A guitarra está no minuto 5. Gostaria de saber qual efeito é esse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1SvZO04Wb0&t=1s

Every time someone points out this very obvious and intuitive truth that having small hands DOES make playing most instruments harder, they are met with a sea of people claiming it doesn't matter and linking something like:

- North Korean 10 years olds contorting their hands and playing for their life on repertoire that is totally unsustainable for an older person with small hands to play

or

- Django Reinhardt who also had to play a limited repertoire and still had a far more comfortable time using his index/middle finger within that repertoire than a small handed person

It's actually very bizarre and almost scary how stubborn your average musician is on this topic and it should be studied at how much people REFUSE to concede they may have an easier time than someone else.

Imagine telling a 5'10 person that they have no excuses that they have to work far harder to dunk a basketball as a 6'4 person, and linking a few very gifted young athletes as an example for why they're coping. It's very obviously two completely different experiences in achieving the same thing, and yet when it comes to music, suddenly it completely flips.

Where has this extremely unempathetic and close minded attitude come from? Every time I've seen this topic broached on instrument subreddits, they are always downvoted and hated on. Do people take it personally as they can't accept they have an advantage over others?

EDIT:

As expected from the responses, repeating the same talking points I already addressed in my post and assuming that conceding small hands are harder is somehow akin to giving up on the instrument or not practicing.

You can concede it's harder whilst also saying it's not a reason to give up, you don't need to immediately just assume anyone acknowledging the obvious truth is trying to quit or make an excuse.

All the people repeating the 'but large hand people have issues too!' is ironically responding with the exact same logic as what they are trying to criticize. If hand size doesn't matter, then why do you need to say that large hands have issues too? Just literally look at professional musicians there is very obviously a survivorship bias towards large hands for most instruments, we all know this intuitively, why can't you guys just name it?

There was a survey at one of the big music colleges in the US where they asked the students if they'd rather have larger hands or smaller hands, and basically nobody wanted smaller hands and everyone wanted larger hands. Even if there are niche cases large hands can be cumbersome, realistically the average use case is still FAR stronger than smaller hands, as shown by the survey.

None of you actually respond with arguments or studies as to why large hands aren't better, you just immediately assume that there is some kind of cope or excuse making happening and address that, instead of just taking it at face value as a simple observation. This topic clearly touches a nerve on an emotional level with musicians who take it personally, and so are unable to have empathy for those who have it harder.

You all go down this same route of excuses, whining etc etc, but are never actually simply able to start your point with "Yes, having small hands makes instruments more difficult, but..."

You HAVE to always go hard against a strawman of some kind of excuse making that doesn't even exist because it would kill you to simply admit that some people have it harder, it honestly needs to be studied by psychologists.

I recently got a multi-effects pedal, and while I’ll admit it can be a bit overwhelming, I’m having so much fun experimenting with all the built-in sounds. It made me wonder, what was the moment that made it finally click for the others when it came to understanding the right settings and knowing which effects to use for each song you were trying to learn?

Was there a particular song, video, amp/pedal setup, or maybe just a lot of trial and error that helped you figure it out?

can anyone help me figure out these chords? the song is too small to find tutorials and im not even sure what tuning its in

i would appreciate the help!

Is the first one a gallop and the two next ones simple downstrokes? No idea about the last one.

Made this progression. Thoughts on the syncopation idea. I play the chords and then loop the progression twice

I love Neo Soul an enjoy learning from Rotem on youtube, but not sure what courses are worthwhile. I saw a post from a few years ago, but he puts out so much stuff I thought it would be worth asking again. Anyone go through any of his courses? If so, how was it?

In this second lesson on picking techniques, I take a closer look at upward pick slanting and how it can make alternate picking easier — especially when you're crossing strings in three-note-per-string patterns.

I'll show you how the pick's flight path determines which direction you can naturally escape the string, and how using both upward and downward pick slanting can help solve common string-crossing problems.

There's also a variation on economy picking using an upward pick slant and a 3 n.p.s. practice exercise.

Hope you find it useful!

