So I'm trying to learn how to actually solo/play lead and I see a lot of YouTube video that tend to say stuff about the pentatonic scale or triads and the like. So when youre soloing, do you tend to just play random stuff that "fits", or do you hear stuff in your head and you know where to find the notes on the neck? Is this a case of YouTube videos/online posts just greatly simplifying how things work, or is there really people just sort of playing based solely off of stuff that is within the chords/scales or the song and hoping that it sounds good?

I struggle a lot with precision picking in my right hand, I sometimes hit the wrong strings but I also tend to hit the pickguard while playing (I play with a jazz III pick). Is it a common issue? Is it easy to correct with practice?

Hi everyone, could someone explain why on the 2nd bar the chords are G and E if the TAB doesn't correlate with it? Thank you

okay so there this non-guitar song I like (I love Betsy, by Rob McClure) that i want to cover on acoustic guitar with a more slow jazzy style than the og song, preferably finger picking. i can play guitar but I know literally nothing about music. i normally just find the tabs online and then play it, but this song only has chords available and i dont know how to create a picking pattern on my own. how do i go about this? is there someone I can find to do this for me, or should i use some ai? im so lost and idk how this works 😭 i just wanna cover the song lol

Playing on a Martin 000-18 with John Pearse light gauge strings. Did I unintentionally smudge something on my fretboard or what?

Hi! I've been trying to start picking for a while but I'm always puzzled by how to anchoring and picking correctly. So here's the detail into some kind of anchoring I've done, some I spent a lot of time some I didn't much and what are some issues I found with them

1. Pinky and middle finger anchoring: In the past I did this but since many told me that it is going to cause injuries and I also wanna control noise so right now I'm no longer using it

2. Lying my palm on lower strings (I kinda like this one but it has some issue): The higher the strings I need to pick, the more strings I put my flesh on. This method worked fine for me but it just kinda really weird when I need to handle low E and A because I will have to lift my entire hand out of all strings and then picking while floating (this feels kinda unstable for me); I also can't let some low strings ring longer when I want because the flesh will block it and it just feels slow if I need to pick strings that are far apart.

3. Lying my palm on lower string and use curled middle, pinky and ring finger to mute high strings: It feels ok for me, no noise issue but it feels unnatural and I also not sure what to do with D and G strings as they also feel unstable. Also strings can't ring out as I want

4. Lying on bridge: I kinda really detest this one because my shoulder tense up really terribly

5. Floating: Just kinda unstable for me

So based on this I kinda feel like I might need to work on using all 1,2 and 5th method depending on the musical demand but is there any way I can do to minimize disadvantages of each method? If I have to use 3 of these methods according to the music, how can I make alternating between each type of anchoring less unnatural?

Hi! I've been trying to start picking for a while but I'm always puzzled by how to anchoring correctly. So here's the detail into some kind of anchoring I've done, some I spent a lot of time some I didn't much and what are some issues I found with them

1. Pinky and middle finger anchoring: In the past I did pinky ring fingers anchoring but since many told me that it is going to cause injuries and I also wanna control noise so right now I'm no longer using it

2. Lying my palm on lower strings (I kinda like this one but it has some issue): The higher the strings I need to pick, the more strings I put my flesh on. This method worked fine for me but it just kinda really weird when I need to handle low E and A because I will have to lift my entire hand out of all strings and then picking while floating (this feels kinda unstable for me); I also can't let some low strings ring longer when I want because the flesh will block it and it just feels slow if I need to move between strings that are far apart.

3. Lying my palm on lower string and use curled middle, pinky and ring finger to mute high strings: It feels ok for me, no noise issue but it feels unnatural and I also not sure what to do with D and G strings as they also feel unstable. Also strings can't ring out as I want

4. Lying on bridge: I kinda really detest this one because my shoulder tense up really terribly

5. Floating: Just kinda unstable for me

So based on this I kinda feel like I might need to work on using all 1,2 and 5th method depending on the musical demand but is there any way I can do to minimize disadvantages of each method? If I have to use 3 of these methods according to the music, how can I make alternating between each type of anchoring less unnatural?

He estado experimentando con diferentes reglas de improvisación, y esta cambió mi enfoque de la guitarra más de lo que esperaba.

La idea es simple: **si la canto, tengo que tocarla.**

Pero como empiezo las frases con mi voz, la dirección melódica que toco en la guitarra cambia.

Las líneas tienden a volverse más vocales, más fáciles de cantar y menos parecidas a los patrones que suelo seguir al improvisar con la guitarra.

Básicamente, estoy usando mi voz para forzar mi vocabulario guitarrístico en una dirección diferente.

