Ok so I am new with guitars and I am thinking of buying one this week. I don’t have money for an electric one, so I think of buying either an acoustic or a classical one. Which one is better – acoustic or classical ? I would also like to play Metallica, AC/DC, Linkin Park, The Rolling Stones. Can you tell me which of those groups I’ll be able to play on my guitar. Thanks in advance ! Bookmark it: Read more...

Im in the process of learning the chords and getting my fingers used to the strings and i was going to ask if you guys could give me some advice and not just… PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE lol like the basics of learning the guitar [dont worry, im getting a yamaha book sometime next week] and could you send me some easy recent songs that bands play [paramore guitar music, green day, and bands like that] and i cant really pay, so if you could send it by email that;d help Read more...

OK, so i just realized that you can do alternate strumming in guitar hero, and that you need to do it for the fast parts of songs, but its really hard to get used to it. Does anyone have any tips on how to get used to it and should I use alternate strumming for the whole song or just the fast parts? Bookmark it: Read more...

I am trying to learn guitar scales and i have a book that shows all of the mainscales in E and it says you can play these scales anywhere on the fretboard. Just say i learn E Major scale but I want to play A Major – do I just change the root notse and the scale will become A Major scale? and if so does this apply to anywhere on the fretboard? Bookmark it: Read more...

do scales have to be in order? i know what notes to use, but can you change them around, like the D pentatonic major scale has fgacd notes in it, but do they have to be in any order? can i change them around for my own fun? Bookmark it: Read more...

I’m gonna get straight to the point. I have no previous experience using a guitar. I’ve always been interested in learning how to play the guitar, but don’t have the money for a teacher. Is it possible to self-teach guitar? Have you personally done it? How do you compare with your friends who have been taught by a teacher? Also, I am interested in playing Blues. My friend said that he “can’t play blues” is there a certain type Read more...

When you apply the 12 bar progression on a blues song you always take the 1st, 4th and 5th chord of your first chord right? So when you pick A you get: A-D-E But I made a song with F# and then you get: F# – B#- C# As you all know B# doesn’t exist ( not on a guitar at least), so my question is, how do I solve this? I really want to use F#, because it sounds good, but I don’t know how to go on. Bookmark it: Read more...

I’m looking for some ol’ Mississippi, back porch, bayou blues… with guitar you can feel I realize that Delta and Bayou are different. I live in Louisiana. I was trying to give a slight reference to the type of style I was talking about. Bookmark it: Read more...

what are the most common strumming patterns (is down down down up down the only common pattern?) and what are the most common chord progressions (like D A Bm G). Also how do you make up your own strumming patterns do you just improvise and when making a chord progression how do you know it will sound good? Bookmark it: Read more...

Ok, I have two electric guitars. With both tuned standard: 65′ Silvertone’s strings feel tight, harder to push down and difficult to bend notes, everything just feels TOO tight. Jackson’s strings feel perfect, nice and loose and easy to bend the strings all over the place. is the difference mostly the strings? or the guitar? I’m a good guitar player, I’ve just never figured this out! My instructor suggested trying lighter gauge strings. Read more...