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How to Eliminate Guitar Buzz
Noise seems to be every guitar player’s nightmare. It can be buzz, hum, hiss, air-traffic control… (This Is Spinal Tap, anyone?) I’ll start off by saying that guitar rigs are a noisy environment, to begin with. Gain has a lot to do with noise, but if things are clean before it hits the gain stage,…
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Blue Horizons: The Lyric Form
Chops: Intermediate Theory: Beginner Lesson Overview: • Let blues vocalists inspire your phrasing. • Get more mileage from your licks by varying their rhythmic patterns. • Emulate the call-and-response style of such blues masters as B.B. King, Freddie King, and Magic Sam. Click here to download a printable PDF of this lesson’s notation. “Phrasing” is…
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The Truth About Power Chords
Power chords are not really chords. No, really. Hear me out. Chords are 3 notes or more, whereas power chords only have 2 different notes. A correct name would be “power intervals” because they only contain two different notes. Usually, power chords are composed of the root, a perfect 5th interval, and the root note doubled at a higher pitch…
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“Big Book Of Power Chords” Ebook
Power chords are synonymous with the guitar and are a staple of popular music. With power chords, you can “fake” through just about any song. This e-book will show you everything there is to know about power chords and how you can use them to play songs. You’ll find… All the common variations How to…
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When Do I Use Distortion?
Distortion is sugar. It tastes good. When I was 13 my first amp was, accidentally, a 10-watt Epiphone bass amp. A bass amp. The kale salad of making things louder. Yuck. But the first time I plugged in to a proper guitar amp … wow. My little cousin had a pink Hello Kitty Squier Strat…
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The Notes On The Fretboard
Here is a handy little chart that you may want to print out. It has all the primary notes on the fretboard. The sharps and flats are not shown here. Sharps and flats are easy to identify, though. For example, to find an F#/Gb just find the note, between the F and G. Note order: A,A#/Bb,B,C,C#/Db,D,D#/Eb,E,F,F#/Gb,G,G#/Ab
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Power Chord Tab Cheat Sheet
Here are dozens of power chords tabbed out for your practice sessions. You can print it out and write the names of each power chord above the chord. This is an excellent exercise that will help you remember all their names down the line. power chord tab
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The Shred Decoder: Expand Your Melodic and Rhythmic Control
In my experience, constructing lines has always been about texture and structure. Developing ideas for soloing and writing melodies takes a keen sense of harmonic and rhythmic context. It’s about seducing the listener and delivering a ride that’s hard to forget—a ride that caters to the listener. Of course, it’s important to write for yourself…
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Beginner Slide Guitar
Discover The Secrets To Playing Great Sounding Slide Guitar – Get Killer Slide Tone, Sustain, Vibrato, And Accuracy From: Kenny Mann (Creator of Guitar Alliance) Have You Always Wanted To Play Slide Guitar, But Have No Idea Where To Start? Does Your Slide Guitar Playing Sound Bad, No Matter How Hard You Try? Do You Want To…
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Punk-Rock Madness: It’s More than Power Chords
Many people cite the first wave of punk rock as lasting less than two years. An oversimplified timeline would run from the release of the Ramones’ self-titled first album in April of 1976 to the breakup of the Sex Pistols in 1978. In fact, however, these two years represent little more than a snapshot of…