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Drop 3 Chord Voicings

This article is about the Drop 3 chord voicing for the guitar. This is one of the most important voicings and the one used by more Jazz and blues guitarists because of its versatillity and wealth of useable inversions and possible alterations and reductions. Enough said about this voicing, let’s get into its structure and shapes.

Gypsy Jazz Lick over A7

This lick was played to me at the Gysy Guitar Festival last weekend and I thought it would make a good introduction to learning some Gypsy Jazz solo lines. The line is played over an A7 chord and can be moved around the next to play over other 7th chord shapes.

Shreddie Riffs

This article covers some really simple, but great sounding shred riffs. They work by alternating a melody line against a repeating bassnote. This gives a punchy tight metal sound when combined with some palm muting.

Mode Applications

In modern times Modes are being used as compositional and improvisational tools but it is sometimes confusing how to apply them. For this reason it is important to have a basic understanding of how modes relate in a chord/scale relationship.

Delta Blues Introduction

Modern rock and metal music, amongst many other genres, owes much to the influences and theories behind blues.

The licks shown here sound great on an acoustic guitar, but you can clearly play them on an electric set to give a fuzzy bluesy tone.