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I'm in love with Middle Eastern scales right now. E-F-G#-A-B-C-D# (Hijaz Kar, famously used in the song Misirlou) edit: I love my cheap Yamaha guitar. Gets the job done, sounds decent. And yeah I totally make up for its cheap cost with a drat cool capo which I never use..
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I keep getting noticable resonance from my guitar, mostly from the 5th and 6th strings. The 5th string also buzzes if plucked too hard. Any advice? This is a Nylon String guitar.
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Sep 9, 2010 04:38
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Zo posted:How would you guys play this: (natural harmonic on high e string, rest strum) Ring finger on 4th string, Middle on 3rd. Index on 2nd, and pinky on 1st? Can't really think of any other way. It's not that hard.
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Sep 19, 2010 18:18
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Zo posted:Doing that but can't get the first string to sound out very well. Especially since index finger tends to brush up against the first string. Oh well. You probably just need to practice it then it is a kind of awkward chord.
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Sep 19, 2010 18:40
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I'm having trouble doing partial barre chords. My hands are pretty large (Pinky to thumb is escape key to F11) so I always feel like my index finger is being bent crookedly. Any tips? I play a classical guitar so I am taking the bigger neck into account as well. I've been cheating all this time doing full barre chords  my hands are like made to fit a Classical Guitar. I ran into a song that used the open strings though so time to re-learn everything!edit: It's like god designed my hands perfectly so that the first string goes under the joint of my finger when I barre 4 strings. God drat it. And if I barre 3, it just gets drat awkward. Thoren fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Oct 2, 2010 |
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Oct 2, 2010 01:26
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Dickeye posted:I'm getting my first guitar this weekend. My uncle got it a year or so ago and barely played it, so now I get to have it! Woo freebies. Dust that baby off, string it, and plug it in! Have fun sucking for a few months 
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Oct 5, 2010 03:20
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^ Beaten  Stumpus posted:Should one strive to press the string down directly between two frets or does it matter where the string is pressed down? Frets are the parts between the Fret Wires. You want to put your finger ideally closer to the fret wire that your fret corresponds to. You're cutting the vibration length to that metal part, making sound. It's way easier to do barre chords closer to the fret wire as well.
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Oct 6, 2010 02:44
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Does anyone know anything about Electric Nylon Acoustic Guitars? They're so thin and sexy. It's like the pleasure of a Classical Neck but the body of an electric! Ohmygosh I can't believe I just typed that on a public forum!
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Oct 6, 2010 08:44
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Can anyone tell me a bit more about ties in Sheet Music?
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Oct 8, 2010 03:25
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Edit: Never mind I am an idiot This is my first time encountering ties and they were all conveniently connected to Beamed Notes to gently caress with me. Why are they even there then? :/ Thoren fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Oct 8, 2010 |
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Oct 8, 2010 04:22
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Zo posted:The "beam" doesn't mean anything except to represent 8th notes or 16th notes (or triplets etc) Thanks. Right, the Beam was indicating 8th notes. The thing that tripped me up is that there are many ties connecting the 8th and quarter notes, I am a bit lost on their purpose. Music Theory severely kicks my rear end, I might try to take a college course on it for some formal learning.
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Oct 8, 2010 04:55
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Goddamn the Classical Guitar is one versatile instrument http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg-p4c2_BlE
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Oct 10, 2010 20:50
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Anyone have some good spanish chord progressions? The only one I really know well is Am > G > F > E
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Oct 14, 2010 21:39
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Suspicious Lump posted:I have a simple question that isn't just about guitars: Are you ever too old to learn a musical instrument? Yeah you have to start by at least 12 no, you can learn anytime.
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Oct 15, 2010 02:08
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seigfox posted:Help! I feel like I'm being pulled in too many directions. I started with simple songs and chords and worked my way up from there. How good are you anyways? I could recommend you a free really really basic beginners book but I don't want to insult you.
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Oct 19, 2010 04:37
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Hanpan posted:Is it wrong that the only way I can comfortably play an F chord is by sliding my thumb around (so rather than have it resting against the neck, I'm holding it baseball style or whatever it's called)? I get the feeling I shouldn't be doing it. What the hell, I posted a reply but it didn't show up. Anyways, for the strumming, how are you holding the pick? It should be diagonal to the guitar, pointing towards you, then strumming away from you. Reverse it for strumming upwards. I have no clue how you could hold a guitar like a baseball bat, but you do want to squeeze the neck between your thumb and index finger for a barre. This is how I do it at least.. 
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Oct 20, 2010 05:54
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Gorilla Salsa posted:While you might have gotten an okay quality guitar, you could have just as easily gotten an absolutely crap guitar, which is why they're advised against. They're made in the worst sweatshops in developing countries by peasants who aren't really trained in QC or guitar luthiery. When you have people who are barely trained working 20 hour days, they generally stop giving a gently caress the 13th hour in. Moral arguments aside, you can't really expect a quality guitar for $100 unless the dollar's value changes drastically. I don't know, I've seen some good used $100 guitars.
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Can anyone tell me how to play these chords properly in Harry Chaplin's "Cats in the Cradle"? http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/h/harry_chapin/cats_in_the_cradle_ver3_crd.htm D/C#, D/B, D/A, D/G, D/F# I just cant seem to make it sound right
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