A slow modern blues, similar to styles of Gary Moore, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. In this lesson I combined the following techniques: bend, bend/release, slide, hammer-on, pull-off and vibrato. It is in A Minor key with some additions of F9 and E9+ chords.
Some arpeggios and some rhythms on the acoustic guitar. I hope this helps to improve your playing and your songwriting skills.When mixing the lesson, I added a chorus and a reverb effect over the guitar track.
One of the things you need to focus on if you want to sound country, is your picking. The low notes will be played with he pick held between the thumb and the index, while the middle and ring finger will play the higher notes.
A combination of hammer-ons and pull-offs with an open string. This technique was used by Angus Young in AC/DC's Thunderstruck. Moving from the beginning to the middle of the neck can improve the orientation on the neck to change positions quickly.
The most important thing here is the feel. Practice a little, and then start focusing on the feeling of the blues to get the sound right. If you are true with your feelings the sound will be true as well.
Explore the unlimited potential of chord building! In this simple piece, we'll take the basic chords of the track and add to them a few extra notes to make then sound deeper and more melodic.
I composed this solo for my band's version of Green Day's song Good Riddance. We created a punk rock version of this nice ballad to play it live and we decided to add this rock solo.
When I started to write this lesson I found that I didn't like the sound of the pick attack. So... I recorded the lesson without the pick. My right index finger does the work: with the fingernail I play the downstrokes and with the fingertip I play the upstrokes.
No licks and chops here, instead it's about understanding timing. From 4th to 32th and all triplets in between. I programmed drums and bass to guide you, all you have to do it to listen to the backing track, hi-hat mostly.