Hey! If you’re new here, make sure that the first thing you do is download my FREE “How to Read Guitar Tabs” guide, complete with really simple to follow video lessons. Grab the FREE Tabs Guide right here!One of the more characteristic guitar sounds is that wailing, plaintive blues slide. Now, you have probably […]
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When I was getting into lead guitar as a beginner, I noticed that some of the songs I was listening to contained what seemed like impossibly high notes or tones. These notes almost sounded like what I heard if I plucked the strings in behind the tuning pegs – incredible treble sounds that really cut […]
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Jimi Hendrix was a guitar innovator, and everywhere you turn in modern music it’s not hard to spot technical elements that he brought to the table. When I was first getting into classic rock and roll guitar, I was stunned by what I heard Jimi Hendrix playing. T
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When I first started playing around with higher gains and distorted sounds on my guitar, I noticed that when I tried playing power chords, I ended up with a much noisier sound than I would have liked.
This was mostly due to the fact that my strumming hand was not precise enough to pick just […]
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So many rock and roll and pop songs use a standard 4 / 4 time signature that it can be easy to forget that there are many other rhythms out there in the world of music. While it is clear to see why 4 /4 became the preferred option for rock musicians – it’s […]
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Some of the most fun you can have with an electric guitar is in experimenting with it to see what kind of strange, new noises you can make come out of it. Rock and roll guitar might have some guidelines, but there are no hard and fast rules – as evidenced by the sheer […]
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Many people are first turned on to playing the guitar as a result of hearing an incredible solo or great lead line. I know that when I began to play, I was really inspired by the incredible skills of Deep Purple’s lead guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore. However, as a beginner I was nowhere near skilled enough […]
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When you first start experimenting with guitar effects, it can often be a bit of a hassle to get the exact sound that you are looking for, particularly if you are trying to match a specific recording. I often just ended up turning all of the dials to max and toying around with the […]
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I ran into the same problem while I was practicing, and since I didn’t want to completely stop playing scales and scale patterns, I knew that I had to come up with something to keep myself interested. One of the first things I tried was to vary my picking.
Instead of making the scales just […]
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Rockabilly is a form of guitar-based music that was born from the fusion of rock and roll and the more traditional forms of country music. The result is a sort of fast-moving, rhythmically-based type of guitar style that can be a lot of fun to play, and which also can help you improve your […]
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