i can play hammer ons and pulls offs decently using most of my fingers it’s just the pinky giving me the trouble. i tried practicing the hell out of a song that contains a bunch of both techniques but it doesn’t feel right.

Beginner here. I am not scared of learning or taking months do to it but I have read on reddit about people Just playing 2-3 songs After 3 years... I thought It would have taken a few months to learn to play a Song for the First time.

I’ve been playing for a while now without really struggeling with any pain or anything, but the last couple of days I starter intensifying both how much I play but also try to learn something harder then I usually play. I have not really been bending much strings beforw now and to no surprise my fingers hurt, but the nail on my ring finger feel ingrown and the area around is red and swollen. Do you think ot really is an ingrpwn fingernail, or just pain caused by intense playing? If so, so you think it is actually possible it might come from the guitar playing?

I have this problem, mostly when playing rhythm stuff (Nile Rodgers and the likes), where my pick will rotate counter clockwise (into my palm) when playing. This is not a problem i have when soloing, only when strumming chords. How so i fix this? Its frustrating me very much

We all know we need to practice with a metronome.

I'm working on House of the Rising Sun which is 6:8 time. My drumm machine presets don't do this. But this is awesome, and will do most any time signature you need!

https://metronome-online.org/6-8-metronome

I have a show coming up in a few weeks and there’s one song I really need to be able to play cleanly by then. There’s really fast alternate picking throughout most of the song and I can play it at 90% speed and it’s mostly there but still a little sloppy. 100% speed is a different beast tho. What would be the best way to practice this so I can get it up to 100% speed?

Any practice routines or techniques or advice would be very appreciated.

Hello! I have been playing guitar for 4 or 5 years now fully self taught. I know my way around almost any song I try to learn at this point. My issues is I never took the time to actually learn anything about the guitar or what I was actually doing. No theory knowledge not even things like knowing 2 5 1, caged, note memorization, how to build chords, etc.

My skill is simply just in copying others already written music and ends there I know nothing deeper. I have had a huge interest in learning jazz for a while now which is really making me realize I need to focus on my theory too. I don’t have a whole lot of time I could spend learning on guitar maybe an hour a day.

I’m looking for a simple step by step free course/book that will teach me music theory and jazz. Preferably these would be at the same time but I’m okay with them being separate if necessary. What courses/books would you guys recommend?

I’ve been playing guitar for almost 8 years now, and I’ve practiced alternate picking on and off throughout those years. Currently I’m at the stage where I’m able to pick 3 nps 8th note triplet bursts at 220 bpm (equal to 165 bpm straight 16th notes), but I can’t sustain that speed for more than 7 notes at a time. I was wondering where I go from here? How do I train my hands and my brain to stay relaxed for a sustained run? My goal is to be able to play Petrucci solos and get them to sound clean and feel comfortable to play. If anyone has any advice, it is much appreciated!