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“Tangerine” by Led Zeppelin
Difficulty:Intermediate Overall the song isn’t that hard to play. There are just quite a few parts to it.
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Reverb
Reverb is an echo effect reminiscent to sound you get when you are overlooking a canyon and can’t resist the urge to shout “hello” and hear it echo back at you. This probably makes reverb one of the first know sound altering effects to man. If you want an example of reverb turn the reverb knob all the way…
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Talk Box
Early forms of the talk box such as the Heil Talk Box (developed in the 1970s) used the guitar amplifier’s output to drive a speaker horn that pushed air into a tube held in the player’s mouth, which filters and thereby shapes the sound leading to a unique effect. The singer/guitarist Peter Frampton made this…
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“Holiday” by Green Day
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Intermediate Intro Riff Verse Here’s the verse with both bass and guitar: Guitar Bass Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Holiday” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Holiday” (Power Tab)
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Vibe
A Vibe or rotary speaker simulator pedal reproduces the sound of a rotating speaker. This is accomplished by synchronizing volume oscillation, frequency-specific volume oscillation, vibrato (pitch wavering), phase shifting, and chorusing in relation to a non-rotating speaker. The modulation speed can be ramped up or down, with separate speeds for the bass and treble frequencies,…
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Major Ninth Chords
A dominant ninth is a dominant chord with a ninth, but that’s not what a major ninth chord is. The major ninth chord (or just ninth chord), as an extended chord, typically includes the seventh and ninth along with the basic triad structure. Thus, a Cmaj9 consists of C E G B and D .…
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Hi-Gain
Hi-Gain (descended from the more generic electric guitar amplification term high-gain) is the sound most used in heavy metal. High gain in normal electric guitar playing simply references a thick sound produced by heavily overdriven amplifier tubes, a distortion pedal, or some combination of both–the essential component is the typically loud, thick, harmonically rich, and…
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Fuzz
Fuzz is intended to recreate the classic 1960’s tone of an overdriven tube amp combined with torn speaker cones. Old school guitar players (like Link Wray) would use a screwdriver to poke several holes through the paperboard part of the guitar amp speaker to achieve a similar sound. Some fuzz box pedals include: Z.Vex Fuzz…
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“Wanted Dead or Alive” by Bon Jovi
Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate The song is meant to be played on a 12-string, but you can still play it on your standard acoustic. Also note that there are a few times that you would technically need an electric for the lead guitar, but again you can play this song using only your acoustic. You just may…
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E Shape Barre Chord
Create a barre with your first finger on any fret. Pretend your finger is the nut of the guitar. Now use your remaining 3 fingers to play an E chord like in the Major chord below. The fingering is a little bit different, but the form is the same. E Major Open E Major Barred (audio example is…