Warm Up: Stretching hand/wrist/fingers before practice Left hand warm-up exercises like “Spider” or chromatic scale
Fretboard Mastery: -Pentatonic/Diatonic scales -Playing by interval/octaves -Learning note names, first on E,A,& D string -Playing by ear -Learn a new exotic scale
Finger Stretching: -Stretch Riffs -Stretch Chords -Picking a hard chord and moving it fret by fret (from the 12th to the 1st)
Fingerstyle: -Learning to use your right hand fingers -“Harp style” – thumb on bass strings, index on G, middle on B, ring on E -Alternating bass with the thumb -Hybrid picking: pick and your fingers
Chords: -Learning new chords, always learn at least one with root on E string, one with root on A string, one with root on D string -Learning the same chords in different positions -Chord inversions -Switching back and forth between chords -Making up your own chord progressions by using chord harmonization rules -Making up your own chord progressions that break established “rules”
Timing: -Using a metronome
Lead Playing: -Phrasing -Playing over one chord -Playing over chord changes: backing tracks -Learning new techniques -Singing the notes while you play them
Improv Practice: -Memorization, playing the same improvised notes the same way -Playing through chord charts you have never seen before
Rhythm Playing: -Playing different rhythms over a metronome/drum-track -Adding bass lines to your chord changes
Playing Songs: -Learn the songs you love! -Transposing the song into different keys (without capo) -Playing and singing at the same time
Learning from the Licks of others:(horrible title) -Millions of licks online through tab, youtube, etc…
Uncategorized: -Playing your guitar by distance and feel (without looking at it) Without the Guitar: -Triad note memorization -Scales on paper -Learning about music theory
It's not one handed, he's holding the pick between his thumb and middle finger and picking that way.
Dylan Gutierrez
Do any of you losers even play guitar?
Hudson Watson
95% of them don't they just like arguing about stupid crap like what country their piece of wood was assembled in
Ian Cook
Of course not
Matthew Edwards
>implying I don't Do you?
Dylan Jenkins
why Fender is becoming so Jewish?
Evan Richardson
>becoming
Fender and Gibson have been master rabbis since the beginning of time
Julian Morales
>he still plays guitar JUST
Henry Ward
I can't even play a C chord. But check out my pedal board.
Brody Campbell
i do but i suck
Camden Allen
Is yamaha better at low end guitars?
Andrew Gomez
define "better" all guitars are just pieces of wood, you'll sound equally as shit on all of them
Elijah Ramirez
they have a lot of good guitars in the $500 to $700 range
Charles Smith
Upgrades thus far: >Gibson Grover tuners >EMG81 with whole new wiring and pots
Sounds amazing. Better than any of the piece of shit $500-$1000 guitars I own. Daily reminder that guitars are pieces of wood and you're a retard if you think ANYTHING other than good hardware and electronics is contributing to the sound of your instrument.
Owen Stewart
>(((Steinberg))) No one wants to hear a program play guitar, maybe other music but not guitar.
Jack Morales
This is the first reminder that I've seen, so I wouldn't call it daily. But I've got $300 guitars of sycamore, and $3500 guitars of mohoghany. They mostly sound like me when I play them. Point I'm making, is that hardware and electronics only slightly color a guitar's sound. Personal approach and technique primarily define a guitar's sound.
Cooper Flores
can we stop the constant epiphone shilling in every thread from the one guy
Jace Gutierrez
The same guitars sound completely different (i.e., way better) when they're in the hands of friends.
Adrian Campbell
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Hudson Cox
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Adrian Young
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Christian Price
cancer
Dylan Sanchez
I don't know what this is, but I want to know what this is. So please tell me what this is.
Caleb Wright
There's nothing wrong with Epiphone. He just wants you to get good value for your money
Christian Nelson
STOP SHIFTING THE GOAL POSTS
Jonathan Hall
What type of pick ups are in this bass? Soap bar? Also, is there a way to adapter other types of pick ups to work in this bass such as J Bass pick ups or Music Man pickups?
Dubs acknowledged. Also, Epiphones are hit and miss, which is better than a lot of guitars in that price range that are just a guaranteed miss.
James Hughes
How do you guys feel about this theoretical signal chain for rehearsal using a laptop as DSP along with a real amp? I tried using amp emulation (Guitar Rig 5) straight to the Return on the amp but it introduces too much noise.
Guitar > Compressor > DI Box > USB IN 1 > FX (Volume, Wah, OD) > USB OUT 1 > Amp IN
AMP Send > USB IN 2 > FX (Chorus, Phaser, Delay) > USB OUT 2 > Amp RETURN
I can't afford a good FX processor so this is the next best thing.
