Powerchords. Love em.
Hate em.
I'm stuck.
If I pick up the guitar to jam along with a drum track I fall back on powerchords every time. And guess what? All my riffs sound the same.
Then I turn on music by bands like Opeth, In Flames, Soilwork, Queensryche, & Iron Maiden and I hear rich full chords in parts that really make the bands sound.
I don't know how to do that.
I know a lot of the "cowboy chords" but we all know you arent going to get a decent sound playing a full on open C chord with high gain.
So where do these other chords come from? This is what I fail to learn and add to my pallette.
So here is my idea for a lesson.
QUOTE
*Take a powerchord riff. Any powerchord riff over a simple drum backing and show how you can use "other" chords in place of the powerchords to give it a different vibe.
Start with the powerchord version then begin changing it up wth other chord styles.
Thanks for listening!
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