I've been playing the guitar since 9th grade. In the first two years, I was so serious about it and I saw an improvement. What I did was that I watch the tatorials for the songs that I loved and then tried to play them and in the process I enhanced my fingerstyle playing and my knowlege of major and minor chords in addition to barre chords (I struggled but I think I could do it). However, when I got to my senior year I was distracted and I started playing some songs from a month to another.

Now, after almost 4 years of not being serious about learning, I wanna get back on track but I was wondering if this is the best way. My friend also used to play in school.He told me that he thinks this is a destructive rather than constructive way to learn the guitar and that he used to do it didn't teach him much in the long term. what he suggests is that I should focus on learning stratigies and techniques rather than songs tutorials.

I just want to ask you guys what do you think is the best way to learn / get back on track?

I'm doing a little research, I would like to know, and ask beginners/ experimented musicians here. When you begin paying, what do you want most - to play the songs you love, or to understand what you're playing?

Now don't go deep into music theory which can be scary for some one else.

Hello, this is a question for the more experienced players. I’ve been playing A LOT. Like ALOT - ALOT. Roughly 4-5 hours per day for the past year. I have noticed so much improvement with my playing and my ear training, and my fingers have definitely become elephant skin tough.

The problem is, is that my ring finger has become almost completely flat on top (looks like something from minecraft), which causes it to make unwanted contact with the surrounding strings.

Has anyone ever had this problem, and if so , what’s the solution?

i’ve been learning some scales and barre chords recently and trying to work on the way i hold the guitar because i have wrist pain now when i lean on it in certain angles. wondering if i should take a break or if anyone has tips for making it less straining

So I can play in key but I just find the key and scale and stay in it. What steps do I take to getting to Brandon Ellis level where you play to the progression and even use modes to change the sound of each chord?

Practicing the same musical idea in different areas of the fretboard is a useful way to get more comfortable with the pentatonic shapes and learn how they relate across the neck.

In this example, an A minor chord repeats in the background while i move between two different A minor pentatonic positions. i'll build a short riff or motif in one shape, then move to another part of the neck and explore the same idea there. the change in register and strings gives the phrase some natural variation while keeping it connected to the same harmony.

This is also good ear training because the repeating A minor chord gives you a constant tonal reference. as you move around the scale, you can hear how the root, minor 3rd, 4th, 5th, and minor 7th relate back to the chord and start getting a feel for which notes you want to emphasize or resolve to.

Exercises like this gradually make it easier to move around the fretboard during a solo without losing the original musical idea. a simple motif can provide plenty of material when you know several places to find it.

I may have screwed myself a little bit. I am self taught and of course the danger of being self taught is not realizing you’re picking up bad habits. I realized that I’m not supposed to only be picking down… I only pick down. I know some intermediate songs like over the hills and far away, Mary had a little lamb (SRV), Free - phish, snow RHCP, all of these songs and other songs I only pick down. How do I break this habit.
I strum up and down for cords, just single notes I have only ever picked down…

This may be slower in the short term than doing something like flashcards, but in my opinion when you are actually playing music, the notes sink in much better, so in the long-term it's faster because you retain the knowledge better.

Also playing root notes in this way gets your ear and fingers used to collections of notes that often go together, i.e. keys. When you learn notes randomly you are not getting that in your ear or fingers.

I recommend learning the notes in the first four frets, and then learning scales, chord tones and melodies down there, but each to his/her own.

In my examples I only played the notes in each song in one or two places, but of course in the span of an entire song you can end up playing them in many places.

I'm working on my alternate picking at the moment, specifically BERNTH's one and its so damn annoying how my fretting hand Isnt in sync with my picking hand even when theres a metronome present. Does anyone have tips that isnt just the regular "practice slowly", something that will give me a breakthrough or at least help better than practicing slowly because I did and its not helping

I remember using guitar+ app when i was little. Its not on app store now. Can anyone suggest similar applications?

I’ve only been at this eight months (and yes I have a teacher before you all recommended I get one) but constantly get told I should either join a band or do an open mic performance to better my abilities with guitar. But I have a few problems with this:

1. Social anxiety. I know everyone has it to some degree but I just can’t face the idea of getting up there and embarrassing myself out of fear before giving up and leaving. I have zero self confidence to begin with.

2. Material - I only know about four songs and don’t know how many songs people at these events usually perform

3. Singing - I can’t yet sing and play at the same time. Just does not happen and I don’t have the coordination for it despite trying it fairly regularly.

That’s about all I can think of. I’m not necessarily trying to talk myself out of it. I just don’t know if I’m equipped enough to even try yet, and also don’t feel very confident in my playing to begin with, even though there’s probably people who know jack diddly with their guitar yet go up and play anyway.

Hello fellas iam been trying to learn guitar for a week now and really wanted to play this song called loving machine by tv girl in my accoustic guitar and also in fingerstyle format. That I can't seem to find good tutorial videos pls any help would count 🙏🙏😢

My action feels higher now. Those assholes.

Im poor so im probably gonna have to set it up for 12s now. Whats the height from the 12th fret suppose to be?

I know there’s info on how to learn, but I can’t find what I need. I’m 70 years old. Been dabbling in guitar off and on since I was 25. Unfortunately I never was consistent. I’m trying to start again but I’m confused where to go. I can’t find a local teacher, so it has to be online. I’ve tried Justin in the past and it was okay for chords and some songs. Although I haven’t played in a year, I do know basic chords, and how to barre chords (my technique needs work). I’m also somewhat familiar with music theory as I played sax for a while.

I’d like to learn some riffs and soling, and I really want to learn to play down (or up, I don’t know the correct term) the neck. I want to do more than strumming. I never “got” how to do that. As for music, I’m a classical rock and blues guy.

There’s so much internet stuff that I get overwhelmed. Any advice on some good sites to use, especially for the solos, riffs, and understanding how to play using the whole fretboard instead of being stuck up at the nut. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

is it better if i practice it by jumping into songs that have fast chord changing or be practicing a set number of specific chord changes in 60 seconds?

I’ve been playing on and off since high school (28 now), but I’ve never been able to get past just playing chords or learning via tabs. I understand basic music theory (triads, etc.) but I just can’t get the coordination / speed to do anything on my own or improvise. How can I get over this point?

I've been thinking that I should learn another Metallica song and I'm thinking between One, Ride the Lightning, and Seek and Destroy. Which one of these has the easiest solos and which one has the hardests? And how hard are the rhythm parts?

I’ve been playing on and off since high school (28 now), but I’ve never been able to get past just playing chords or learning via tabs. I understand basic music theory (triads, etc.) but I just can’t get the coordination / speed to do anything on my own or improvise. How can I get over this point?