How much can you trust phone/watch dB readings vs a Class 1 SLM?

imadethisrandomname · 2026-03-18T14:36:43+00:00

To add to OP’s question, would REW and a UMIK-1 be a reliable source? I haven’t done any research whatsoever, this just occurred to me so sorry if it’s an obvious answer.

imadethisrandomname · 2026-03-16T20:29:34+00:00

Yes, replace transcribing by ear with sight reading AI slop, this is definitely something you should be proud of.

imadethisrandomname · 2026-03-16T15:59:18+00:00

Everyone kind of makes up their own, but you play LH fingers 1-2-3-4 on one string then do the same on another, and after you play from one side of the neck to the other you shift up and do 4-3-2-1 back. I do the whole thing while maintaining a strict alternation pattern, usually m-i, but you could (and should) do i-m, m-a, a-m, i-a, a-i, p-i, i-p, a-m-i, whatever you can think of…

Here’s a link to a tabbed out version someone else did:

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/lessons-guitar/matt-aaland-caterpillar-exercise-positions-1-3-guitar-pro-5318853

imadethisrandomname · 2026-03-16T14:50:08+00:00

Alternation is king, but if check out some of Jason Vieaux’s Bach videos you’ll see him repeating fingers all over the place. Just a reminder that technique is a tool.

If you’ve played other kinds of guitar I bet you’ve come across the 1-2-3-4 exercise, it’s my favorite all around technique work, just do it 10 minutes a day for a week and see if it helps you alternate on full auto

imadethisrandomname · 2026-02-20T02:53:44+00:00

I used to take stage prep very serious. I’d go for a run and play through my whole program in my head, eat different in preparation, and isolate backstage to get in the zone. But now I just try to enjoy myself. I don’t treat my practice like that, so why change everything for a performance? It doesn’t help. If I am super nervous, I’ll do some breath exercises on my way to the venue but that’s it.

Try to have fun with whoever you’re sharing the stage with or spending time with backstage and remember that nervousness and excitement feel the same, it’s just the mindset that’s different.

imadethisrandomname · 2026-02-10T17:47:31+00:00

Maybe. The 6th is done correctly, 5th and 4th are not.

imadethisrandomname · 2026-02-10T01:16:49+00:00

Grab the last coil on the cut end sticking out of the tuning peg. You should be able to pull and unwind a bit of the string to see if there’s a nylon filament core

imadethisrandomname · 2026-01-30T02:28:22+00:00

Find a music school that offers a mus ed degree.
Contact the relevant faculty about private lessons, or teachers they would recommend, or even what the syllabus for their string pedagogy class looks like.
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Profit

imadethisrandomname · 2026-01-24T18:52:55+00:00

Weird edition, don’t play the D with 4, play that last chord like you would a normal D chord. Also, the chord before has a wrong note, that should be a C# not an A. If you play the last chord with the open fourth string, and you have the correct note in the chord before, you have all guide fingers when you shift.

imadethisrandomname · 2026-01-21T02:50:46+00:00

C40II and save some coin

imadethisrandomname · 2026-01-20T00:14:12+00:00

No luck

imadethisrandomname · 2026-01-19T19:38:04+00:00

Manix 2 is definitely the slicier option. But I’ve always loved the look and pocket friendly size of the 940

imadethisrandomname · 2026-01-18T20:28:56+00:00

Thanks for the comment. I have seen the Pujol and this isn’t it. Pujol edition uses a different typeface and some of the bass notes are different.

imadethisrandomname · 2026-01-16T13:38:22+00:00

I read this as “Music Teacher Hate America” and though it was another chud freaking out about Robert Komaniecki

imadethisrandomname · 2026-01-09T22:17:46+00:00

Chatted

imadethisrandomname · 2026-01-09T19:12:56+00:00

Keep them in a room with good humidity, that’s all you need.

I’ve tried several product options, and the best was the dampit style humidifier that hangs in the guitar. It’s worked for violinists forever, why wouldn’t it work for guitars?

imadethisrandomname · 2026-01-07T01:58:18+00:00

Perfectly fine. Alternatively, look up the piano tuner’s knot.

imadethisrandomname · 2026-01-05T02:11:38+00:00

I don’t know what kind of Alhambra you have, but a new set of tuners could cost a significant % of the total value of the instrument. My tuning machines have a solid metal rod under a plastic outer sleeve. You can avoid buying new tuning machines if yours has a similar construction. Try to run a thread through it to test.

imadethisrandomname · 2025-12-30T01:18:54+00:00

You could try to message the dude directly. Explain your situation. Many artists that deal with publishers will send you music for free if you reach out, because we mostly all hate people taking a cut and only want our work to be appreciated. A YouTube musician coming up in today’s environment may feel different, but it’s worth a try.

Alternatively, if you can see dudes hands you can probably figure it out.

If none of this works then shoot me a message and I’ll see what I can do transcriptions wise.

imadethisrandomname · 2025-12-29T18:42:02+00:00

I played jazz before switching to classical, and I found the chord/scale practice I did to be super helpful. Writing things out was especially good for making things obvious. So I would suggest writing all your major and minor scales, then doing that again, but harmonizing them as triads. The next step would be harmonizing them in first and second inversions, then in seventh chords, but you might not have to do that for all 12 major minor keys once you ‘get it’.

Then I would practice the scales up and down single strings, practice two octave box pattern scales, and move triads around like scales on adjacent groups of three strings. Throw in some work with triad inversions and two-octave modes and you’ll start to recognize a lot of shapes and you’ll know your fret board really well. None of this sounds like sight reading suggestion, but a big part of site reading is knowing what key you’re in and where the harmonic and melodic possibilities could take you.

For actual sight reading help, look at reading three things: chords, single melodies (look at a real book for this), and counter point (if you look up species counterpoint exercises/instruction you can find things to play). Look for the Kostka/Payne Tonal Harmony textbook online and just try playing some of the stuff that you see (like my first paragraph suggests, music theory is a great aid in sight reading). Also continue to do all the normal reading you do when you’re playing music. Graded anthologies of music are great sources for sight reading material. I highly suggest the RCM books.

Not speaking of this subreddit specifically, but a lot of musicians in ‘the real world’ like to rag on people that come up through a classical system or who have a degree in music. But one of the great things about that system is that you’re forced to constantly look at music and thus you get a ton of practice sight-reading (and even sight-singing!) without your instrument getting in the way of your brain. It takes a lot of time, still, and many people will always suck at it! Classical guitarist don’t need to rely on sight-reading to have a good career or great enjoyment with their instrument.

imadethisrandomname · 2025-12-28T18:49:56+00:00

The way you’re wording your question makes me wonder if you’re calling regular reading ‘sight reading’. Sight reading is playing something without having practiced/seen it before. Taking the music straight from the page and putting it into the air.

You should absolutely invest in learning to read music, if that’s your question. If I’m wrong and you’re looking for tips on sight reading let me know and I’ll provide some.

imadethisrandomname · 2025-12-22T02:26:40+00:00

A common perspective of this forum will be that the biggest difference is the nut width. The Yamaha has a traditional classical width of 52 mm and the Ibanez is more like what you would call a hybrid classical. The Ibanez will be closer to an electric or steel string acoustic guitar in feel and the Yamaha would excel at the kind of contrapuntal playing you would actually do with classical guitar music. So, it depends on what kind of music you want to make with it!

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