I just love the way u teach I was really struggling to learn play song but you just made me play it in just 2 weeks practice.really really thank you Ella❤️❤️ you're the best👍👍
Really well-done video, Ellen. Organized and to the point, and with your friendly personality it really shines. Whoever does the editing gets a thumbs up also.
This is excellent. I’ll just add, even if you can do your own setup, about every six months you should have a pro do it. If you travel to an area with a different climate, you should have it set up then too. Basic the weather effects the instrument’s materials; they’ll expand and contract, the neck can become bowed-a leading cause of fret buzz-and you get ‘fret sprouts’ where the edges of the neck feel sharp at the frets. Frets should also be polished and the fret board cleaned (finger grime) and re-oiled to condition the wood about twice a year. It pays to learn how to do this yourself along with how to change your strings. A cheap guitar that gets some love can play like a guitar costing four times as much.
So glad it sounds like you finally got it figured out! 🙌 I remember how frustrating that was as a beginner so hopefully these tips can help others struggling with the same thing. 🤗 Thanks so much for watching! 💕
Thank you for the tips. My guitar has been buzzing a lot recently. I got it restrung for the first time because it was long overdue. But it buzzs in certain areas of guitar (mostly on certain single notes). I took it to get looked at about a week later, but they didn't notice the buzzing. They just said that perhaps I am used to used strings and to give the guitar time. But if that's the case, I don't know how long to give it because I can't play how I usually play without a buzz and it's very annoying.
Very well explained....loved it,very helpful ❤️.....I searched many videos regarding buzz sound , but I got my problem' s solution here, Thank uhh Ellen 🌹💕
Hi there! thanks for telling me about this! I have experienced this problem since I started. I do have a Teacher but he lives on the opposite side of the world so we can't really do our practice for that long. I figured out my problem. It was my pressure and the right spot to press! Thank you a lot Ellen!
Thanks so much for this video. I've seen a shit ton of vids on here going on about a lot of other complex reasons why I suck, but you got right to the point and brought up some things I had never even thought of like the second tip, and the last one about warped necks.
Really nice troubleshooting tips, I'll just add: When learning a chord, specially for the first times, ring each string at a time to see if you are doing it right for all of them, this basically goes along with the tips presented, but often tip #3 for arching the fingers is the culprit of a bad sounding chord. Also place all the fingers for the chord at the same time and alternate with another chord till you get it right. Remember to practice, memory muscle will take over and you'll do it right without thinking about it. On my case my guitar is the cheapest of the cheapest, but being a bit of a tinkerer I fixed the set-up myself. That said, in my case I made a proper bridge sadle out of bone, I've installed a piezo pickup and also a pre-amplifier... Not for the faint of heart to make holes in a guitar.... but I did it in a 50€ guitar that came with a bag and a digital tuner. Often the cheapest guitars have a big bridge sadle made of plastic that makes the action of the strings really high (I could fit the pinky finger between the strings and the fret board) so it requires a bit of sanding to make it right. This is not something that easy to accomplish if you are not used to work with wood or metal, but it is not that hard either as plastic is easy to sand, although one as to make sure that everything is square and true. To be on the safe side take it to someone who does set-ups (probably ask in guitar/music shops if you can't find a luthier near you), although in my case it is quite far to get to one....
Same here, cheap guitar, fixed it up, upgraded various parts, much better than if I had bought an expensive guitar in the first place. Changing the nut and bridge saddles makes a huge difference.
These are ALL Great Points. Try these before you start doing physical changes on your Guitar. I'd like to add one more that no one seems to mention. This is: POSTURE of your Body and POSTURE of your Guitar. Good Posture of the Body and Good Posture of the Guitar (its position) greatly impacts both one's playing and the Sound you are making. Often, a Buzzing Sound is caused by the way you're holding your Guitar. It should be held Straight up & Down, basically parallel to Torso. Tipping the Guitar so you can see the Fretboard changes the ANGLE which impacts how each String is played. An incorrect Fretboard Angle might mean Strings are not being Fretted evenly, Strummed evenly and/or even effecting the Sound of the Strings next to it. Posture impacts everything when playing the Guitar. When Practicing, create a Good Check System in your Mind to go thru before you Play & start off correctly. (Head to Floor & then Position of Guitar). Now & then stop Practice and go thru the Checkpoints and make any adjustments. High Repetition is the name of the Game for creating all new Habits (Physical or Mental) as well as establishing Muscle Memory. It's much easier to create Good Habits than try to unlearn and re Learn Bad ones. Learn the Rules first before you Break them.
