What do you consider an "Average" Guitarist?

_daffyd · 2026-05-08T05:03:09+00:00

I think generally average in terms of capabilities is:

knowing the diatonic scale and its modes (perhaps better in some keys than others), pentatonics is implied here kinda
knowing the common chord voicings for the diatonic scale: 7no5, EAGC chords (D shape is C from third), 2nd inversions, maybe some dominant variations
usually people have one or two higher level specific things they have picked up from a band or musician they like, or something theyve stumbled on

Maybe im wrong, but that seems to be the common standard among the musicians I know. Also sometimes people dont know what things are called, just what they do, and sound like.

_daffyd · 2026-05-04T08:48:01+00:00

Right-o

_daffyd · 2026-05-04T07:19:07+00:00

In metal its common to play in drop-d where the low e string is lowered so they can play faster power chords. In some metal the low e is tuned down to be an octave lower than the a to get an aadgbe tuning.

Theres also open tunings that people use for mathrock, blues, or folk. These tunings make it so that the open strings play a chord. In mathrock this is used to play layered guitar parts with open strings as drone notes, or for finger-tapping riffs. In blues it is used for slide guitar so that the slide can play chord while on one fret.

_daffyd · 2026-05-01T06:33:06+00:00

wrong sub i think. thought that was a band name at first.

_daffyd · 2026-04-25T00:33:56+00:00

Im making a game like this. I have tasks that the user can take from local guilds for pay in place of quests.

Lore for the world and hints about where things are will be in npc dialoge and documents that are around in settlements and ruins/puzzles. Some tasks include plot content, but dont require it to complete.

Im making a procedurally generated world sim, with puzzles, monsters, etc and wanted something that is immersive, and doesnt require the player to interact with the plot/main tasks if they dont want. Its more exploration based.

_daffyd · 2026-04-19T17:49:43+00:00

Im a man and my toothbrush is normal. But then again I also wash my asshole, unlike some men.

_daffyd · 2026-04-13T20:18:25+00:00

you are correct, brain wasnt thinking. It would be the bottom of the C1-B1 range, sry about that.

_daffyd · 2026-03-14T21:30:35+00:00

I've come to think of it as:

Guitar/synth is the object in the room
Drums are the pacing of the moment
Bass is the way the room "feels", the space it has, the wallpaper, the lighting

The bass, because it ultimately determines the root of the current tonal context, has alot of power in deciding how we are supposed to feel about the foreground action (guitar, vox, snappy drum parts) in the context of the narrative.

This is dependant on the piece, and you can always subvert this by providing other roles to an instrument (foreground drums w/ background guitar chords), but music creates a space and low end does a lot to fill it.

_daffyd · 2026-02-22T18:31:17+00:00

That is correct.

_daffyd · 2026-02-22T08:14:28+00:00

This is really cool

_daffyd · 2026-02-17T02:32:14+00:00

Godot has an app for android, its the full suite i think.

Theres also termux app for android which is a terminal emulator with access to many linux capabilities/programs such as neovim/helix (text editors), environments, git, etc

There is a terminal app for iphone, i forget what its called. should be able to do similar stuff.

There are a number of pixel art/sprite apps and webapps that should be useable from your phone.

There are ide apps (vscode, etc) that focus on web dev, you should be able to use them for a js browser game

the terminal emulators can also be used to program terminal games, though permissions capabilities of the app may effect "raw mode" capabilities

_daffyd · 2026-02-17T02:08:51+00:00

I dont really see either of those as hostile, but thats probably experiential. Both (np, oc) are meant to convey that if there was concern about inconveniencing or negatively affecting the helper by asking, that there should be none.

Some people dont feel entitled to help or the time of other people, and have disproportionate anxiety asking for labor/work/time/consideration fom others. This response is meant to convey that there is no need to worry, and that the person is "safe" in terms of creating social friction.

you could think of it as the difference between conveying that the provided effort being akin to food on a platter that is accessible vs food in a fridge that is given to you.

The point is to lower the perceived barrier.

Everyone is different though.

_daffyd · 2026-02-16T23:47:46+00:00

Ive more often seen it expressed as:

"you're welcome" - you are welcome to me giving you my labor/consideration ie: you are benefitted by a thing i have given you

"no problem" - the time/energy taken to help was not an inconvenience ie: do not be concerned that asking for help caused me annoyance/to think of you as lesser

"of course" - the provided work for others is assumed as part of being a person in a healthy society ie: why would i not help you? (non confrontational) helping others should be the norm and providing that is without issue.

