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I am looking for aid on getting out of this groove I am in.

 

I want to write songs, but I end up just arpeggiating or playing this stupid major 5th chord on different spots of the fretboard...

 

I have absolutely 0 direction when writing. I am stick on the same chord and just moving up and down.

 

I can play guitar pretty well, have been for 7 years, I can play anything you give me, but creating a song is near impossible.

 

I just need a boost.

 

Does anyone know of any sites or tips to help me out?

 

Thanks.

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When was the last time you designed a house? Writing,
even or especially, simple tunes is a lot like architechture. Yup.
Formulae, standard progressions, standard forms, standard
hooks. Don't ask me what those might entail. Even if I knew
I probably wouldn't give anything away.
The point is, Rome wasn't built in a day. Most of the guys here
can get you oriented but the rest is 99% perspiration. :wave:

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Usualllllllly, when someone is in a rut ans asks ME what they can do to get back in the learning mode and climb out of the pit i tell them to learn a NEW genre.

If you are a straight ahead metal player, then try stone straight country. And do it with strict discipline to sound right and use real country licks.

If you are blues then try contemporary christian rock.

If you are country then perhaps try reggae.

The reason why is that each of these genres use different rhythms, chord structures, licks, and feel.

After you have learned something new (EVEN if you dont think it will improve you at all) then go BACK to your fav style and try writing.

A rut is something we get into from doing the same things over and over. To get out of a rut you have to do something entirerly different. And then you also gain the knowledge of the new thing you learn to take back to your old thing.

It may seem like a waste of time, but if you do it for the learning experience and reallllllly do try to learn it correctly (even if it makes you sick to think about it) you will prosper as a player.

Most guitarists ive said this too laughed. But after 30 years of playing i have proven it over and over to myself. What most players really are saying is they are too damn lazy or just hate some other genre too much to waste time on it. But those who i have taught over my life that bit the bullet and did learn new things became MUCH better players overall.

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Originally posted by StratKat

Usualllllllly, when someone is in a rut ans asks ME what they can do to get back in the learning mode and climb out of the pit i tell them to learn a NEW genre.


If you are a straight ahead metal player, then try stone straight country. And do it with strict discipline to sound right and use real country licks.


If you are blues then try contemporary christian rock.


If you are country then perhaps try reggae.


The reason why is that each of these genres use different rhythms, chord structures, licks, and feel.


After you have learned something new (EVEN if you dont think it will improve you at all) then go BACK to your fav style and try writing.


A rut is something we get into from doing the same things over and over. To get out of a rut you have to do something entirerly different. And then you also gain the knowledge of the new thing you learn to take back to your old thing.


It may seem like a waste of time, but if you do it for the learning experience and reallllllly do try to learn it correctly (even if it makes you sick to think about it) you will prosper as a player.


Most guitarists ive said this too laughed. But after 30 years of playing i have proven it over and over to myself. What most players really are saying is they are too damn lazy or just hate some other genre too much to waste time on it. But those who i have taught over my life that bit the bullet and did learn new things became MUCH better players overall.

 

 

Great advice. Unfortunately, I wouldn't know where to begin with those "other" genres.

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