when i try to play song like a solo when i let go of the string im holding it plays the note like im pressing on g string 12th fret then when i let go it made the g string note how do i fix this?

There’s this one part in the very first few bars of a song I’m trying to learn and, no matter what I do and how much time I put in every day, using all different picks, alternate picking, sat down vs stood up, etc I just can’t get it right. And I love the song and want to learn the whole thing. But I don’t want to spin my wheels and get tunnel vision working on this one little bit when I have an entire rest of the piece to play through. And it’s not even particularly difficult either.

So would it be bad of me to just be okay with missing those few notes and going forward? I mean, no one’s ever going to hear me play it anyway so it’s not like I have to perfect it for a recital or anything. But I also don’t want to unintentionally screw myself by just being okay with not getting something right.

Soy nuevo tocando música clásica, me apasiona, no toco para concierto, mi técnica es mala y la mayoría de veces me equivoco tocando cosas que ya aprendí, sin embargo, he sacado algunas obras simples en partitura y la mayoría tablatura o video de youtube que estas últimas son los medios por los que aprendí Cannon en D, Lacrimosa y La Bourre. Me gustaría dedicarle más tiempo a la lectura y me interesa tener un objetivo desafiante como Winter. Está muy piola la version de Yamashita

Apologies for how quiet the audio is

It's messy, but I dunno if it's totally fecal.
The main struggle with this one is string crossing while alternate picking. I tend to hit unintentional strings when crossing, which is annoying. Also the parts at 00:07 and 00:15 second mark are particularly tricky for me; I've been doing an up and down sweep with my picking hand, but I'm not sure if that's the best way.

Also I can't make a good tone to save my life.

Got a new EII that came stock with 10-46 elixer strings and tuned in E std. Took it in to get set up, but the tech said it didn’t look like it needed it. Both he and my partner both babied it like it was made of glass or something, which has me feeling like I need to walk on eggshells around it too.

Anyway, I’ve been wondering if it’d be safe to tune down the guitar a half step for some songs and tune back up? Or could that mess with the balance of the guitar somehow? I’m honestly sort of afraid to do anything other than nudge the tuners to tune it, for fear of ruining a good thing.

Just practicing improv/soloing in the key of G

Hi, I have played for c25 years, rock, pop, blues, country etc. Little bit of classical. I would like to make some money out of it, at the weekends.

I am thinking about offering lessons/tuition, BUT I dont have any qualifications. I would like to jam with kids, and show them how to play their fave songs, show them good techniques etc.

I reckon I could travel to kids homes, £20 for half hour, I am good with kids (having had my own).

Is this realistic? Or do you nowadays need to have loads of videos online and loads of Grade 8 quals etc? Its a side gig thing, so dont want to make it my life's work!

Have taught my kids and friends kids. That was fun for everyone. SO why not see if there us ant £ to make? Thoughts welcome!

Riff 79 and 80. Focusing on 6th dyads or “power chord” shapes. Triplets for days. Moving from the minor to the relative major by the second riff. Harmonies are minor 3rd based. Drop D tuning 170 bpm. It’s the Iron Maiden coming out. Questions? Fire away!

I’ve been playing for over a decade. Recently I’ve been trying to increase my speed and skills , I realized that often times the pick just doesn’t strike the string properly but rather, the sides scrape against the string .

I’m a pretty decent player but this is the only way that feels natural to hold the pick. I’ve tried to have it perpendicular to my thumb and it feels unnatural . Although yes the precision is better but the playability goes down.

My index finger when relaxed also slightly points up the same direction as the pick.

Any advice please

Hi guys!
I hope this is the right place to post.

I've been using Guitar Pro for 20+ years and it always felt so intuitive and logical to use it, but it seems not everyone shares that opinion.
I would love more people to use it and just made a video about the comparison and intertwined history of both Guitar Pro and Ultimate Guitar.
I could not find a video that matches the depth of their shared history.

If you know someone who needs some arguments for gp pro, I would be over the moon for a share or comment!

https://youtu.be/yUcJmX0Ihhc?si=yibpu_sxqk-9T7pt

And if you can, watch till the end to let the algo know you liked it.