Excellent video. My problem with my fingers had there own mind. Teaching them to curl and press makes it hard to correct the tension when I play. I can't seem to apply the same pressure on all four strings at a time. I guess that will take time.
So great to hear!! 🙌 The action makes a huge difference in how easy it is to play (especially as a beginner) so I'm glad you found what works for you! 🤗
I think it is not as much as the camera, but the lighting setup that is spot on. I own several cameras (mostly for photography) from tiny compacts to large aperture bridges and whole camera systems with several lens, while I'm no expert (specially when comes to video), in my experience good lighting makes quite a difference in the perceived quality of the image. She is probably using a Sony RX100 (though there are a lot of versions, the early ones aren't that good for video), for usual the recomendations I've seen Sony RX100 VA and Sony ZV-1, but if that is a bit too expensive you can look at the Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III (it is very versalite, has good quality and it is not too expensive). Some alternatives would be something from the Micro 4/3 system (sadly Panasonic dropped out of this system), some sony alpha cameras, maybe some canon mirrorless ones or some Panasonic Lumix ones. Just keep in mind that there is no perfect camera, so set a budget and evaluate the pros and cons of each of the options you find. Hope it helps!
i use the black magic pocket cinema 4K for filming! 🎥 (though it can be tough if you're filming alone because it's manual focus.) thanks for watching! 💕
Wowwww👍👍.....nice job girllll👍 This is Tupur n I hve been seeing ur videos since a long time....🥰🥰..hehe...ly.. remember I will support u in everything you'll do...😊...cause ik that u r a good person..helping others.
Thank you so much, i just picked up my dad guitar a hour ago and i didnt know you needed to have the string touch the fret. I started losing my mind after a hour of barely touching the strings.
Thank you!! I normally play the uke but I'm adding the baritone uke aka tenor guitar. And I'm getting the buzz. I think it's my technique, to be honest. As a uke teacher i should know better!!!
THANKS A TON! LIKE I CANNOT (I'll not type in caps, i don't want you to think im screaming :)) i can't describe how happy i am, thank you sooooooo much! ❤️ Really appreciate it💖
Thanks Ellen for this video for people like me who are learning from YT and don't have a personal teacher ❤️
definitely! 🤗 thanks for watching and i'm really glad to be able to help however i can! 💕
Yesss
yes
same 😅
Wow. I’ve been playing guitar (as a hobby) for more than a decade and still did not know these technicalities. Thanks for sharing. :)
Thank you! I didn't realize how hard I was pressing down on the strings. Which was making it hard to arch my fingers
Me being disappointed on my fingers cause there weak 😐😐😩😩
Relatable 👍
Practice at least an hour a day for 2 weeks and you'll have the strength 👍
You should try Fingering practice
🤨
Move you’re fingertips closer on the metal bar of the frets so you don’t have to press down as hard (sorry idrk guitar terms)
I watched a lot of videos on how to fix this issue and none of them helped until i watched yours!! Thank you!!!❤️
That's awesome!! 🎉 I'm so glad I was able to help you figure out what was happening. 🤗 Thanks for watching and learning guitar with me! 🎸🎶💕
I just love the way u teach I was really struggling to learn play song but you just made me play it in just 2 weeks practice.really really thank you Ella❤️❤️ you're the best👍👍
Really well-done video, Ellen. Organized and to the point, and with your friendly personality it really shines. Whoever does the editing gets a thumbs up also.
thank you so much! 🤗 i'm glad you like the format and editing. i do both of those myself! 🙌
I love the way you teach 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃if my teachers were like this ...I would even like maths 😂😂😂
you have no idea how helpful you are!
thank you so much
This is excellent.
I’ll just add, even if you can do your own setup, about every six months you should have a pro do it. If you travel to an area with a different climate, you should have it set up then too. Basic the weather effects the instrument’s materials; they’ll expand and contract, the neck can become bowed-a leading cause of fret buzz-and you get ‘fret sprouts’ where the edges of the neck feel sharp at the frets.
Frets should also be polished and the fret board cleaned (finger grime) and re-oiled to condition the wood about twice a year. It pays to learn how to do this yourself along with how to change your strings.
A cheap guitar that gets some love can play like a guitar costing four times as much.
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And this a problem for your child mind because ... ? Lack of attention span beyond t-shirts and bumper stickers?