Colton Rodriguez
serious guitar coming through
Daniel Peterson
that's not pretentious at all
Benjamin Cox
I made that guitar for you
Gabriel Murphy
No he's not
Angel Reyes
serious guitar coming through
Sebastian Wright
Needs more rivets.
Cameron Nguyen
serious guitar coming through
Sebastian Myers
Anyone?
Gabriel Torres
Those are screws you fuck.
Liam Cooper
...
Adam Martin
Go to bed
Easton Price
>they don't know what zemaitis is
fuck what pleb hours is this
Ayden Moore
cock and balls
Ryder Price
Nah. I'm up. Thx for advice, notmywife.
Oliver Scott
It's 1am shouldn't you be in bed?
Ian Williams
stop shifting the goal posts
Brandon Sanchez
ey bby u can shift my post
Noah White
Then practice more!
Jackson Russell
Ok. This kinda practice would take a day or so, and from the thread i assume this is mostly trolls. I thought this might be constructive, but its worse than guitar center, its worse than pretentious local music cliques. You guys suck!
Jacob Hughes
You should honestly be practicing at least 8 hours a day. I think all of that is able to be done in that timeframe
Gabriel Robinson
I agree with everything you said, but I''m still here. I want to help other burgeoning musicians as best possible. The best way to forward constructiveness is to be constructive yourself. What do you have to offer?
Lucas Cooper
Yes that would be great, but practicing 8 hours a day would mean i have no job and life shit to take care of. I get a couple hours or more depending on whats goin on and about 6-8 on saturday/sunday, also depending whats going on. Just going over the songs ive written could take 2 hours depending on my attitude let alone practice and cover songs rhythm/lead/singing. I dont doubt, i know 99% of you dont do half OP's list, let alone take time to learn music theory. Go troll some more faggot. Youre not impressive and i dont intend on coming back to this thread... atleast /ic/ tries. You guys are fucking losers! Fuck you!
I am gonna get a bass with this nigga. The pickups are passive, but can I just totally shut the active EQ off if I do not want to use it?
Asher Torres
>learn music theory
all you need to know is scale shapes, 5ths, relative keys and the names of the notes on the bottom two lowest strings and thats all the theory you need to be a guitar hero
Oliver Evans
also the martin definitely sounds better right
Carson Williams
Have fun, dude
Leo Cox
You should leave this place and find like minded people in youre town/city. This place will not help you. Theres enough asshole musicians irl, this is just self hatred. Go to a community college take some music classes. There is always people offering lessons, YouTube is a thing. Playing with other musicians is a large part of learning the eb and flow of live music. Most people have very differing knowledge about the instrument/s they play. Playing by yourself will hurt you in the long run. Being humiliated or getting over stage fright are huge parts of playing music. Building confidence is half the battle!
Ayden Wilson
>b-but I do not have time,mhhhhhh,you are bad as I am,mhhhhhh,stop helping people to know what to do to play beter,REEEEEEE haha thanks wagecuck
Christopher Brown
I've got all that and 2 very young daughters to boot. You figure it out as you go. No, I don't have 8 hrs a day to practice so i try to do more with the 30 minutes on the weekend that I've got. If you take a "practice 8 hrs a day" guy seriously, you're doing yourself a disservice. Spend the time you have and enjoy doing it.
Joseph Hall
Right... you do you!
Jose Murphy
That's how I usually play arpeggios. It's pretty much just legato playing but in arpeggio shapes. Like a hammer-on without any picked note behind it. As long as you have some gain and low action it's a lot easier than actual sweeping. The one downside being it's hard as fuck to play any arpeggios with consecutive notes on the same fret
Thomas Davis
I literally just gave you the cheat sheet to guitar playing. Not my fault if you're too fucking dumb to understand it.
Jonathan Bell
This is what im talking about. There are enough haters in real life, let alone dealing with fucking dipshits like you online. Im no perfect musician, but why stay here... i seriously dont understand this?!?!?!
Isaiah Perez
I know, been here since 2004...for better or worse. But thanks for understanding. I've played with live bands, taught classes, etc. I have a passion for music and for young people playing music, because playing music rescued me and turned me away from a lot of bad life experiences. Like minded people don't need to be encouraged, I wouldn't think.
William Hill
I like the list. Not saying that. This whole tgread just seems like a fucking troll with small parts of actual knowledge being passes around. I have my own practice list. Ill leave you guys to wallow on Sup Forums....
Adam Carter
Woahh, someone posts a list for practicing and you want to shit on them. Other people defend OP and you call them haters. Okay, it is okay to be triggered but just do not act like a Muslim and call the whole environment problematic while you are the only one here feeling so frustrating and insecure.
