Hi,

Made my first 1-man cover toying with this cheap USB interface thing - recorded 6 guitar tracks and "bass", I don't have a damn bass but apparently it works somewhat on regular guitar. Tried mixing it in Audacity hmm

I am curious what software you guys use for mixing if recording?

I also wonder what I can do to reduce noise when tapping. The main riff in this song I just tap but it makes a lot of noise. It's "open string" tapping which makes it even worse. Any tips to mute strings? Other than to not suck at playing

I just uploaded it to some site, I have a few In Flames fans friends maybe they like it. It is a metal song if anyone wanna review or listen http://soundcloud.com/fanapathy/my-sweet-shadow-cover
Cheers it is fun to play

Playing guitar with fat fingers hella hard.

I hate A chord.

Just use one finger.

yepyepyep, that's how i usually play it and i don't even have fat fingers.

I had issues with that too.

Think I've got A down though. Now to start switching between chords properly...

if you watch justin guitar he shows a slightly different finger position for A chord. It also makes it easier for switching between A, D, and E as he suggests using Index finger 3rd string, middle finger 4th string and 3rd finger on 2nd string. This means that you dont have to move your index finger from 3rd string when switching

I can't imagine trying to play A using my index finger. Why would you do that? It's so much easier to go from A to E, B, B7, or G if you're going from 234, and D isn't any harder in any configuration.

(Also, don't get too used to playing D as 132. I did this and it sucks, because I need 243 or 231 more often, and my hand always wants to go to 132. Half the songs in the world seem to have D-Dm or D-D7 in them.)

try going A to Fm with index its hardly a move at all.

From index barre? I'm fine with playing A as 111 if you want, it's 123 or 213 that don't make any sense to me. And those certainly don't make it any happier to get to Fm. Unless you have much better hands than I do and play it in Dm form, I guess.

I play A as 123 and 234 sometimes depending on where I'm coming from but I usually just bar with the index 111. I play Fm as x4422x with index barring the 22 and 3 and 4 on the fourth frets. You get a good Fm sound that way, getting the important minor sounding note in there and you can transition really fast between them.

guys it really doesn't matter

when you get faster at chord changes you'll realize this whole conversation is irrelevant.

just do the A 57765(5) then u can snap change to anything right nearby and be done with it

and mike aren't you describing a F#m not Fm to be a nit or Gb (since this is a beginners thread)


Side Q for theorists out of curiosity, why do they call it Bb instead of A# etc sometimes? I am guessing it has a specific context for either use. And in English how do you pronounce it? I know A# is "A sharp" but what is Bb (and equivalents like Db)?
Cheers guys you're awesome

WRT pickups. I have a squier black and Chrome fat strat. It has regular pickups in the neck and middle , but a humbucker in the bridge. I was thinking of putting Texas specials in the neck and middle and an emg in the bridge. I am a guitar noob , so that may be a bad combo. What do you guys think ? Good idea ?

Bb - "B flat"

It is to do with what key you are playing in.


EDIT: wow never knew this (E#)

I'm a fairly new player myself and like most others I have a Squire also but it's not a HSS just single coils in the whole thing. My opinion on the Squire is: it's a learning guitar. If I can learn to play it semi competently I'll go out and treat myself to a nice guitar. Most likely it would be a Fender American, this way I bought basically the best there is and why bother going through spending a bunch of money on different guitars.

I figure if I can play spend the money on the top of the line and be done. I don't see the point in going from the Squire to something a little better, then getting maybe a MIM Fender, then getting something else. Seems like a waste of time and money to me. The money I might spend going from one to another and any upgrades in between seems like a waste to me. Just my .02 but I would suggest saving the money learn how to play the hell out of the Squire then just get the best thing you can after that. No sense in hopping up something that will always be viewed as a starter guitar.