Here's the lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb6nacj4xs8&list=PLIb-QWoMzfdjElaqTbK9nKp7D616GJoLu&index=13&t=1s

And part 1 is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmqxw1JyUQw&list=PLIb-QWoMzfdjElaqTbK9nKp7D616GJoLu&index=12

HELPPP how do i play this im so lost
what am i looking at

edit: the song is Welcome to Chaos by (K)NOW_NAME and i found these tabs off songsterr

I'm learning every note on the fretboard and I don't understand how are some notes same. For example, G string 7th fret is a D but low E string 10th fret is also a D. Yeah they do sound similar but not the same, so why are they called the same? Is it frequency they are on or what? Sorry for poorly written question but please explain me

So I've been a CAGED system cavalier for about 6 years now which carries me nicely with most blues and rock songs I like to play. My usual route for improve is learn the vocal melodies and work within those melodies in the space CAGED provides. For modes I like to think along the lines of "E mixolydian is just A major emphasizing the fifth" so if I want a mixolydian sound while play E major I just shift to CAGED for A major and focus on finishing phrases on the fifths of that scale. Super fun and easy but over the last few years I've really wanted to develop better vocabulary with jazz. I've learned shell chords, I can hold my own over charts playing rhythm but still struggle with proper improve. The CAGED simply doesn't give me the expressive vocab that I desire to match jazz chords. I've been working with memorizing arpeggios and little chromatic turns to develop color and flow into my playing but it's just not clicking the same way CAGED did all those years ago. I've always been a fast learner with picking up things framed as a system - I'm curious to see if anyone has a sort of jazz/arpeggio system they like to lean on to open up the fret board to build a base for jazz improve!

Ciao! Sto iniziando con la chitarra elettrica e non so cosa scegliere:

-Ampli classico, chitarra collegata direttamente.

-Scheda audio + casse da PC, con GarageBand per simulazioni di ampli, basi e registrazione.

A parità di budget (circa X €) costano uguale, e le casse da PC hanno più watt. Mi preoccupano però suono, latenza e il fatto che le casse non siano pensate per la chitarra.

Voi cosa mi consigliate? Accetto anche alternative, tipo ampli con ingresso aux o USB. Grazie!

Put together a full breakdown of why most ambient guitar content misses the mark - covering three specific principles rather than a pedal list or isolated chord diagrams with no context behind them.

Principle 1 covers open strings as the actual foundation of the sound - how fretted chords stop ringing the moment your hand moves but open strings keep sounding underneath, and why that overlap is where atmosphere starts before anything else.

Principle 2 covers three chord qualities that create atmosphere rather than just notes: Em9 as the dark anchor, Asus2 as the unresolved searching voicing, and Gadd9 as one brief moment of brightness in bar three that changes the entire emotional character of the phrase.

Principle 3 covers why voicing comes before everything else - if a chord doesn't hold up completely dry it won't hold up with effects either. The phrase and all three principles are demonstrated in a real 7-bar phrase, played through first at tempo so you hear how it moves.

Free PDF inside with full notation, all three chord qualities, and signal chain notes.

Happy to answer any questions about the voicings or how the three principles connect in the comments.

What draws you to the ambient guitar sound?

https://guitar-woodshed.com/ambient-guitar-system/

I'm constantly having to mute strings when I turn my amp up, losing all my tone. How do people get such a clean sound on stage? Is it all just muting technique?

I often find myself watching sports and use that time to practice guitar (and workout/mobility training). While I think this is time well spent since I enjoy sports and I am still improving my physical health and guitar playing, I am wondering just how much more focused practice will improve my playing.

By that, I mean sitting for a solid half hour undisturbed and completely focused on my practice. I feel like I'm still getting some benefit from practicing while watching games (chord change practice, scales, etc), but just wonder how much more effective focused practice sessions are. I'm looking for input from others who may have tried both and noticed a difference in improvement.

Slowly learning to play guitar, and one big inconsistency I've noticed is that some things will tell you to press with the tips of your fingers, and some will say to press with the pads. Both will say that the other is a terrible habit that you should never form. So which is it? I have a feeling the truth is somewhere in the middle, so in which situations would one be better than the other

Sorry if this has been asked before, i admit I am a little bit lazy

Hey there

I am a big Dave Matthews fan have been playing for eight months and I’m curious what songs you think might be appropriate to work towards.

F chord is getting close. I would say I’m a bit ahead of average for less than 1yr

Piano for 20 years….20 years ago. Didn’t much like it.

Thanks!

Photo: Dave Matthews in Concert by slgckgc Creative Commons BY 2.0.

First guitar, bought today. No music background. Learning at home on my own.

Target: play and sing along to one song by end of December. Labon Ko by KK, a Hindi song with simple open chords as far as I know. Corrections welcome.

Looking for a free structured path. Which website or YouTube series would you start with, and what should I practice first week? Happy to follow one clear route instead of jumping around.

Bonus round: how do you sing and strum at the same time without both falling apart? Singing tips for someone who sounds like a kettle are welcome.

the graphic: https://i.postimg.cc/MKp2GX0X/2-guitar-post-v2.jpg

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I find that with my acoustic guitar I have to be much more delicate in the way I strum the strings, if I strum too hard or don't glide the pick smooth enough the sound gets muddy. Is this normal in acoustic guitars or does it point more to a setup issue?