Bad habits...

Trippin Hillbilly · Post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:33 pm

I found some old tapes I made after a few months of picking up a guitar and I get the feeling that I've gotten worse.

Well not worse per se cause that's not possible but I think I've picked up way too many bad habits. My biggest problem being that I mute so much now that sometimes it feels like im just bashing the guitar like a drum instead of just playing it and letting it ring beautifully.

Anyone else ever feel the same way? I gotta figure out a way of breaking 4+years worth of bad habits. Fantastic.

dmbguitar718 · Post by **dmbguitar718** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:35 pm

Definitely.

Trippin Hillbilly · Post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:55 pm

It's a pain in the ass.

Tranman66 · Post by **Tranman66** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:44 pm

haha, switch to fingerpicking, it'll keep you away from muting too much. or strum with your hand. come on seriously... is it that hard to control

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:14 pm

i hear ya. i've noticed that i write w/ a lot of muted strings now too. i try to open stuff too but i end up sounding like dashboard. so i guess those are my options...dave or dashboard

oh well.

a1075dd63aa12 · Post by **a1075dd63aa12** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:18 pm

dmbguitar718 wrote:Definitely.

Grachi · Post by **Grachi** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:08 am

yea. Sometimes i find in situations that I should use my pinkie, I still don't. not when forming chords but like hitting notes on the guitar consecutively like when you should use your pinkie I instead move my hand and use my ring.

It means I have to move my my hand more than you should have to and is harder to keep the right rhythm. I've been forcing myself lately to get that pinkie on the fretboard when I'm not just strumming chords though.

xan. · Post by **xan.** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:48 am

i have only been playing for 1 year, i hope i dont get any bad habits. what are some bad habits to look out for?

Kahn · Post by **Kahn** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:14 am

I bite my finger nails. Oo oo and pick my nose too.

smedley · Post by **smedley** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:47 am

Grachi wrote:yea. Sometimes i find in situations that I should use my pinkie, I still don't. not when forming chords but like hitting notes on the guitar consecutively like when you should use your pinkie I instead move my hand and use my ring.

It means I have to move my my hand more than you should have to and is harder to keep the right rhythm. I've been forcing myself lately to get that pinkie on the fretboard when I'm not just strumming chords though.

I think I use my pinky too much

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:57 am

smedley wrote:
Grachi wrote:yea. Sometimes i find in situations that I should use my pinkie, I still don't. not when forming chords but like hitting notes on the guitar consecutively like when you should use your pinkie I instead move my hand and use my ring.

It means I have to move my my hand more than you should have to and is harder to keep the right rhythm. I've been forcing myself lately to get that pinkie on the fretboard when I'm not just strumming chords though.
I think I use my pinky too much

not possible

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:13 pm

Appfro wrote:i hear ya. i've noticed that i write w/ a lot of muted strings now too. i try to open stuff too but i end up sounding like dashboard. so i guess those are my options...dave or dashboard oh well.

and the choice is obvious on which to stick with.

Post by **jkanter** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:14 pm

I stopped playing guitar for a good 6 months up until about a month ago. All I was doing was stuff sounding like DMB and all that stuff. So I took time off, now I am back and have a refreshed view of what I want to do with the guitar. I still suck but at least I suck and don't sound like DMB

Trippin Hillbilly · Post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:48 pm

I stopped playing dmb a long time ago for that exact same reason.

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:04 pm

yea i play very few dmb songs now if any. i almost never play him unless someone asks me. i've started trying to play a lot of clapton to try to learn more chords and cool progressions. i usually stay away from the blues progressions if at all possible though.