i only have a six string but want to play DOOM music, but i suck and struggle with everything

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQQgLg9VXI

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either put some thick strings on your guitar and drop it to drop G or so ... or get something like a droptune plugin

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i mean like, i cant play at all

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then this is the chance to learn how to play

but maybe start with something simple

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I’ve tried everything from books to YouTube to online courses and lessons

Nothing sticks even after I spend months practicing

Then I just put down the guitar for a good while and it just cycles

I’ve spent more on learning material then I have my actual guitar

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what doesn't stick ? the physical part like strumming, picking, chord shapes ?

or the rhythm part ?

can you play a simple song using only powerchords for instance ? like a greenday song ?

or play a simple scale ?

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i am very curious

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nothing will "stick" for your goal, here. you can set your goals. if its, put your fingers where someone else did while they were playing these guitar parts, you can hire someone to make tab for you and invest money in getting the same gear. you can learn to do what i just did, where, im playing these harmonies and melodies on my guitar, RN, in standard tuning.

you are trying to skip over learning to play guitar and play guitar parts that people with more experience played

that wont work well for you, likely

its fine to have the goal to pretend to play guitar in that band. you can crank the original track and turn your guitar down and pretend to play along

otherwise, separate out your goals and learn to play guitar. we have #playing-techniques💪 with lots of helpful pins there.

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Only thing I’ve been able to get are the c scale and some super easy songs or parts of other songs

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At that point why bother with having a guitar if I’m not actually playing

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what are super easy songs ?

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stay by post malone, smoke on water, come as you are, and fukashigi no carte

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so you have no experience with playing metal and want to learn this ? This Doom song is really not that hard but without the base skills for metal playing it would be really tricky

besides the fact that it's in drop A#

maybe first start with some more rock/punk songs that don't require very low tunings but do incorporate the same elements, like fast downpicking, palmmuting

I started out with things like Basketcase from Greenday for instance

I am actually more curious how things don't stick or what is the main difficulty in learning the guitar for you @low tide

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i honestly dont know, i just gfet into bursts of really wanting to play, buy lessons or books or whatever, and then if i cant make any porogress after a week or so i just stop playing entirely

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and in one of those weeks ... how much do you practice / play ?

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2-3 hours a day

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seems a bit excessive

i think if you would just practice like an hour a day but for a prolonged time ... even if it's just learning one song ... you'd progress more

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right?! decide if you want to actually play it. you can hear and see that im playing that music on my normal 6 string. you can do that

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It’s more like 1 hours and then I take a break and then do another hour whenever I can

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I just don’t have the technical skills is all

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ok

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maybe start more at the beginning

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ive done that, i cant move my hands or do aything no matter what im doing, even if its scales

only thing i can do is chords

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You can't move your hands?

Yes you can. You can learn to do all of this.

You don't have to. But you certainly can.

It's just a guitar. Lots of people learn to play the guitar. If the only thing you can do is chords, and you're having a fun hobby and that's fun? That's all that matters

If you want to play a single line scale, you can do that!

You don't have to. You have to decide what your goals are, and I promise you, you can do more than just play chords.

You also don't have to. But I believe in you.

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then play (power)chords ... start learning some Greenday ... or Learn the doom song in any drop tuning ... its mostly open strings and some single notes so it really is not that hard

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what does that even mean 'I can't move my hands' ?

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playing differnt chors that isnt at a snails pace, and every kind of picking

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maybe you;re too tense ? press too hard on your strings ?

you don't have any physical disabilities ?

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not really, i dont tense unless im doing one note on loop

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not that i know of

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then I have no idea how to help ... I know about anybody can learn the guitar to some degree ... with consistent practice

i feel the on-off strategy usually doesn't really work

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idk

im trying rocksmith rn but im not any good

i only get 50/60% accuracy

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start slower ... work your way up

it;s about building muscle memory ... just like with gaming

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i mean i guess, but playing e sportsd titles has wayy less techniqaclity then guitar

and even then i suck at those too

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with that attitude you get nowhere ...

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Idk man

After 4 years you kinda just give up

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then give up

or start changing the way you approach it

set one realistic goal for a period of a month

work towards that , consistently