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Joined: Aug 29, 2008 Posts: 694 Surf City |
Posted on Nov 28 2008 05:18 PM
I looked through the archives, and didn't find anything. I've looked at a couple of lessons, but none of them helped. Whenever I play a chord, I mute the other strings, how do I stop this, keeping my thumb in the middle of the neck isn't very comfortable, which was one solution. Khaled —
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Joined: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 1099 4 faces. (Where the buffalo roam) 
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Posted on Nov 28 2008 05:26 PM
Building callouses on your fingertips is what's needed. |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle 
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Posted on Nov 28 2008 05:27 PM
It is all practice. Over time you will stop muting the strings. I always try to keep my fingers as close to the fret as possible for reference, which may also help me not mute the other strings as it teaches my muscle memory exactly how each finger should be. |
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Joined: Aug 29, 2008 Posts: 694 Surf City |
Posted on Nov 28 2008 05:28 PM
Uhh, ok. BTW, my account won't log out, it keeps saying I've looged out, then taking me to the main page, and having me logged in, but I am practicing. —
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 5090 San Francisco 
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Posted on Nov 28 2008 06:03 PM
KMan, unplug your PC. Really, you will not get good at guitar by posting on SG101. That is a fact. Get away from the computer. Go into another room without distractions. Play until your fingers bleed. —Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp |
Joined: Mar 12, 2008 Posts: 1237 Bay Area
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california
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Posted on Nov 28 2008 08:15 PM
Em |
Joined: Dec 16, 2006 Posts: 892 Macomb Mich |
Posted on Nov 28 2008 08:26 PM
Dp can you show me the surf chord please? — |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california
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Posted on Nov 28 2008 10:02 PM
Am ps: notice the lousy "thumb-over" special-surf-chord-technique...definitely improper form, and that, of course, is what surf is all about... Last edited: Nov 28, 2008 22:05:24 |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11046 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Nov 28 2008 10:04 PM
Yup. That about covers it. Danny Snyder Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
Joined: Sep 29, 2007 Posts: 500 Sacto, CA
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Posted on Nov 28 2008 11:05 PM
When practicing, don't neglect your barre chords! |
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kman, Ferenc is right. Please just practice. When I was learning to play the guitar I wasn't doing other things. All I did was play guitar all day long. I even played guitar while watching TV, and I still do. He'll I'm plucking away on the guitar right now as I type. 
But seriously you got a new guitar today, If I bought a new guitar I doubt I would be doing anything else. What did I say earlier? Practice, practice, practice 
