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Phase Shifter
Phase shifters are like flangers except they have multiple flanges going on at the same time and sometimes with no predetermined speed. Both are great additions… Read More »Phase Shifter
Drop D Chords
Drop D tuning is great, but playing chords requires some adjustment. This article contains several chord charts of chord voicings for drop D tuning.
Getting tuned to drop D is a simple endeavor. The low E string is tuned down one whole step to D. The rest of the strings remain the same. You’ll end up with a tuning that looks like this: D,A,D,G,B,E. This tuning provides a slightly deeper low end and enables you to play power chords with a single finger.
With these chord charts you’ll find various ways to play common drop D tuning chords. There are more voicings for each chord than you’ll probably ever need, but it’s fun trying playing them all! You never know, one of these voicings may spark something creative in you.Read More »Drop D Chords
Steal My Kisses by Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals
His most successful album to date, 1999’s Burn to Shine blended Harper’s fondness of ’20s jazz compositions and urban beatboxing, resulting in a clever and… Read More »Steal My Kisses by Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals
Flange
Flange was created by accident in a studio. It was found that if you played back a reel-to-reel tape of the guitar track and held up the… Read More »Flange
Chorus
Chorus can be either one of two things. Part of a song form: A chorus can be a part of song that has a line or lines… Read More »Chorus
Reverb
Reverb is an echo effect reminiscent to sound you get when you are overlooking a canyon and can’t resist the urge to shout “hello” and hear it echo back at you. This probably makes reverb one of the first know sound altering effects to man. If you want an example of reverb turn the reverb knob all the way up on your guitar and strum it. Immediately deaden the strings with your hand and you should hear the echo reverberate from the speaker.Read More »Reverb
Talk Box
Early forms of the talk box such as the Heil Talk Box (developed in the 1970s) used the guitar amplifier’s output to drive a speaker… Read More »Talk Box
Vibe
A Vibe or rotary speaker simulator pedal reproduces the sound of a rotating speaker. This is accomplished by synchronizing volume oscillation, frequency-specific volume oscillation, vibrato… Read More »Vibe
Major Ninth Chords
A dominant ninth is a dominant chord with a ninth, but that’s not what a major ninth chord is. The major ninth chord (or just ninth chord), as an extended chord, typically includes the seventh and ninth along with the basic triad structure. Thus, a Cmaj9 consists of C E G B and D . When the symbol “9” is not preceded by the word “major” or “maj”, the implied seventh is a dominant seventh—e.g. a C9 consists of C E G B♭ and D.