Loading ...We previously discussed sliding 6th chords. A Maj 6th chord is built with Root, Maj.3rd, 5th, and 6th notes of the related major scale. We wanted more of a triad sound, so we will discard the 5th of the chord. For an E6 chord, we would have E, G#, and C#, having discarded the B note. The E6 chord can [...]
Ever go to a concert to see a guitarist with 2 dozen picks on their mic stand and wonder “For 90 minutes of music does this joker really need that many picks?” Besides the looking cool factor when he or she carelessly throws half of them into the crowd, grip is a major factor. Hot lights, 20% more people than [...]
Shubb has been perfecting the capo for over 37 years now and their latest contribution is the L1 series of lightweight capos. The company was formed by two banjo players. What sets the Shubb apart from other capos is the unique design which allows you to adjust the tension of the capo to your preference. Is a lightweight capo for [...]
A wedding reception doesn’t truly become a party until that one guy maybe hit the open bar a bit too hard, loosens the rental tuxedo up a bit and starts getting loud on the dance floor. That’s exactly what the Class A Boost by Pigtronix is. Its sole purpose is to make your signal louder and more exciting without coloring [...]
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 [...]
The age old argument is does mass equal sustain? I’ve read fantastic reasoning for both sides. Why don’t I just fill my acoustic with cement and find out? Wow that would make a fun blog! In the meantime, I will take a more logical step and review the new Fatfinger by Fender. The Fatfinger is a weighted clamp that you [...]
As we’ve been covering barre chords in previous articles, Here’s a way to memorize the notes of the A string, so we can identify the barre chords all over the neck. First, we’ll come up with a “Fifth String Tune”. Memorize the following pattern of notes, taking care to notice where your fingers fall in relation to the dots on [...]
I could start this review off writing how no one has free time, but you don’t have the time to read it! Most of us don’t have the luxury of locking ourselves in a room for 4 hours at a time to practice, so we grab 5, 10, 15 minutes here and there to learn new tunes and keep our [...]
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 [...]
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