Breakdown
In music, the word “breakdown” could mean one of several things. An instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song (the term, used in… Read More »Breakdown
Glossary
Pitch
Pitch is the sound that a note makes. Not all musical instruments make notes with a clear pitch; percussion instruments are often distinguished by whether… Read More »Pitch
Overdrive
Some distortion effects provide an “overdrive” effect. Either by using a vacuum tube, or by using simulated tube modeling techniques, the top of the wave… Read More »Overdrive
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
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
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
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
Delay
Delay is probably one of the most valuable effects. It is the building block that many other effects such as reverb, flange and chorus are built… Read More »Delay
Power Attenuator
A Power Attenuator enables a player to obtain power-tube distortion independently of listening volume. A power attenuator is a dummy load placed between the guitar… Read More »Power Attenuator
Neo-Classicism
Neo-Classicism can be defined as the new classical movement. This movement started in the early 1920s and continued to be a leading musical movement throughout… Read More »Neo-Classicism