Ha
I have been pressing too hard the whole time, this just saved my life
So glad I could help you out! 🙌 Thanks for watching! 💕
Omg the tips are really so useful I adore you so much 💜❣️
thank you for watching and i'm so glad you found these tips helpful! 🙌 can't wait to hear about your next buzz-free jam session! 🎸🎶💕
Thanks so much tip 2 helped I had it to far away !🤣 I subscribed! thank you so much! God bless you and have a great day to everyone who reads this!
THANK YOU I CAN FINALY STOP HEARING BUZZING 😭
hey r u yuno?
She deserves more than 82k views i was struggling with this buzzing sound for weeks!! Thanks Ellen for this video❤️
So glad it sounds like you finally got it figured out! 🙌 I remember how frustrating that was as a beginner so hopefully these tips can help others struggling with the same thing. 🤗 Thanks so much for watching! 💕
Whoo early, waiting for your tutorial for willow, and thank you for the tips😍😍❤❤
Thank you for the tips. My guitar has been buzzing a lot recently. I got it restrung for the first time because it was long overdue. But it buzzs in certain areas of guitar (mostly on certain single notes). I took it to get looked at about a week later, but they didn't notice the buzzing. They just said that perhaps I am used to used strings and to give the guitar time. But if that's the case, I don't know how long to give it because I can't play how I usually play without a buzz and it's very annoying.
Very well explained....loved it,very helpful ❤️.....I searched many videos regarding buzz sound , but I got my problem' s solution here, Thank uhh Ellen 🌹💕
Thank you so much for this!! It's so helpful✨You're an amazing teacher☺️💕
thanks for watching!! 🥰
Hi there! thanks for telling me about this! I have experienced this problem since I started. I do have a Teacher but he lives on the opposite side of the world so we can't really do our practice for that long. I figured out my problem. It was my pressure and the right spot to press! Thank you a lot Ellen!
That's awesome that you were able to figure that out! 🙌 Glad I could help and thanks so much for watching! 🤗
Am I the only one.......
"who noticed her logo is on her T--shirt"
🤔🤔🤔
By the way....thank you Ellen you're the best 😊🤗
It’s called a merch, she has her own brand of clothing
Yeah
Indeed THE MOST USEFUL, EASY, AND WONDERFUL one I found on youtube THANK U SO MUCH!!😌
So glad to hear that!! Thanks for watching! 🤗 💕
Thankx a lot ma'am for such an great explanation ❤ .... i was searching for this kind of content only...
thank you once again... love from "INDIA"
❤
Thx so much for helping me learn to play I have been watching u for only 4 days and have learned so much already.Thank u again
Your lessons are detailed and helpful.
thanks so much!! 🤗 i put a lot of research and planning time into them before filming, so i appreciate you noticing! 💕
Thank you very much!
Thanks so much for this video. I've seen a shit ton of vids on here going on about a lot of other complex reasons why I suck, but you got right to the point and brought up some things I had never even thought of like the second tip, and the last one about warped necks.
I'm so glad I could bring up some new tips and hopefully something in this video helped you out with that buzzing! 👍
Really nice troubleshooting tips, I'll just add:
When learning a chord, specially for the first times, ring each string at a time to see if you are doing it right for all of them, this basically goes along with the tips presented, but often tip #3 for arching the fingers is the culprit of a bad sounding chord. Also place all the fingers for the chord at the same time and alternate with another chord till you get it right.
Remember to practice, memory muscle will take over and you'll do it right without thinking about it.
On my case my guitar is the cheapest of the cheapest, but being a bit of a tinkerer I fixed the set-up myself. That said, in my case I made a proper bridge sadle out of bone, I've installed a piezo pickup and also a pre-amplifier... Not for the faint of heart to make holes in a guitar.... but I did it in a 50€ guitar that came with a bag and a digital tuner.
Often the cheapest guitars have a big bridge sadle made of plastic that makes the action of the strings really high (I could fit the pinky finger between the strings and the fret board) so it requires a bit of sanding to make it right. This is not something that easy to accomplish if you are not used to work with wood or metal, but it is not that hard either as plastic is easy to sand, although one as to make sure that everything is square and true. To be on the safe side take it to someone who does set-ups (probably ask in guitar/music shops if you can't find a luthier near you), although in my case it is quite far to get to one....
Same here, cheap guitar, fixed it up, upgraded various parts, much better than if I had bought an expensive guitar in the first place.
