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Cool Guitars, Innovative Guitar Ideas, And Some Silly Memes I wrote this free lesson blog for the many students who strongly dislike the sound of 2nd intervals. It’s interesting that world-class, top-level composers and musicians embrace and love the dissonance of 2nd intervals with the same level of intensity that guitar students dislike them with. … Dissonance: Why You Want To Embrace 2nd Intervals
Sidekick Pickups This is a really cool, smart design idea that famed luthier Dean Zelinski came up with. He found a way to design humbuckers so they can be truly coil-tapped and really sound like true single-coils Read more about it here. Sidekick Pickups The Huge Mistake of Omitting Guitars in Pop Music The following … Cool Guitars, Innovative Guitar Ideas, And Some Silly Memes
Ethereal Tuning That is what guitar player Ichika calls the open Dmaj7 tuning. His strings from low to high are tuned to D A C# F# C# D He wrote a really cool instrumental song in that tuning. Check it out here: Read this Article in Guitarworld about The Dmaj7 “Ethereal Tuning” here Thorium Cars … Ethereal Tunings, Science, Guitar Neck Art and Giant Steps Country Style
How To Play Soundgarden’s Room A Thousand Years Wide Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger album is a must-have for everyone who loves rock music and guitar. One of the songs on that album is “Room A Thousand Years Wide” Check it out here: There are 2 main rhythm guitar parts to the song. The Intro and Verse riff … How To Play Soundgarden’s Room A Thousand Years Wide
Hammer On Control Drill The other day I was teaching a student how to play Led Zeppelin’s “Bring It On Home”. When we got to the riff with the hammer-ons, the student struggled with the rhythmic placement of the notes. This is a common finger control challenge many people encounter on guitar: playing hammer-ons evenly … How To Get Your Guitar Hammer Ons Under Control
