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Jagolsch
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Joined: Jul 20, 2014
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Re: Bend Help

I believe that your tab is saying to bend the 15 up a semitone to match the pitch of a 16 (15b16), pluck the string again while it's still bent to tha...

10 years ago
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Re: What to learn after the basics?

If you want to learn more about the feeling and structure of songs, I recommend meditative listening. Get in a neutral posture, put on some noise-canc...

10 years ago
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Re: Can it be a Mental Thing?

I had plenty of trouble with that chord myself. It can be frustrating! If you keep having trouble with it, don't just endlessly beat yourself up about...

10 years ago
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Re: Power Chords

dhodge gave you a great answer. Another thing I'd like to point out is that they're incredibly easy--if you play in dropped tuning like drop D (bottom...

10 years ago
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Re: What brand of strings is recommended?

I'll give a hell yeah on the Ernie Ball strings. Pretty much the only brand I buy these days.

10 years ago
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Re: Beginner Scales

Starting with pentatonic is a great idea. The blues scale won't hurt, either. As to how you're learning them, well, just learn them everywhere. Memori...

10 years ago
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Re: quickly muting double stops and chords

... resting my palm just barely above the strings helps minimize the time it takes to make the mute. That's exactly the thing to do. It's also not a ...

10 years ago
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Re: Acoustic or electric guitar for a beginner?

Electric guitars are much easier to play in general, for all the reasons hbriem pointed out. Also, some of the easiest music in the world is electric ...

10 years ago
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Re: chords or tabs

I'm a stickler for accuracy, and tabs are much more accurate to the song. I'd go with the tabs every time.

10 years ago