Tapping is the technique Eddie Van Halen made famous. It involves hammering on the fretboard with your 1st or 2nd finger of your picking hand to produce a note then pulling off to notes fingered by your fret hand. The involvement of the picking hand in this fashion is called a tap. It is usually represented by a “T” in tablature.Read More »Fretboard Tapping
The palm mute is a playing technique for the guitar or bass. Palm mutes are executed by placing the side of the picking hand below… Read More »Palm Mute
Power chords are not really chords. No, really. Hear me out.
Chords are 3 notes or more, whereas power chords only have 2 different notes. A more correct name would be “power intervals” because they only contain two different notes. Usually power chords are composed of the root, a perfect 5th interval, and the root note doubled at a higher pitch (called an octave). Basically they are just like playing perfect 5th intervals and doubling up a note or two.Read More »Guitar Power Chords Tutorial
A lot of songs are hard to play and take a little practice to get up to full speed. In this video I’ll explain how you can practice to get a piece of music up to speed.Read More »What do you do when you can’t play a song up to speed?
These tips will help you get more out of your practice time. It’s a good idea to practice at least a little every day. You… Read More »Electric Guitar Practice Tips
Bending Notes Half Step – Play the note and bend the string one half step. This is equal to one fret. Whole Step – Play… Read More »Guitar Tab Glossary