Playing Lead
Question:I am interested in playing lead guitar. What I should do first? Some of my friends say that I should learn scaling and they use words like pentatonic and I am lost. Can someone guide me? Answer: I think you will find many opinions as to where to start based on the responders interests. ...
- Jazz guitar improvisation
Question: I have a question for all you jazz guitarists out there. When you improvise over some chords changes (let's say in My Favorite Things or Well You Needn't), do you usually pick a scale and solo over it, or do you pick notes out of all the chords and make melodies out of those? I'm a bi ...
tagged: Jazz Guitar Scale- Learning To Write Songs: Alternative, Punk, Heavy Metal, Solos, Rock etc...
Question: I've been playing guitar for about a year now and I only took lessons for about 8 months to get my fingers going, after that I stopped and just played simple powerchord songs that i got tabs for off the internet, stuff like green day, blink 182, alien ant farm, puddle of mudd, limp bi ...
tagged: Heavy Metal Guitar Scale- Guitar Solo Help!
Question: A friend of mine has been playing guitar for 5 years, and has some crazy solos. Me, personally, i've only been playing about six months, self-taught... i know all the major and minor chords and am pretty good at barres, but he told me that the key to playing solos is to know as many ...
tagged: - Guitar music theory help (modes, scales...)
Question: I have been playing for 10 years, and I still don't have much of clue about theory. please correct me if I am wrong. Let's say a song is in E. I could solo in say E Major or E Minor. Now because the guitar is structured the way it is, I can actualy use the SAME EXACT patter in E Maj ...
tagged: - Advice on Arpeggio Techniques?
Question: Any ideas on web sites or printed manuals or videos that deal exlusively with learning arpeggios. I've been playing for many years but came from the old school and never got a handle on this stuff. I am currently learning to sight read standard music notation and would like to begin ...
tagged: - TAB for major/minor scales?
Question: Just now getting into scales (nice for when I begin cussing at my guitar from all the chord practice, ugh!). I know I can just map it out manually but only been doing this for a few days and that's above my head just yet. Although I'd love to learn it later, I'm still in search and p ...
tagged: - I'm looking for a web site that will have tablature of all of the major diatonic scales for the guitar in all 7 shapes.
Question: I'm looking for a web site that will have tablature of all of the major diatonic scales for the guitar in all 7 shapes. This tab must have the scales listed out as 3 notes per string. It would also be nice to find minor/major pentatonics tabbed out 2 notes per string. One other criter ...
tagged: Guitar Scale Tablature- Tablature vs Notation!
Question: I have been playing the guitar for about three months now and I really need some solid advice! I have started to learn how to read sheet music in notation format and ow to form scales and very basic chords. After recently getting onto the internet I have found that tablature seems to ...
tagged: - Guitar Scales Method reviews?
Question: Has anyone tried the Guitar Scales Method? Care to share your thoughts on the software? Answer: I bought it 3 years ago, and I know it well. I am constantly seeking out and trying music software and I feel that this is an excellent value. I've played flamenco guitar for about 6 year ...
tagged: - String tension and scale length
Question: Can someone give an explanation of String Tension and Scale length. I like a loose, less tense string feel so I mostly play my electric a fender jazzmaster but I wonder is it possible to get a more bendable looser string tension feel on an acoustic? I am playing a Larrivee L 09 which ...
tagged: - Scale patterns
Question: I am a beginning guitar player. Actually I'm not a total novice to music theory, I am coming from a clarinet and jazz saxophone background. So I understand circle of fifths, etc. Somewhere in college I learned the simple pattern based on the E bar chord, and some basic stuff. Recentl ...
tagged: - Luthier Guitar Scale Question
Question: Would you build a guitar with the following specifications, why or why not? What woods would you use? Answer: The effect is basically more of the same ...more tension and a longer stretch for fingering. Increasing the scale length also changes the location of the bridge. Guitars tha ...
tagged: - Guitar Scales Method reviews?
Question: I've been playing for about a year and a half and I'm fed up with my inability. I tried to jam with a friend's band, and I end up playing uninspired rhythm because I can't figure out how to solo. What rhythm guitar techniques are there to learn (stuff like arpeggios, flatpicking) an ...
tagged: - Guitar scale length
Question: What is the preferred scale length for a classical guitar. Most of the guitars seem to have a 650mm scale and some up to 670mm. Answer: 650mm seems to be the most pupolar scale length nowaday. I think most of the string tension is designed around the 648mm or 25.5 in scale lenth. Ol ...
tagged: - Scale tab - 3 notes/string
Question: I'm looking for a web site that will have tablature of all of the major diatonic scales for the guitar in all 7 shapes. This tab must have the scales listed out as 3 notes per string. It would also be nice to find minor/major pentatonics tabbed out 2 notes per string. One other crite ...
tagged: - req:scales advice
Question: I've been playing guitar for about three years but so far have not learned any scales, only chords. I now want to start really playing the guitar and learn scales. Anyone got some good advice about the best scales to start with and where i could get tab for them Answer: You are righ ...
tagged: - Fantasy chords? Naming Them - A Generator Anywhere?
Question: I have trouble naming chords I make up for my compositions. They may or may not be conventional chords. Possibly they are fantasy chords. I would like to know if there is a chord generator on the internet that works backwards from the usual chord generators that you see where you can ...
tagged: - Advancing my electric guitar
Question: I can play various styles very well (finger and flat picking, blues, rock, country, classical (good acoustic teacher)). But electric guitar is starting to bug me. I've been getting more and more frusterated lately that I'm not as good at electric guitar sorta stuff as acoustic stuff. ...
tagged: - looking for diminished scale exercises (for playing outside)
Question: I was hoping someone could provide a good guitar exercise in using the diminished scale for playing 'outside the ear'? I'm looking for straight forward exercises/explanations to practice and learn when and how to play 'outside' using the diminished scale. I'd like to integrate it in ...
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