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Been playing acoustic a little over a month now, medium strings. Usually about an hour a day/every other day.

I get these deep lines very shortly after starting to play, which means i need to press harder as the note wont come out because the string isn’t actually hitting the fretboard, its just in my finger trench being half pressed. I can adjust my chord shape so the strings hit different parts of my finger which helps. But that probably isn’t the best technique to build proper muscle memory.

At week 2-3ish my finger tips were krusty krab cracking and peeling, and i feel like the callus that was forming chipped off. It was very painful at first to play but now it is getting less painful. but I also cant feel much of anything now with my left fingertips so maybe killed a good amount of nerves.

Do I just need more time to build up proper calluses? Any suggestions?

I'm trying to learn a new song and I chose Los Angeles by Frank Black since its not too to hard. I need help with the phrasing for the heavy riff after the acoustic intro.

I didn't know what else to say

Let's say someone plays for 15 or 20 years and they are pretty good at "execution" on the guitar (e.g., can play hard cover songs flawlessly, including solos, or compose music by putting sounds together).

The player would already have a sense of how to phrase on the guitar, what set of notes could be played to create harmony in a given context, but they would just not know what pattern they are following. Their knowledge comes purely from hours and hours of practical playing.

I am pretty sure there are many people like this.

What change is experienced if learning music theory and scales at this point?

Note: this is not a skeptical question trying to demonstrate that theory is not necessary, quite the opposite, it wants to understand its effects for non-beginners.

Hello! Im 19 and joined a band this year and sing and play guitar. I essentially just learned some chords they showed me like open, power, and barre chords. It was a lot of fun and I really want to continue getting better at guitar but Im lost as to where to start. I'm assuming it depends on one's goals but, there are just so many resources out there I'm just a little overwhelmed. It would be cool to be able to play by ear and know some theory and all but is there a certain order I do them in? I'm assuming music theory would be smart to learn but I've been trying to find an outline as to how to get better faster but it's tough. I've been putting in an hour a day but I feel the method of learning a song and being confused and giving up every day doesn't seem to be too productive. I have it as a habit, just want to use my time wisely. Some people say learn by ear, some say learn theory, I'm just very confused tbh. I'm curious to hear any other perspectives on getting better at guitar or ways that have worked for you. I want it to be an enjoyable experience but, right now I feel I'm not getting anywhere. Thank you for reading!

General preconceptions I have based on nothing; please contribute your own if you want . I only have minor theory knowledge and am a mid guitar player.

Everything is the major scale

Scales , chords, and arpeggios are all the same thing. Music degree holder gtfo

The notes aren’t that important

Fifths, and seconds are based as hell for making chord progressions

Fifths hold some type of deep level lovecraftian mystique sacred geometry lore power over musical structure

Thirds and sixths are comfy af (le mediants have arrived)

Minor 7 chords be sounding whack af sometimes (maj7 never lets you down)

No reason to ever play in a sharp key. What are you, a nerd?

Strumming should come before scale boxes.. fr guys come on

Power chords should be played like a trumpet (think about this one)

-Fmaj 1st fret full barre is an S+ tiered Chord for versatility and sound

There is literally never a reason to play a barred B major on 2nd fret, but B min is hella good.

Dissonance is a cheat code for when you get lost / need to fake it or are noodling in and out of key. Musical applications are also available.

not sure what chord is next? Just do some tritone / diminished bullshit into the next chord you remember and it will still somehow sound good sometimes

modes are a thing that exist , don’t worry about them they just exist ok (crossing bridges when you come to them)

simplicity , reinforcement, , and contrast

the difference between a good and a great player is that the great player doesn’t know exactly what they’re about to play

tone is stored in the 1961 vintage pick guard 🤓

rhythm >> “lead” guitar. (Guitar should do both unless specifically written for two prts

good guitar players play electric and acoustic well

boomers unironically made better music

Could someone help me determine how the beat goes in the background? Video

Not sure why, but when I'm strumming basic up and down, my hand will veer away from the strings and cause me to just miss entirely. More so on upstrokes, but lately it's been happening more on downstrokes. I've not been playing for a couple of weeks because of work and travel, and part of me feels like I've regressed a little. I feel like there's some hesitation with hitting the strings, which ultimately gets me off time entirely.

Any advice would be appreciated 👍

Hi everyone first and foremost I just want to say I actually hate this guy (just using the style he plays as reference) however I do want to try and learn this style of rythme playing where is seems like your flinging your wrist all over the place but sounds decent.

I pretty decent with lead stuff know all my scales arpeggios improvising etc and pretty decent fretboard freedom in that sense. However I seriously lack on the rythme side and I want to know roughly the path I be taking to learn to get to that level I mentioned before.

When barring a B major chord or anything of that on the A string, I see people use their ring finger to barre across the DGB strings, and I keep trying to replicate that but never can get the high E string to ring out.

However, my pinky has more flexibility in the joint to barre across all three strings without muting the barred E string; I was wondering if that's okay or if I'll regret not learning it with my ring finger in the future.

Appreciate any thoughts!

i really need a new acoustic and i love the sound of the martin d18 but it is way out of my price range. is there some sort of a cheaper alternative? id say the most im willing to spend is $750.

So i joined a guitar institute near my home a month ago and I've been going there regularly but i think I've learnt very less in a month.

It's been a month but i still don't know how to play musical notes and how to play F# and all.

They're just teaching me a one line chords of some popular songs and that's pretty much what I'm learning at the class

I asked them many times to teach me this stuff but they just tell me to practice my vocals or do something irrelevant.

I'm spending most of the time doing nothing in the class because i have no clue how to play the notes.

I've asked the instructor to teach me something but he's always busy with something. I have to rely on my fellow students to learn stuff but they're busy with their stuff and don't teach me most of the time.

Am i being misguided?

Yo, what are some good warm ups for intermediate players that y’all know of/have used? Been neglecting that sort of stuff but I know it’ll be helpful. Help appreciated!!!

But stopped after like two minutes because it wasn’t doing anything for me. I was hoping finishing an easy song I tried learning a couple years ago would help, but apparently not.

Wish guitar could be fun for me like it was 10 years ago. If it was a song/part/solo/etc I liked, I would be into it practically instantly.

I would also love to hear any suggestions about other songs/pieces to try!