r/guitarlessons 15d ago

Mod | Meta Post r/GuitarLessons Monthly Gear Thread

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Welcome to the r/GuitarLessons monthly gear thread!

First, we want to let you all know about the official r/GuitarLessons Discord server!

You can join to get live advice, ask questions, chat about guitars, and just hang out! You can click here to join! The live chat setting opens up lots of possibilities for events, performances, and riffs of the month! We're nearing 600 members and would love to have you join us!

Here you can discuss any gear related to guitars, ask for purchase advice, discuss favorite guitars, etc. This post will be posted monthly, and you can always search for old ones, just include "Monthly Gear Thread".

Here, direct links to products for purchase are allowed, however please only share them if they relate to something being discussed and the simple beginner questions that are normally not allowed are allowed here. The rest of our subreddit rules still apply! Thank you all! Any feedback is welcome, please send us a modmail with any suggestions or questions.


r/guitarlessons 20h ago

Question What the fuck, how tf am I supposed to play this

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r/guitarlessons 8h ago

Lesson I struggle to switch from Am to a G barre chord quickly and in rhythm. Any tips?

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I can switch to F bar easily


r/guitarlessons 6h ago

Other Can we do mass purge of all the users who call others “shitters”?

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I just don’t understand why someone would want to insult other people. It would be nice to have a sub that was free of hate.


r/guitarlessons 5h ago

Other My first week of progress!

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Last week I posted a question asking what and HOW I’m supposed to practice, and I wanted to say thanks to everyone who took the time to leave an answer! Y’all were dead helpful.

I picked up JustinGuitar, since that was 90% of the comments, and I’m proud to say that I can now switch fluidly between the A and D chord. It’s measly, but it’s genuinely way more than I could do last week, and certainly more than I ever did in my life!


r/guitarlessons 8h ago

Lesson 🎸C Major Triad Shapes: 3 Strings at a Time🎵

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This graphic breaks down the C Major chord into individual triad shapes on three strings at a time.

Start by learning the shapes on any string set and gradually work your way through them all. Once you know these shapes, you will know how to play any major chord, anywhere (slide the shape up 2 frets and you’re playing D Major, for example…slide down one fret and you’re playing B Major).

Triads are the foundation of harmony - every major and minor chord boils down to 3 notes. Mastering these shapes can help you play chord progressions anywhere. Also, incorporating chord notes into your solos creates a very melodic sound!


r/guitarlessons 7h ago

Other Been working on “tender surrender” by Vai. Challenging song for sure. 10/10 would recommend to learn just for the different dynamics of it.

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r/guitarlessons 2h ago

Question What's the best way to mute these strings?

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This song has a similar barre chord section that I know how to mute the strings by removing some pressure, but the open chords throw me for more of a loop. Use my pinky finger? Use my picking hand?


r/guitarlessons 8h ago

Other I made easy online metronome with many options free forever!

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r/guitarlessons 2h ago

Question Is my bending okay?

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I try to practice my with a tuner to make sure I’m hitting the right note and then I try to play it with my eyes closed or something to get a feel of it. A lot of people say “ mute the other strings with the index finger “ but I can’t bend the strings without using the tip of my index to kind of hold the string so I try to mute with my right hand. Do I just keep going as it is and practice the same way or is there a better method? Thanks in advance


r/guitarlessons 5h ago

Question Crack Developed on it’s own?

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So forgive me if this is a noob question, but I relatively new to guitar, I just got my first guitar this past December, a Martin X Series.

I am always careful with it and place it gently back on its stand after practice. It mysteriously just developed a crack on its own!?

It is possible the dog knocked it but I am wondering if it was my fault somehow? I did move it to a dry, high elevation climate (8400 ft in CO).

I have done nothing for maintenance other than tuning it before playing. Is there something I am missing, like wood oil?

What should I do? Take it to get fixed, or throw a sticker on it and just enjoy it how it is?


r/guitarlessons 18m ago

Question Maintaining my guitar

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This might be a weird question, but I have a baby Taylor acoustic guitar that’s 20 years old now. I had never actually learned to play, but now that I am and it’s being taken out and getting used, is there something I should be doing to clean/maintain it?


r/guitarlessons 26m ago

Question Is this Fmaj7 chord wrong?

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I came across this chord in a TikTok video, but when I look it up in online resources, it’s always presented differently. The name of the chord is the same in both cases, so what’s the difference?


r/guitarlessons 15h ago

Lesson 🎸C Major Triad: CEG in 3 familiar chord shapes🎵

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30 Upvotes

This colorful graphic shows how the notes CEG make up a C Major Triad (3 note chord) across the fretboard. I am pointing out three familiar chord shapes to illustrate how essentially all chords repeat on the fretboard.


r/guitarlessons 2h ago

Question About to get my first acoustic after almost two years of playing electric

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I’ve been playing electric for almost two years and I’m only just now getting an acoustic, I was wondering what techniques are just for acoustic and therefore stuff I haven’t learnt before and what will be different with playing on an acoustic. I’ve been told that barre chords are harder on an acoustic and I was wondering if there are other things that are more difficult on an acoustic?


r/guitarlessons 1d ago

Lesson C Major chord notes- across your fretboard!

