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Getting back to it!

Hello all! I put my guitar down for the longest time. Then I ran across Syns videos and it has inspired me to pick them up again! I got really frustrated trying to figure out scales a couple years ago. Hoping now that I'm a bit older and more disciplined that I can get back into it. I was thinking of just starting from scratch completely, back to the begginer videos. Any advice for a returning player?

Dealing with anxiety and lack of motivation

Hi to all synners, hope that you staying well.

I have been playing guitar about 8 years, had released few songs as a solo artist last year, just not to write it in the desk, and to learn to master tracks, keep myself in line, etc etc.

For the latest year I have been personally experiencing complete lack of the joy from playing guitar. Worst feelings are coming when you are writing a new riff/song/melody, and just lose it because you don't want it anymore, it seems to be bad or absolutely alien to me, but everyone like "just continue, it's alright", but that's no go, a dead end. But I feel that I can't simply put the guitar in the bag, closet and forget it. And everytime it's absolutely the same. Don't want to learn anyone songs, don't want to do my music, feeling fake... It has never been my job, always a hobby, but how can it be kept, when it keeps disappointing?

I've talked to some fellow musicians to start something together, came motivated from the meeting, and all of the sudden noone is willing to do anything, and it also kills me.
If somebody can share a way of how to deal with this feelings, maybe how you overcame yours, that would be either helpful, or show that it'll pass, I wasn't alone, it's doable.

Cheers

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Guitar CAGED question

Hey!
I was practicing the CAGED chord shapes again last night and focus trying to repeat them but starting with different shapes to get a better grasp.
It was fine when I started with open C but when I started with the F chord ( E shape barred ) and moved to the D then tried the C again, it didn't work.
My guitar wasn't tuned well and didn't spend more time on it. Later I'll try it again but was wondering if I'm doing something wrong.
I thought about going in reverse, I think it was EDGAC, do I do that?

Any tips or things too add is also welcome for sure.

Thanks in advance!
g2g

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Some of my sketchbook art

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theory behind syn's solos

hello everyone i ve been playing live gigs as solo guitarist for a not really long while as a self taught, i can apply the most main guitar theory basics-inters to my improv or written solos live but i dont really have a great knowladge of the really advanced guitar theory material and i want to apply fast shred licks like syn's iconic licks. i dont have any problem with the speed i can practice for 2-3 days max and play his solos as long as i have tabs but i want to apply these mostly to my improv solos and i cant figure out the theory behind his overall solos or licks with my analysis alone like what scales he use and what type of chord progressions behind it makes them sound perfect. Can anyone with a good grasp on these matters help me out with the example of Scream solo ?

🥂 🎆 Jamie London is getting a tad older 🎆 🥂

Good day everyone.

Today's a special day; it's the birthday of our very own @Jamie London !!

For those who don't know, he is part of the Synner team and has been in the lead of all our social medias. He does a killer job over there and has been an integral part of our successes, most notably us reaching 10k followers on IG. He has always been integral to the team and the effort to make Synner as great as possible.

Moreover, he's also my co-host on Two Fancy Dudes and most importantly, a very good friend. Please join me in wishing him the happiest of birthdays.

You may be turning 30 but I'm glad that at heart, you are still as immature as I am and you will laugh at the same bad jokes as I do!

Cheers mate 🥂

- Rad

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‼️ Reminder: PG's back this Tuesday ‼️

Good day everyone!

Hope your Saturday is going well. Just a friendly reminder that PG will be live this Tuesday October 25th at 9h PST/12h EST/18h CET!

Don't miss it!!!


