Guitar

do you mean do you have to start at grade 1? because im not, im going straight into grade 5

I've been playing for a year. No special things.
I've got a guitar teacher I go to every week who rules and helped me learn how to play This Is How I Disappear. ;D

I would love to know this by the end of tomm, if not ah well.

I've been playing the guitar for about a month now, and my teacher has layed the repsonsibility upon to me to start tuning my guitar on my own. He's gone through it with me once last week, but I just can't seem to get it.

I was playing today and I could notice that everything was in tune but the D string. The way he taught me to tune the guitar, was to play the string til it sounded smooth. (I have a very easy job on gbe) One EAD I have a hard time, especially on D. So today I tried tuning it, but it only seems worse <sigh>

So I was wondering if anyone could help me through this. Usually with the other strings I understand well enough when it sounds smooth. On the D I can't seem to get it near, it seems to be all over the place. (my guitar is fine, I'm just shit at this)

What I don't understand exactly is what to listen for when I'm turning the knobs. I'm kind've just taking shots in the dark here.
(I've tried doing the "note scheme" or whatever, where you play D on one string and get it the same on open D, but it doesn't help me much)

Reply back or aim me at iamsure247
Thanks,
Stephen

|-------------5-|
|----------5--3-|
|-------4--2----|
|----4--2-------|
|-4--2----------|
|-2-------------|

These are power chords played on all the strings. You tune it so that they sound right, one string after the other.
That's how I tune my guitar. You need some hearing practice, to hear when the chord is right though.

Then there is this:

|-------------0-|
|----------0--5-|
|-------0--4----|
|----0--5-------|
|-0--5----------|
|-5-------------|

These notes (those above each other) should be the same tone (sound identical). This works if one of your strings are tuned correctly.

I problem with my G string when I tune, bu that's just my guitar, I believe.

Ive been playing guitar since I was four, so ten years now. I have a couple of acoustics and an electric which is a hohner les paul copy. It is actually a really good guitar you can get some amazing sounds out of it and the action is pretty brilliant, but soon I hope to be getting a proper gibson. Just have a little bit of begging to do..

i've been playing for about four years. i'm self taught. i've been spending most of my forum time in the Fender forum. anybody else over there? i really need to post more over here. i broke a hundred on fender... oh well, only one way to do that...

Hmm i just started playing about two months ago
i can play a few songs but mostly just parts of them.
i can play all of desert song and i can play the intro of disenchanted really well and the last part of it too
I suck because I'm teaching myself..but I'm getting there..
Hopefully if i become very into guitar I may get a Fender or maybe even a Gibson or Epiphone.
Does anyone have any tips on how to learn difficult chords?? I think c # was one of the ones i was having trouble with ..
Any other advice on playing techniques and stuff would be really great..
Thanks=)

has anyone done any rockschool grades, if so can you tell me what it is like, i mean actually doing the grading thingy and who grades you, oh and if your guitar teacher comes?

Here's an exercise you can do:

E|--------------------------------------------------1-2-3-4--
B|----------------------------------------1-2-3-4------------
G|-----------------------------1-2-3-4----------------------
D|-------------------1-2-3-4--------------------------------
A|---------1-2-3-4------------------------------------------
E|1-2-3-4---------------------------------------------------

I'd try out a slimmed-down version of guitar virtuoso Steve Vai's 10 hour workout, in the latest issue of Guitar World. That is the ultimate guitar magazine.
Also, I suggest you learn chords, especially the powerchords. In this diagram below, a - represents one fret. A really easy one is this:

E|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|--3-
A|--3-
E|1---

So that's the first finger on the first fret low E, third finger barring the A and D strings at the third fret. Learn the notes on the neck, as moving this powerchord up and down the neck varies the note. Whichever note your first finger is on is the name of the chord. Here's a quick diagram, starting at the first fret of the E string:

F-F sharp(#)-G-G#-A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-E

That's twelve frets, or an octave. Between B and C and E and F there are no sharps. There's a lesson on Ultimate Guitar that goes more in-depth on this. Good luck!

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Buried In Bullets:

Wow, thanks!

Sure thang! A book I highly recommend is Guitar for Dummies. Helped me so much. It takes you from beginner to intermediate (low). Amazing book, comes with a CD reference that has bonus MP3 tracks.

xMyBlackDaliahx:

im getting a new guitar any suggestions which one i should get im really not sure

How much can you afford?