64 Answered Questions for the topic guitar

04/29/19

How to know key of a melody?
How can you tell what key a melody is in if it uses notes found in multiple scales? And if a note is introduced from a different scale than the one it was in, does that change the key? What if it... more
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04/23/19

Can someone please tell me why there are 5 different patterns to Penatonic scales?
I mean if you can move them, why do you need more than one? All are movable up and down the fretboard? Right? So why does each need 5 patterns and how do you know which one to use? This has really... more
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04/18/19

Did Jeff Beck "play the changes" on Goodbye Porkpie Hat?
I have read several different accounts of Charles Mingus' reaction to Jeff Beck's cover of Goodbye Porkpie Hat. One account says he liked it and sent Jeff a note saying this while another says he... more
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04/15/19

Guitar book to complement my guitar lessons?
I have recently started guitar lessons. I really love them, but I feel there is something missing. My teacher's approach is "every class, let's learn a new song" but I feel I need some theory, like... more
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04/04/19

How to self-teach music theory on guitar?
So I've tried a lot of resources out there( the free ones) on the internet, from YouTube to PDFs. But my progress is not much. The basic stuff like major scale is clear to me only in theory, but I... more
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03/26/19

Did Jeff Beck "play the changes" on Goodbye Porkpie Hat?
I have read several different accounts of Charles Mingus' reaction to Jeff Beck's cover of Goodbye Porkpie Hat. One account says he liked it and sent Jeff a note saying this while another says he... more
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03/19/19

Why do modern popular songs composed on piano sound different than songs composed on guitar?
Songs that I hear that are piano based - ie. **composed and originally performed on piano**, seem to have a different feel than those composed on guitar. The flow, the movement, the chords used -... more
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03/15/19

Which guitar chord sounds like A# note on the keyboard?
I am composing a tune using Ableton. The basic composition contains the note 'A#', and I want to add some acoustic strumming to it. However, I am new to guitar playing as well and can't seem to... more
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03/14/19

Pentatonic Scales Question?
I'm learning the notes on the fret board and I just wanted to ask something about the pentatonic scales you see, A minor pentatonic is A C D E G on the 5th fret, but when I play it on the 2nd fret... more
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01/02/19

When playing the guitar, how do I know which scale to play over a chord progression?
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01/01/19

When playing the guitar, how do I know which scale to play over a chord progression? For example, if I play a G, D, Em, C chord progression, which scale would I play and why?
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Guitar

11/28/18

An amp to start playing the electric guitar
I am going to begin playing the electric guitar and for that I will need an amp. But I don't want to pay a lot of money for it. Which amp schould I buy. Has anyone any suggestions?
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Guitar Physics Waves

12/13/16

Physics Guitar String problem
A guitar string of length 67 cm and mass per unit length 0.9 g m-1 vibrates at anunknown frequency and is to be tuned to a reference source of 270 Hz, which isachieved by altering the tension of... more
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09/15/16

Guitar Manufacturer
A guitar manufacturer spent $89 million on the production of acoustic and electric guitars in 1999. If the amount the company spent producing acoustic guitars was $50 million more than it spent on... more
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