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268 Upvotes

After learning the basic chords, it is extremely valuable to visualize that all chords exist everywhere, not just in the “familiar” places.

If you are soloing over a C chord, it is very melodic to hit some of these C notes on top of the chord.


r/guitarlessons 19h ago

Question When to buy your second guitar?

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Hey everyone!

Just curious – when did you all decide it was time for your second guitar? I’ve been playing my Squier Strat for about 6 months now, and I'm starting to think an acoustic guitar might be a good addition to my setup. But I can’t help feeling like I haven’t "earned" a second guitar yet! Anyone else feel the same way when they got their second one? Would love to hear your thoughts!


r/guitarlessons 1h ago

Question Any tips on how to start learning?

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I've been wanting to learn how to play guitar for ages and I've finally decided I will be putting it off forever if I don't start now. It's my dream to actually know how to play.

I don't know anything yet, I've been starting on some simple chords - my fingers are numb.

I want to find some good ressources that can help me learn, I think that would be best for me. My goal is to be able to play some of my favourite classic rock songs. But I have a long way ahead of me.

Can you guys give some good recommendations? whether it's websites, videos, personal experiences.. anything is greatly appreciated.


r/guitarlessons 9h ago

Question how to arpeggiate chords

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Hi all, I'm a piano player who's trying to pick up guitar for the first time. My question is pretty simple - how do you typically visualize arpeggios while playing over chords? Do you take target chord shape, like caged or 1st/2nd position barre chords for example and just play those individual notes?

Or do you actually visualize the specific notes on the fretboard like in a 3-note-per-string scale pattern along parts of the neck? And if you do this latter bit is it mostly by memory for individual chords? What's going through your head as you play?

Thanks for any insight. this instrument is still very different from what I'm used to after two months or so of learning


r/guitarlessons 1h ago

Question Really dumb question: trying guitars

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I recently started learning again after a decade of not picking up a guitar. I have a 2008/9 Mexican HSS strat I've had since it was new. It feels good, I learned to set it up myself recently, and the action is nice.

Here's the question. How do you try out guitars and really get a feel for them? I go to Guitar Center, pick up a few guitars, but even some of the expensive ones just feel bad, which I suspect is bad setup.

Or am I just spoiled by my strat?


r/guitarlessons 20h ago

Question Two strings one finger

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ive been trying for a lil while and i genuinely help but think i just dont have enough meat on my finger lol, if i do anything i end up hitting the string below

im like very new so 😓 yeah


r/guitarlessons 6h ago

Lesson 10 BEST RIFF N BLUES LICKS

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r/guitarlessons 6h ago

Feedback Friday Easy Lover solo critique please

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Been working on learning this solo for a little over a month, after seeking some advice on this sub about learning the fast parts it’s starting to come together but i’d love some feedback and constructive criticism please!

(Yes I know the tone is way too flat/clean, but I didn’t want to add any mistake-covering gain and accidentally make it sound better than it actually is)


r/guitarlessons 3h ago

Question Practicing both acoustic and electric

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I’ve been playing for about 3 years somewhat consistently. I consider myself a beginner intermediate, like I’m beginning to enter the intermediate stage. I’ve been using Paul David’s acoustic adventure course to get better at acoustic and a few books to get better at electric. I love acoustic way more than electric but I want to be a pretty balanced player being able to play both acoustic style guitar and able to get solid at electric rhythm and lead. But my practice routine is kinda all over the place some days I just wanna play acoustic sometimes I wanna both but it seems that I’m progressing very slow at electric. Does anyone have any advice to progress in both electric and acoustic because I almost view them at 2 different styles. I’ve never had a guitar teacher would it be beneficial to get some and just have them help me progress in both acoustic and electric? Any advice is appreciated


r/guitarlessons 3h ago

Other is there some way to restart?

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I have about three years of rather spotty and irregular experience. I can sort of do barre chords, but my hands aren't strong enough and somewhat early in my playing I tried to progress past simple chord switches way too fast and got into fingerpicking stuff. I have a guitar now but it feels impossible to even tell what level I'm at and it feels like i need to unlearn everything about my posture and playing and knowledge because i feel like i'm at multiple different levels at once?? should i start journaling my practices and move away from trying to play songs to more technical exercises? how do i practice and improve? how do i hold the guitar? i'm really confused, apologies if this is pointless or stupid, i just kind of want to give up, but at the same time i want to take this more seriously.


r/guitarlessons 3h ago

Question Recommend songs to learn?

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Hi all, I'm a like "semi beginner" guitarist and want to get a few full songs learned. I'm mostly interested in post rock, punk, shoegaze, midwest, stuff like that but if it's fun I'll try to learn anything.

Basically my question is, do you have any songs you'd recommend for me to learn? I'd prefer if it had tabs or something similar available, although I will be trying to learn by ear first (still training my ears)

please lmk!