Loading ...Knowing a lot of chords is key. Being able to switch between them all is a necessity. Great timing and rhythmic dexterity is music. The player that plays all the right notes and all the correct chords with sloppy rhythm will sound amateur. Playing “wrong” notes and even incorrect chords with strong, confident rhythms can still sound pretty musical. Different [...]
In my short career compared to Keith Richards, I have met tons of guitarists at all skill levels; from professionals who bring home the bacon with their playing to hobbyists who just want to learn a handful of tunes. Both parties had one thing in common, they had to start somewhere. Before the boom of YouTube and guitar mags, many [...]
Using 6th intervals is a staple of classic R&B/Soul music, as well as in Blues music. An example might be a Robben Ford-type lick that could use the open 6th interval or the major 6th chord voicing: Steve Cropper, most famous for being a member of Booker T. & The MGs, played on a myriad of R&B hits behind Wilson [...]
Fretfunk is an up and coming guitar accessory company out of England. They sent me two items to check out; The Strap Mounted Pick Holder and The Guitar Dust Mop. Currently the company sells most of their products on Amazon.uk as well as other online retaliers, but hey, let’s get on with the show. The Fretfunk Guitar Dust Mop is [...]
Many rock songs, soul tunes, funk classics, and anything that is at all blues based, which is almost all of the music we hear today makes use of certain melodic and harmonic devices that are used so regularly that they’re considered clichés, which isn’t necessarily considered bad. A collection of guitarists as diverse as Steve Vai, Joe Walsh, Jimmy Page, [...]
The Ebow is a very popular electromagnetic device used to create infinite sustain on steel stringed musical instruments. It has been commercially available since the 1970s, and has been featured on thousands of recordings. The most primitive Ebow technique involves sustaining a single string while changing its pitch by altering the left hand fretting position. The advantage to this approach [...]
Okay, you’ve made up your mind to learn an instrument. You’ve bought a guitar/drums/keyboard/bass/trumpet, or whatever instrument you’ve fallen in love with, and you’ve signed up for lessons. Now what? Time to start a practice routine. When you join a sports team, it’s imperative to practice regularly. You’re trying to train your muscles to perform duties that may not be [...]
As we’ve been covering barre chords in previous articles, it seems fairly imperative to figure out what the notes of the E, A, and D strings are, so we can identify the barre chords all over the neck. Let’s start with an easy way to memorize the notes of the E string. First, we’ll come up with a “Sixth String [...]
Here we cover the 5th chord type, the dreaded D form. Don’t mind my bias here; I’ve decided that it’s aptly named the “D Form” chord because one must deform the fingers to successfully play it. It’s still a good form to learn, but I’ve yet to see anyone really use the major triad in any productive situation. That said, [...]
A Hard Day’s Night’s opening chord, has got to be the most debated chord argument in history. There are people who have invested plenty of time and money into identifying these 2 seconds of musical magic. I do not claim to be the end all be all, nor do I boast a prestigious Ph.D from Blowhard University, I’m just a [...]
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