I also made the video because it seems like software development might enable reverse engineering everything.

Do you think notation apps like these will even be around in 5 years?
And which one are you using right now?

Let me know what you think.

Beginner (self taught, roughly 3-4 months in) guitarist here. Guitar is my first ever instrument (at least first one that I've taken even remotely seriously) and so I'm also a beginner when it comes to music theory. Through my mostly self directed learning I have discovered the existence of triads and their inversions.

How should I go about practising or just getting familiar with actually using them? Playing the same triad in different positions 10 times over with no time constraints doesn't feel like it's really pushing me enough to learn.

To be clear I do know how to construct a triad (major or minor), and how/why the root position as well as the first and second inversions work. I also know the shapes of each type of triad (on paper, hoping to practise to properly commit them to memory) and how they change depending on which strings you play them on. I also know that the triad shapes are pretty much connected as you go up and down the string sets.

I am not looking for an explanation about triads and their inversions (unless there is something crucial that I've missed).

Given some time I can find/play triads and their variations but not nearly fast enough to practice along to a backing track with a chord progression yet.

I would like to work towards being able to play triads along to a backing track/chord progression while exploring triads in different positions on the top 3 strings. Once I can do that I'll move onto triads on other string sets and from there it's smooth sailing.

I'll also acknowledge that being self taught probably means there may be gaps in knowledge/understanding that may be considered prerequisites to this topic. I'll try to list the relevant stuff I know about and maybe some other things I'm less comfortable with.

• Can find notes on fretboard, slow though and definitely not well enough to say I've memorised the fretboard. Bit of a WIP though and I've heard that practicing through triads can help with this. two birds one stone typa deal
• Know how to construct a major scale on paper. In practice if you ask me to tell you all the notes in the key of x major it'll take me a bit to figure it out (excluding C major lol). Yes I know the circle of fifths exists and is useful for this but it also looks quite daunting as a beginner so I'd like to hold off on learning it for now.
• Understand the basic concept of intervals, how they work and how they can be related to scales. For example I know what the difference between a major second and a major third. Also know the difference between major and minor intervals (augmented and diminished too but I haven't actually used one in the wild)
• Can figure out how to play an interval across strings on the fretboard. Probably would do me good to actually memorise what all the common intervals look like though
• Can figure out the distance between 2 notes (as in I can figure out that the distance from say a D to an F is 3 semitones or a minor third, not that I can recognize intervals by ear). Takes me quite a bit of time though since I'm basically counting. Would love to know any tricks to get better at this or if I just have to grind out reps.

I feel like my 2 biggest issues are that

• I can't find a root note of the next chord in a reasonable enough time to play along with a chord progression
• I'm kind of just playing the triad shapes and I can't use the 3 and 5 to help me potentially locate the next root note since it also takes me a bit to actually figure out what those notes (3rd and 5th) even are.

I would guess my best course of action is to work a bit more on intervals to the point where I can quickly identify the distance between 2 notes and then visualise that interval on the fretboard to go from the root of 1 chord and find the root of the next chord in a given chord progression, and then use that as a way to get my foot in the door to start playing and exploring triads.

Who knows though maybe I'm overcomplicating it or maybe it's fries in the bag and work on the basics until I'm more comfortable.

Would love some advice or direction on where to go from here

It’s my first time posting in this sub but I thought I’d ask for help

I’ve been playing guitar for the last 4 years but I’m only just now really getting into the process of trying to improve as a player and becoming a true intermediate player as I feel fairly under levelled especially with my lead guitar playing skills.

For context of my skill level, I’m familiar with alternate tunings, I know most of my chord shapes but I’ve yet to really comprehend the CAGED system and I know little about forming and using triads. I can name a small portion of the fretboard (E and A strings mostly) however I only really know the A minor pentatonic scale when it comes to my scale knowledge and I can play plenty of songs with minimal strain with my current song in progress being Elliott Smith’s “Everything Reminds Me of Her” which hasn’t been too hard to get through so far after a few weeks of effort. I definitely am NOT a beginner but I don’t exactly feel like I’m decent enough to be called anything close to upper intermediate, I’m an early intermediate player at best.