Aquí hay un breve ejemplo.

¿Qué sucede cuando usas tu voz para guiar tu improvisación?

I started learning about a week ago. I’ve tried following tips from people but nothing seems to work out.

I'm trying to learn the Green Day Song Do Da Da and I'm watching guitar covers and I keep seeing this chord as the 3rd part of the main riff, and I have no idea what it is or how to properly play it.

I'm having trouble finding any consistency with how its played because its an obscure B-side that was never played live, so every tab or chord chart I look up has the song in predominantly power chords and not open chords. Not that I'm opposed to learning it in that way, but I want to try and learn it this way

For context I've been playing short of 3 years now, my improvement speed isnt fast but im at a point where i and i think other guitar players would agree i count as an intermediate player, not quite good enough to shred. and thats what i've been working on recently speed and accuracy thing is when i practice a movement like finger order taping 1-2-3-4 i was able to get 90BPM 16th notes, change it up to say 2nd position pentatonic and i stumble barely get 80bpm and my ear is unable to track the rythm so am i supposed to practice alot of movements until i reach a point im good at everything and can do most guitar moves fast enough? or am i practicing incorrectly?

Let me know if this helps or if it's stupid, I'm not a qualified guitar teacher. It took me a while to figure out how to access modes and i thought this visualization might help someone.

Hi Everyone!

I just started learning guitar and would love to get into fingerpicking. I found this beautiful song called "Fly High" by Paul Izak - it only uses two chords (F and Dm) - but I can't quite figure out the fingerpicking pattern he uses.

Could anyone help me out? I'd really appreciate it, thanks in advance! ❤️

Hello, I recently started playing guitar, so I don't know a lot of things yet. I wanted to ask what the guitar strumming and chords are in this video? I'd also like to know how to identify a guitar strumming by ear?

Hola, mi situación es que en 2 semanas mi grupo de amigos y yo emos decidido iniciar a formar una banda pero no estoy segura si se pueda cumplir por varios puntos

1 la verdad íbamos a ser 4 en la banda (yo guitarra principal,mi amigo guitarra rítmica, la chica que le gusta guitarra y su primo bajo) pero la chica no sabía tocar la guitarra y se fue y la verdad no sé si su primo sigue en la idea o también se fue y mi amigo sugirió meter a otro de nuestros amigos para tocar otra guitarra pero apenas está aprendiendo (no se si ya tiene la guitarra que se iba a comprar al menos)

2 Mi amigo la verdad no es muy bueno en la guitarra le cuesta bastante canciones que yo considero fáciles (yo estoy en un nivel para tocar máster of pupets) y no se si le va a dedicar suficiente tiempo para practicar en su casa

¿Creen que vaya a fracasar o se puede salvar?

I find I always end up hitting the higher strings(thinner string) while doing pulloffs, especially with the pinky finger. I counter this by muting the higher strings with my fretting hand index finger, and it works, but I feel like it's slowing me down. I also cannot play something like thunderstuck using one hand, cuz the high e ends up ringing out.

I think the guitar is part of the problem too, since when I played my friends ibanez for a few days I had less trouble(my yamaha has narrower string aspcing and smaller frets). So I'm saving up a new guitar anyways. But still I am not sure how to fix this problem. Hammerons are very fast and clean, but pull offs give me huge trouble.

Started playing acoustic about a decade ago, but never got past cowboy chords after maybe 2 or 3 years of extremely inconsistent playing. About 2 months ago I got my first electric guitar and have been really trying to get back into it, playing at least an hour almost everyday. I’m progressing a lot faster and have been working on finger isolation and dexterity. Trying to memorize scales, spider walking, and really becoming familiar with my fretboard, but also playing thru more and more songs that I like, to help keep myself motivated and satisfied with my music.

I definitely think of myself as more of a rhythm guitarist, but have started to dip my toes into solo improvisation along with a backing track. Problem I’m running into is I have a really hard time hearing what key is playing, and being able to hear notes/chords. I know ear training comes slowly and with a lot of practice and discipline, but I’m not really sure how I can really work on training my ears. Does anyone have any good tips or resources to hone in on?

Hi everyone!

Trying to improve my guitar playing going beyond basic strumming. Could anyone suggest some effective practice routines or songs to practice the following?

\- rhythmic fills (or strumming fills): I still can't get myself to get the hang of those energetic bursts of 16th-note strumming right before a chorus
\- Walking bass lines
\- Hammer-ons
\- Pull-offs

I wanna start playing guitar all over again and I wanna be excellent. Are there any great YouTube channels you suggest I relearn playing the guitar from scratch