Changing the nut and bridge saddles makes a huge difference.
This was the video i needed. Thank you so much!!! It answered all my questions!!! Ur the best!!!
So glad you found these tips helpful! 🙌 Hopefully no more buzzing from now on 😉 Thanks for watching and good luck on your guitar journey! 💕
These are ALL Great Points. Try these before you start doing physical changes on your Guitar. I'd like to add one more that no one seems to mention. This is: POSTURE of your Body and POSTURE of your Guitar. Good Posture of the Body and Good Posture of the Guitar (its position) greatly impacts both one's playing and the Sound you are making.
Often, a Buzzing Sound is caused by the way you're holding your Guitar. It should be held Straight up & Down, basically parallel to Torso. Tipping the Guitar so you can see the Fretboard changes the ANGLE which impacts how each String is played. An incorrect Fretboard Angle might mean Strings are not being Fretted evenly, Strummed evenly and/or even effecting the Sound of the Strings next to it.
Posture impacts everything when playing the Guitar. When Practicing, create a Good Check System in your Mind to go thru before you Play & start off correctly. (Head to Floor & then Position of Guitar). Now & then stop Practice and go thru the Checkpoints and make any adjustments.
High Repetition is the name of the Game for creating all new Habits (Physical or Mental) as well as establishing Muscle Memory. It's much easier to create Good Habits than try to unlearn and re Learn Bad ones. Learn the Rules first before you Break them.
The video organization was really good
Loved it 😌
You are amazing, just solved my problem 😭❤️
Excellent! 🙌 I'm so glad these tips helped you out, and thanks for watching! 🤗💕
Your such an amazing teacher!! 🥰🥰
Did I just read “taylor swift”on your guitar btw? That’s so pretty 🤧
*ikr* I would be sooo happy if I had Taylor Swifts autograph on my guitar 🤧
Pretty cringey
@@m.thrish8201 how?
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE 😭
Thanks Ellen! This helped ALOT!
this was so helpful, thank you! i have had this problem a lot haha
hopefully one of these tips can fix it! 😉 thanks for watching! 🤗
Incredibly helpful.
Just thinking about the details while you are talking 😍 you are the best Ellen 💓💓
thanks so much for watching!! 🎸🎶
Excellent video. My problem with my fingers had there own mind. Teaching them to curl and press makes it hard to correct the tension when I play. I can't seem to apply the same pressure on all four strings at a time. I guess that will take time.
yea same, did it ever get better ? 2 years later ?
Same here
Thank you so much this helped a lot I was strumming to hard
Thank you so much.. My problem solved in first 5 minutes of video 💜😊
Nice! So glad these tips were helpful for you! 🤗
Thx Ellen for these wonderful tips........ Can u pls teach us how to play WILLOW by Taylor Swift ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Woooh! Thank you soo much for the tips! Now I can play without the buzzing sound! And its graet that I leared that! 😀
Thank you!! I was pressing toooo hard. This is now much much better
Awesome! So glad I could help, and thanks for watching! 💕
You are the best teacher ever. God bless.
what an extremely sweet compliment! 🥰 thank you so much! 🤗
You make a tutorial more useful for me. Thank you so much Ellen ❤️🎸
Man, you’re simply the best ❤
My guitar strings are buzzing when I lift the finger please help🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Thank you!! You're so helpful and seem so kind. I appreciate it 🙏🏼
I'm really glad you found these tips helpful! 🙌 Thanks so much for watching and learning guitar with me. 🥰
thank you very much ellen .my tone are getting better with this usefull tip..
That's really awesome to hear! 🙌 I'm glad these tips were helpful, and thanks for watching! 💕
You are an awesome teacher I just started guitar and I already played my first song thank you so much! :)
That's amazing!! 🎉 Thanks so much for learning with me and my videos and I'm glad I could help you get started! 🙌💕
Thanks for the video. I was definitely pressing to hard in some cases.
Thank you very much Ellen, it’s so helpful
thank you for all your support on every video melody! 🥰
yeah thanks👌😁
Thank you for a great explanation.
I’m so glad you found these tips helpful! 🤗 Thanks for watching! 🫶🏼
Wow you definitely just fixed my problem thank you Ellen! 🙏
Hi can you please make a episode 3 of the beginner lesson because the other two lessons that you made were reallly hrlpful
i gotchu 😉 episode 3 coming very soon! 🎉 thanks for watching! 💕
This was so helpful. Thank you Ellen!
