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Build Blazing Speed On Guitar With These Tips
This lesson has to do with building speed using tablature drills, and finally using a snippet from “Blitzkrieg” by Yngwie Malmsteen to really get your practice up to par. This lesson is for acoustic or electric. Every file on this page can be played with virtually any instrument for a great practice routine! Introduction Problem…
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3/4 Step Bend
This is a very common bend that is just shy of a full step bend. A lot of times you can use it as a precursor to a full step bend.
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Full Step Bend
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Hybrid Picking
Hybrid picking is a guitar-playing technique that involves picking with a pick and one or more fingers alternately or simultaneously. Hybrid picking allows guitar players who use a pick to perform music that would normally require fingerstyle playing. It also facilitates wide string leaps which might otherwise be quite difficult. Example This is the lick…
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Basic Hammer-On: Example No. 1
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Honky Tonk Bend No. 1
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Honky Tonk Bend No. 2
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Honky Tonk Bend No. 3
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Honky Tonk Combo
Honky-tonk bends mimic the sound of a pedal steel guitar which is very prominent in country music. You would think that this technique is just appropriate for country-flavored music, but that’s not the case. They have their uses in many music genres and are heavily used in rock and blues music.
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Disharmonic Bend