Guitar Megathread - learn-share-talk-lessons-tips-fun

[Z06]

I understand the concept, but the problem I have is volume. It seems to lose a good amount of volume when I pull my finger off.

[JDuB128]

I understand the concept, but the problem I have is volume. It seems to lose a good amount of volume when I pull my finger off.

Its all practice man, aslong as you have the main idea of it. But pulling off a note and actually picking a note will give a slightly different sound.

[vin_nz]

I understand the concept, but the problem I have is volume. It seems to lose a good amount of volume when I pull my finger off.

You just need to practice and get some strength in your fingers, should be no problem after a while..

[reyalp]

Tommy Emmanuel is also amazing.

I just watched some Tommy Emmanuel videos... he really is amazing.

I'm still having trouble figuring out how to do them. I appreciate Hazey's response but it is hard to translate the words into exactly what I am supposed to be doing.

I know you figured out a little bit later and you said you were losing volume when you pulled off... At full volume I tend to push to the side a little bit when I do a pull-off, the callouses on my fingers catch the string and it's like it got its own pluck for that note. It adds a lot of volume to it.

[PhrygianLydian]

For shredbrahs some stuff to make your brains explode

[Metallibanger]

Can anyone find me the tabs for this? I play Spanish guitar and the original acoustic guitar tabs don't work. Reps for life.

[ctgblue]

I understand the concept, but the problem I have is volume. It seems to lose a good amount of volume when I pull my finger off.

One technique that will help you here:
Try playing some scales WITHOUT picking the notes, up and back down.
This will force you to get your hammers and pulloffs more forceful, helping with the problem you're having

[Metallibanger]

Ok this is how I'm doing it on the Spanish guitar:

-7----(7-------------------(7--------|-2----2------2-3-2^3^2-0--0-2--0--|
-7----)7--7-----------7----)7-----3--|-3------3----3-3-3--------0-0--0--|
-7--7-(7-----7-----7-------(7--------|-2---------2----------------------|
-9--9-----9----------------)9--------|-0--0-----------------------------|
-9-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
-7--------------7--------7-----7-----|----------------------------------|



-----------------7--7--/12-|--0-----0--7--7--8--7--10-7^10^7--|
-----------8--8------------|--0--------0--0--0--5--0-------7--|
-----------9--9--7--7--/9--|--0--------0-----0-----0----------|
---------------------------|--2--2----------------------------|
----/9--7------------------|--2-------------------------------|
--0------------------------|--0--0----------------------------|


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[MajorVictory]

Heres my cover of "Yesterday" by the Beatles!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWqxVBNr0Gk

So what do you guys think? And could someone maybe embed it for me because I am not sure how...

[piszczel]

Heres my cover of "Yesterday" by the Beatles!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWqxVBNr0Gk

So what do you guys think? And could someone maybe embed it for me because I am not sure how...

Pretty good. I can't fingerpick for ****. Might learn Yesterday by myself, looks fun to play.

Anyway, here are my vids. Been playing ~8 months, so these are first vids I ever recorded. Pretty **** quality thanks to the camera but there's worse out there lol
I know I made loads of mistakes but it's fun playing these things

Half of Eugene's Trick Bag


Half of Holy Wars


Some random sweeps

[Dr_JAZZ]

this is my youtube channel playing some of the most popular solos of all time... check it out...

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrStreet.../0/98q9diaRWxM


as a taster check these out...







more on my channel...subscribe if u want, im still new to the youtube thing, im basically compiling a top 20 solos of all time list for students, so if anyone has any suggestions go for it. i have done 9. the next 3 are going to be bohemian rhapsody, hotel california and eruption.

if i get time ill also do top 10 shred songs, top 10 metal solos, top 10 riffs, top 10 intro's etc

[Z06]

This song highly motivates me to continue learning to play acoustic guitar:

[PhrygianLydian]

Pretty good. I can't fingerpick for ****. Might learn Yesterday by myself, looks fun to play.

Anyway, here are my vids. Been playing ~8 months, so these are first vids I ever recorded. Pretty **** quality thanks to the camera but there's worse out there lol
I know I made loads of mistakes but it's fun playing these things

Pretty good for 8 months, nice dude

this is my youtube channel playing some of the most popular solos of all time... check it out...

