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The MusicRadar Team, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 5:19 pm UTC
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Many guitarists are in such a rush to get to the flashy, exciting aspects of guitar playing, like two-handed tapping or two-octave sweep arpeggios, that they overlook the basic skills these more advanced techniques build from.
The problem, of course, is that without a solid foundation of basic guitar skills it’s difficult to progress to more advanced techniques and maintain accuracy. The end result is almost always a sloppy player.
To avoid this situation it’s important to pay attention to the fundamental aspects of guitar, especially if you’re just starting out, as it’s much harder to correct a bad habit once it’s been ingrained over a period of time.
This tutorial shows you how to position your fingers correctly to avoid fret buzz and shows you a few pitfalls to watch out for on you way to flawless fretting technique.
He's using an amazing guitar to show you.... how to avoid fret-buzz. Do some shredding!
more guitar basics, good simple tutorial.
not all of us a six string wizards.
When playing on extra-light strings on my first guitar I found I was pressing down on the strings far too hard and pushing them out of tune. Strangely I also seemed to do this when playing chords making the guitar sounds very out of tune :)
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shredMaster666
Sat 10 May 2008, 8:33 pm UTC