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Helloo people. my name is brett. i play the acoustic guitar. not so much electric. ive been playing for about a year or two. but been gettin quite stuck recently. i want to play jack johnson but i want to vary my music. i need a lil help and i thought maybe someone could help me. thankyou.

Firstly welcome to the forum

We would be glad to help you.

Where are you finding that you are getting stuck?

I think after you have played guitar for this long the improvements you make are not as apparent. I find this makes a lot of guitarists demotivated.

Perhaps this is your issue?

yeh that might be the reason. but everytime i pick up my acoustic and strum a random chord. i let it ring in my ears and i love the sound. its just im not findin any rhythmic solo artists i can learn from. if you understand what i mean.

What kind of music are you into? Perhaps people here can suggest some ideas of people you could look into??

the ack johnson sort. newton faulkner. the music that is only guitar and singing. no beat or drum or bass needed. thats sort of music so if anyone can help me out then i will be grateful

Hi Brett, you say you've been playing for around 2 years? One way that would be helpful is if you could learn the G Major Neutral Zero chord. It's pretty tricky to start with but seeing as you've been playing for a while you should pick it up in no time. I understand that the majority of songs that make it into the charts these days use it.


I hope this helps,

Rex