I play and teach piano but after a recent move, I’m left in a current predicament where I don’t have my piano at my residence. I did pack an acoustic guitar that I lightly mess around with though. I’m getting to the point where I just want to be able to play something in my spare time. Have always wanted to learn classical guitar and folk/fingerpicking. I understand I’m a long way off from playing those styles comfortably. Are there any resources or exercise you would recommend?

The 4th fret and 6th fret, I pluck it while holding 4th and when I move to 6th sound literally stops i plucked hard and first sound was tinggg , when i hammer it's sound like owl 🦉.. how to actually do it?

Hey everyone!
I’m looking for a genuinely experienced, professional guitarist in Dubai who offers private one-on-one lessons.
I’m particularly interested in **funk, jazz, blues, improvisation, music theory, and developing solid guitar technique**.
I’m not looking for basic beginner classes or a typical music academy setup. I’d prefer learning directly from a skilled guitarist who actively performs, records, or has substantial professional experience.
My goal is to develop proper musicianship, improve my playing, understand the instrument deeply, and eventually become a confident, versatile guitarist.
I’m happy to invest in quality lessons if the instructor is genuinely knowledgeable and passionate about teaching.
If anyone knows a professional guitarist in Dubai who offers private lessons, I’d really appreciate recommendations based on personal experience.
Thanks in advance! 🎸

I've been trying to learn guitar, but there isn't really a "guide" for it (like progression and milestones to try and achieve). I've just been mindlessly fiddling with my guitar, strumming random chords, and playing random pieces I find on TikTok and overall feel like I'm not making any progress. Could someone please try to make a list of things I should try to achieve in order to actually progress at guitar? tysm

Who’s it for?
What are your thoughts on SoR?

i can’t do it its too hard and i don’t know how to do it because i do the wrong string when i do it pls tips and i been playing for 1 month and some nickle

I'm a experienced beginner trying to learn yesterday in watching this video and my chords don't sound like that. I down shifted my guitar like he did have my fingers same spot but when I play the two last chords they don't like his at all why?

Video for reference

https://youtu.be/UCpbd2s0P1U?si=uEMH44NbL8VHVWg3

Hello I’m an intermediate guitar player (basically a bedroom player). I need to game up my skills but I’m lost in my learning process. Is there any who teaches lessons and advance techniques?!

Hi, Im by all means not novice novice! I know some chords, but I’d like to make up a proper plan and put down 1-2h daily. Create a habit to say.

But I’d like to start as if I was a beginner! I use a western guitar.

Where should I start.

Also I’m going to record my progress weekly!

Thank
You

Wiz

So when I began about 3 months ago I started using thin picks, like 0.61 mm, because it almost feels like cheating. Its very easy to strum chords with almost 0 resistance.

Problem is these fender thin picks break like every other song. So I have a bag of like 50 of them lol.

I'm trying to get used to thicker picks, like 0.90 mm or 1.11's but it feels like I'm pulling the strings super hard and I'm afraid they'll break. Is this normal to feel that way?

Curious how i can adapt to thicker picks, or if its ok to just stick with thin ones. Thoughts?

So I'd like to learn how to play guitar but I've got a problem, I was born with only 2 fingers on my right hand. I have what is called a cleft hand and would like some input on how best to navigate this when learning. Are there any tools out there to help people like me? How should I go about learning? I do have some of those picks that wrap around the finger, I figured that'd be my best option for strumming. Thanks for the help!

(EDIT: I meant with!! ). How often should I do a module. I haven’t been having much trouble so far. Also what are your top beginner songs to start out with?

I began with electric since I saw myself a big metal fan

I’ve just bought a used acoustic and am learning how to play. Whenever I play a fretted note I get a thudding sound instead of a clear note. I’ve seen all the possible solutions with finger placement and whatever but it still does the same. The guy I bought it off said the guitar has no issues

I been slogging away for a year, trying to play blues and sound musical, but as soon as the backing track is on, it just went back to white man dentist pentatonics. Or when I tried to implement arpeggios, it just didn't sound blues. I tried learning licks, practised the pentatonics on all positions, and did CAGED courses. I wasn't terrible, but it still didn't sound good either.

In the past 2 weeks, I've had my biggest breakthrough in playing the changes over a I–IV–V

Yes, triads are nothing new, but the two adjustments which made the biggest difference to my soloing were focusing on rhythm guitar with triads and, most importantly, shifting focus to rootless triads.

This was my routine for the past 2 weeks"

Focus on two fretboard positions in a key. (G and A I've focused on). A is the best place to start, as we all know A minor pentatonic.

