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I'm stuck in a rut

parchyparchy Posts: 205
edited September 2004 in Musicians and Gearheads
Can somebody help me outta this? I sit down with a guitar to try and hammer out a new song, and I keep coming back to the some ol' normal progressions...

G, D, A, E...

E, A, C#, B...



I cannot break this cycle... I can come up with about a bajillion different ways to play those progressions, but I stagnate when it comes to playing anything else...



Any ideas?
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    capoing sometimes helps to find some new sounds.

    switching to an entirely different instrument for a while does the trick too.
  • Gossard_Is_GodGossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    Do you know many chord variations. Try learning some augmented chords. Or just try and write songs in different tunings
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  • WashDirtyFrankWashDirtyFrank Posts: 75
    There are loadsa chord variations, check the web for them.
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  • 62strat62strat Posts: 638
    lay down the chords. the root notes.

    throw aaway the chords on the guitar.

    come up with sounds to layer over those progressions. fills, riffs, noise, etc...
  • parchyparchy Posts: 205
    Originally posted by Gossard_Is_God
    Do you know many chord variations. Try learning some augmented chords. Or just try and write songs in different tunings




    Yes.
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