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Most guitarists are familiar with the use of left-hand techniques such as hammers, pull offs and slides. These basic ideas can be used in certain ways to recreate the sounds of Celtic instruments such as pipes and fiddles. In this context the techniques are often called “ornaments”. The first set of exercises shows how a fast triplet can be played with very rapid pull offs, ending on the open top D string. In exercise 4.1 each measure begins with two hammer ons. Exercise 4.1. The next example shows exactly the same principle on the open A string. Exercise 4.2. The pinky finger is very useful in these riffs, though a little stretching is needed. This example shows the same roll technique played in 2/4 producing a more striking rhythm. Exercise 4.3. The next example demonstrates a different ornament achieved with a single grace note. Exercise 4.4. Exercise 4.5.
Selected Guitar Links
Sheet Music/Tablature Guitar Down Under Bill Tyers created a great site for free fingerstyle guitar arrangements and a lot of articles on guitar playing. Classical & Fingerstyle Guitar. An Italian site dedicated to Classical and Fingerstyle guitar. Guitar Audio Music La note Picking Radio. Guitar Styles Perso Flamenco. Guitar Magazines, Publishers, Organizations License Music You, being the creator of a unique music piece, deserve the monopoly over the recreation, performance and broadcasting of your music. You can't be a fingerstyle guitar player and not read Fingerstyle Guitar. Some of the best books I own were published by Mel Bay. Don't forget to check the Book and Video reviews on this site also. Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Some of the best fingerstyle guitar material is published by Stefan Grossman. Guitar Instruction/Tips Shopping - Guitars, Books, or CDs My Daughter's Music Co. Happy Traum's Homespun Tapes. Guitar Links
Guitar Wood FAQ - Wood Types & Tones
Quick Jump: Body Woods | Body Tops | Neck | Fretboard | Extended Range | Neck Thru Body Guitar Wood Types & Tones FAQ by Frank Falbo for jemsite.com » Discuss on the forum here last updated 3/8/2004 Body Woods Basswood: Basswood is a soft wood with tight grains. Production notes: Japanese factories like Ibanez seem to get a tan colored, more uniform Basswood while other Asian factories get a more flawed yellowish basswood. Alder: Alder is light in weight with soft tight pores like Basswood. Production notes: Not much difference between factories, production. Swamp Ash: Not to be confused with Northern “Hard Ash” Swamp Ash has huge, open pores with hard and soft layers within each ring of the tree. Production notes: An Asian mass produced factory guitar should be checked for weight, and openness of grain if the finish allows. Mahogany: Open grained with large pores, Mahogany has a more uniform grain pattern and density than Swamp Ash. Production notes: Again watch for heavy pieces.
Practicing Chord Changes by Jamey Andreas
Having a little trouble with those "easy" chords? by Jamie Andreas © Copyright 1999 Jamie Andreas. All rights reserved. About the Author Many people begin to play the guitar by learning a few chord changes to their favorite song. You should first understand that often the term "simple chords" is very misleading. Let's look at this chord change from the viewpoint of the ideas outlined in "The Principles of Correct Practice For Guitar". Kathy's Situation When Kathy came for lessons with me, she had already been trying to learn the guitar for about 2 years, with a few different teachers, and with no success. First of all, I needed to make her aware of how tensed up her left shoulder was as soon as she began to raise her left hand to the neck. This tension of the fingers immediately began to cause a reaction in the rest of the arm, tensing up the large muscles of the arm and shoulder. How To Avoid "Lockup" Now, you have to look at the whole situation the hand is in. My Solution for Kathy
Guitar Power Chords
Guitar power chords are used extensively in all forms of rock music. They consist only of the 1, 5 and possibly another 1 an octave higher. Power chords are in fact the 2 or 3 bottom strings of guitar bar chords, but they are much easier to play compared to bar chords. Most of the time power chords are used with distortion. Let's start with 2 note power chords with the root on the E string: This chord is an E power chord or E5. If we go 2 frets further from here we get a G power chord: I think you got the picture by now. Besides 2 note guitar power chords there are also 3 note power chords. The same principle as with bar chords and 2 note power chords goes for 3 note power chords: slide it up the neck to get other chords. And this goes on, look at the guitar neck above for reference. There's an alternative way to fret 3 note power chords: instead of using finger 3 and 4, use your little finger to fret 2 strings at once. One fret further gives us a C power chord: And ...
Key Chords
Key Chords app generates guitar chord progressions automatically. Use it free online, or get the app for Mac, Windows or iOS (iPad) - Click on a chord to preview how it sounds. - Drag and drop to arrange the chord progression - Tweak the settings to control the playback speed Or role the dice and Key Chords will automatically generate a nice sounding progression. Select a Key: Select a key and choose a the major or minor scale. The resulting chord chart will display applicable chords for the selected key. Click a chord: ... and you will hear a cheap computer generated guitar playing the chord. Drag & Drop: - Chords from the chart into the progression timeline. - Rearrange Chords in the progression. - Remove chords from the progression. Roll the Dice: ... and a random chord progression will appear in the timeline. The numbers below each chord in the progression refer to the number of "beats" the chord will linger for. The "Rake Speed" refers to the speed of a single "strum." The main chart areas.