• Warm up with BOTH major and pentatonic in positions 1 & 2 (extend if you have time)
• Start by playing the dominant 7th chords and focus on visualising them. I would recommend using the V chord with the ring finger on the E chord in position
• Practise their major triads, especially on strings 2, 3 and 4.
• Turn those into rootless 7th voicings: keep the 3rd and 5th, and move the root down two frets to the flat 7th.
• Play those voicings rhythmically through the changes until your fingers know where to go.

Then gradually turn the rhythm part into a solo: play just two notes from the rootless voicing with a triplet rhythm, followed by a short pentatonic or scale phrase; end the riff by playing a note with some vibrato and look aim for the nearest chord tone in the next voicing or the next phrase.

A few things that made a big difference were banning myself from playing minor pentatonic on the 1 chord. It took some strength, and it sounds bad at first, but the rootless 7th chord drill took so much focus it allowed me to stick to that.

Other things i'm adding into the practice now: trying to do the above minor triads. eg F# on A and C# on D as well as other positions.

Maybe I'll finally get the hang of diminished scales one day and give that a go.

There is nothing new and revolution here and i'm sure we've all heard these things before, but wanted to share and a few months a go, i thought i was never going to 'get it' and just didn't have the music gene

https://guitartoolhub.com/scales/g-chromatic-scale

It's super interesting to be able to see while I hear as I don't have a guitar yet.

I'm curious to hear of other folks experience with this tool

Hello people.

I am 28 and just bought my first guitar Today.

My ultimate goal is to be able to pick up any song and listen to it and start playing it + be able to play beautiful FINGERSTYLE self arrangements not just play the learnt TABs.

How do I learn?

I have no prior musical experience I am an engineer. I have set aside an hour a day to learn GUITAR.

IF SOMEONE CAN DRAW ME A ROADMAP, I will be grateful to you..... 🤝💯

I just got my first guitar, a Yamaha EG112! I want to learn System of a Down songs right away, which needs Drop C tuning. Can I actually start with Drop C as a complete beginner, and do you know any good tuning apps for it?

Hi everyone, I’ve been trying to start learning scales because I feel like I’m stuck in my learning journey, but I don’t really understand what’s the utility of them, also I still don’t understand letters things, yeah I’m really lost and I don’t know what to search to understand so if someone can explain me a little bit I’ll be really happy

Here is my collection of advice on how to learn guitar. If I can do it in retirement at age 70+, so can you. Learning guitar is like driving across the USA. You can stop at the stateline visitor centers and get maps and directions, but mostly you just gotta drive. It takes about 5 days to drive from coast to coast, and about that many years to "get good" at guitar. So don't try to do it in one day, month, or even year. Make your practice play, and vice versa. Take frequent breaks. But just do it every day. If you do nothing else listed below, do Justin Guitar, Absolutely Understand Guitar, YouTube channels of listed lesson sites, Wikipedia and keep it fun!

1 PRACTICE & PLAY every day as much as possible, but leave some for tomorrow.Take frequent breaks. First, practice notes, chords, riffs, scales, fingerstyle, and online lessons. Then play your songs every night.Play, sing and sound likeYOU,not them! Wash your hands. Squeeze tennis balls to strengthen hands. Trim fingernails. Practice hard parts of your songs.

2 It takes time. You can't climb a mountain in one step. You can't climb to the penthouse of a tall building with one step on the stairs. There is no elevator, no shortcuts, no direct flight. It takes years. Keep it fun! Talent = practice x time

3 Slow down in your practice! You are not a train speeding down the tracks. You are laying the tracks. You are building the neural pathways your brain uses to do the job. Make sure your brain has the right path to the note, chord, and song! Practicing too fast creates the wrong neural pathway. Play/practice a minute or two, then stop and let your brain save it. You learn faster. It is far better to practice it right slowly than practice it wrong fast. Speed will come.

4 String notes numbered 6-1 are E A D G B E "Elvis And Dolly Got Blue Eyes"

5 Learn the notes and intervals - here they are: A BC D EF G < Notice there is no note between B and C, and E and F. see that on a piano keyboard also. Remember it this way: "Big Cats Eat Fish"

6 Open string note scale: String 6 Frets# 0 1 3 = EFG / String 5 Frets # 0 2 3 = ABC / String 4 Frets # 0 2 3 = DEF / String 3 Frets # 0 2 = GA / String 2 Frets # 0 1 3 = BCD / String 1 Frets # 0 1 3 = EFG

7 There are only 12 notes in music: every note (A-G) has a sharp and a flat between them, except B and C and E and F. Big cats eat fish.