So glad to hear these tips were helpful! 🤗 Thanks for watching! 💕
It actually helped, I was going for the last tip but you saved✌🙂
holy, i finally found the keyword: action🙏🏼 after tuning the neck my guitar is so much better. Thank you SO MUCH
So great to hear!! 🙌 The action makes a huge difference in how easy it is to play (especially as a beginner) so I'm glad you found what works for you! 🤗
dude i realy you loved
Thanks so much Ellen you are such an amazing teacher , you make this so fun and easy!! ;)🤪😀🥰😎😋😆
Thank you so much... You makes it understand very clearly n neatly 👍👍😊
Good quality!what camera do you use for your videos? I need one for mine
I think it is not as much as the camera, but the lighting setup that is spot on.
I own several cameras (mostly for photography) from tiny compacts to large aperture bridges and whole camera systems with several lens, while I'm no expert (specially when comes to video), in my experience good lighting makes quite a difference in the perceived quality of the image.
She is probably using a Sony RX100 (though there are a lot of versions, the early ones aren't that good for video), for usual the recomendations I've seen Sony RX100 VA and Sony ZV-1, but if that is a bit too expensive you can look at the Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III (it is very versalite, has good quality and it is not too expensive).
Some alternatives would be something from the Micro 4/3 system (sadly Panasonic dropped out of this system), some sony alpha cameras, maybe some canon mirrorless ones or some Panasonic Lumix ones. Just keep in mind that there is no perfect camera, so set a budget and evaluate the pros and cons of each of the options you find.
Hope it helps!
@@Jose-Sousa thank you man
i use the black magic pocket cinema 4K for filming! 🎥 (though it can be tough if you're filming alone because it's manual focus.) thanks for watching! 💕
@@for3v3rfaithful can you teach us how to play sunflower post Malone please
Wowwww👍👍.....nice job girllll👍
This is Tupur n I hve been seeing ur videos since a long time....🥰🥰..hehe...ly.. remember I will support u in everything you'll do...😊...cause ik that u r a good person..helping others.
Oh my god I played a note and I got so happy when it played correctly thank you so much!!
Yes!! Great job!! 🙌 Thanks for watching and glad I could help! 🎸🎶
Thanks for teaching guitar 🎸 tutorials
I wish I’ve known this when I started
This helped me so much thank you for making this video
Thanks for all the tips❤
Thanks for this tip well explained. Hope to do this on my newly bought guitar. It's been making buzzing sound since i bought it.
I hope these tips help you out! Thanks for watching! 🤗
@@for3v3rfaithful will definitely try this later if my toddler is asleep 🥴 thank you so much
Hi Ellen
Thank you for these helpful tips!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊
THIS ACTUALLY HELPED OMG
Good tips! Thanks!
ThankS fOr YoUr 5 tipS buzzlinG 🤗🤗,
NOw I'm injOYinG mY Junior Guitar 🎸.... I Learn a Lot Of You..🥰🥰
Thanks l really needed this
thank you❤
Uhh none of them worked for me😢😢😢
This vedio really helped thanks girl❤️❤️
Thank you miss ❤
You are the best ❤
I am so early ❤️❤️❤️ thanxx for this video Ellen ❤️
Thank you so much, i just picked up my dad guitar a hour ago and i didnt know you needed to have the string touch the fret. I started losing my mind after a hour of barely touching the strings.
Thank you, Miss!,
GREAT help thank's you good at what you saying to
Thank you so much
I hope for the best for you. Thank you!
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏😁😁😁
BRO OMFG THANK U SM I STARTED PLAYING 3 DAYS AGO ANS I COILDNY FIGURE OUT WHY NY STRINGS KEPT SOUNDING MUTED 😭😭🙏
That’s an awesome video I hate when my guitar does this, now I know how to stop it !
Thank you it was very helpful
Thank you!! I normally play the uke but I'm adding the baritone uke aka tenor guitar. And I'm getting the buzz. I think it's my technique, to be honest. As a uke teacher i should know better!!!
Thanks🙏
Thank you so much🥺❤
Omgg thank u that helped me a lot
Tysm🙏
Thank you ma'am
THANKS A TON! LIKE I CANNOT (I'll not type in caps, i don't want you to think im screaming :)) i can't describe how happy i am, thank you sooooooo much! ❤️
Really appreciate it💖
So glad these tips were helpful for you! 🙌 Thanks for watching! 💕
Great lesson
Thank u so much