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Troubleshooting your hand problems..

Posted by on September 6, 2010 Comments Off on Troubleshooting your hand problems..

If there is a certain riff or solo that you could not play and you are blaming your cheap guitars, you are doing it wrong. It has nothing to do with your guitar. It is because of your own hands. So if you want to know more about this subject matter, here’s something very useful. I have just the right information that you need to know about this subject and it would definitely  save you from the trouble of looking for it elsewhere. So dig in and enjoy this new information.

  1. Use all your fingers. It is an important thing that you should do. You can be play a lot faster by using all of your fingers. There is lots of chromatic exercise that you could do.
  2. Do not raise your fingers too high from the fretboard when you are moving them around the fretboard. Just get them close enough so that you won’t mute it and not too high.
  3. Do not barre a fret when you are doing a solo. There are lots of guitar players doing this if they have a note that doesn’t move too much. Give your fingers as much freedom as possible.

Backing tracks

Posted by on August 27, 2010 Comments Off on Backing tracks

Jamming with the band to improve your guitar solo skills or your knowledge of guitar chord progression is one of the best methods of doing so. However, you couldn’t always do that, especially if you are just an ordinary person in your homes, want ing to learn guitar. So what is the solution? Backing tracks. Want to know more about backing tracks? we have just the right amount of information that you need to know about this subject matter and this would definitely save you the hassle of researching it yourself which could prove to be a trouble because it is time consuming and might have risks of getting unreliable information. So avoid that risk and get the information you need here. And by the time you finish reading this article, you will have a vivid idea on what is backing tracks.

Backing tracks are simply music tracks of a whole band except the lead guitar. Why is the lead guitar missing? Is he sick? Tardy? Or busy with something else? No, not really. The lead guitar part that is missing is to be filled up by none other than you. This is very essential for practicing guitar players because you would definitely hone your lead guitar skills with this.

A heavier sound

Posted by on August 20, 2010 Comments Off on A heavier sound

Ever wonder how metal artists get those heavy metal grinds on their guitars? Well, basically, we got the distortion going on, heavy as usual, but it is actually all about the tuning and the strings. If you really want to obtain a heavy sound, try the following:

  1. Tune down – try tuning down your guitar a whole step down (whole step means to semitones or two frets) so instead of the standard E, A, D, G, B,  and E, we have the standard D tuning; D G C F A D.
  2. Heavier Gauge Strings – if you are tuning down, you should first use a thicker set of strings or heavy gauge strings. Tuning down with late gauges could cause it to loosen, which results to murky sound and uber sofa string action. That is why, string with thicker gauges are better when doing tune downs.
  3. Distortion – try using a heavier – sounding distortion. I like the heavy sound of the BOSS MetalCore pedal. Simple control, thick and massive tone. Perfect for punchy heaviness that we are trying to accomplish.
  4. Guitars – not all guitars are suitable for this kind of playing. It’s ok to use Stratocasters and Les Pauls but if you really want a heavier metal sound, use guitars that have active pickups, like EMG’s.