8 Chords are made up of 3 or more notes. Learn chords in these orders:

A D E then G C D then C F G hundreds of songs use only 3 of these

The rest – only 21 chords in all to start: A-G minor, major, and 7ths

.Starting strum: \/ \/ /\ /\ \/ /\ or \/ \/ \/ /\ \/ /\ Learn other new chords from songs. Learn barre chords (F & B) by practicing them up the neck, then move down. Start with “cheat” versions of F and B but also learn the right way to make them.

9 Practice making chords by making the chord, strum it, and lift your fingers just off the strings, and lay them back down and repeat. Over and over.

10 Practice changing chords by going thru A-G major, minor, and 7^th while strumming and keeping rhythm going. Keep rhythm going by strumming an all open chord between each chord while you change to the next chord.

11 Scales are progressions of musical notes that form a pattern. The chromatic scale is simply a progression of every one of the 12 notes of music. The major scale is a progression of 7 notes that ends in the eighth starting note, one octave higher. The pattern for it is 221-2221 in terms of progression of the notes (intervals) from the chromatic scale. The pentatonic scale uses a series of five notes to make playing single notes easier. The most common pentatonic scale pattern is 3 notes apart on the E string, 2 notes apart on the A, D, and G string, and back to 3 notes apart on the B and high e string. Details are on “Absolutely Understand Guitar” on Youtube. And see more details on Wikipedia.

12 Best free lesson sites: Justin Guitar, Lauren Bateman, Andy Guitar, Guitar Lessons .com, Marty Music , Fret Science, FretPath, National Guitar Academy, Chris Sherland /// Best paid: Guitar Tricks, Pickup Music, TrueFire, Fender Play /// On Youtube only: Absolutely Understand Guitar, Redlight Blue, Kevin Nickens, Musician Fitness, Play in the Zone, Justin Johnson, Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Six Strings. Find your songs on ultimate-guitar.com. Then simplify the chords, Lyrics are on Azlyrics.com. Practice standing up some. And sing! Strum once per chord first time thru a song, then strum with pattern and sing.

13 First guitars: Taylor Academy, 114ce,112ce, or GS mini, Emerald Black Opus, Concert or parlor size guitar. Yamaha FS830 or CSF1M, Alvarez AF30, AP66 or ALJ2 / Electric = Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Feel & comfort are most important.

14 Do deliberate practice. It is Practice what is hard, Get outside your comfort zone and Push the envelope. Deliberate practice x time = success! All great musicians got great with it. Deliberate practice is purposeful practice that knows where it is going and how to get there. The magic way to learn faster is slow down! Improve every day. Grow brains in your hands. There are no quantum leaps or devil deals. But yes you can. Be patient, persistent, positive, progressive, punctual, precise, and playful. Mix practice and play. Keep it fun!

There's something about learning to play that is bugging me, has been bugging me for a while. Maybe it is to do with learning anything physical, I don't know. I'm used to learning mental stuff, concepts, ideas, facts. I am not used to learning anything that involves physical movements.

The problem - I don't really get what I'm supposed to be internalising when I'm learning a piece. Part of me wants to play the piece over and over, not thinking consciously much about it, until I can play it well. An other part of me says that this isn't enough, I need to remember consciously, for instance, that at this point I need to bend my finger more this way, and I need to remember that every time I play the piece. That seems like a lot to keep in my head. Or maybe it's a mixture of both?

Perhaps there are articles or videos that explain this process? It doesn’t come naturally to me.

This question could be asked about learning any musical instrument, so not just the guitar.

I hope this makes sense.

Cheers.

Hey so I hav been wanting to make music but how do people even come up with solos. I've been playing for about 2 years but I can never have my brain like produce and idea of what I want it to sound like and I just get so frustrated. My favorite guitarist is synyster gates but how do people come up with it? I have a limitation because I do not know music theory but so many people can have a melody in there head and can figure it out from there but I never.. have a melody in my head what can I do or am I just cooked and should give up?

I want to learn guitar acoustic guitar specifically but I need help I want to know the steps to take in order to learn I also want a guitar that I should buy under $70

I have been playing acoustic guitar for a year and i want to ask what can i learn that would boost my progress and i could bassically learn any song in a few days.

Elarigu Namaskara!

I’m looking for someone who can teach me acoustic guitar online. I’m a beginner and would like to learn from scratch.

If you teach guitar or know someone who offers online classes, please let me know:

• How the classes are conducted
• The fees you charge (per class or monthly)
• The number of classes per week

Please feel free to DM me.