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Quick update, I won't be able post here for 10 days. So no more updates for 10 or more days, going away from the weekend. 

Thanks all. Hope everyone has a good summer holiday.

@ezbass @Dad3353 Sorry for any inconvenience caused loading videos. With them taking long time to load and play. But it seems you guys got there eventually. My bad dudes.

@Crusoe thanks for the feedback and input on my terrible chord. I will take a look at that some time tomorrow dude.

@crusie I didn't mean to tag you. Tagged by mistake it won't let me delete.

20 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

The videos are not working, I'm afraid. Can you do them again, please..? I'll delete the duff posts once the good video is up... 

Tried playing it on chrome browser via phone? They are up for me.

Clean tone a chord 

I retuned it, I think I did it. Clean tone. 

2 hours ago, ezbass said:

I’m feeling really hard done by, I want to help but this all I see  

 

Sorry about this, but try chrome browser?.. I uploaded it via phone on chrome browser. I'm not really a wiz on computers much lol

Is there no option to download the video?.. Because i uploaded it without editing it.

Or try Firefox, because i can see it on my firefox browser on my windows 11 laptop

Tiktok is really good for musicians, especially guitarists, the audience there is much more friendly and apreciateable . Even if you are not so good right now at it you can grow with your audiences feedback really good.

Thanks @Dad3353 This looks like i will have to spend more time on than usual on it, Really apreciate your time and help here, really means alot!

Here is a clean tone version of all the open and closed .

6 hours ago, Crusoe said:

It sounds like the E and A strings are tuned to the same note. Do you have a tuner?

I don't have a physical one, only via apps.

1 hour ago, Dad3353 said:

Very good; thank you. Could you remove all of the effects from the amp, please, to have just a clear, bell-like tone of the string itself, amplified just enough to be audible, then post the same video, sounding each open string on its own, clearly. We're progressing...

Okay but will be tomorow now from the evening... So basically you need clean tone next.

Okay for diagnostic uses here's a video . Yeah my chord does sound "dead". 

I used g strings guitar tuner.

But they sound nothing like these references i found...

https://leftyfretz.com/free-left-handed-guitar-chord-diagram-chart/

So a bit of practice today here is my terrible a chord. 

@Dad3353 That makes absolute sense! So the one you don't press is basicall an open. Amazing! I will try to make some recordings soon of my chord progress dude.

Like a c major dude

One question, how would I play a chord that has a gap between two or one notes.. they seem quite tricky at the moment.

Thanks for the help guys, this will really improve my on my improvs.. Apreciate it 100%

37 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Good call, well done. Now get practising..! (Well, not too hard..! A couple of 10-15 minute sessions, each and every day to start off with...). 

Yes i just have been, D chord and A chord seem the easiest so far.

@Dad3353 Thanks, will take a look at these, i also looked on google and found this interesting link..

https://www.guitar-chord.org/articles/left-handed-chords.html

4 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Can I just get some precision about answer 4, please..? For me, the thickest string is the low 'E', and, for your, 'lefty' guitar, I would expect it to be furthest from the floor, when in playing position. Is that the case..? 

The thickest string is at the top like normal 6 string guitars, then they descend like they should from the thickest string as a normal 6 string would.

1 hour ago, EdwardMarlowe said:

Subject to the above questions... as a left-handed player, I always found it much easier to pick up chords in the early days - I just mirror imaged the demo from the other, right handed players. 

I assumed it would be like that, but that's what is making it difficult to execute the sound of a certain chord, i can't seem to hit any type or shape of chord except a power chord.

18 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

We are very close to the incomprehensible, here. Can we try to un-weave some of the strands, please..? Please answer the questions below...

 

1 - Are you left-handed..?

 

2 - Is your guitar a left-hand guitar..?

 

3 - When holding your guitar, ready to play, is the neck of the guitar to your left, or to your right..?

 

4 - When holding your guitar, ready to play, is the thickest string at the top (furthest from the floor...)..?

 

With the answers to these questions, we will have something from which to start explanations and assistance. Over to you...  

1 I am left handed

2. My guitar is left handed.

3. The neck hand is on my right and my picking is on my left.

4. The Thickest string High E is on the top as a normal 6 string guitar.

Here are your answers..

I really want to learn chords and how to arpegio chords too, but i get in a rut on how to strike them down with my neck hand, maybe its my left handed guitar maybe its my gain to high, i dont really know .. It's stopping me from improving on my improvisations.

So many videos on youtube teaching how to learn chords, but what is the most solid technique if you have a left handed guitar, or does it matter with left handed guitar. If you need to know what strings im using for chords, its light guage 10-46

Thanks!

I use 10-46 for light gauge they are really good for the bends and also they play great with light guitar pick too.