Tag: Carlos Santana

  • Overdrive

    Some distortion effects provide an “overdrive” effect. Either by using a vacuum tube, or by using simulated tube modeling techniques, the top of the wave form is compressed, thus giving a smoother distorted signal than regular distortion effects. When an overdrive effect is used at a high setting, the sound’s waveform can become clipped, which…

  • “Black Magic Woman” by Santana

    Difficulty: Intermediate  In the first solo riff, Carlos Santana is playing in the key of Dm, which means that the solo is based off of the D Pentatonic Minor scale. Remember, the Dm would be in the 1st position, the Gm would be in the 4th position, and the Am would be in the 5th position. Solo…