Top products from r/LearnGuitar
We found 24 product mentions on r/LearnGuitar. We ranked the 21 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
2. DR Strings Zebra - Acoustic-Electric Round Core 11-50
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
ZEBRA Acoustic Guitar Strings are made for acoustic-electric guitars with piezo pickups under the bridge or magnetic pickups in the sound holeAlternating nickel-plated steel and phosphor bronze wrap wires every other coil on a round core wireDR has created the perfect hybrid string that has signific...
3. COWEEN Pocket Guitar 6 Strings Portable Guitar Practice Gadgets 6 Fret Pocket Strings for Beginners
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
4. 100pcs Acoustic Electric Guitar Picks Plectrum Various Colors 6 thickness 0.58/0.71/0.81/0.96/1.20/1.50 mm + Pick Box
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Assorted Various Thickness And ColorsQuantity:100 PiecesMaterial:ABSThickness:0.58mm 0.71mm 0.81mm 0.96mm 1.2mm 1.5 mmCome With 15 Grid Case (Dimensions 7 x 4 x 1 inch)
5. Guitar: Fretboard Mastery - An In-Depth Guide to Playing Guitar with Ease, Including Note Memorization, Music Theory for Beginners, Chords, Scales and Technical Exercises (Guitar Mastery Book 2)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
6. Fred Kelly Picks D3-M-8 Delrin Speed Medium Guitar Pick
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Speed-Pick was designed to be fast on the stringsThe long, slim shank allows for precision, speed, and truer tonal clarityMedium gauge .98mmDelrin is an extremely strong material, and Provides a soft and natural sound on the stringsIt has a comfortable, yet securely fitting thumbhole
7. Prohands Gripmaster Hand Exerciser, Finger Exerciser (Hand Grip Strengthener), Spring-Loaded, Finger-Piston System, Isolate and Exercise Each Finger
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
8. Rogue RA-090 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Black
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Number of reviews: 1
6-stringDreadnought designWhitewood body25-3/8" scale lengthNato neck
9. Planet Waves 4CSH6-5 Finger Picks
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Premium quality celluloid provides natural feel and warm, fat toneLarge-size finger picksShell-coloredAvailable in multiple gauges5 picks per package
10. D'Addario EJ40 Silk & Steel Folk Guitar Strings, 11-47
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Designed and gauged for fingerstyle guitarists who prefer a warm, mellow toneSilk interwindings for soft, easy feel on fingersCorrosion resistant packaging for strings that are always freshMade in the U.S.A. for the highest quality and performanceString Gauges: Plain Steel .011, .014, Silk & Steel W...
11. Dunlop 9002P White Plastic Thumbpicks, Medium, 4/Player's Pack
Sentiment score: 1
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Made of white plastic4 pack of thumb picks
12. DR Strings Pure Blues Pure Nickel Wrap Round Core 10-46
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Pure Nickel Electric Guitar Strings: Medium 10-46Constructed with a pure nickel wrap wire on a round core wire to produce a distinctive warm and balanced sound with rich overtones and a vintage vibeTone and feel of classic American rock and blues with chords that ring out sweet and round, while lead...
13. Music Theory for Guitarists: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask (Guitar Method)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Tablature: Yes104 pagesSize: 12" x 9"Author: "Tom Kolb"ISBN: 063406651X
14. Herco HE112P Flat Thumbpicks, Medium, 3/Player's Pack
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Combination of the traditional flat pick with a thumbpick loopAll the advantages of both styles are now in one designMade of celluoid in assorted colors - red, blue, yellow and shell
15. Martin MSP4100 SP Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings, Light
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Gauges: .012 - .054Bronze alloy for brilliance and long life
16. The Rosetta Pattern: An Intuitive Guide To Scales And Modes
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 1
17. The Complete Guide to Playing Blues Guitar: Compilation (Play Blues Guitar) (Volume 4)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
18. Modern Chord Progressions: Jazz & Classical Voicings for Guitar
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Number of reviews: 1
Modern Chord Progressions BookThe Modern Chord Progressions book from the Jazz Harmony Series gives readers an explanation of many different types of important chord progressions for the intermediate and advanced guitaristThe Modern Chord Progressions book from the Jazz Harmony Series gives readers ...
Wow, there is some great advice in this thread! Theory is not particularly hard, but we've imposed some frameworks on it that are efficient, but obscure.
The fact that major/minor, sharped/flatted, diminished/augmented all refer to adding or subtracting a semi-tone from a note, or that 'dominant' can refer to the fifth note in a major scale, or the fifth chord in a major key are at the root of the confusion.
There should be a guidebook.
It's wise to take the broader view and start with what you're currently playing. If you're playing open chord songs that consist of major and minor chords, learn what the distinct notes are for each chord. Then go look up what the notes are if you change that chord from a minor to a major or vice versa.
(All of the below examples are based on the A Major Scale, from which all of the chords in the key of A Major are derived: A B C# D E F# G#)
You'll find that only one note changes, and it's the note in the middle of the alphabetic sequence. We call that note the 3rd and you'll find that the minor chord has a 3rd that is a semi tone flatter than a major. Work that out for all the chords you know. Do that as you learn new chords.
Example: (The A major triad: A C# E, the A minor triad: A C E - see that we've 'flatted' the C# to a C)
You've probably learned that major and minor scales are seven tone scales. A lot of theory is based on what we do to those individual tones. Major and minor (triad - three note chords) are based on the 3rd tone of the scale (See example above).