Jacob Johnson
I didnt shit on op you obvious illiterate piece of shit. I was talking about the thread in general. And the trolls who dont make things easier. My point is... there is enough trolls/asshole in real life music scenes. Why choose to stay in a place like this.
Samuel Smith
lol nice shit I hope you finished your college education :D
Sebastian Garcia
Really? my action is pretty low and I can sweep alright but when I try to do it cleanly without a pick it just sounds like shit. What should I do ?
John Wood
>there is enough trolls/asshole in real life music scenes. Why choose to stay in a place like this. Yeah, i don't get it either but I guess these guys enjoy the small reward they get for pissing people off
Caleb Lewis
Someone? I just want to get a 5-string bass. I already play guitar and I love hot rodding guitars so it will give me something new to learn as well as something to hot rod.
Owen Myers
>ywn have a qt gf who teaches you how to play guitar
Isaiah Rivera
I can normally understand the huge pedalboards if you've got the funds. But that one is pretty gross.
Luke Brown
whats youre biggest obstacle keeping you from giting gud /gg/
Grayson Evans
Time. Family. Don't know if you're looking for a real answer or a cute one, but that's my real answer. Played for 18 years, and my girls take 98% of my free time. I'd rather teach them drum then play drums myself, etc.
Joseph Jones
Practice slowly with a metronome making sure each note rings out clearly. It might take a bit more finger pressure than you're used to to get a clear note, but at the same time you don't need a huge amount of force. And muting is really important. Many of the dudes who use this technique a lot use fret wraps to make it easier, but it's not necessary if you learn to mute properly. On the way up I follow the strings with the heel of my right palm. On the way down my left hand is doing most of the muting - a bit of the flesh behind the tip of the fingers touches the previous string just enough to mute it while it frets the next note.
Zachary Kelly
Tome obviously. That's everyones downfall
Samuel Scott
yes, but buying one new at that price is kind've weird, because the used guitars you can buy for $2k is fucking nuts
i would look for one of their cheaper models, or find a used one
Hunter Gray
>How long have you been playing? >Favorite guitars? >Favorite guitarists? >Projects? >Talk about and play music >General guitar and bass discussion
Lacking discipline is the real obstacle, time is just a scapegoat
Liam Scott
Thanks for that. Hopefully a non-shitposter starts the next thread
Nicholas Moore
Yeah I hope so too. I'm about ready to leave for good to be honest and leave /gg/ to the new post spammer.
Michael Morgan
Any recommendations for an electric in the $300-$500 range?
Jordan Gutierrez
Not to be critical, but would either of you consider posting as the OP for this thread? Let's be constructive, not critical...
Xavier Hill
>would either of you consider posting as the OP for this thread?
What did he mean by this?
Bentley Robinson
I come here to shoot the shit sometimes not antagonize everyone like some pathetic NEET shitposter with no life and nothing better to do.
Jeremiah Torres
What I mean is, would you consider posting the boilerplate op sfuff, or would you post the protected stuff? Are you a contributor or are you a troll?
Luis Garcia
>boilerplate >protected stuff What did he mean by this?
But no, that's not a suitable OP. At best it's suggestions for things to learn or practice, not actual information or useful things. Though it would be fine if someone put it in a document to include in the OP
Juan Price
>spend an hour making .tg file of warmup exercises >print to pdf >can't upload it anywhere, including /tg/ where pdfs should work REEEE
Kayden Taylor
>warmup exercises
just stretch crack your knuckles and run through a scale shape a few times its not some elaborate thing
Dylan Green
Have you ever tried a longer warmup routine? Maybe my fingers just aren't very nimble yet but I've noticed definite improvements in my playing when I run through a ~ 5-10 minute routine (and rest my forearm a little after all those ring/pinky exercises). Plus the routine I came up with is designed to fuck with your head a little bit, break up your usual picking patterns etc.
Grayson Long
kek I thought romans shitposting was saddest thing ever until this new roman glib facsimile came along with aspirations to be roman turns out the /gg/ barrel has no bottom
Nathaniel Morgan
Well, here's a dropbox link to the pdf. Most of these are chromatic exercises, mostly because that's a nice excuse to have exercises for the ring finger and pinky because i neglected those in the past and so do many people. Especially the hammer-on/pull-off thing will be annoying (try to make the notes clearly distinguishable!). A few exercises are more for the right hand, one to break up the usual picking patterns (DUD/UDU on each string, all upstrokes on triplets). The last 2 are rhythm exercises to aid in changing between "straight" 8ths/16ths and triplets. dropbox.com/s/ii5fpvt3k2hab6j/warmup.pdf?dl=0
