The Q&A thread

How do you 'mute' strings?

anyone know what key WMUWSE is in?

Jimmy's Kid:

anyone know what key WMUWSE is in?

I might be wrong (95% sure), but I think it's E minor.

~I Am Canadian~:

So I don't play that string?

You'd stum all the strings, even the x'd one, but take one of the fingers of your left (the fret hand) and get it to touch, but not push down hard on the string. It won't ring out=muted.

Wakemeupwhenrealityends:

Hi I need help! I'm teaching myself how to play guitar and I have a question. How do you play tabs like these?:
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---9---9---9---9--9--9---
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---7---7---7---7---7--7--
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Could someone please help me out!

I'm not completely sure, because I'm into bass, but I think you would use your fingers and use two of them at once to play it. But that's just me.

Iwannajumpout:

Jimmy's Kid:

anyone know what key WMUWSE is in?

I might be wrong (95% sure), but I think it's E minor.

thank you

Jimmy's Kid:

anyone know what key WMUWSE is in?

The tabs that I have, it's standard tuning.

Whatsername_:

Wakemeupwhenrealityends:

Hi I need help! I'm teaching myself how to play guitar and I have a question. How do you play tabs like these?:
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---9---9---9---9--9--9---
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---7---7---7---7---7--7--
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Could someone please help me out!

I'm not completely sure, because I'm into bass, but I think you would use your fingers and use two of them at once to play it. But that's just me.

That can be played either with finger picking, using your thumb and any of your other fingers at the same time.
Or using a pick you'll have to mute the E string and the D string.

So, what Whatsername said. Almost.

i just got my guitar,im left handed and i have a left handed guitar and all the other stuff, i wanted to know ..is every thing backwards from what i look at of what? can someone please help me!

Whatsername_:

Also, one more. In your opinion (if it's opinionated), what is better? Pic or fingers. (basswise) For me, it sounds much better using pics and I can't use my fingers for some reason. It sounds too low and I can't get it to use the right sound.

learn to play with a pick and fingers, for some songs it will be an advantage bein able to play with both of them

...Mike.&.Ike...:

YAY! i just got a supris guitar but i want to start easy, what would be the easiest green day song to play??????

blvd of broken dreams. like 4 or 5 easy chords for the whole song

Cecilia:

Ask there:
http://www.geekstinkbreath.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=27854

You don't need to post if you don't know anything about it

That's appreciative.

Nice Cecilia. thanks.

Buttermilk Rusk:

Cecilia:

Ask there:
http://www.geekstinkbreath.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=27854

You don't need to post if you don't know anything about it

That's appreciative.

Nice Cecilia. thanks.

What?

Cecilia:

Buttermilk Rusk:

Cecilia:

Ask there:
http://www.geekstinkbreath.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=27854

You don't need to post if you don't know anything about it

That's appreciative.

Nice Cecilia. thanks.

What?

No. It's fine.

For acoustics--

Do I need an acoustic amplifier or can any amp work?

Quote

I have an electronic tuner for my guitar, and I can't seem to work with it. It always just flashes correct, flat, AND sharp on each string. Stupid question, yeah, but I'd still appreciate some help...

Mwaha.

Okay, if you're using an electric guitar, make sure if yu plug it in that your guitar volume is on full.

If you don't have a tuner that plugs into the guitar, [I don't think they exist though...] then putting the tuner next to an amp won't work because of distortions etc that confuse the thing.

Pluck the string like, twice a second to keep the note fresh. Also try to hold down the other strings to avoid them giving off sympathetic vibrations.

If you've checked all these things, and [I know, mine does this too sometimes] if you have a tuner with a little dial that swings back and forth, the stupid thing goes left right left right like a mad man and never settles in the middle. It's annoying as piss.

Anyway, if it still doesn't make up it's bloody mind, it could be that you have bastard old strings.

