Once you have all of your skills down, the improvised lines will just come to you.

I've been working on really being able to hear and connect intervals while I'm improvising. Curious what everyone else is.

Joe Pass says when playing over a 2-5-1 he just forgets about 2 and plays as if he’s playing over the 5 for both chords.

For people that actually have to teach themselves without an instructor. Who has the actual best course that’s laid out with a structure, where you learn A and then B and then C. You get the idea. Book, PDF, paid program doesn’t matter. I would think that most people don’t have much of a plan and a ...

I just learned a pentatonic scale shape and all of a sudden I can solo lol.

Just paying over a basic blues backing track everything sounds pretty good.

Any tips on where to go next?

If you have access to a computer or a phone, check out www.gitori.com and start going through the courses and games for learning the fretboard notes/intervals/triads/scale patterns. There are also free resources like MusicTheory.net and apps for ear training. Keep learning!

When trying to memorize the fretboard, how can I test myself or practice calling out the notes. Is there an app or something people use that can flashcard the notes or call them out?

Can you suggest beginner-friendly slow and emotional guitar solos similar to Something, Comfortably Numb, Tender Surrender, Still Got the Blues, ’Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers, Still Loving You, November Rain, and Stairway to Heaven?

When trying to learn a guitar part in a song where it is quite busy and hard to isolate the guitar part itself, what is the best solution people use for learning it?

Is it the case that I should just default to leaning from tabs or YouTube or is there something else I could be trying to help me ...

I would love to start writing songs but I have no idea where to start

Is it as easy as plugging the guitar into a pc?

Some guitarists leave certain pedals on all the time as part of their core tone. Do you have any pedals that stay permanently switched on?

I think my main mistakes are trying to play pieces too fast for my skill level. I also find that I don't really have a plan of practice or direction in my playing.

Sometimes I will start working on something, then over the coming days or weeks move onto something else and completely forget what I ...

I'm new to the music scene, but I can see how using AI for artwork might be seen as taking the easy way out. I think I'll stick to more traditional methods for now.

Practising chord transitions slowly without strumming helped me a lot.

I'm new to playing guitar and don't know much about building chords. Can someone explain what inversions and extensions are?

Doing your own setup can be rewarding but also intimidating. Have you tried adjusting action, intonation or truss rod yourself?

It took me about a year before I felt comfortable playing with other people.

Is it normal to bust a string every time I try to tune low E to D? Been trying to learn a song that uses this tuning, but I get nervous when I'm adjusting the tuning peg. Had one break last night and feels sketchy when I try it so usually leave it close but not quite there. Thanks.

I thought it would be easy to just learn a few chords and sing at the same time but anytime I start playing the guitar and sing at the same either one of two things happen I play the strumming pattern or the chords wrong or I sing the lyrics wrongly for those who are able to play guitar and sing at ...

Switching between chords felt impossible at first, but it gets easier surprisingly quickly with repetition.

Remember why you started playing music in the first place. It's about expressing yourself and enjoying the process. Don't let comparison take away the joy music brings you.

Welcom to the forum :)

Being quite new to the guitar, I wonder what would be a normal amount of time before needing to change the strings and also what to look for to know when I should change them. Or do I just wait until one breaks?

Have you ever attempted your own guitar setup, or do you prefer using a professional technician?