Pick Slide
A pick slide or pick scrape is a guitar technique most often performed in the rock, punk or metal music genres. The technique is executed… Read More »Pick Slide
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Standard Tuning
Standard tuning is when the guitar is tuned to E, a, d, g, b, e. In the music industry it is the assumed default if… Read More »Standard Tuning
Blank Tablature
Here blank tablature to tab out your own compositions or to transcribe your favorite song.
“Best Of You” by Foo Fighters: Part 2
1st Chorus Guitar 1 Guitar 2 Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Best Of You” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Best Of You” (Power Tab)
Major Guitar Arpeggios
Move these shapes to play all possible major guitar arpeggios.Read More »Major Guitar Arpeggios
Octave
An octave is the interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its frequency.
In other words, an octave is the same note at a higher or lower pitch.Read More »Octave
Minor Chords
Newton’s Third Law of motion says that for every action is and equal and opposite reaction. One could say this about music, also. The major chord produces a sound that can be considered “happy” while the minor chord sounds “sad”. The interaction between major and minor chords is what drives many songs.
Guitar Effects
What are effects?? Effects can be anything used to alter the pure sound of an instrument or voice. In early days outdoor theaters were designed in… Read More »Guitar Effects
What are arpeggios?
An arpeggio is built from the notes that make up a chord, but are picked as individual notes. They may be used as fill-ins, linking melodies with chords and chord/melody. Arpeggios have their own patterns but not unlike their chord counterparts. There are 5 basic patterns for each type of arpeggio just like there were 5 basic patterns for each type of chord.Read More »What are arpeggios?
Phase Shifter
A Phase Shifter creates a complex frequency response containing many regularly-spaced “notches” in an incoming signal by combining it with a copy of itself out… Read More »Phase Shifter