Buttermilk Rusk:

Quote

I have an electronic tuner for my guitar, and I can't seem to work with it. It always just flashes correct, flat, AND sharp on each string. Stupid question, yeah, but I'd still appreciate some help...

Mwaha.

Okay, if you're using an electric guitar, make sure if yu plug it in that your guitar volume is on full.

If you don't have a tuner that plugs into the guitar, [I don't think they exist though...] then putting the tuner next to an amp won't work because of distortions etc that confuse the thing.

Pluck the string like, twice a second to keep the note fresh. Also try to hold down the other strings to avoid them giving off sympathetic vibrations.

If you've checked all these things, and [I know, mine does this too sometimes] if you have a tuner with a little dial that swings back and forth, the stupid thing goes left right left right like a mad man and never settles in the middle. It's annoying as piss.

Anyway, if it still doesn't make up it's bloody mind, it could be that you have bastard old strings.

I guess I should've made this clear. It's an acoustic guitar, and I just place it on my knee right by the guitar.

Hah, exactly, it keeps going back and fourth.

Thanks for the help. ^^

underxpressurex:

Buttermilk Rusk:

Quote

I have an electronic tuner for my guitar, and I can't seem to work with it. It always just flashes correct, flat, AND sharp on each string. Stupid question, yeah, but I'd still appreciate some help...

Mwaha.

Okay, if you're using an electric guitar, make sure if yu plug it in that your guitar volume is on full.

If you don't have a tuner that plugs into the guitar, [I don't think they exist though...] then putting the tuner next to an amp won't work because of distortions etc that confuse the thing.

Pluck the string like, twice a second to keep the note fresh. Also try to hold down the other strings to avoid them giving off sympathetic vibrations.

If you've checked all these things, and [I know, mine does this too sometimes] if you have a tuner with a little dial that swings back and forth, the stupid thing goes left right left right like a mad man and never settles in the middle. It's annoying as piss.

Anyway, if it still doesn't make up it's bloody mind, it could be that you have bastard old strings.

I guess I should've made this clear. It's an acoustic guitar, and I just place it on my knee right by the guitar.

Hah, exactly, it keeps going back and fourth.

Thanks for the help. ^^

Then the only things that could be wrong are:
A)Bugger old strings
B)Messed up tuner.

Also, remember "Pluck the string like, twice a second to keep the note fresh. Also try to hold down the other strings to avoid them giving off sympathetic vibrations. " and make sure there's no other sound in the backround to confuse it.

Buttermilk Rusk:

underxpressurex:

Buttermilk Rusk:

Quote

I have an electronic tuner for my guitar, and I can't seem to work with it. It always just flashes correct, flat, AND sharp on each string. Stupid question, yeah, but I'd still appreciate some help...

Mwaha.

Okay, if you're using an electric guitar, make sure if yu plug it in that your guitar volume is on full.

If you don't have a tuner that plugs into the guitar, [I don't think they exist though...] then putting the tuner next to an amp won't work because of distortions etc that confuse the thing.

Pluck the string like, twice a second to keep the note fresh. Also try to hold down the other strings to avoid them giving off sympathetic vibrations.

If you've checked all these things, and [I know, mine does this too sometimes] if you have a tuner with a little dial that swings back and forth, the stupid thing goes left right left right like a mad man and never settles in the middle. It's annoying as piss.

Anyway, if it still doesn't make up it's bloody mind, it could be that you have bastard old strings.

I guess I should've made this clear. It's an acoustic guitar, and I just place it on my knee right by the guitar.

Hah, exactly, it keeps going back and fourth.

Thanks for the help. ^^

Then the only things that could be wrong are:
A)Bugger old strings
B)Messed up tuner.

Also, remember "Pluck the string like, twice a second to keep the note fresh. Also try to hold down the other strings to avoid them giving off sympathetic vibrations. " and make sure there's no other sound in the backround to confuse it.

The guitar's only about a year old, and I've tried with different tuners.

That's probably it, actually, I have a habit of touching strings I don't need to without really noticing.