/r/guitarlessons
A subreddit dedicated to learning guitar. Post lessons, ask questions, and get feedback on your playing on Feedback Fridays. The community is open to all people of all styles!
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Note: Tab requests belong in r/transcribe or r/Tabs; general guitar playing videos belong in other subreddits.
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It definetely needs an A5 or Am but I don't understand what the guitarist does after it. It's probably some slide from D but I don't know these tricks😅 can someone tell me what I need to do?
What are the best guitar books?
The song is She Loves You by The Beatles
hey guys, just wondering what type of guitar strings a beginner should use, especially if they’re trying to do more of a jazz genre. thanks
Heya. After watching an Uncle Judy video where he gives one of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever received, “play what make you scared”, I decided to finally start learning some solos. I started with Black Sabbath’s Paranoid and I’d say I can play it somewhat well. Then I tried the intro solo to Jump in The Fire by Metallica and failed miserably.
What are some good solos on the simpler side I can learn to develop some necessary techniques for metal soloing like speed, accuracy, pull-offs, hammer ons, etc.?
I just started to learn improvising and having a lot fun but I just want some song recommendations for beginner solos. Thnx
Whilst I can play much harder stuff than this on paper, I can’t seem to get the technique right for this simple riff. It’s the fact it changes from palm mute to not muted so quick I can’t quite seem to get it down, any advice??
Hey guys, so i've been playing for 10 years, 8 classical guitar and the last 2 electric guitar, and i never experience too much pain while playing because of callouses, but sometimes my hands are dry and i cant slide them on the strings because theres a lot of friction so i use some moisturizer and then when i play everything is fine until i cut my callouses and the top layer of skin comes off and it hurts a looooot, idk how to reach a balance between not having dry hands and having callouses.
Hello So i recently bought a guitar I completed the 10 Day Guitar Course by Andy on YouTube And learned some tabs of my favourite songs But I don't know what to do next I don't know any tutors nor people who are experience enough What to do next? What should I now learn?
What is it called if my guitar is tuned between half-step & whole-step down?
So if I wanted to show someone my song with the chords and tuning, how do I explain myself?
Electronic tuner reads
E = D#2
A = G#2
D = perfect C3
G = slightly high nearly perfect F3
B = slightly high nearly perfect A3
E = perfect D4
Also because I'm a Newbie is there an online website I can convert the chords to the actual notes in my tuning? I use this website normally
I've been learning to play for around 2 months and I'm stuck at learning barre chords, I never get which part of the finger I use and how to form chords with them. I'm looking for any tips you guys have or a video demo would help a lot. Thankss
https://youtu.be/JuC4aL-4-n0?si=GLjWxEryyMRdR7H3
an old Russian Gypsy song. It's just this version I'm after I hope someone could help with the backing chords
I know a 3-4 chords and some strumming patters is the GutarTuna App subscription worth it for a beginner like me? Has anyone learned through it?
Good day everyone,
I guess it's extremely simple but I cant figure out how to this little effect in this song :
it's called "Come back to me" by "Shake Shake Go"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpXSfMBGbKI
Here with the time stamps where the thing happens; Sound slidy with a little bendy effect ? I cant reproduce it, maybe some effects are involved ?
https://youtu.be/zpXSfMBGbKI?si=O1fGbx7bysco1BsR&t=13
https://youtu.be/zpXSfMBGbKI?si=4L4F-ED10QO7QSZk&t=39
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpXSfMBGbKI&t=169s
Thanks for your time.
String muting in between strums has always been my bane since I started learning guitar, a lot of the songs I always wanted to learn has a ton of string muting and I just can't get it right, no matter how slow I go with going up and down strumming, it just won't click for me.
Are there any tips to improve this?
Hey all, I’ve been playing guitar since 4th grade. I took a few lessons but at some point ventured off on my own.
I’d consider myself intermediate if others are playing to me but if I’m playing to others I’m rather lost.
Idk what anything means, I know the notes on the fretboard (gotta kinda count em in my head), I know the basic chords but idk what makes a D chord a D chord.
I can make the guitar sound pretty but idk why it sounds pretty. Is there any scales or exercises I can do that will teach me some of this stuff? I don’t think I need full on theory but every lesson on YouTube is giving me terms I’ve never heard. I’m just trying to play ole Willie Nelson songs and such!
Hello, r/guitarlessons. I'm Kai, and I was wondering what are your tips for beginner guitar players? i've been playing for a few weeks/few days now and I've been watching JustinGuitar and I've done his Module 1 and 2 and I'm still practicing until I move onto his Module 3. Someone recommended him to me and JustinGuitar has been a great help to me! I've learnt 30+ Chord changes E-A, E-D, and A-D in 1 minute, which I'm proud of but, any other tips that I should keep in mind in the short run and long run?
I have memorised the major scale and i still cant grasp the things to go next
In millions of songs but my favorite example is the riff for smells like teen spirit in between power chord changes.
Looking for any tips on starting electric guitar along with any songs that may help get comfortable, looking for rock/metal music
If happens often on my FG-TA, usually half way up the neck.