5 Tips to STOP String Buzzing on the Guitar! 🖐️ (for the Beginner Guitar Player)

hey everyone! 👋

as i've been getting some new viewers/beginners on my channel lately (thank you, as always! 🥰), i've noticed an increase in some of the same questions/comments about either muting your strings when you play or getting an annoying buzzing sound every time you strum. 😫 this is a very common problem for any guitar player, so i wanted to share a few tips about how to fix it! 🎸 🎶

🕚 TIME GUIDE
0:00 introduction
0:36 use the right pressure
2:55 press the right spot
3:53 arch your fingers
5:04 don't strum too hard
6:07 get a set-up
8:47 final thoughts

i hope you're able to use some of these tips to stop that buzzing sound and get past this roadblock! 💪 i promise this is a temporary problem and once you get used to how to place your fingers on your guitar, you'll be jamming along to all my tutorials! 😉 best of luck, and try not to get frustrated! remember that you CAN do this!! 💕

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thanks for watching my tips video, and be sure to leave any questions i didn't address in the comments! 👇 i'll get back to you as soon as i can. love you guys, and more tutorials coming soon! 🦋

[alee]

Thanks Ellen for this video for people like me who are learning from YT and don't have a personal teacher ❤️

[vaider]

Wow. I’ve been playing guitar (as a hobby) for more than a decade and still did not know these technicalities. Thanks for sharing. :)

[michaelramirez]

Thank you! I didn't realize how hard I was pressing down on the strings. Which was making it hard to arch my fingers

[jodoxrey]

Me being disappointed on my fingers cause there weak 😐😐😩😩

[razanabouelezz]

I watched a lot of videos on how to fix this issue and none of them helped until i watched yours!! Thank you!!!❤️

[TomasMichaud]

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.

[reetika]

I love the way you teach 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃if my teachers were like this ...I would even like maths 😂😂😂

[JohnOhkumaThiel]

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.

[ZilksASMR]

THANK YOU I CAN FINALY STOP HEARING BUZZING 😭

[LLaw.liet_]

Am I the only
"who noticed her logo is on her T--shirt"
🤔🤔🤔
By the way....thank you Ellen you're the best 😊🤗

[lachimolalaxoxo]

Omg the tips are really so useful I adore you so much 💜❣️

[devakiahakey]

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👍👍

[Alavi]

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.

[nandinimd]

Whoo early, waiting for your tutorial for willow, and thank you for the tips😍😍❤❤

[dharmaofdog]

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.

[Agon_augusta]

She deserves more than 82k views i was struggling with this buzzing sound for weeks!! Thanks Ellen for this video❤️

[lilymjf]

Thank you so much for this!! It's so helpful✨You're an amazing teacher☺️💕

[alshyemamohamed]

you have no idea how helpful you are!
thank you so much

[trixwildeboer]

I have been pressing too hard the whole time, this just saved my life

[BanditandFurby]

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!