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broke a string today
I was tuning the high E and it broke _ it had probably become flat and tuning it up was the last straw
but I don't think I've ever broken one while playing.
How come Rock Stars are always breaking strings on stage.
How often do you break a string while playing ?
perhaps I don't hit my strings hard enough. perhaps I should get mean. give those strings a proper thrashing. grrrrrr
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I post this with some trepidation as to whether I have mastered James' instructions
lots of rock and pop here - mainly easy sequences
as I play unaccompanied I usually play rythym parts - I have lots of fun from playing different rythym grooves, whether laid back reggae, funk, ska, blues shuffles, straight ahead power chords or gentle arpeggios.
I have a zoom mrs-4
I don't use it much but if I do I will -
- listen to my playing to identify errors
- put some chord progressions down then play scales over the top
- record songs (get the chords down first, then the lead and then the vocals)
if you listen to classical music you may calm down and zone out
however in my opinion if you want to mellow out, you should turn off the music, close your eyes and think zen thoughts
listen to rock if you are bored with conformity, unformity, want change and difference - if you want a bit of adrenalin
To quote
" Rock and Roll aint noise pollution
Rock and Roll aint gonna die
Rock and Roll aint noise pollution
Rock and roll - it makes good good sense"
theres a site which provides recommended tutors in the UK - find your local tutor and give them a ring
i think it more than that
bear in mind that chords are just notes which sound in harmony so if you have open tuning you can play all the notes in a given harmony without fretting
you may want to play an arpeggio rather than a chord
you can also, of course, move the sound up and down in pitch by barring or even with a slide
i don't use open tuning but i am learning loads of arpeggios fingerstyle and am tempted to have a go with open tuning sometime
widdlling Rock - particularly Van Halen, Steve Vai
Very 90s - very dull worthy and pretensious
Simply Red
Very 90's - very dull.........(we've done that haven't we)
Chord Fingers
-----1----- Barre with first
-----1----- Barre with first
-----2----- 2nd
-----3----- 3rd
-----3----- 4th
-----1------ Barre with first
oddly i posted a thread on F last week but the suggestiosn I made on alternative fingering probably won't help as they involve a longer stretch
if completely stuck try -
---X
---1 (C)
---2 (A)
---3 (F)
---0 (A)
---X
hiya
from london - occasional visitor to leeds/bradford to see in-laws
like fingerstyle but mainly to embellish acoustic rock songs (think REM jangly bits). am practicisng fingerstyle and hybrid picking at moment
step 8) sweep picking and legato ? 
I like playing Nile Rogers funk riffs (Chic, Sister Sledge) and Bo Diddley Rythms because they have a very distinctive sound which seems impossible at first but once you get the hang of it becomes easy
However my experience I'm afraid is that more songs seem easy at first and once you look at the tab seem very difficult
Southpaw
cheers.
edited my post to show correct tab for both the barre shape and the other shape which uses the thumb on the bottom string
some people do use the thumb over shape because for example it provides an open A in the chord
John
nice one. picked up some hot tips there
Happy New year everyone
When I play the F chord I usually play the E shape bar chord at the first fret
----1---
----1---
----2---
----3---
----3---
----1--
but I have been playing along to a fingerstyle video which recommends playing with the thumb over the neck and fretting the bottom E with the thumb
---x
---1
---2
---3
---0
---1(T)
its not a chord fingering which Im used to and its quite tough
does anybodyelse play the F chord like this and does it has any advantages - is it just a fingerstyle thing
a fender strat is as good a place as any to start
loads of postings here about guitars - depends on your price range
I can think of a few -
Hoover Dam by Sugar
Under the Bridge by RHCP (San francisco)
Route 66 - Chuck Berry
Not sure what sort of fingerpicking you're into (folk, country, classical)
I play rock music but am trying to incorporate some arppegios - although the sound that comes out is different from traditional fingerstyle, the techniques I use draw on folk (english) and country (american)
I do use fingerstyle but am also messing around with hybrid picking (pick and fingers)
My favorite "book" for beginners is one that I picked up years ago (The complete guitarist). it teaches a variety of styles including various arppegios and bass strum
These sites give some tips on fingerstyle but are not wholly dedicated to that
http://www.guitarnoise.com/authors.php?id=3
http://www.wholenote.com/default.asp?iT … D1%26a%3D0
http://www.activeguitar.com/lessons/
Hope that useful
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the person below me chews their guitar
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well sometimes they do sorta become power chords
the person below me keeps losing his picks
"I believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake
great lyrics and great guitar playing
barre at the 8th fret
put your 2nd finger on the 2nd string 9th fret
deaden the 3rd and 4th strings by resting your 3rd and 4th finger lightly on them
that may not be the best way but will work with some practice
(think of the Am barre shape with some left hand muting)
I agree with Cytania
one possibilty is that you thumb the bass note and pluck two upper notes together
I would be equally happy hybrid picking - using a pick on the 5th string and plucking the upper notes with 3rd and 4th finger
if it was intended to played using a down or upstroke - there is the obvious difficulty of skipping the 4th string. you would normally end up having to mute the string by resting one of you left hand fingers gently on the string. in that case it would be marked with an X
however there may be clues in the rest of the arrangement as to how to play it
it was a little while ago. i m struggling to remember
Sandinista by the Clash (must have been the pay no more than sticker and the fact it was a triple album) - it was a great album in many ways - but only listened to side 6 once or twice in 25 years
but there again it could have been Breakfast in America by Supertramp - my dad would have bought that for me. it was quite jazzy
although I do also remember having Abba "Arrival" but if so it was given to me by my mum when i was 10 (honestly) - actually although it been too uncool to mention for 25 of the last 30 years but Abba seem to have occasional returns to fashion so better not knock it
however it might have been parralel lines by Blondie which was on casette so i probably lost it in the mechanism of a tape recorder
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