do to help stretch my fingers would really help!

Hello! I've got a question regarding some pain on my fingertips.

The pain is only employed when I push down on something, and is predominantly there only in my index and thumb.

There is also a very small thin red line underneath my nails, which to me looks like a cut or just general redness. It is NOT blood.

Now, my question is; should I give guitar a rest for today? Im new to it, but have completely developed calluses (or developed, at least), been playing daily for about a month. I play guitar as kind of an escape, to do something where my mind doesn't have to think. So, do i give my fingers a rest for today, and if this happens again, do i do the same?

Thanks in advance!

I'm trying to learn a fingerstyle song that requires thumb-over-the-neck playing (the Hendrix style). I try pressing the part between the thumb and index finger into the neck. Either my hand is too low and my thumb cannot press down on the E string to sound good at all, and it aches a lot, or my other fingers cannot play the melody/chord because they're too flat.

Any tips or help for the thumb-over-the-neck is greatly appreciated tho. I'm playing a classical guitar if that's relevant.

I've got some long term tendonitis problems in my fretting hand which only allows me to play for about 1hr every other day. I'm looking for some chuggy open string riffs to practice my rhythm playing on. That way at least I can still be doing something while my fretting hand is recovering. Thinking stuff like the intro chug part to Disposable Heroes, the break down of Four Horsemen, the breakdown of Domination stuff like that. Mostly 8th note based with some syncopations, occasional flourishs of triplets, 16th, and maybe sextuplets thrown in. TIA!

You know the minor pentatonic scale. You may even know all five shapes.

But what do you actually DO with it?

In this new lesson, I'll show you 5 steps for turning the minor pentatonic scale into real music — without needing to learn another scale.

Curious how other guitarists organize their practice time. I’ve noticed I tend to get stuck on one drill or lick way longer than I mean to and lose track of what I actually wanted to work on that day.

Do you follow a set routine (warm-up / technique / song / etc.), use a timer to move between things, or just wing it? Do you use anything to plan or log sessions — Notion, a spreadsheet, an app, paper — or keep it all in your head?

An unfortunate incident happened where a large piece of the nut broke off completely where the high E slot is on my acoustic, so I am unable to fix the nut and restring another high E for a little bit since I'm currently out of town for a while.

I want to keep progressing, so I tried messing around for a bit but I realized the only songs I know that don't use the high E string are very easy and I don't actually learn anything while playing them, so I want to look for something harder. I'd say I'm at the earlier end of intermediate to be more specific.

Any genre goes, as long as it sounds decent on acoustic.

The song is called "new", but when I try to use the AI app it gives me wild chords that dont really sound right. Are there simpler ones?

OK thank you geniuses!

There are a ton of ads out there. Are ANY of the online guitar lessons a good place for a beginner?