That's some tasty stuff, props. I'll put up some videos if I can find the charger for my camcorder

ALSO here is some Jason Becker video I have never seen before that has 12 views

[piszczel]

this is my youtube channel playing some of the most popular solos of all time... check it out...

more on my channel...subscribe if u want, im still new to the youtube thing, im basically compiling a top 20 solos of all time list for students, so if anyone has any suggestions go for it. i have done 9. the next 3 are going to be bohemian rhapsody, hotel california and eruption.

if i get time ill also do top 10 shred songs, top 10 metal solos, top 10 riffs, top 10 intro's etc

You should definitely do Mustaine's solo from Holy Wars. Maybe some Iron Maiden solos? Also the solo from Judas Priest's Painkiller is just amazing.

Pretty good for 8 months, nice dude


That's some tasty stuff, props. I'll put up some videos if I can find the charger for my camcorder

ALSO here is some Jason Becker video I have never seen before that has 12 views

Jason Becker's the man. It blew my mind when I first heard Perpetual Burn.

I'm learning Paganini's 24th Caprice at the moment, it's pretty fun. You can get the tab from here http://www.drviossy.com/media.html

[morbid8desire]

here, lets hate my acoustic improv in phrygian-like scale and call me a wannabe buckethead spaniard because i was happy

[Metallibanger]

here, lets hate my acoustic improv in phrygian-like scale and call me a wannabe buckethead spaniard because i was happy

Fixed

EDIT - WTF

[An hero]

here, lets hate my acoustic improv in phrygian-like scale and call me a wannabe buckethead spaniard because i was happy

uh....

[IntensityX]

Going to be doing some guitar lessons next month. Wish me luck folks.

[piszczel]

Going to be doing some guitar lessons next month. Wish me luck folks.

Awesome, wish I could afford some. Was taking lessons for few months but recently stopped.
One thing I'd advise you to do is to control the direction of the lessons, don't let your teacher pick everything you should learn. I imagine most teachers will want to go for the easy option of wasting lessons on teaching songs. Just say you wan't to do something different.

[An hero]

Awesome, wish I could afford some. Was taking lessons for few months but recently stopped.
One thing I'd advise you to do is to control the direction of the lessons, don't let your teacher pick everything you should learn. I imagine most teachers will want to go for the easy option of wasting lessons on teaching songs. Just say you wan't to do something different.

this x1000

[Dr_JAZZ]



continuing the top 20 solos most popular solos of all time

[PhrygianLydian]

[piszczel]

Holy ****. He's shredding like it's nothing

[IntensityX]

Awesome, wish I could afford some. Was taking lessons for few months but recently stopped.
One thing I'd advise you to do is to control the direction of the lessons, don't let your teacher pick everything you should learn. I imagine most teachers will want to go for the easy option of wasting lessons on teaching songs. Just say you wan't to do something different.

Thanks for the advice.

[MtnJax]

****!! i'm trying some of the scales and exercises on the first page and damn i suck! i've been playing since i was 14, but geez...i never really used my pinky like i should have and now i'm finding out how much I wish i had learned this stuff when i was younger

and now my pinky locks up on me and makes it hard to use on some of these

[MistuuhMitch]

Im not sure if im posting in the right section but his semed like a good place, im kinda new to playin guitar (acoustic) and was getting confused after trying to learn a song's strumming pattern from youtube tutorials, So i was just curious do you guys just follow youtube tutorials and use their strumming patterns (if you look up tutorials) or do you guys just listen to the song and pick up your own ?

[MtnJax]

Im not sure if im posting in the right section but his semed like a good place, im kinda new to playin guitar (acoustic) and was getting confused after trying to learn a song's strumming pattern from youtube tutorials, So i was just curious do you guys just follow youtube tutorials and use their strumming patterns (if you look up tutorials) or do you guys just listen to the song and pick up your own ?

listen to the song and pick up my own

[An hero]

It's pretty easy to pick up strumming patterns just by listening, and almost no one will notice if you don't do it exactly like it is on the record

[MistuuhMitch]

It's pretty easy to pick up strumming patterns just by listening, and almost no one will notice if you don't do it exactly like it is on the record

Ahh okay ive only been playing for like a month or so, so i guess ill just practice more and let it come to me.

[vin_nz]

Awesome, wish I could afford some. Was taking lessons for few months but recently stopped.
One thing I'd advise you to do is to control the direction of the lessons, don't let your teacher pick everything you should learn. I imagine most teachers will want to go for the easy option of wasting lessons on teaching songs. Just say you wan't to do something different.

There's nothing wrong with teaching songs bro, it's just important that the songs require particular techniques or skills/chords that you are trying to teach your student.. putting techniques in context and learning WHOLE songs is pretty beneficial for a few reasons.

Most importantly I think it introduces the idea of getting the right tone/feel for a song instead of just being able to PLAY it.