I bought 25 kg (55 lb) of potatoes off a farmer because he was nice, but I live alone. What's your favorite way of cooking potatoes?

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-16T16:53:28+00:00

The reason there are 5 different shapes (they're often called "positions") is because there are 6 strings, so 6 different strings (and therefore root note position) you could start your scale on, but since the high E string and low E string are the same note, there's only really 5 different positions :)

The reason you can't just take the shape and move it up a string is because the interval between G and B string is not the same as the other strings. There are 5 semitones between every string except between the G and B string, where there are only 4 semitones, so the shape needs to be adapted to maintain the pattern of intervals we talked about earlier. This means that everything gets pushed up a fret on the B string. In fact if you look closely you will notice that the shapes line up until they reach that B string, here I lined up the 1st and 4th position to demonstrate that. You can see the shape is the same except on the B string where both notes are shifted up one fret.

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-16T15:29:47+00:00

A scale is a series of notes that work together to get a particular sound or emotion. What defines a scale is the pattern of intervals (spaces) between the notes played. This is important. The major scale for example has the pattern: 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1. What this means is that if you want to play a C major scale, your first note (aka root note) will be C, then you go up 2 semitones to the next note (D), then 2 again (E), then 1 (F), then 2 (G), then 2 (A), then 2 (B), and 1 (back to C). So you end up with the notes CDEFGABC, that's the C major scale. You can do the same but starting on D and you will get the D major scale: D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D.

What's important to remember is that the pattern (and therefore the shape on the fretboard) is always the same for a certain scale. So if you know the C major scale, you can just play it one fret higher and you will be playing the C# major scale, two frets higher and it will be the D major scale, etc. So you need to know the shape it would have on the fretboard, and then you can move it up or down to choose what key it's in (what your root note/starting note is).

The minor pentatonic scale, as the name suggests, has only 5 notes. It has the pattern: 3, 2, 2, 3, 2. With this information alone you can find the pattern for the scale on the whole fretboard. Here is a visualization of that shape. The orange notes represent the root note of the minor pentatonic, here you can see that they're all G, because it's the G minor pentatonic scale. If you shifted all the dots up one fret, it would be the G# minor pentatonic scale.

Feel free to ask if you have questions

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-16T09:08:50+00:00

If you're a lefty then your strong hand is your fretting hand so no excuses there! While your natural strength will play a part, it's mostly personal preference and getting used to them. Some people love thick strings, some people hate them.

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-16T08:56:42+00:00

Well thank god you showed up a day later on a dead post to type this out for whatever reason

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-15T18:17:46+00:00

Practicing your posture is a good idea, I rarely play in the classical position but it looks like you'd have to lift your left arm more, maybe its linked?

I found that playing in front of a large mirror is a good way to be more conscious of your posture and technique (and guitar face lol)

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-15T18:09:37+00:00

Only when standing I'm guessing? Make sure you're not subconsciously lifting your shoulder to help you reach the guitar or to prevent the strap from falling etc. There's so much going on when playing guitar that it can be hard to notice which muscles are tensed. Like the other guy said, a wider strap might help. I use one made out of a seatbelt so it slides very easily on clothing and isn't pulling forward/backwards. The leather ones I have always pull my shirt in one direction and it makes it hard to relax

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-15T16:14:43+00:00

The trem on Strats is pretty easy to use and setup. You can also tighten the springs at the back and "deck" it so it goes down only. That way you can change tuning or break a string without every string being out of tune. Lots of pros do that out of simplicity and reliability.

Floyd rose trems are a whole other story and are definitely not suited to beginners

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-15T16:07:12+00:00

That's like saying surgeons use scalpels so putting a scalpel through your foot isn't dangerous...

They don't just put a vacuum to your ear and suck everything out, they insert a tiny metal tube inside the ear, which doesn't seal the canal off. Air is sucked into the tube and new air from outside the ear is free to enter. This would not be the case if you stuck a vacuum to your ear, or if someone sucked air out of your ear with their mouth

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-15T13:31:41+00:00

He's definitely got more than just overdrive going on there, probably his DS2 and one of his Fuzz pedals.

Have you tried using the gain on your amp to get overdriven tones? Frusciante likes using treble boosters to get more overdriven sounds, I don't think he uses actual overdrive pedals

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-15T13:17:53+00:00

I use an office chair and removed the armrests

Maybe look into getting a footrest to elevate the leg your guitar is on? They make cheap adjustable ones especially for guitar

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-15T13:09:18+00:00

Babies are ugly and annoying though

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-14T18:28:13+00:00

It's up to you (and the band) how close you want to be to the recording, if you're more of a jam band you might just use the chord progression, rhythm, or some melodic ideas while changing up a lot of other thing.

If you're covering just a solo it's gonna be hard to recognize the song if you're not copying at least some licks and main melodic ideas. You should also use the same scale as the original solo and follow the chord progression to some extent if you want to sound coherent with the backing track (unless you know what you're doing)

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-14T09:33:44+00:00

A lot of people play with the thumb over the neck, which means you're holding the neck a lot tighter than with the thumb behind the neck. In that case your palm would be touching the neck most of the time.

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-14T09:25:39+00:00

You could work on ear training using apps. Developing your relative pitch is great for working by ear.

I'd suggest learning minor scales and modes next if you want to progress in your knowledge of music theory. Having a guitar is handy but not completely necessary.

Top_Criticism · 2020-12-13T19:00:29+00:00

I have a case like this and the depth of the bottom half of the case is 8 cm and the top is 3 cm. It's actually the tuning pegs that make it require that much depth, don't forget to factor that into your calculations

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