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Question:the different chords, sore fingers, and when you pick notes, rather than just chords


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Where to put your fingers.

Bar Chords

Sweep picking and stack picking patterns because it is technical and harmonised.

as weird as it sounds, you need to develop finger strength (its hard pressing all those strings down)

To be hardcore and keep trying. If you decide to learn and practice a scale, then dont put the darn thing down until you master it.

for me, it was being asked to play the exact same note over and over until it was sickening, and then waiting for the entire class to do the same thing. I was taught how to type the same way....

I would say switching between all the chords can get really tricky. The best way to learn, and I'm not joking, sit in your room for the entire weekend just practicing going back and forth between the chords. I PROMISE by the end of the weekend you will be able to play so much more. That's how my brother taught himself and he's a badass on guitar.

Cords and making them sound right. Then scales and making sure you play them clean and correctly.

For fun tune that acoustic in (C) cord. A whole new guitar experience

the strings are hard so you'll have to try getting used to the steel strings
hardest bit would probably be chords

The practice, over and over until your movements are smooth and clear. You don't want a "thud" or Thwack" sound from your strings, but true tones. Practice changing chords until it is fluid. Also, learning to tune your guitar perfectly.

Well theres a couple of things that are hard.
It depends on if you had any prior experience
The hardest part is probably learning to use both hands at the same rate because if your dominant hand reaches a series of fast notes in a song and your other hand can't keep up, you will hit some of the wrong notes by mistake.

Raw fingers before you get callouses. Hurts for a while but it won't be long before you get them. But it hurts the most when you try to do bar chords.

Hardest part is getting your fingers on the frets to cooperate.
Practice, practice, practice this the only way. Don't give up if you can't play like Zack Wilde by tomorrow give it time.

What size amp to use.

For most of my students it's the barre chords......also in the beginning waiting to get those callouses that are required to play without pain. A lot of students are getting lazy today, they all want to learn tab and not read music notation, which is something I refuse to teach.....it's either music notation or go somewhere else !!!!!!!!!!!

Barring. I still haven't gotten it

Fingerpicking ; the right hand technique of playing chords, melody and bassline all at the same time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om1DmnJN8...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zig9Zo5WF...

I could never see how guys could hold a cigarette between their fingers on their pick hand while continuing to play. It looks distracting to me.