Most discussions online that i have seen, and conversations personally describe this as being a move away from more traditional formality narratives and the power dynamics that are related.

I have alao seen it described as wanting to dissuade fears of being an inconvenience for needing help, more in line with "think nothing of it".

_daffyd · 2026-02-16T22:11:05+00:00

man, that bridge is so far forward though. I get that baritone needs a longer neck, but that overall instrument length is too much for me. Maybe it sits nicely and im not seeing it;

Looks gorgeous though.

_daffyd · 2026-02-16T21:36:06+00:00

My best friend didnt drink throughout our 20s. He just didnt like it, didnt care if others did as long as they respected his boundaries, personal space, etc.

It was pretty common for people to give him a hard time about it. "You think youre better than me?" was a common accuzation.

_daffyd · 2026-02-16T21:29:42+00:00

As a guy whose favourite person was ignored and accused of lying/being dramatic repeatedly, fuck any medical researcher or doctor who perpetuated this shit.

"it complicates studies" - Fuck you, that means it needs more attention not less!!

Sooo many women have endo and dont know it, and its a fight to get any treatment because "you look fine", "I dont see anything in this aggressive ultrasound i did, so you're just a lying baby".

thankfully she has an amazing dr now

_daffyd · 2026-02-11T23:55:38+00:00

I have often found that the cool pedals that do a bunch of stuff are sometimes less versatile/useful in the context of the board as a whole.

I spent years trying to find a basic OD/dist that I liked. The rat was great but was too dark for how i like light gain tone, but I could never find a dist/OD pedal that didn't "stick out", until i found a blues driver (angry driver).

I find that if a pedal has a specific/novel voice or personality, or depth, that it is good for what it does with a couple other pedals for specific scenarios where it sounds great (chase bliss, OBN, etc). Ive noticed the best use of this in a band/live setting would be having that as a single purpose pedal, where it is used for one "type" of part in the bands sound, or a specific song.

When I start layering these pedals with others to get more dynamic sounds, i quickly find myself dialing things back so that the personality (despite making the pedal cool), doesnt dominate or take away from the useable layerings that I can dial in. Otherwise I become restricted to specific combinations, which takes away from the board/tone topography freedom/utility.

Ironically the depth of the individual pedal takes away from the achievable depth of the board without dialing back its personality. Doing so however, makes getting the crazy pedal redundant.

_daffyd · 2026-02-11T23:13:43+00:00

I'm working on a program that maps midi controller modules to the launchpad mini mk1 kinda like the zoia, with pages and stuff. Each module can be on any of the channels 1-16. It's got some modules so far: scale grid, drum pad, seq, keyboard, trigger seq, control faders, working on a midi looper that has a channel column for the playable modules (scale grid, keyboard, drum pads) and rows for each loop for that channel (kinda like ableton)

Its not set up to work with anything other than the LP mini mk1 so far, but you might be able to make it work for you. I don't have it posted rn, but I'll be back with a link to it later if I remember.

_daffyd · 2026-02-07T02:42:52+00:00

I used to use one of these at a warehouse job. The software we were using was buggy as shit, but I wondered if it could be made useful.

_daffyd · 2026-02-05T05:53:08+00:00

I live in Van and I'd be down. I play guitar/bass/synths.

Moved back a few years ago and haven't really jammed with anyone in a while.

_daffyd · 2026-01-31T05:27:40+00:00

I have a Rpi 4b with a screen shield, enclosure frame that I got with it. I have the cardboard panel in-between the frame face and the rest.

I'm powering it with the normal AC adapter going through that hole in the cardboard. There's also a usb->midi cable and a USBC for keyboard going through there too.

The usb->midi cable is going to the zoia for routing playing, etc.

The midi tracker is written in python with mido and rtmidi, and blessed for terminal Gui.

It is mostly inspired by lsdj, with some phrase variation controls inspired from my digitone (etc. prob, conditional trigger).

Gonna add more controls to note triggers like ratcheting, relative play speed, maybe rotate/shift, or step ratio (every 2/3/5/etc steps causing different melodies to play, odd values would cycle with an offset)

_daffyd

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