I find YouTube an invaluable resource for keeping fresh - there are so many song lessons on there, if I ever get bored with what I 'know' already, I s...
I mainly practice the minor pentatonic as I'm blues-focussed; the 'blues scale' also allows some practice for bending. I know what you mean about gett...
I find my tendency with barre chords is to have at least one of the non-barred fingers too far from the fret. Making sure they're properly placed, and...
I find it quite amazing how I can, say, find a blues lick on YouTube, practice it for an hour or so, fumbling around, go to bed, then come back to it ...
What I do for the "Layla" riff is do the bend with three fingers (index on 11, middle on 12, ring on 13 playing the actual note). At the top of the be...
It's not a buzz or 'noise', it's the note 'returning' to the unbent sound. For example take Eric Clapton's 'Layla'. The famous riff has 12 notes, the ...
As a recent beginner myself I can recommend a few:I'm Yours by Jason Mraz - this is easy as long as you have a capo. Pop it on the 4th fret, then it's...
I find tucking my elbow close to my body helps with barre chords. It makes sense: bringing the elbow in means it's easier to apply appropriate pressur...
Thanks for that. The 'technique' seems to be pretty much what you'd do naturally anyway though!
I find the 'standard' position (ie pad of the thumb on the back of the neck, thumb vertical) impossible to work with. I cannot keep my wrist comfortab...
What better way to practice than to learn songs? You entertain yourself while you practice! If you don't learn songs, you're just learning to play ran...
I think the overriding factor is how much any given song will impress the opposite sex :D