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Where should I look (fret board / picking hand) when playing single notes on guitar? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Chonk@lemmy.world to c/guitars@lemmy.world

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Hi, I'm new to playing guitar. I was practicing single notes of song (All we know, intro) and it is surprisingly difficult to pick right string at right time without looking at my picking hand.

So should I learn to press right notes blindly or picking blindly as I can't look at both simultaneously.

Strumming feels much easier as I only have to look at fretboard. I tried muting strings which I'm not playing but it sounds bad.

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[–] Copterdoc@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 year ago

You should look wherever you need to in order to play the correct notes.

And you should practice playing those notes a lot. Your hands and fingers will develop muscle memory and it will get better. Just practice.