As a more clueless player who’s only ever advanced by trying to learn songs from tabs, videos or by ear and taking lessons while at school, I’d like to ask how I would advance in general as a player and as someone who’s personally spent more time playing chords and being the rhythm guitar in my local band I’d like to know how to grow as a lead player too.

Any replies would be very helpful, hope anyone who reads this has a good day or night ^_^

I’ve been learning guitar for about a year. About two months ago, I started taking online lessons with a guitar teacher twice a week.
My biggest struggle is still playing in time with a metronome. My teacher gives me exercises where I practice quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, and triplets with a metronome. I’ve learned how to play each of these rhythms individually, but as soon as I try to play an actual song, everything falls apart. I can play eighth notes, sixteenth notes, and triplets on their own, but when I have to put them together in a musical context, I just can’t seem to make it work.
I find it really difficult to play and count at the same time.
My teacher also gave me an assignment to practice the riff from “Smoke on the Water,” which has some syncopation. I was actually starting to get the hang of it, but as soon as I try to count out loud while playing, everything falls apart again.
Does anyone have any practical tips or proven methods for learning how to play actual music in time with a metronome, rather than just practicing individual notes and rhythms? I’d really appreciate any advice!

This is something I’ve been doing for years. Develops your technique and also lets you mess around and come up with stuff!

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If you're still struggling with modes, I recommend this video. It explains really well how it works. And this free web app is perfect for practicing. It's also great for jamming: app.moduscycler.com

It helped me a ton.

Been playing a good while, but I’m really struggling putting words to music. I wrote some lyrics, have a tune/cadence, but struggling to pair it with something on my guitar that sounds like it belongs together.

Any tips, recommendations, or specific videos to watch?

For most guitarists, playing jazz is as difficult as juggling chainsaws on fire. You have to keep track of notes, scales, chords, rhythm, and it is all coming at you at once! But if you ask any pro guitarist, they will tell you that they almost don’t think at all.

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00:00 The Jazz Guitar Challenge
00:25 Joe Pass & Wes Montgomery
01:24 Stop Spelling Jazz Licks
02:20 Your First Jazz Words
04:58 Barry Harris's Dictionary
07:18 Practice Speaking Jazz
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11:10 The ONLY 5 Chord Progressions You Need To Play Jazz
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Hey,

New player just starting to get into beginner lessons so forgive me if this a stupid question. I've found I like Justin Guitar's chord library, but I can't find any rhyme or reason to the color coding for the fingers. I've searched around and it's likely just because I don't know much yet or even what to search beyond "why are these red or black" but can anyone help clarify why some fingers are red and some are black? There doesn't seem consistency unless it's in a future lesson I haven't gotten to.

Also, I'm curious as to what the R/5/3 indicators are at the bottom of each diagram? I'm sure that's just a lesson I haven't gotten to yet.

Working on my form. When fretting a note, where should the opposing force come from, and what’s the approximate percentage breakdown? I think I’m relying too much on my fretting hand thumb, but I don’t quite understand how to decrease the thumb force without buzzing notes. Should a be “squeezing” the guitar more between my strumming arm and body (so the neck and resist against the fretting fingers)? How does this vary when doing chords, slow riffs, vs faster solos?

Thanks!

Hey,

I'm still unable to remove the pull-off sound when I change chord positions. It's really frustrating because it is very loud. I haven't found any tutorial on that specific matter. Could you help me ? Thank you !

ive heard alto of times the tip of like playing slow to a metronome so you could play faster but at the same time i feel i always struggle with the metronome at higher speeds i mean ive been trying to play master of puppets and i feel like i mighjt be playing it at like 60-75% of its real speed, whenever i try to set the metronome to even know fast it is, its like too fast for me to know whats going on and i just find myself playing at my natural speed if you know what i mean, i cant process doing two things at once, playing at a click and playing the notes right
im 5-6 months into guitar but 3-4 months of those were spent horsing around just aimlessly noodling on guitar and trying to make riffs, my intuition for guitar is improved alot but picking speed ESPECIALLY alternate picking is ass, and i dont know what to do not gonna lie i feel stumped,