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Originally Posted by Bredow

uhm....how do i play chords? i dont know how to and need help. i also suck a power chords, they sound all nasty, what can i do to make them better

Are you sure your guitar is in tune when you play it? Power chords aren't supposed to sound nasty, unless you're doing root-third or root-second chords. What do you mean by sounding nasty? Not enough distortion for you? Are you pressing down on the strings hard enough?

Playing chords is simple enough. Playing barre chords (Where your finger presses down on the entire width of the fretboard) are basically extensions of power chords. Just place your first finger over the note you want, then put your ring finger three frets up (towards the body) on the fifth string (A), while your pinky is adjacent to the ring finger on the next string. Strum the entire thing, making sure you have enough pressure down with your first finger.

I know this is your thread Zato-1, hope you don't mind if I help you out a bit.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Summonmaster

My silly questions:
Why are electric and acoustic different (other than sound obviously)?
Can't you play both if you know one or the other?

Yes you can. There is no fundamental difference between acoustics and electrics. Whatever you play on one can be done on the other. An acoustic may feel different from an electric because of the acoustic's heavier strings and it may be hard to reach the higher frets, though some acoustics allow you reach up there.


Otherwise, no they are not that different. It's not like you have to relearn the instrument.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Trigunnerz

Where are there so many emo guitarists? I've noticed that amonst teenagers, guitars are the instruments they all play. Why is that?

I've seen some of those fretless guitar. Can fretless do extra stuff that a regular guitar can't? Or is it boasting that you are good?

Oh, and do you know where I can get some music by Django? *torrentsitesplz*

Because guitar is a relatively cheap and easy instrument to play?

I don't know much about fretless though I think the sustain is less as there are no frets for the strings to buzz against. It gives off interesting slides though because of the lack of frets. I guess if you are used to fretless instruments (violins, cellos, etc) it shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Django Reinhardt is quite a gifted guitarist, especially with his deformed fretting hand. I have some albums. Perhaps we could trade.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.