- Rad

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Moving on stage

So I have a band, we are doing pretty good, we have like 6 concerts only one on a big open stage. My problem is that I am a very shy person and I can't really manifest on stage especially while playing guitar. We play metal so it is kinda required to set up the atmosphere. I don't know what to do or how to get overy shyness, like in my mind every thing I can think of to do on stage looks cringe
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hail to the king solo

Hey schooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I was wondering if u guys have any tips on how to practice the 1st sweeping part of h.t.t.k?
also im wondering how and why just why syn is so fucking good at guitar and why such a beauty like the H.T.T.K solo is so hard to play:p:p:p.(to me at least)
It sucks cause im studying for A/L and can't practice as much :((((
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Playing guitar recently

I've been playing guitar for a while, and I've only started with power chords back in March of this year. I've been loving playing along with songs that I like for the past 2 weeks (I've mostly focused on practicing certain techniques without playing, so I'm implementing more playing time now). I've been playing Dammit by blink-182 and I've slowed it down in my DAW to about 40BPM. For some reason, I choke when it comes to palm muting after the intro to the first verse, and I seem to have an issue where there's a noticeable gap in between shifting up from the C power chord to the G power chord, unlike the record. What can I do to make that shift sound more smooth? Should I slow the song down even more than that? What could I be doing better?
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Tim Henson acoustic guitar

Hey! Have y’all seen this?


I am usually not an acoustic guy but this release has me hyped! Beautiful guitar that seems to combine the best of electric and acoustic for a surprisingly “low” price. May get me one soon.

What’s your take on this?
Oh and how has everybody been?

🎆 Spotlight student of October 2022! 🎆

Good day everyone! 🎆

For those of you here who are new to Synner, we sometimes like to underline the work of students here who participate, work hard, are helpful and just in general a pleasure to have here by putting them in the spotlight a little!

This months spotlight student is @Javier Wienarjati!!

While he is still very young, he has a clear passion for guitar that he wants to share as much as possible with everyone around. We also see him being helpful in the forums a lot and so, we just wanted to salute you Javier and say how thankful we are to have you here!

Sustaniac Issues - Synyster Gates Custom-S Gold Burst

Hey guys, I just got my guitar in about two weeks ago and have been playing around with the sustainiac a ton.

Anyways, the other day using only the neck pickup (the sustainiac) with it being turned off was dead. The pickup was not working, but when the sustaniac was turned on it worked perfectly fine. I figured it was a battery issue grabbed a 9V Duracell and changed it out. The good news is the sustainiac pickup now worked with it being turned off and was getting normal sounds.

The big issue however was now the sustain was not nearly working as well as it used to. Before I could sustain notes infinitely and this one while it can sometimes do it infinitely it's random at best. The note has to be struck extremely hard and even then the note will decrease in volume quite a bit before it reaches the sustain point, this was not happening before as I could slide around anywhere and hold it infinitely. The other issue is the harmonic mode. Unless I turn the harmonic mode on right away, the note doesn't have enough volume to trigger it and it just dies. I've tried two different Duracell 9 Volt batteries and I get the same issue (mind you I have had them for a few years but haven't used em).

Any help or advice on this issue is greatly appreciated.

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Is this like playing in Keys with CAGED?

Hi,
Since the videos have been down I've been practicing mostly the first CAGED lessons more and again, it's going good ( maybe could be better ), I was wondering about playing in different Keys.

If I for example take the chords E Major, A Major, D Major in open position and play those shapes barred from the 3rd fret in E standard, would that mean I'm playing in the key of G?
Is that a way of doing it or would I need to translate the chords to the proper shape.

Another question is, if I play the G Major CAGED shape chord and just slide it around, is that playing in the Key of G?

I remember something like to play in a Key I need to find the tonal center, so maybe that answered my questions some.
The tonal center would be like the third or fourth chord in the middle of the key and 7 chords excluding the octave/interval? ( maybe wrong )

Some stuff I was thinking about

Thanks

Hello all!

Hi everyone,I'm Randy. I'm 62 and have picked up and set down the guitar more time's than I can remember. I have never had any lessons just picked up a few things from friends. My first guitar was pulled out of a dumpster and required a little work to make it somewhat playable. The action is still high and gets some buzz when not keyed properly but I have heard it sound pretty good by someone who played a lot. Sorry for the long introduction but happy I found this site.

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