[220BX]

ok, i haven't touched guitars for about 2 or 3 month cuz i had my uni exams(studying in the last moment, very bad thing ). anyways, now i've got a month and half long break during which i want to atleast get in touch with guitars again . i can execute scales and chords but not perfectly.
i know the best way to go is get a teacher, but just for this little period won't do me any good . so what technique(s) should i learn alongside brushing up the basics of guitar playing.


And one more thing "I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING REGARDING GUITAR THEORY". so first what is 8th ,16th, 32nd or 64th note and how do you execute them and how do you count time signatures(just the basic). what are some of the things that i should know of theory wise?

imagine an illiterate ass(guitar wise) like me used to have a 7-string. i'm glad that it's no more with me. currently just using an acoustic. so again what techniques should i go around with. BTW if you guys give any reference from the internet it'll be cool. but please don't tell me get those instuctional books.
there are some really cool videos on youtube plus the lessons on ss.org , i'm using them as reference currently. but other than that anysort of help will be appreciated.

I know there are too many questions but i need to know them?



PS- MODS KINDLY DELETE THIS POST AS i HAVE posted it twice

[HamBungler]

It isn't too hard to learn theory, you just have to have the right person teach it to you! And after you have a fairly good knowledge, the Guitar Grimoire book series is a must, I hear.

As for 8th, 16th, 32nd, and 64th notes, its just a speed of note, basically a whole note divided that many times. In 4/4 time, a whole note gets one beat, so you could play a 16th note 16 times in one measure, or a 32nd note 32 times in one measure. To develop faster picking, always use an up-down-up-down picking pattern, also known as alternate picking. Its essential. Another useful technique is economy picking, which is similar to alternate picking, but instead of an up-down motion, you will do up or down strokes depending on which string you're travelling to, for example, you're playing a pentatonic scale starting on the 5th fret of the low E, you would do an up-down for the first two notes, the do a downstroke to the note on the string below it, then continue with up-down motion. Frank Zappa did a lot of this, and it can be tricky to get down, so be patient!