How To: Avoid fret buzz on an electric guitar with techniques

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Learning the electric guitar can be fun and rewarding, but it's difficult to know where to start. Whether you're a complete beginner or an expert looking to tighten your technique, this video tutorial on the basics is sure to help you out.

This tutorial shows you how to position your fingers correctly to avoid fret buzz and shows you a few pitfalls to watch out for on you way to flawless fretting technique.

Many guitarists are in such a rush to get to the flashy, exciting aspects of guitar playing, like two-handed tapping or two-octave sweep arpeggios, that they overlook the basic skills these more advanced techniques build from.

The problem, of course, is that without a solid foundation of basic guitar skills it's difficult to progress to more advanced techniques and maintain accuracy. The end result is almost always a sloppy player. To avoid this situation it's important to pay attention to the fundamental aspects of guitar, especially if you're just starting out, as it's much harder to correct a bad habit once it's been ingrained over a period of time.