As an aside, pentatonic scales are a subset of major/minor scales, where they've removed the two tones with the highest chance of clashing.
Diminished and Augmented chords are based on the 5th tone of the scale.
(Although we typically don't diminish three note chords, if we did, we might get; A minor diminished: A C Eb) I don't want to get into diminished too much - it's an outlier because there are subtleties.
Major 7th, Minor 7th, Dominant 7th are, you guessed it based on the 7th tone of the scale. And yes, there are 9th, 11th, 13th chords.
(Example: A Major 7th: A C# E G#, A Minor 7th: A C E G, A Dominant 7th: A C# E G)
We also have suspended chords where we might substitute the 3rd tone with a 2nd, 4th, or 6th.
(Example: A sus 2: A B E, A sus 4: A D E)
We might even just throw those rules out and have Major Minor 7ths.
So yeah, there's a lot going on, but if you try to learn as much about the current chord set you're playing, you'll find it starts to make sense.
Also, Barbara Wharram wrote a great book that Royal Conservatory teachers use as a theory primer called: Elementary Rudiments of Music. It's a very approachable workbook. https://www.amazon.ca/Elementary-Rudiments-Music-Barbara-Wharram/dp/0887970044/ref=sr_1_2/168-4402758-7301632?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481846745&sr=1-2
Guitar strings are hugely preference based and also dependent on the individual guitar. Someone could love x brand y gauge strings on one guitar and hate that same brand and gauge on a very similar guitar.
That said I have an Ibanez Acoustic-Electric so I'll chime in anyways. If you play it plugged in a lot you can try the DR Zebra strings. Lately though I've been partial to [Martin phosphor bronze] (http://www.amazon.com/Martin-MSP4100-Phosphor-Acoustic-Strings/dp/B0002D0CA8) strings for my Ibanez.
As far as electric guitar strings. I like DR pure blues. They bend nicely and they have a great feel to them.
Oh! Also I've linked relatively light strings gauges since you said you're getting back into guitar. But you can get more volume and tone out of thicker gauges! Try experimenting with that once you get back into it more.
Good luck!
Fellow 43 year old here, started a few months ago. I'd say just have fun. And when you practice, have a specific focus. JustinGuitar and YouTube have been a great help. Plus a book by the name of Guitar Fretboard Mastery.
Do you know about this other subreddit? https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarlessons/
Yes, a chord book, this is the one I have:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0857752634/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_nBdIxbWEN7B01)
Go to one of the less expensive options. $15 is a little much for the default one that links.
Also, I forgot about this book too, which I also picked up a while ago but haven't thumbed through much of it yet. From what I did read though it is a great tool:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/063406651X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_KDdIxbJN5506K
Try silken string, they're more or less the same as metal strings, except they have a silk core so they're a lot easier to play. I picked these up and it was a huge upgrade: https://www.amazon.com/DAddario-EJ40-Steel-Guitar-Strings/dp/B000OR88JE/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=silk+string+guitar&qid=1550197516&s=gateway&sr=8-1
I've been using a thumb pick, and I find it much more conformable, and my picking technique has improved.
Maybe try a couple out?
Here's a variety of some depending on what you like:
https://www.amazon.com/Herco®-HE112P-Thumbpicks-Medium-Players/dp/B0002OOMWQ/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1481761779&sr=8-6&keywords=thumbpicks
https://www.amazon.com/Dunlop-Plastic-Thumbpicks-Medium-Players/dp/B0009R3I8A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481761855&sr=8-1&keywords=thumbpicks&refinements=p_72%3A2661618011
https://www.amazon.com/Fred-Kelly-Picks-D3-M-8-Delrin/dp/B00JA4T7HE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1481761926&sr=8-2&keywords=speed+pick
The Rosetta Pattern https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1794677976 really helped me figure out how to name modes and scales easily and to move between diatonic, pentatonic and blues scales. It's a great framework.
Check out a Modern Chord (https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Chord-Progressions-Classical-Voicings/dp/0898986982) Progressions by Ted Greene to start. Then just Google and find any number of sites explaining scales and modes. It's a good idea to try to come up with your own scale patterns and arpeggios based on the chord shapes in the book - figuring those out on your own will help you make sense of it in your own way and ingrain that fretboard knowledge.
I'd just buy a blues fake book (maybe http://www.amazon.com/Real-Blues-Book-Leonard-Corp/dp/1423404513/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426142710&sr=8-2&keywords=blues+fake+book) then work at the songs in them. It'll be slow going at first trying to play the melody and chords at the same time, but you'll eventually get the hang of it and every song you learn will sound better than the last.
With finger picking, unless your goal is to play complex fingerpicked music, you can get by without fingernails. And you can always just buy a set of finger picks
Most teachers would say to start thin, so the pick has more room to bend against the string, and work to thicker ones as your accuracy increases across the strings. As you begin to play faster lead parts a thin pick will hurt your playing as the little bit of time where the pick bends will screw up your timing. I recommended buying these www.amazon.com/dp/B01H31ITWE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_I29BzbA5Z4S8E
Here is the mobile version of your link
It's kinda pricey but if you can afford it, this will teach you an immense amount of blues: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Playing-Blues-Guitar/dp/1499260598/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=blues+guitar&qid=1571768078&sr=8-3
https://www.amazon.com/Rogue-RA-090-Dreadnought-Acoustic-Guitar/dp/B005PFPNIO
Very cheap, but does the job...
I also found that a finger trainer helped me develop the muscles in my fingers:
http://www.amazon.com/Gripmaster-Hand-Exerciser/dp/B0085MX3SG