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How To Use Guitar Slide

andy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:19:17 +0000

ALMOST EVERY GUITARIST I HAVE met has been fascinated by the sound of bottleneck slide. However, to many players the techniques involved with this unique style remain a mystery. The following guidelines and exercises are essential in developing the ability to execute clean, accurate, and agile phrases with the slide, and will help you avoid the inefficient method of trial and error. (more…)

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Beyond Starting Your First Band

andy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:10:26 +0000

In my earlier post, I mentioned about starting a band of your own. But what happens once you started one and things are going great? In this post, I have written some of the things you can focus on in taking your band to the next level! Enjoy! (more…)

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Starting A Band

andy — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:54:45 +0000

Being able to jam with your fellow band mates is one of the most rewarding and sweetest thing any musician could ask for. Nothing could possibly beat the pleasure one derives from combining the different musical talent from each band mate and playing to a same tune. (more…)

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How To Buy Cheap Electric Guitars

andy — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:50:45 +0000

For many, It would be best to start out with a cheap electric guitar as you are still at the trying out stage. For the more advanced players, do not overlook what a cheap electric guitar can offer you. Sometimes, having a cheap electric guitar by your side can be handy when you are searching for that sound in your head and can’t seem to find it anywhere else with your other high end guitars. Other times, you can always practice modifications on your cheap electric guitars which shouldn’t burn too much of a hole in your pocket.
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Learn Guitar Rake

andy — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:06:49 +0000

A rake is a technique that can be use to add a little percussive spice to notes. This is done by adding one or more "click" sounds right before sounding a note. By utilising rake in your solos and playing, you can add that extra "feel" in your playing which I use extensively. It’s amazing how a little rake can spice up your solo.

Here is how a rake is written in tablature. The x is just where the strings is muted. (more…)

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How To Change Classical/Nylon Strings

andy — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:36:40 +0000

We’ve covered changing steel/electric string in this category. I realized that there are many classical guitar players out there who felt left out and decided to write a post on how to change your classical guitar string. Here it goes… (more…)

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Keeping Your Guitar In Tune…Always

andy — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:12:06 +0000

I sure do prefer my guitar staying "in tune" throughout the scale whenever I play. How about you? Different string gauges, scale lengths, set ups, fret sizes, playing techniques and other variables are all factors which determines your guitar intonation.

What is guitar intonation really?

It is best described by saying that the notes of some chords sound in tune while others seem far from it. And re-tuning to bring one chord in to tune only throws the others out…and so it goes. The aim of all guitar player, or any stringed instrument players is to eliminate this problem. Guitar intonation is the answer. (more…)

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Make Your Guitar Sing With Harmonics

andy — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:20:10 +0000

You don’t need a harp or learn to play one if you want to achieve that distinctive bell-like tone you just heard on your record. And by the way, it isn’t a harp you are hearing!(unless it’s stated of course…) In this post, get exposed to guitar harmonics and soon you be well on your way to creating harp notes right out of your guitar! (more…)

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Make Use Of Your Guitar’s Volume and Tone Knobs

andy — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:57:42 +0000

Are you one of those who crank your guitar’s tone knobs to 10 and adjust your volume knob to a comfortable level and be done with it? Haven’t you seen artists performing on stage who keeps fiddling with their guitar’s knobs from time to time? What are they doing? Well, let’s explore the possibilities of what your guitar’s knobs can do to your sound by understanding and applying the very basics of it! (more…)

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